West Coast Best Coast 2025
Awards
Judges
Craig Agnor, Francesco Antonelli, Chris Aplin, Ingo Barkow, Manmohan Birdi, Levent Cevik, Kurt Gaechter, Stew Horne, Noah Jenzer, Manuel Lavado, Pui Lee, Jacques Marais, Markus Ruef, Serge Savin, Lucas Stolarczyk, Simon Thompson, James Wilson
Judges - Best of Show
Craig Agnor, Francesco Antonelli, Chris Aplin, Levent Cevik
Stewards
Ian Adam, Middle Child Brewing, Richard Harper, Ken O'Kelly, Max Taylor, Rick Woolliss
Staff
Stew Horne, Simon Thompson
Organizer
Rick Woolliss
By the Numbers
77 Entries
51 Entrants
17 Judges
6 Stewards
2 Staff
19 Placing Entries
Table 1: IPA
25 entries
1st
Darren Pettit
Penge Homebrewers Association
Modern West Coast (21A: American IPA)
2nd
Sean O'Toole
Midlands Craft Brewers
Ocularly Challenged Swine (21A: American IPA)
3rd
Max Taylor
Twickenham Boars
By The Way - WCIPA (21A: American IPA)
Table 2: APA, Amber & Brown
21 entries
1st
Ian Cosier
London Amateur Brewers
Midnight Feast Vol. 11 (19C: American Brown Ale)
2nd
Mark Hopkins
London Amateur Brewers
Pineapple Pony (18B: American Pale Ale)
3rd
Richard Taylor
Rebel Homebrewers
Are We There Yet (18B: American Pale Ale)
Table 3: Specialty IPA
11 entries
1st
Darren Sloan
Beer Boars
Panda Cannon (21B2: Black IPA)
2nd
Stuart Hubbard
Midlands Craft Brewers
Phoenix (21B5: Rye IPA)
3rd
Brett Harman
The Hop Addition Homebrew...
It's Not A Trap (21B4: Red IPA)
Table 4: Strong
8 entries
1st
Rick Woolliss
Twickenham Boars
El Capitan (22A: Double IPA)
2nd
Stew Horne
Twickenham Boars
Glad All Over (22A: Double IPA)
3rd
Ian Cosier
London Amateur Brewers
Meleze (22A: Double IPA)
Table 5: West Coast Pilsner
5 entries
1st
Richard Williams
The Hop Addition Homebrew...
Westie McWestface (WC2: West Coast Pilsner)
2nd
Rick Woolliss
Twickenham Boars
Trade Your Passion For Glory (WC2: West Coast Pilsner)
3rd
Chris Burrows
Reading Amateur Brewers
Ad Nauseam (WC2: West Coast Pilsner)
Table 6: Pro / Commercial Brewers
7 entries
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)
Best of Show
Beer
Judges: Craig Agnor, Francesco Antonelli, Chris Aplin, Levent Cevik
1st
Rick Woolliss
Twickenham Boars
El Capitan (22A: Double IPA)
2nd
Ian Cosier
London Amateur Brewers
Midnight Feast Vol. 11 (19C: American Brown Ale)
3rd
Darren Pettit
Penge Homebrewers Association
Modern West Coast (21A: American IPA)
Best Club
18 Participating Clubs [Scoring Methodology]
| Place | Club | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Score |
|---|
| 1st | Twickenham Boars | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12.0100000 |
| 2nd | London Amateur Brewers | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9.0100000 |
| 3rd | The Hop Addition Homebrew Club | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.0100000 |
| 4th | Midlands Craft Brewers | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.0000000 |
| 5th | Beer Boars | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0100000 |
| Penge Homebrewers Association | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0100000 |
Scoring Methodology
Each placing entry is given the following points:
- 1st Place: 4
- 2nd Place: 3
- 3rd Place: 2
- 4th Place: 1
- HM: 1
The following tie-breakers have been applied, in order of priority:
- The highest number of first places.
- The highest average score.
Thank You
Congratulations to All Medal Winners
