Goulburn Show 2026 homebrew winners, Australian clubs highlight lagers, pale ales, meads

The Goulburn Show 2026 homebrew competition held judging on February 28, 2026 and published results on or after March 7, 2026, listing 40 entries across multiple categories and noting a Best of Show, Beer award, though the provided results excerpt does not name the Best of Show winner. The competition page referenced in the Original Report confirms the event and entry count but does not include individual winner names in the supplied excerpt.

A separate capture dated 11/15/25 from an Australian Amateur Brewing Competition 2025 entry management page lists dozens of category placings that are not explicitly tied to the Goulburn Show 2026 event. That capture includes Table 16: Sour & Wild Ale (21 entries) with Keith Larkin first, entry 1609 Sgt Frank Gilroy, style Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer BJCP 28B for Hobart Brewers; Garth Wilkosz second, entry 1608 Old Brett Has No Port Left In The Barrel, style Brett Beer BJCP 28A for West Coast Brewers; and Jerry Dooley third, entry 1604 Banapple Gas, style Fruit Lambic BJCP 23F for Hobart Brewers.

The 11/15/25 capture also shows Table 17: Fruit & Spice Beer (22 entries) where Paul Doneley won first with entry 1701 Indiana, Fruit Beer BJCP 29A for Tuns of Anarchy (ToA). Winning Entries Table 1: Low Alcohol (23 entries) records Anthony Ween first with Leichtbier 25 107, German Leichtbier BJCP 5A for Canberra Brewers; Chris Martin second with Darkly Mild 106, Dark Mild BJCP 13A for Darwin & NT Homebrewers; and Andrew Lewis third with 2025 Mild 106, Dark Mild BJCP 13A for Canberra Brewers Club.

Pale lager recognition appears in the same 11/15/25 capture: Table 2: Pale Lager (23 entries) lists Rob Stott first with an entry named Das Bosh!, though the capture does not include a BJCP style line or club for Rob Stott. A fragment labeled “Beer Brewers (BABBs)” records Peter Van Bockxmeer second with Dunkle Bockxmeer, entry 1502 Dunkles Bock BJCP 6C for Northern Brewers Homebrew Club, and Craig Evans third with What The Helles, entry 1501 Helles Bock BJCP 4C for Canberra Brewers.

That Australian Amateur Brewing Competition 2025 capture also includes a Best Australian Club table with 36 participating clubs: West Coast Brewers placed first with five firsts, three seconds and five thirds for a score of 26.00; Hobart Brewers second with three firsts, one second and three thirds for 14.00; Tuns of Anarchy third with two firsts, two seconds and one third for 11.00. Merri Mashers are listed fourth with 2/0/1 and 7.00, South Australian Brewing Club shows 1/1/2 and 7.00, Righteous Brewers of Townsville 2/0/0 and 6.00, Canberra Brewers Club 0/1/3 and 5.00, Westgate Brewers 0/2/0 and 4.00, with Hunter United Brewers, GoldCLUB (Gold Coast) and Bayside Brewers each on 3.00.

The timeline in the materials creates a clear mismatch: the Goulburn Show judging date is February 28, 2026 with results posted March 7, 2026, while the extensive winners and club standings are timestamped 11/15/25 and labeled Australian Amateur Brewing Competition 2025. Because the supplied Goulburn Show excerpt names the event, judging date and entry count but not individual winners, and because the 11/15/25 captures appear to belong to a separate national competition, those category and club placings cannot be attributed to the Goulburn Show without verification.

I will follow up with Goulburn Show organisers to obtain the official result sheet and the name of the Best of Show (Beer) winner, and to confirm whether any of the 11/15/25 Australian Amateur Brewing Competition 2025 placings correspond to regional shows feeding into Goulburn.