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Rules

This competition is AHA sanctioned and open to any amateur homebrewer age 21 or older.

All mailed entries must be received at the mailing location by the shipping deadline - please allow for shipping time.

All entries will be picked up from drop-off locations the day of the drop-off deadline.

All entries must be handcrafted products, containing ingredients available to the general public, and made using private equipment by hobbyist brewers (i.e., no use of commercial facilities or Brew on Premises operations, supplies, etc.).

The competition organizers are not responsible for mis-categorized entries, mailed entries that are not received by the entry deadline, or entries that arrived damaged.

The competition organizers reserve the right to combine styles for judging and to restructure awards as needed depending upon the quantity and quality of entries.

Qualified judging of all entries is the primary goal of our event. Judges will evaluate and score each entry. The average of the scores will rank each entry in its category. Each flight will have at least one BJCP judge.

Brewers are not limited to one entry in each category but may only enter each subcategory once.

The competition committee reserves the right to combine overall style categories based on number of entries. All possible effort will be made to combine similar styles. All brews in combined categories will be judged according to the style they were originally entered in.

The Best of Show judging will be determined by a Best of Show panel based on a second judging of the top winners.

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BJCP 2021 Judging Styles

If a style's name is hyperlinked, it has specific entry requirements. Select or tap on the name to view the subcategory's requirements.

1B American Lager1A American Light Lager1D American Wheat Beer
1C Cream Ale2B International Amber Lager2C International Dark Lager
2A International Pale Lager3C Czech Amber Lager3D Czech Dark Lager
3A Czech Pale Lager3B Czech Premium Pale Lager4B Festbier
4C Helles Bock4A Munich Helles5C German Helles Exportbier
5A German Leichtbier5D German Pils5B Kölsch
6C Dunkels Bock6A Märzen6B Rauchbier
7B Altbier7A Vienna Lager8A Munich Dunkel
8B Schwarzbier9C Baltic Porter9A Doppelbock
9B Eisbock10B Dunkels Weissbier10A Weissbier
10C Weizenbock 11B Best Bitter11A Ordinary Bitter
11C Strong Bitter12B Australian Sparkling Ale12A British Golden Ale
12C English IPA13B British Brown Ale13A Dark Mild
13C English Porter14C Scottish Export14B Scottish Heavy
14A Scottish Light15C Irish Extra Stout15A Irish Red Ale
15B Irish Stout16D Foreign Extra Stout16B Oatmeal Stout
16A Sweet Stout16C Tropical Stout17A British Strong Ale
17A1 Burton Ale17D English Barley Wine17B Old Ale
17C Wee Heavy18B American Pale Ale18A Blonde Ale
19A American Amber Ale19C American Brown Ale19B California Common
20A American Porter20B American Stout20C Imperial Stout
21A American IPA21B1 Belgian IPA 21B2 Black IPA
21B3 Brown IPA 21B7 Brut IPA 21C Hazy IPA
21B4 Red IPA 21B5 Rye IPA 21B Specialty IPA
21B6 White IPA 22C American Barleywine22B American Strong Ale
22A Double IPA22D Wheatwine23A Berliner Weisse
23B Flanders Red Ale23F Fruit Lambic 23G Gose
23E Gueuze23D Lambic23C Oud Bruin
24B Belgian Pale Ale24C Bière de Garde 24A Witbier
25A Belgian Blond Ale25C Belgian Golden Strong Ale25B Saison
26D Belgian Dark Strong Ale26B Belgian Dubbel26A Belgian Single
26C Belgian Tripel27A Historical Beer 27A1 Kellerbier
27A2 Kentucky Common27A3 Lichtenhainer27A4 London Brown Ale
27A5 Piwo Grodziskie27A6 Pre-Prohibition Lager27A7 Pre-Prohibition Porter
27A8 Roggenbier27A9 Sahti28A Brett Beer
28B Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer 28D Straight Sour Beer28C Wild Specialty Beer
29B Fruit and Spice Beer 29A Fruit Beer 29D Grape Ale
29C Specialty Fruit Beer 30B Autumn Seasonal Beer 30D Specialty Spice Beer
30A Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer 30C Winter Seasonal Beer 31A Alternative Grain Beer
31B Alternative Sugar Beer 32A Classic Style Smoked Beer 32B Specialty Smoked Beer
33B Specialty Wood-Aged Beer 33A Wood-Aged Beer 34A Commercial Specialty Beer
34C Experimental Beer 34B Mixed-Style Beer LSX4 Catharina Sour
LSX1 Dorada PampeanaLSX2 IPA ArgentaLSX3 Italian Grape Ale
LSX5 New Zealand PilsnerC1B English Cider C1C French Cider
C1A New World Cider C1D New World Perry C1E Traditional Perry
C2C Applewine C2E Cider with Herbs/Spices C2B Cider with Other Fruit
C2D Ice Cider C2A New England Cider C2F Specialty Cider/Perry
M1A Dry Mead M1B Semi-Sweet Mead M1C Sweet Mead
M2C Berry Mead M2A Cyser M2E Melomel
M2B Pyment M2D Stone Fruit Mead M3A Fruit and Spice Mead
M3B Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead M4A Braggot M4C Experimental Mead
M4B Historical Mead   

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Number of Bottles Required Per Entry: 2

Judging Sessions and Dates

Main Judging at La Jara Brewing
Saturday, October 7, 2023 9:00 AM, PDT

Silvertooth Residence
Saturday, October 14, 2023 10:00 AM, PDT through Sunday, October 29, 2023 12:00 PM, PDT
124 Main Street, Long Beach, 90000

Grace Residence
Tuesday, October 17, 2023 6:00 PM, PDT through Thursday, October 26, 2023 12:00 AM, PDT
123 Main Street, Long Beach, 90000

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