2025 PUBS Homebrew Invitational - Old World Brew Challenge Info
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Rules
This competition is a invitational competition, and ONLY open to amateur homebrewers age 21 or older who are active members of any Northern California, Southern Oregon and Western Nevada Homebrew Club.
IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, WESTERN NEVADA OR SOUTHERN OREGON, PLEASE DON'T REGISTER AN ENTRY.
Why do we limit the competition to these regional clubs? It's not that we don't want to welcome clubs from everywhere. We just made the decision to gradually grow this competition in order to learn the logistics of running a large competition. Please feel free to reach out to us if you have any questions!
This competition will be AHA sanctioned
Each particiant will be responsible for either dropping their entries off at a designated drop-off location, or shipping their entries to the designated shipping location.
All entries must be delivered to a drop-off location, or received at the shipping location, by April 5th at 1pm
All entries will be picked up from designated drop-off locations the day of the drop-off 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 or entries that arrived damaged.
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 anticipated Judging Categories and their accepted subcategories are as follows:
2A International Pale Lager
2B International Amber Lager
2C International Dark Lager
3A Czech Pale Lager
3B Czech Premium Pale Lager
3C Czech Amber Lager
3D Czech Dark Lager
4A Munich Helles
4B Festbier
4C Helles Bock
5A German Leichtbier
5B Kölsch
5C German Helles Exportbier
5D German Pils
6A Märzen
6B Rauchbier
6C Dunkels Bock
7A Vienna Lager
7B Altbier
8A Munich Dunkel
8B Schwarzbier
9A Doppelbock
9B Eisbock
9C Baltic Porter
10A Weissbier
10B Dunkels Weissbier
10C Weizenbock
11A Ordinary Bitter
11B Best Bitter
11C Strong Bitter
12A British Golden Ale
12C English IPA
13A Dark Mild
13B British Brown Ale
13C English Porter
14A Scottish Light
14B Scottish Heavy
14C Scottish Export
15A Irish Red Ale
15B Irish Stout
15C Irish Extra Stout
16A Sweet Stout
16B Oatmeal Stout
16D Foreign Extra Stout
17A British Strong Ale
17B Old Ale
17C Wee Heavy
17D English Barley Wine
23A Berliner Weisse
23B Flanders Red Ale
23C Oud Bruin
23D Lambic
23E Gueuze
23F Fruit Lambic
23G Gose
24A Witbier
24B Belgian Pale Ale
24C Bière de Garde
25A Belgian Blond Ale
25B Saison
25C Belgian Golden Strong Ale
26A Belgian Single
26B Belgian Dubbel
26C Belgian Tripel
26D Belgian Dark Strong Ale
27A1 Kellerbier
27A3 Lichtenhainer
27A4 London Brown Ale
27A5 Piwo Grodziskie
27A8 Roggenbier
27A9 Sahti
LSX3 Italian Grape Ale
Brewers may enter one beer in each of the catagories listed above.
Entries must receive a minimum score of 30 in order to qualify for a medal
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 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 category winners.
Please visit the INFO page for complete entry rules.
Bottles and cans will not be returned to entrants.
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.
