Competitions

Most meetings involve a beer or wine competition (Refer to the calendar for specific details). All competitions are judged with a first, second or a third place given regardless of the points received. The first place winner will receive a medal on the night of the competition.

Scoring

  • Wine
    • Gold: 20.0 – 18.5 points
    • Silver: 18.4 – 17.0 points
    • Bronze: 16.9 – 15.5 points
  • Beer
    • Gold: 50.0 – 46.0 points
    • Silver: 45.9 – 42.5 points
    • Bronze: 42.4 – 38.5 points

Rules

  1. Competition entries must be the amateur creation of the submitting person/syndicate.
  2. The convenor will adjudicate the class should there be any doubt.
  3. Style guidelines are available from the competition convenor.
  4. Presentation:
    1. Red, white and sparkling wines shall be presented in a traditional wine bottle, according to the class and style of wine submitted.
    2. Herbal, fruit and berry wines shall be presented in a suitable wine bottle according to the particular style submitted.
    3. Beers and stouts shall be presented in a beer bottle.
    4. Appropriate half size bottles are acceptable in all competitions.
    5. Caps, seals and closures should not be identifiable with a commercial beverage.
    6. Old labels and neck seals should be removed and the club competition label affixed.
    7. Presentation is a part of the judging criteria and the convenor will deduct points for non-compliance of the rules mentioned.

Awards

Awards, trophies and certificates are presented to successful members at the Annual Presentation Luncheon, held after the end of the competition year.

Wine Maker Of The Year

  • To be eligible a person/syndicate must enter at least 3 wine competitions of which 2 must be grape wines (other entries may include fruit wines or liqueurs).
  • All results must be at least bronze standard (15.5 or more points).
  • The best scores from a total of 3 competitions are used to calculate an average.
  • The person/syndicate with the highest average score will be declared Wine Maker Of The Year.

Brewer Of The Year

  • To be eligible a person/syndicate must enter at least 3 beer competitions.
  • All results must be at least bronze standard (38.5 or more points).
  • The best scores from a total of 3 competitions are used to calculate an average.
  • The person/syndicate with the highest average score will be declared Brewer Of The Year.

Trophies & Certificates

  • Wine
    • Red Wine
      • Best Current Vintage Dry Red Grape Wine (President’s Trophy)
      • Best Mature Dry Red Grape Wine (Glenn Snook Trophy)
      • Best Aged Dry Red Wine (4 years old or older) (Certificate)
      • Best Grape Rose (John McGleeson Trophy)
    • White Wine
      • Best Current Vintage Dry White Grape Wine Certificate (The original trophy donated by Ken Wilkinson, Inaugural President, has been replaced by a certificate)
      • Best Mature Dry White Wine (The Fretwell Trophy)
      • Best Méthode Champenoise Grape Wine (Graham Stallard Trophy)
      • Best Sweet White Wine (Certificate)
    • Other Wines
      • Best Liqueur (The Hyde Trophy)
      • Best Fortified Wine (Jack Van Reyen Troph)
      • Best Herbal, Vegetable or Flower Wine (Robert Alexandre Trophy)
      • Best Fruit & Berry Wine (Robert Alexandre Trophy)
  • Beer
    • Kit Beer (Coopers Trophy)
    • American Ale (Certificate)
    • Belgian Ale (Certificate)
    • Bock Beer (Certificate)
    • British Ale (Certificate)
    • Dark Ale / Porter (Certificate)
    • English India Pale Ale (Certificate)
    • English Strong Ale (Certificate)
    • European Amber Lager (Certificate)
    • Pilsner / Pale Ale (Certificate)
    • Stout (Certificate)
    • Wheat Beer (Certificate)
    • Cider or Perry (Geoff Mathews Trophy)