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Rules

The competition is "America's Cup" and limited to American style home brewed beers.  There are no Cider or Mead categories.

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 (BOS) judging will be determined by a Best of Show panel based on a second judging of the top winners.  BOS will be posted on this website the morning of 3/19/23 after the conclusion of the Suwanee Beerfest.

Bottles will not be returned to entrants.

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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.

1A American Light Lager1B American Lager1C Cream Ale
1D American Wheat Beer18A Blonde Ale18B American Pale Ale
19A American Amber Ale19B California Common19C American Brown Ale
20A American Porter20B American Stout20C Imperial Stout
21A American IPA21C Hazy IPA22A Double IPA
22B American Strong Ale22C American Barleywine22D Wheatwine

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Number of Bottles Required Per Entry: 2

Judging Sessions and Dates

Session 1
Thursday, March 2, 2023 6:00 PM, EST

Session 2
Friday, March 3, 2023 6:00 PM, EST

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Best of Show

Best Of Show (BOS) will be judged and presented at the Suwanee Beer Festival on March 18, 2023.  BOS will be posted on this website the morning of 3/19/23 after the conclusion of judging at the Suwanee Beerfest.

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Awards

The awards ceremony will take place once judging is completed.

Places will be awarded to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in each category/table.

The 1st place entry in each category will advance to the Best of Show (BOS) round with a single, overall Best of Show beer selected.

Additional prizes may be awarded to those winners present at the awards ceremony at the discretion of the competition organizers.

Both score sheets and awards will be available for pick up that night after the ceremony concludes. Awards and score sheets not picked up will be mailed back to participants. Results will be posted to the competition web site after the ceremony concludes.

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Awards Ceremony

Brimstone Tavern
10595 Old Alabama Rd Con #10, Alpharetta, GA 30022
Saturday, March 11, 2023 2:00 PM, EST

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