| 2A International Pale Lager | 2B International Amber Lager | 2C International Dark Lager |
| 3A Czech Pale Lager | 3B Czech Premium Pale Lager | 3C Czech Amber Lager |
| 3D Czech Dark Lager | 4A Munich Helles | 4B Festbier |
| 4C Helles Bock | 5A German Leichtbier | 5B Kölsch |
| 5C German Helles Exportbier | 5D German Pils | 6A Märzen |
| 6B Rauchbier | 6C Dunkels Bock | 7A Vienna Lager |
| 7B Altbier | 8A Munich Dunkel | 8B Schwarzbier |
| 9A Doppelbock | 9B Eisbock | 9C Baltic Porter |
| 10A Weissbier | 10B Dunkels Weissbier | 10C Weizenbock |
| 11A Ordinary Bitter | 11B Best Bitter | 11C Strong Bitter |
| 12A British Golden Ale | 12C English IPA | 13A Dark Mild |
| 13B British Brown Ale | 13C English Porter | 14A Scottish Light |
| 14B Scottish Heavy | 14C Scottish Export | 15A Irish Red Ale |
| 15B Irish Stout | 15C Irish Extra Stout | 16A Sweet Stout |
| 16B Oatmeal Stout | 16D Foreign Extra Stout | 17A British Strong Ale |
| 17B Old Ale | 17C Wee Heavy | 17D English Barley Wine |
| 23A Berliner Weisse | 23B Flanders Red Ale | 23C Oud Bruin |
| 23D Lambic | 23E Gueuze | 23F Fruit Lambic |
| 23G Gose | 24A Witbier | 24B Belgian Pale Ale |
| 24C Bière de Garde | 25A Belgian Blond Ale | 25B Saison |
| 25C Belgian Golden Strong Ale | 26A Belgian Single | 26B Belgian Dubbel |
| 26C Belgian Tripel | 26D Belgian Dark Strong Ale | 27A1 Kellerbier |
| 27A3 Lichtenhainer | 27A4 London Brown Ale | 27A5 Piwo Grodziskie |
| 27A8 Roggenbier | 27A9 Sahti | LSX3 Italian Grape Ale |
Number of Bottles Required Per Entry: 3
Judging Sessions
Pickup and Sort Beers
Saturday, April 5, 2025 1:00 PM, PDT
Set Up Judging Areas
Saturday, April 12, 2025 7:00 AM, PDT
Cellar Master
Saturday, April 12, 2025 8:00 AM, PDT
Food Preparation and Serving
Saturday, April 12, 2025 8:30 AM, PDT
Judge and Steward Check-In
Saturday, April 12, 2025 8:30 AM, PDT
Session #1
Saturday, April 12, 2025 9:00 AM, PDT through Saturday, April 12, 2025 1:30 PM, PDT
3111 Lincoln Newcastle Hwy, Lincoln, CA 95648
Session #2
Saturday, April 12, 2025 1:00 PM, PDT through Saturday, April 12, 2025 4:00 PM, PDT
3111 Lincoln Newcastle Hwy, Lincoln, CA 95648
MBOS
Saturday, April 12, 2025 3:00 PM, PDT
BOS
Saturday, April 12, 2025 4:15 PM, PDT through Saturday, April 12, 2025 5:00 PM, PDT
3111 Lincoln Newcastle Hwy, Lincoln, CA 95648
Clean Up
Saturday, April 12, 2025 5:00 PM, PDT
Best of Show
Best of Show prize: To Be Announced...
Awards
Our Awards Ceremony will be held at Fowler Ranch Farm Brewery in Linlcon, CA on Thursday April 17, 2025 @ 6:30pm.
All entrants are invited!!
Places will be awarded to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in each category, or grouped categories. A beer must score at least a 30 to qualify for an award.
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.
Additional prizes may be awarded to those winners present at the awards ceremony at the discretion of the competition organizers.
Results will be posted to the competition web site after the ceremony concludes. Score sheets will be available for download at this time also. Access your score sheets by logging into your account on the competition web site.
Medals not picked at the ceremony will be mailed to participants.
Cheers and good luck!
Awards Ceremony
Fowler Ranch Farm Brewery
3111 Lincoln Newcastle Hwy, Lincoln, CA 95648
Thursday, April 17, 2025 6:30 PM, PDT
Judging Sessions
Session #1
04/12/2025 9:00 AM, PDT — 04/12/2025 1:30 PM, PDT
3111 Lincoln Newcastle Hwy, Lincoln, CA 95648.
Session #2
04/12/2025 1:00 PM, PDT — 04/12/2025 4:00 PM, PDT
3111 Lincoln Newcastle Hwy, Lincoln, CA 95648.
MBOS
04/12/2025 3:00 PM, PDT.
BOS
04/12/2025 4:15 PM, PDT — 04/12/2025 5:00 PM, PDT
3111 Lincoln Newcastle Hwy, Lincoln, CA 95648.
Non-Judging Sessions
Pickup and Sort Beers
04/05/2025 1:00 PM, PDT
Set Up Judging Areas
04/12/2025 7:00 AM, PDT
Cellar Master
04/12/2025 8:00 AM, PDT
Food Preparation and Serving
04/12/2025 8:30 AM, PDT
Judge and Steward Check-In
04/12/2025 8:30 AM, PDT
Clean Up
04/12/2025 5:00 PM, PDT
Account Registration Closed
Account registrations accepted 01/01/2025 12:00 AM, PST through 04/12/2025 9:00 AM, PDT.
Registrations for judges or stewards accepted 01/01/2025 12:00 AM, PST through 04/12/2025 5:00 PM, PDT.
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.