Sours in the Sun

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Previous Winners – (Sour & Session 2023)

Table 1: Best Bitter (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Alan Manley	To The Bitter End	Best Bitter	Reading Amateur Brewers
2nd	Phill Turner	Horsmonden Best	Best Bitter	LAB/County Beermakers

Table 2: British / Irish Ales (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mark Sanderson	Mild Mannered	Dark Mild	London Amateur Brewers
2nd	Luke Russell	Red Cortina	Irish Red Ale	London Amateur Brewers
3rd	James Pettifor	Gratis	Dark Mild	Anglian Craft Brewers

Table 3: American Pale/Amber Ales & Porter (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	David Birke	Where Are The Waves	American Amber Ale	No Frills Joe Homebrew Club
2nd	Mark Hopkins	Cousin Sam	American Porter	London Amateur Brewers
3rd	Paul Willis	Chatterbox Pale	American Pale Ale	Homebrew Collab (Bristol)

Table 4: Lager & Hybrid (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Chris Burrows	Gold Leaf Robyn	New Zealand Pilsner	Reading Amateur Brewers
2nd	Mat Ridge	Weyeryousosmoky	Rauchbier	Norwich Amateur Brewers
3rd	Alex Hall	Lager	German Pils	Scottish Craft Brewers

Table 5: Belgian & European Sour (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jacques Marais	Anything Geueze	Gueuze	London Amateur Brewers
2nd	Jacques Marais	Raspberry Dream	Fruit Lambic	London Amateur Brewers
3rd	Jacques Marais	Why Not You Just Saison?	Saison	London Amateur Brewers

Table 6: Mixed fermentation, Brett and Experimental (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Sam Jones	Funky Camel	Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer
2nd	Stew Horne	Lawnmower Deth	Experimental Beer	Twickenham Boars
3rd	Stew Horne	Atonium	Brett Beer	Twickenham Boars

Table 7: Sour & Wild (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	John Kellett	Raspberry Ripple	Wild Specialty Beer	Reading Amateur Brewers
2nd	Sean O’Toole	Go Dig My Grave	Wild Specialty Beer	Midlands Craft Brewers
3rd	Daren Fearon	Coast-To-Coast American Farmhouse With Apricot	Wild Specialty Beer	Reading Amateur Brewers

Table 8: Sour & Fruit/Veg (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Sean O’Toole	Mas Que Nada	Catharina Sour	Midlands Craft Brewers
2nd	Mike Anson	Raspberry Fruit Box	Fruit Beer	Hertford Brew Club
3rd	Robert Ingoldby	Razzmatazz	Fruit Beer	Reading Amateur Brewers

Table 9: Best in Show: Sour (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Stew Horne	Atonium	Sour	Twickenham Boars
2nd	Mike Anson	Raspberry Fruit Box	Sour	Hertford Brew Club
3rd	Sean O’Toole	Go Dig My Grave	Sour	Midlands Craft Brewers
HM	Sam Jones	Funky Camel	Sour

Table 10: Best in Show: Session (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Chris Burrows	Gold Leaf Robyn	Session	Reading Amateur Brewers
2nd	Mark Hopkins	Cousin Sam	Session	London Amateur Brewers
3rd	Mat Ridge	Weyeryousosmoky	Session	Norwich Amateur Brewers
HM	Mark Sanderson	Mild Mannered	Session	London Amateur Brewers