Our yearly Open Season Competition is officially open!
By participating, you contribute to our club’s charitable efforts. Proceeds from the competition support various community initiatives, making your passion for brewing a force for good.
The deadline to register is May 4th! Don’t miss the chance to showcase your exceptional brews and be a part of a movement that celebrates the artistry of homebrewing.
More details can be found on the competition site:
https://reggiebeer.com/ReggieEntry.php?CompetitionID=NLWVQF1000979
Entries: $10
Rules for Open Season
This competition is AHA sanctioned and open to any amateur homebrewer age 21 or older.
ENTRIES MUST BE PAID TO BE CONSIDERED IN THE ENTRY LIMIT (150) FOR THIS COMPETITION.
If you do not pay for an entry before the limit is reached, that entry will not be eligible for the competition. We do not offer refunds.
All mailed entries must received at the mailing location by the entry deadline – please allow for shipping time. Any entry not received by the deadline will not be considered for competition.
All entries will be picked up from 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 mis-categorized entries, mailed entries that are not received by 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. All brews in combined categories will be judged according to the style they were originally entered in.
Qualified judging of all entries is the primary goal of our event. Judges will evaluate and score each entry. Each flight will have at least one BJCP judge.
Brewers are not limited to one entry in each category, but are limited to one entry in each subcategory. This includes teams. If the same brewers are listed on multiple beers with separate primary brewers in the same subcategory, only one entry will be eligible to place.
The 1st place entries at each table will advance to the Best of Show (BOS) round as determined by the head judge for each table.
Meads and Ciders will be combined to have their own Best of Show Judging in the same format as beer Best of Show.
Bottles and cans will not be returned to entrants.
Medals will be awarded by table.
Additional prizes may be awarded to those winners present at the awards ceremony at the discretion of the competition organizers. Awards will be available for pick up following the ceremony***. Awards not picked up will be mailed to participants. Scoresheets will be uploaded to profiles on the website for all participants. No hard copies will be returned unless there are extenuating circumstances. Results will be posted to the competition website after the ceremony concludes. Any awards not picked up will be shipped out within 2 months of the awards ceremony.
***If the awards ceremony is held in person, otherwise all awards will be shipped within 2 months.
