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First launched at the 2022 Great British Beer Festival, CAMRA’s homebrew competition looks to seek out the best homebrews and highlight the brightest brewers of the future. Nailmaker Brewing Co. help with the early rounds of judging.
CAMRA’s Champion Home Brewer of the Year competition looks to seek out the best homebrews and highlight the brightest brewers of the future.
Entrants can choose one of 11 styles of beer to be judged by experts in September at Nailmaker Brewing Co. in Barnsley. From there, the best of the best are judged at The Bohemia, home of the London Brewing Company.
CAMRA is happy to announce that Adam Waterson has won Champion Home Brewer of the Year 2024 with his dark beer Black Bob (4.7%).
The competition this year was sponsored by The Malt Miller, BEER52 and Brew At Home.
Adam Waterson’s Black Bob (4.7%), winner of the Session Stouts and Porters: up to including 4.9% category, was crowned the overall winner in 2024, and he will now be invited to brew his winning beer at the London Brewing Company with the support of the head brewer.
The brewer described his beer as an "a meld of flavours; balancing coffee and chocolate with some fruit undertones and finishing with a softness that makes you want to take another sip."
Ian Benfell’s Old Geoffers’ (6.3%) was awarded overall silver, winning a free case of eight craft beers every month for a year, courtesy of competition sponsor BEER52.
The bronze winner in the competition was Tom Wright for his Great Scot! – 80 Schilling (4.75%), a premium bitter, with Tom picking up four tickets to the Great British Beer Festival 2025.
Photo of Adam Waterson at his brew club venue, Bottle & Co in Barnsley.
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