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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 entry deadline - please allow for shipping time.

All entries will be picked up from the drop-off locations on the day of the entry 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 miscategorized 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. For example, participants may enter a Belgian Pale (16B) and Belgian Saison (16C), but may not enter two Saisons, even if they are different brews...  With the following exceptions- Category 28, 29, 30, 31,33, and 34- Brewer may enter up to four beers per subcategory in these--However, ONLY 1 medal will be awarded per brewer per subcategory for categories 29 and 30.  Due to the unique nature of categories 28, 31, 33, and 34, a brewer may be awarded multiple medals. The administrator of any series or circuit may decide how to count accept points for multiple medals in these special categories and may accept or reject points for any but the highest medal at their sole discretion.

The competition committee reserves the right to combine categories based on the number of entries. All possible efforts 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.

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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 Pilsner  

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Number of Bottles Required Per Entry: 2

Judging Sessions and Dates

Sorting Party (No judging)
Wednesday, September 6, 2023 6:30 PM, EDT

Judging Session 09/10
Sunday, September 10, 2023 2:30 PM, EDT

Judging Session 9/17
Sunday, September 17, 2023 12:00 PM, EDT

Judging Session 9/19 Club Meeting
Tuesday, September 19, 2023 6:30 PM, EDT

Judging Session 9/23
Saturday, September 23, 2023 12:00 PM, EDT

Judging Session #1 Week of 10/1
Sunday, October 1, 2023 12:00 PM, EDT

Final Judging Session AM
Saturday, October 7, 2023 9:00 AM, EDT

Final Judging Session PM
Saturday, October 7, 2023 1:00 PM, EDT

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Best of Show

Best of Show winners will receive redeemable prizes selected from sponsor-donated items. Competition organizers will allocate these prizes to all BOS places at the time of the event.

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Awards

The awards ceremony will take place once judging is completed, the time listed is our best guess- this can change based on the number of entries and avaialble Judges and stewards.

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.

Results will be posted to the competition web site after the ceremony concludes. Both score sheets and awards will be available for pick up that night after the ceremony concludes. Score sheets not picked up will be scanned in and available on this site within a week. Awards not picked up will be shipped to the winners.

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Awards Ceremony

Knights of Columbus Hall
7615 Lee Hwy, Chattanooga, TN 37421
Saturday, October 7, 2023 5:00 PM, EDT

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Circuit Qualification

Fugetaboutit is a participant in the Mid-South Homebrew Series

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