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Rules

This competition is AHA sanctioned and open to any amateur homebrewer age 21 or older and a resident of Ohio.

All mailed entries must received at the mailing location by the entry deadline - please allow for shipping time.

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 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. The winner of the Best of Show beer will be brewed at Star City with the winning brewer at a later date tbd.

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.

1D American Wheat Beer5A German Leichtbier5B Kölsch
6B Rauchbier7B Altbier8A Munich Dunkel
10A Weissbier10B Dunkels Weissbier10C Weizenbock
11A Ordinary Bitter11B Best Bitter11C Strong Bitter
12A British Golden Ale12B Australian Sparkling Ale12C English IPA
13A Dark Mild13B British Brown Ale13C English Porter
14A Scottish Light14B Scottish Heavy14C Scottish Export
15A Irish Red Ale15B Irish Stout15C Irish Extra Stout
16A Sweet Stout16B Oatmeal Stout16C Tropical Stout
16D Foreign Extra Stout17A British Strong Ale17A1 Burton Ale
17B Old Ale17C Wee Heavy17D English Barley Wine
18B American Pale Ale19A American Amber Ale19B California Common
19C American Brown Ale20A American Porter20B American Stout
20C Imperial Stout21A American IPA21B Specialty IPA
21B1 Belgian IPA 21B2 Black IPA 21B3 Brown IPA
21B4 Red IPA 21B5 Rye IPA 21B6 White IPA
21B7 Brut IPA 22A Double IPA22B American Strong Ale
22C American Barleywine22D Wheatwine24A Witbier
24B Belgian Pale Ale24C Bière de Garde 25A Belgian Blond Ale
25B Saison 25C Belgian Golden Strong Ale26A Belgian Single
26B Belgian Dubbel26C Belgian Tripel26D Belgian Dark Strong Ale
27A Historical Beer 27A1 Kellerbier 27A2 Kentucky Common
27A4 London Brown Ale27A5 Piwo Grodziskie27A7 Pre-Prohibition Porter
27A8 Roggenbier27A9 Sahti29A Fruit Beer
29B Fruit and Spice Beer 29C Specialty Fruit Beer 30A Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
30B Autumn Seasonal Beer 30C Winter Seasonal Beer 30D Specialty Spice Beer
32A Classic Style Smoked Beer 32B Specialty Smoked Beer  

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Number of Bottles Required Per Entry: 2

Judging Sessions

SCO Judging
Saturday, April 1, 2023 9:00 AM, EDT

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Awards

The awards ceremony will take place once judging is completed.

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.

Both score sheets and awards will be available for pick up after the ceremony concludes. Awards and score sheets not picked up will be emailed back to participants. Results will be posted to the competition web site after the ceremony concludes.

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Awards Ceremony

Star City Brewing
319 S 2nd St Miamisburg OH 45342
Saturday, April 1, 2023 1:00 PM, EDT

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