8th Annual PA Homebrew Open Competition – TBD
Prior years results are posted here
Special sponsors who make it possible!
Axemann Brewery
2042 Axemann Road, Bellefonte, PA 16823
info@axemannbrewery.com
Big Spring Spirits©
198 Match Factory Place, Bellefonte, PA 16823
814-353-4478
Consistent sponsors through the years!
Visit the Official Website for all the detailed information as well to register for the event.
Rules
- This competition is AHA sanctioned and open to any amateur homebrewer age 21 or older.
- Only paid entries will be judged. You may submit an entry, but payment is required to reserve your place in the competition.
- All payments will be via PayPal. No cash or checks will be accepted.
- 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.
- Bottles will not be returned to entrants.
BJCP 2015 Judging Styles
For more information on style and possible specific entry requirements, please visit this list on the official site here.
| 1A American Light Lager | 1B American Lager | 1C Cream Ale |
| 1D American Wheat Beer | 2A International Pale Lager | 2B International Amber Lager |
| 2C International Dark Lager | 3A Czech Pale Lager | 3B Czech Premium Pale Lager |
| 3C Czech Amber Lager | 3D Czech Dark Lager | 4A Munich Helles |
| 4B Festbier | 4C Helles Bock | 5A German Leichtbier |
| 5B Kolsch | 5C German Exportbier | 5D German Pils |
| 6A Marzen | 6B Rauchbier | 6C Dunkels Bock |
| 7A Vienna Lager | 7B Altbier | 7C Kellerbier |
| 8A Munich Dunkel | 8B Schwarzbier | 9A Doppelbock |
| 9B Eisbock | 9C Baltic Porter | 10A Weissbier |
| 10B Dunkels Weissbier | 10C Weizenbock | 11A Ordinary Bitter |
| 11B Best Bitter | 11C Strong Bitter | 12A English Golden Ale |
| 12B Australian Sparkling Ale | 12C English IPA | 13A Dark Mild |
| 13B English Brown Ale | 13C English Porter | 14A Scottish Light |
| 14B Scottish Heavy | 14C Scottish Export | 15A Irish Red Ale |
| 15B Irish Stout | 15C Irish Extra Stout | 16A Sweet Stout |
| 16B Oatmeal Stout | 16C Tropical Stout | 16D Foreign Extra Stout |
| 17A British Strong Ale | 17A1 Burton Ale | 17B Old Ale |
| 17C Wee Heavy | 17D English Barleywine | 18A Blonde Ale |
| 18B American Pale Ale | 19A American Amber Ale | 19B California Common |
| 19C American Brown Ale | 20A American Porter | 20B American Stout |
| 20C Imperial Stout | 21A American IPA | 21B Specialty IPA |
| 21B1 Belgian IPA | 21B2 Black IPA | 21B3 Brown IPA |
| 21B4 Red IPA | 21B5 Rye IPA | 21B6 White IPA |
| 21B7 New England IPA | 22A Double IPA | 22B American Strong Ale |
| 22C American Barleywine | 22D Wheatwine | 23A Berliner Weisse |
| 23B Flanders Red Ale | 23C Oud Bruin | 23D Lambic |
| 23E Gueuze | 23F Fruit Lambic | 24A Witbier |
| 24B Belgian Pale Ale | 24C Biere de Garde | 25A Belgian Blond Ale |
| 25B Saison | 25C Belgian Golden Strong Ale | 26A Trappist Single |
| 26B Belgian Dubbel | 26C Belgian Tripel | 26D Belgian Dark Strong Ale |
| 27A Historical Beer | 27A1 Gose | 27A2 Piwo Grodziskie |
| 27A3 Lichtenhainer | 27A4 Roggenbier | 27A5 Sahti |
| 27A6 Kentucky Common | 27A7 Pre-Prohibition Lager | 27A8 Pre-Prohibition Porter |
| 27A9 London Brown Ale | 28A Brett Beer | 28B Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer |
| 28C Wild Specialty Beer | 29A Fruit Beer | 29B Fruit and Spice Beer |
| 29C Speciality Fruit Beer | 30A Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer | 30B Autumn Seasonal Beer |
| 30C Winter Seasonal Beer | 31A Alternative Grain Beer | 31B Alternative Sugar Beer |
| 32A Classic Style Smoked Beer | 32B Specialty Smoked Beer | 33A Wood-Aged Beer |
| 33B Specialty Wood-Aged Beer | 34A Clone Beer | 33A Wood-Aged Beer |
| 34C Experimental Beer |