QUARTER 1 January 1 - March 31 2021
CANCELED DUE TO COVID
QUARTER 2 April 1 - June 30 2021
CANCELED DUE TO COVID
QUARTER 3 July 1 - September 30 2021
IPAs & PALE ALES
IPAs, pale ales, 2xIPAs, NEIPAs, imperial IPAs, black IPAs, other hop forward styles
AWARDS AND TASTING EVENT
Event currently postponed. Stay tuned for updates.
REGISTER BREWS
QUARTER 4 October 1 - December 31 2021
DARK BEERS
Includes Stout, Porter, Brown Ale, Black Ale, Dark Lager, Marzen, Dunkel, Schwarzbier, Black IPA and anything else dark in color.
AWARDS AND TASTING EVENT
Details to be announced. Stay tuned.
QUARTER 1 January 1 - March 31 2019
IPAs AND PALE ALES
🥇 Dean Condron & Sean Alan - 25 Hours to Kashmir
🥈 Justin Flewelling - Secret Ingredient
🥉 Kurt Siebenaller - H.B.D.G.AF.
🏅B/C: Larry Kula - Vic's Mango Secret
QUARTER 2 April 1 - June 30 2019
WHEAT BEERS
🥇 Brandon Rohde - I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues-Berry Wheat
🥈 Dean Condron - Sommertime
🥉 Larry Kula - Don’t Be a Sour Prick
🏅B/C: Larry Kula - Don’t Be a Sour Prick
QUARTER 3 July 1 - September 30 2019
LIGHTS & LAGERS
🥇 Mike Kunik
🥈 Tom Hartley
🥉 Dean Condron
🏅B/C: Ralph Brandle - Blueberry in Paradise
QUARTER 4 October 1 - December 31 2018
DARK BEERS
🥇 Dean Condron - Crumbum's Wink
🥈 Heather Bentley- Dark Temptation
🥉 Mark Martin - Face Puncher
🏅B/C: Evan King & Chad Sherven - R.S.I.D.
QUARTER 1 January 1 - March 31 2018
IPAs AND PALE ALES
🥇 Kelly Condron - Curious Haze
🥈 Kelly Condron - Just Peachy
🥉 Justin Flewelling - IBU What?!
🏅B/C: Justin Flewelling - Haters Gonna Hate
QUARTER 2 April 1 - June 30 2018
SOUR & FRUIT BEERS
🥇 Larry Kula - Squeeze Squeeze Me
🥈 Joe Malkowski & Nate Valade- Unicorn Spit
🥉 Kelly Cobane Condron - Two Can Tango
🏅B/C: Lori Moultane Kula - Comes The Dawn
QUARTER 3 July 1 - September 30 2018
BELGIAN BEERS
🥇 Mark Martin - Dubbel Bubbel
🥈 Justin Flewelling - Platinum Blonde
🥉 Dean Condron - Goed IPA
🏅B/C: Kelly Toone - Darkside of the Brune
QUARTER 4 October 1 - December 31 2018
DARK BEERS
🥇 Lee Bentley - Unicorn Poop
🥈 Justin Flewelling - Haters In Space
🥉 Dan Witucki & Dillon Verhaeghe - Red Eye
🏅B/C: Chad Sherven & Evan King - Rockfoot Marshmallow Stout
GENERAL INFO
‣ We will be having 4 competitions per year. Each competition will span 3 months, following the calendar quarters, with the deadline falling on the last day of each quarter.
‣ Quarterly Competitions are fun, friendly, competitions focused on providing feedback to brewers and fostering the homebrew community! These are not competitive BJCP sanctioned competitions.
‣ Q1: January - March, Q2: April - June, Q3: July - September, Q4: October - December.
‣ Each quarter will be limited to specific categories and/or beer styles.
‣ The current competition schedule will be listed above.
REGISTRATION & SUBMISSION
‣ This is a free competition, there is no entry fee.
‣ Each participant may enter up to 2 different beers.
‣ All entries must be registered online and dropped off at Hop Craft by the last day of each quarter. (see schedule above for specific dates)
‣ To register your beers, click the registration button for the active quarter, and fill out the form that follows.
‣ Please attach a label to your beers with a rubber band, include your name and the name of the beer.
‣ Please drop off at least 2 bottles of each beer for judging, and however many you would like for sampling at the awards / tasting event.
JUDGING
‣ Beers are judged by professional commercial brewers and BJCP judges, Hop Craft employees are not involved in judging.
‣ Using the BJCP scoresheet, beers will be judged based on aroma, appearance, flavor, mouthfeel, and overall impression. Feedback will be given for each of these categories.
‣ Judges will work in pairs to evaluate beers.
‣ During the first round of judging, each beer will receive a numerical score.
‣ During the second round of judging, the highest scoring beers from each pair of judges in round one will be re-evaluated to determine the winners.
‣ Prizes and medals will be awarded for first (gold), second (silver), and third (bronze).
‣ Additional prizes will be awarded at the awards & tasting event for brewers choice, best name, and most creative recipe. Attendees will vote for these based on the beers they sample.
‣ First place (gold) will brew their award winning recipe on a commercial brew system at the brewery hosting our awards & tasting event. The beer will then be on tap at that brewery and we will organize a tapping party when the beer is ready.
AWARDS & TASTING EVENT
‣ This is a free competition, there is no entry fee.
‣ Each participant may enter up to 2 different beers.
‣ All entries must be registered online and dropped off at Hop Craft by the last day of each quarter. (see schedule above for specific dates)
‣ To register your beers, click the registration button for the active quarter, and fill out the form that follows.
‣ Please attach a label to your beers with a rubber band, include your name and the name of the beer.
‣ Please drop off at least 2 bottles of each beer for judging, and however many you would like for sampling at the awards / tasting event.
