25th Annual Chico Homebrew Competition

Thank you for your interest in the 25th Annual Chico Homebrew Competition organized by Chico Home Brew Club.

You only need to register your information once and can return to this site to enter more brews or edit the brews you've entered. You can even pay your entry fees online if you wish.

Entry Registration is Open

0 entries have been added to the system as of 4:01 PM, PDT, Sunday, April 28, 2024.

0 paid entries are in the system as of 4:01 PM, PDT, Sunday, April 28, 2024.

To add your entries into the system, please proceed through the registration process or log in if you already have an account.

Judge and Steward Registration is Open

If you have not registered and are willing to be a volunteer, please register.

If you have registered, log in and then choose Edit Account from the My Account menu indicated by the icon on the top menu.

Rules

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This competition is AHA sanctioned and open to any amateur homebrewer age 21 or older.<\/p>\n

All mailed entries must be received<\/strong> at the mailing location by the shipping deadline - please allow for shipping time.<\/p>\n

All entries will be picked up from drop-off locations the day of the drop-off deadline.<\/p>\n

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.).<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Brewers are not limited to one entry in each category but may only enter each subcategory once.<\/p>\n

The competition committee reserves the right to combine overall style 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.<\/p>\n

The Best of Show judging will be determined by a Best of Show panel based on a second judging of the top winners.<\/p>\n

Bottles will not be returned to entrants.<\/p>","competition_packing_shipping":"

Carefully pack your entries in a sturdy box. Line the inside of your carton with a plastic trash bag. Partition and pack each bottle with adequate packaging material. Please do not over pack!<\/p>

Write clearly: Fragile. This Side Up.<\/em> on the package. Please only use bubble wrap as your packing material.<\/p>

Enclose each<\/em> of your bottle labels in a small zip-top bag before attaching to their respective bottles. This way it makes it possible for the organizer to identify specifically which entry has broken if there is damage during shipment.<\/p>

Every reasonable effort will be made to contact entrants whose bottles have broken to make arrangements for sending replacement bottles.<\/p>"}

Entry Acceptance Rules

Number of Bottles Required Per Entry: 3

Each entry will consist of capped bottles that are void of all identifying information, including labels and embossing. Printed caps are allowed, but must be blacked out completely.

12oz brown glass bottles are preferred; however, green and clear glass will be accepted. Swing top and corked bottles will NOT be accepted.

Bottles will not be returned to contest entrants.

All requisite paperwork must be submitted with each entry and can be printed directly from this website. Entry paperwork should be attached to bottles by the method specified on the bottle label.

Be meticulous about noting any special ingredients that must be specified. Failure to note such ingredients may impact the judges' scoring of your entry.

Competition Official

You can send an email to any of the following individuals via Contact.

• John Abbott — Competition Coordinator