3rd Annual Oktoberfest Party & Homebrew Competition Info

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Rules

Thanks for your interest in our homebrew competition! Please read all this information in detail. If you have additional questions, don't hesitate to contact us.

Although this is an official AHA santioned competition, we really want this to be a local competition so we are limiting it to residents of greater-Cleveland. This includes people who live in the following counties: Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage, and Summit. Thank you for understanding!

• Beers will be judged based on the BJCP 2021 Style Guidelines.

• Being that this competition is based around an Oktoberfest party, eligible categories are limited to the following:
  4 Pale Malty European Lager
  5 Pale Bitter European Beer
  6 Amber Malty European Lager
  7 Amber Bitter European Beer
  8 Dark European Lager
  9 Strong European Beer
  10 German Wheat Beer

• 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, entries received after the entry deadline, or entries that arrive 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 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.

• Bottles will not be returned to entrants.

• To register and add entries, click on 'Log In' and then 'Register' at the top right of this page.

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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.

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Number of Bottles Required Per Entry: 2

Judging Sessions

Judging Session 1
Sunday, September 8, 2024 11:00 AM, EDT

Judging Session 2
Sunday, September 8, 2024 1:00 PM, EDT

Judging Session 3 (BoS)
Sunday, September 8, 2024 3:00 PM, EDT

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Best of Show

The top seven (7) beers from the first rounds of judging (one from each category) will go on to the Best of Show round to be judged again. A single Best of Show winner will be decided.

BEST OF SHOW WINS A GENERAL ADMISSION TICKET TO ALL THREE DAYS OF THE 2024 GREAT AMERICAN BEER FESTIVAL IN DENVER, CO!

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Awards

The awards ceremony will take place at our Oktoberfest Party on 9/14/2024. Details and tickets for the party can be found here: Oktoberfest Party

• If you are a competitor, judge, or steward for the competition, you get free entry to the party on 9/14/24.

• Medals will be awarded to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in each category.

• 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 at the awards ceremony. Score sheets not picked up by 10/14/24 will be discarded. Results will be posted to the competition web site after the ceremony concludes.

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Awards Ceremony

The Cleveland Brew Shop
4142 Lorain Ave. Cleveland, OH 44113
Saturday, September 14, 2024 6:00 PM, EDT

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