Celebrating 10 years ...
This year marked a milestone - a decade of celebrating bold homebrews with our annual Backyard Brewing Tournament.
The tournament is all about honouring where we started - brewing beers in the shed, chasing flavour and having a laugh along the way.
We know the passion, patience and creativity that goes into every batch because we've been there.
This comp is our way of giving back to the homebrew community and shining a light on the next generation of brewing legends.
Congratulations to everyone who entered, medalled - and of course huge kudos to our 2025 champion.
2025 champ: pink pony club
James Smith is the winner of the 2025 Margaret River Beer Co. Backyard Brewing Tournament. The winning beer, no other than Pink Pony Club - a fruity sour.
Pink Pony Club will be brewed down here in Margs with James and our brew crew, and hitting kegs near you soon.
2025 AWARDS 🏆
- 1st Place - James Smith: Pink Pony Club
- 2nd Place - Davis Allsworth: Mr Rupert
- Best Lager - Josh Ramsay: NZ Pilsner
- Best Dark Beer - Dalby's Barrel Boiz: Two Barrels One Stout
- Best Hoppy Beer - Ryan Dalby: Panda Fight!
- Best Sour - James Smith: Pink Pony Club
- Most Unique - Garth Wilkosz: No Port Left In Bretts Barrel
- 'Best Name - Mitch and Kofi Stevens: Macauly Kolshkin
- Best New Entrant - James Smith: Pink Pony Club
Gold Medals 🥇
- Rob Hart – Crumpet in the Dark (Dark Mild)
- Ryan Dalby – Panda Fight! (Double IPA)
- James Smith – Pink Pony Club (Fruit Beer)
- Mitch and Kofi Stevens – Macauly Kolshkin (Kölsch)
- Josh Ramsay – NZ Pilsner
- Andrew Garland – Lemon Myrtle XPA (American Pale Ale)
- David Allsworth – Mr Rupert (Irish Red Ale)
- Rob Hart – Singin'gibberish (American Brown Ale)
- Isaac Powell – Farmer Wants a Pint (Oatmeal Stout)
- Shaun Baldini – Mark Me Down for a Birdie (Saison)
- Garth Wilkosz – No Port Left In Brett's Barrel (Brett Beer – Baltic Porter Base)
- Dalby's Barrel Boiz – Two Barrels One Stout (Specialty Wood-Aged Beer – Imperial Stout base)
Silver Medals 🥈
- Paul Hutton – Dark Smooth (Schwarzbier)
- Morgan Turner – Sparling Hydraulic Sambo (Australian Sparkling Ale – BJCP12B)
- Mitch and Kofi Stevens – North of the River Dog (American IPA)
- Shane Burrows – (No beer name listed) (English Porter)
- Garth Wilkosz – Back In Black (Imperial Stout)
- Mick Considine – Junior (Wee Heavy)
- Garth Wilkosz – Bro, You Seen My Jandals (Experimental Beer)
- Mark Palmer – Pilsn’t That Great (Mixed Style Beer – Base: NZ Pilsner with American Hops)
- James Overton – Schwarz-beer (Schwarzbier)
- Dalby’s Barrel Boiz – The Baron (Schwarzbier)
- Paul Hutton – Red Velvet (Irish Red Ale)
- Garth Wilkosz – The Dark Side of the Monk (Belgian Dark Strong Ale)
- (No brewer listed) – 20L Keg (Fruit Lambic)
Bronze Medals 🥉
- Wolf Pack Brewing – The Refresh (German Leichtbier)
- Michael Doherty – Mad Mick Marzen (Märzen)
- Dean Kelly – Three Stitches (Foreign Extra Stout)
- Peter Townsend – Nice One Bruva (British Brown Ale)
- Shane Burrows – (No beer name listed) (Belgian Dark Strong Ale)
- Shaun Baldini – Stupid Sexy Flanders (Flanders Red Ale)