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Rules
**This website will be used to host multiple home brew comps on the NORTH TEXAS CIRCUIT. If you are looking for a certian comp please check back closer to tht comps timeframe.
This competition is AHA sanctioned and open to the first 300 paid amateur homebrewers age 21 or older. There will be an 6 entry cap per brewer or brewing team but 1 per sub catagory.
All mailed entries must received at the mailing location by the entry deadline - please allow for shipping time.
All entries will be picked up from drop-off locations 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 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 may put multiple entries in each category but may 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.
Bottles will not be returned to entrants.
This comp is open to entrants from the United States only.
NO REFUNDS WILL BE GIVEN
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.
| 1A American Light Lager | 1B American Lager | 1C Cream Ale |
| 1D American Wheat Beer | 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 Brut IPA |
| 21C Hazy IPA | 22A Double IPA | 22B American Strong Ale |
| 22C American Barleywine | 22D Wheatwine | 27A2 Kentucky Common |
| 27A6 Pre-Prohibition Lager | 27A7 Pre-Prohibition Porter |
Number of Bottles Required Per Entry: 3
Judging Sessions
American Brown
Thursday, May 22, 2025 5:00 PM, CDT
American and Imperial stouts
Friday, May 23, 2025 5:00 PM, CDT
American Pale Ale
Saturday, May 24, 2025 8:00 AM, CDT
American light and pre pro lagers
Saturday, May 24, 2025 9:00 AM, CDT
American IPA
Saturday, May 24, 2025 11:00 AM, CDT
Hazy IPA
Saturday, May 24, 2025 11:00 AM, CDT
American Wheat
Friday, May 30, 2025 9:00 AM, CDT
Double IPA and American Strong
Friday, May 30, 2025 6:00 PM, CDT
American Blonde
Saturday, May 31, 2025 9:00 AM, CDT
Specialty IPA
Saturday, May 31, 2025 1:00 PM, CDT
American Ambers and commons
Friday, June 6, 2025 6:00 PM, CDT
American Lagers
Saturday, June 7, 2025 9:00 AM, CDT
Cream ales
Saturday, June 7, 2025 9:00 AM, CDT
American and pre pro porter
Saturday, June 7, 2025 11:00 AM, CDT
Awards Ceremony
Kinight's of Columbus Hall
1907 Whitley Rd, Keller, TX 76248
Saturday, July 12, 2025 3:00 PM, CDT
Circuit Qualification
2nd qualifing event on the North Texas Circuit and 3rd on the Lone Star Circuit!
Judging Sessions
American Brown
05/22/2025 5:00 PM, CDT.
American and Imperial stouts
05/23/2025 5:00 PM, CDT.
American Pale Ale
05/24/2025 8:00 AM, CDT.
American light and pre pro lagers
05/24/2025 9:00 AM, CDT.
American IPA
05/24/2025 11:00 AM, CDT.
Hazy IPA
05/24/2025 11:00 AM, CDT.
American Wheat
05/30/2025 9:00 AM, CDT.
Double IPA and American Strong
05/30/2025 6:00 PM, CDT.
American Blonde
05/31/2025 9:00 AM, CDT.
Specialty IPA
05/31/2025 1:00 PM, CDT.
American Ambers and commons
06/06/2025 6:00 PM, CDT.
American Lagers
06/07/2025 9:00 AM, CDT.
Cream ales
06/07/2025 9:00 AM, CDT.
American and pre pro porter
06/07/2025 11:00 AM, CDT.
Account Registration Closed
Account registrations accepted 04/11/2025 8:00 AM, CDT through 05/22/2025 5:00 PM, CDT.
Registrations for judges or stewards accepted 04/28/2025 8:00 AM, CDT through 05/09/2025 12:00 PM, CDT.
Entry Registration Closed
Entry Drop-Off Closed
Please pay attention to the notes provided for each drop-off location. There could be earlier deadlines for some drop-off locations listed, particular hours when entries are accepted, certain individuals to leave your entries with, etc. All entrants are responsible for reading the information provided by the organizers for each drop-off location.