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Rules

Due to the size of this competitons, meads and ciders are now moved to a separate competition, Mead Me In St. Louis, which is held in September. The Happy Holidays Homebrew Competition is now beer-only.

This competition is AHA sanctioned and open to any amateur beermaker 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 must be paid for with credit card / PayPal. Checks will not be accepted. There is a limit of 650 paid entries. Once 650 paid entries have been registered and paid for, the unpaid ones will be disqualified.

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.

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 entries 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. Medals will be awarded to the top three Best of Show beers.

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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.

1A American Light Lager1B American Lager1C Cream Ale
1D American Wheat Beer2A International Pale Lager2B International Amber Lager
2C International Dark Lager3A Czech Pale Lager3B Czech Premium Pale Lager
3C Czech Amber Lager3D Czech Dark Lager4A Munich Helles
4B Festbier4C Helles Bock5A German Leichtbier
5B Kölsch5C German Helles Exportbier5D German Pils
6A Märzen6B Rauchbier6C Dunkels Bock
7A Vienna Lager7B Altbier8A Munich Dunkel
8B Schwarzbier9A Doppelbock 9B Eisbock
9C Baltic Porter10A Weissbier10B Dunkels Weissbier
10C Weizenbock 11A Ordinary Bitter11B Best Bitter
11C Strong Bitter12A British Golden Ale12B Australian Sparkling Ale
12C English IPA13A Dark Mild13B British Brown Ale
13C English Porter14A Scottish Light14B Scottish Heavy
14C Scottish Export15A Irish Red Ale15B Irish Stout
15C Irish Extra Stout16A Sweet Stout16B Oatmeal Stout
16C Tropical Stout16D Foreign Extra Stout17A British Strong Ale
17A1 Burton Ale17B Old Ale17C Wee Heavy
17D English Barley Wine18A Blonde Ale18B American Pale Ale
19A American Amber Ale19B California Common19C American Brown Ale
20A American Porter20B American Stout20C Imperial Stout
21A 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
21C Hazy IPA22A Double IPA22B American Strong Ale
22C American Barleywine22D Wheatwine23A Berliner Weisse
23B Flanders Red Ale23C Oud Bruin23D Lambic
23E Gueuze23F Fruit Lambic 23G Gose
24A Witbier24B Belgian Pale Ale24C Bière de Garde
25A Belgian Blond Ale25B Saison 25C Belgian Golden Strong Ale
26A Belgian Single26B Belgian Dubbel26C Belgian Tripel
26D Belgian Dark Strong Ale27A 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 28C Wild Specialty Beer 28D Straight Sour Beer
29A Fruit Beer 29B Fruit and Spice Beer 29C Specialty Fruit Beer
29D Grape Ale 30A Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer 30B Autumn Seasonal Beer
30C Winter Seasonal Beer 30D Specialty Spice Beer 31A Alternative Grain Beer
31B Alternative Sugar Beer 32A Classic Style Smoked Beer 32B Specialty Smoked Beer
33A Wood-Aged Beer 33B Specialty Wood-Aged Beer 34A Commercial Specialty Beer
34B Mixed-Style Beer 34C Experimental Beer 63A Kotbusser (Custom Style)
64A Pale Mild (Custom Style)65A Stjordal (Custom Style)66A American Colonial Beer (Custom Style)
67A Grissette (Custom Style)68A Fresh / Wet Hopped Beers (Custom Style) 69A West Coast Pilsner (Custom Style)
70A Sticke Alt (Custom Style) 71A Session Hazy (Custom Style)LSX1 Dorada Pampeana
LSX2 IPA ArgentaLSX3 Italian Grape Ale LSX4 Catharina Sour
LSX5 New Zealand Pilsner50A Honey Beer (Custom Style) 99A Mead Only (Custom Style)

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Number of Bottles Required Per Entry: 2

Judging Sessions

Entry Sorting
Sunday, December 8, 2024 1:00 PM, CST

Monday
Monday, December 9, 2024 6:00 PM, CST

Tuesday
Tuesday, December 10, 2024 6:00 PM, CST

Wednesday
Wednesday, December 11, 2024 6:00 PM, CST

Friday Afternoon
Friday, December 13, 2024 3:30 PM, CST

Friday Evening
Friday, December 13, 2024 6:00 PM, CST

Saturday Morning
Saturday, December 14, 2024 9:00 AM, CST

Saturday Afternoon
Saturday, December 14, 2024 1:00 PM, CST

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Best of Show

Medals 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 first, second, and third place Best of Show beers selected.

Best of Show winners will also recive a beautiful trophy.

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Awards

Medals 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 first, second, and third place Best of Show beers selected.

Scoresheets will be scanned and available in electronic format. Results will be posted to the competition web site after the awards announcement. It takes time to scan and upload the scoresheets. Please be patient. They are usually available within a week of the end of judging.

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Awards Ceremony

HHHC Banquet
Saturday, December 14, 2024 7:00 PM, CST

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