West Coast Best Coast 2025

Thanks to all who participated in the West Coast Best Coast 2025.

There were 77 entries judged and 89 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

Best of Show Winners

Best of Show – Beer

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Rick Woolliss	El Capitan	22A: Double IPA	Twickenham Boars
2nd	Ian Cosier	Midnight Feast Vol. 11	19C: American Brown Ale	London Amateur Brewers
3rd	Darren Pettit	Modern West Coast	21A: American IPA	Penge Homebrewers Association

Best Club (18 Participating Clubs)

Place	Club	1st	2nd	3rd	Score
1st	Twickenham Boars	1	2	1	12.01
2nd	London Amateur Brewers	1	1	1	9.01
3rd	The Hop Addition Homebrew Club	1	0	1	6.01
4th	Midlands Craft Brewers	0	2	0	6.00
5th	Beer Boars	1	0	0	4.01
	Penge Homebrewers Association	1	0	0	4.01

Scores and tie-breakers have been applied in accordance with the scoring methodology. Numbers reflected are rounded to the hundredth place. Hover over or tap the question mark icon () for the actual calculated value.

Winning Entries

Table 1: IPA (25 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Darren Pettit	Modern West Coast	21A: American IPA	Penge Homebrewers Association
2nd	Sean O'Toole	Ocularly Challenged Swine	21A: American IPA	Midlands Craft Brewers
3rd	Max Taylor	By The Way - WCIPA	21A: American IPA	Twickenham Boars

Table 2: APA, Amber & Brown (21 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Ian Cosier	Midnight Feast Vol. 11	19C: American Brown Ale	London Amateur Brewers
2nd	Mark Hopkins	Pineapple Pony	18B: American Pale Ale	London Amateur Brewers
3rd	Richard Taylor	Are We There Yet	18B: American Pale Ale	Rebel Homebrewers

Table 3: Specialty IPA (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Darren Sloan	Panda Cannon	21B2: Black IPA	Beer Boars
2nd	Stuart Hubbard	Phoenix	21B5: Rye IPA	Midlands Craft Brewers
3rd	Brett Harman	It's Not A Trap	21B4: Red IPA	The Hop Addition Homebrew Club

Table 4: Strong (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Rick Woolliss	El Capitan	22A: Double IPA	Twickenham Boars
2nd	Stew Horne	Glad All Over	22A: Double IPA	Twickenham Boars
3rd	Ian Cosier	Meleze	22A: Double IPA	London Amateur Brewers

Table 5: West Coast Pilsner (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Richard Williams	Westie McWestface	WC2: West Coast Pilsner	The Hop Addition Homebrew Club
2nd	Rick Woolliss	Trade Your Passion For Glory	WC2: West Coast Pilsner	Twickenham Boars
3rd	Chris Burrows	Ad Nauseam	WC2: West Coast Pilsner	Reading Amateur Brewers

Table 6: Pro / Commercial Brewers (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style
1st	Indie Rabble	The Mob Reloaded	PRO1: Pro-Brewers / Commercial
2nd	Woodland Brewing	Dr Dedo Verde	PRO1: Pro-Brewers / Commercial
3rd	Indie Rabble	Hoity Toity	PRO1: Pro-Brewers / Commercial
HM	Middle Child Brewing	Jaguar	PRO1: Pro-Brewers / Commercial