Accepted Styles
Each brewer may enter up to three beers per round, with all entries earning points towards the year long Homebrewer of the Year competition. Each entry will earn 1 point, 1st place in that round will earn an additional 6 points, 2nd place will earn 4 points, and 3rd place will earn 2 points.
These competitions are open only to registered members of the club. If you would like to sign up to be a member, please visit the Membership Signup page.
Categories listed are per the 2015 BJCP Style Guidelines. Entries must be registered prior to the start of the general meeting of the month listed in parenthesis for each round. Entry bottles must be dropped off at the general meeting of the same month.
Round 1: Smooth Jazz – Session/Low ABV Beers (March)
- 1A – American Light Lager
- 4A -Munich Helles
- 11A – Ordinary Bitter
- 13A – Dark Mild
- 15B – Irish Stout
- 19B – California Common
- 23A – Berliner Weisse
- 27 – Kentucky Common
Round 2: Classic Rock – American Classics (May)
- 1B – American Lager
- 1D – American Wheat
- 18A – Blonde Ale
- 18B – American Pale Ale
- 19A – American Amber Ale
- 20A – American Porter
- 21A – American IPA
Round 3: Punk Rock – European Classics (August)
- 3A – Czech Pale Lager
- 5D – German Pils
- 6B – Rauchbier
- 10A – Weissbier
- 11B – Best Bitter
- 11C – Strong Bitter
- 13B – British Brown Ale
- 14B – Scottish Heavy
- 15A – Irish Red
Round 4: Heavy Metal – High ABV/Imperial (November)
- 17A – British Strong Ale
- 17B – Old Ale
- 17C – Wee Heavy
- 17D – English Barleywine
- 22B – American Strong Ale
- 22C – American Barleywine
- 22D – Wheatwine
- 25C – Belgian Golden Strong
- 26C – Belgian Tripel
- 26D – Belgian Dark Strong
- 27 – Sahti