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Rules

The Peach State Brew Off is the one of the oldest and largest AHA sanctioned competitions in the southeast. Our competition is open to any amateur homebrewer age 21 or older. The final judging session and awards ceremony will be on Saturday March 11, 2023.

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

All entries will be picked up from drop-off locations the day of the drop-off deadline—please have them there early as we cannot guarantee pick up times.

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 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.

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.

People's Choice Award!

We are happy to brig back the People's Choice award this year. Kegs, bottles, or growlers allowed.

You must download, fill out, and attach an entry form to each entry. Download the form here. One form on each keg, growler, or box is sufficient.

Registration begins at the conclusion of judging/lunch time. Each person at the Peach State may vote, and winners will be announced along with winners of the other categories.

If you bring a keg, you must make arrangements for distribution (CO2, taps) as none will be provided. You are responsible for cleaning up any spills from your set up. We need to leave a clean space behind to assure we can do it again next year.

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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 21C Hazy IPA
22A Double IPA22B American Strong Ale22C American Barleywine
22D Wheatwine23A Berliner Weisse23B Flanders Red Ale
23C Oud Bruin23D Lambic23E Gueuze
23F Fruit Lambic 24A Witbier24B Belgian Pale Ale
24C Bière de Garde 25A Belgian Blond Ale25B Saison
25C Belgian Golden Strong Ale26A Belgian Single26B Belgian Dubbel
26C Belgian Tripel26D Belgian Dark Strong Ale27A Historical Beer
27A1 Kellerbier 27A2 Kentucky Common27A3 Lichtenhainer
27A4 London Brown Ale27A5 Piwo Grodziskie27A6 Pre-Prohibition Lager
27A7 Pre-Prohibition Porter27A8 Roggenbier27A9 Sahti
28A Brett Beer 28B Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer 28C Wild Specialty Beer
29A 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
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
C1A New World Cider C1B English Cider C1C French Cider
C1D New World Perry C1E Traditional Perry C2A New England Cider
C2B Cider with Other Fruit C2C Applewine C2D Ice Cider
C2E Cider with Herbs/Spices C2F Specialty Cider/Perry LSX4 Catharina Sour
LSX5 New Zealand PilsnerM1A Dry Mead M1B Semi-Sweet Mead
M1C Sweet Mead M2A Cyser M2B Pyment
M2C Berry Mead M2D Stone Fruit Mead M2E Melomel
M3A Fruit and Spice Mead M3B Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead M4A Braggot
M4B Historical Mead M4C Experimental Mead  

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Number of Bottles Required Per Entry: 2

Judging Sessions and Dates

Session C
Saturday, February 11, 2023 12:00 PM, EST

Session O1
Saturday, February 18, 2023 9:00 AM, EST

Session O2
Saturday, February 18, 2023 1:00 PM, EST

Session H
Saturday, February 25, 2023 12:00 PM, EST

Session S
Sunday, March 5, 2023 12:00 PM, EST

Session B
Wednesday, March 8, 2023 7:00 PM, EST

The Main Event
Saturday, March 11, 2023 9:00 AM, EST

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Best of Show

One entry from each flight may be passed along to the Best of Show. Each of these beers will be judged by a separate panel of judges.

First Place Best of Show receives a commemorative plaque.

Second Place Best of Show receives a commemorative plaque.

Third Place Best of Show receives a commemorative plaque.

First Place Mead/Cider Best of Show receives a commemorative plaque.
 

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Awards

The awards ceremony will take place once judging is completed on Saturday March 11, 2023.

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.

Additional prizes may be awarded to those winners present at the awards ceremony at the discretion of the competition organizers.

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

We are proud to be a part of the MidSouth Series which is Mid-South Homebrewer of the Year and Club of the Year.

The Ale Grail is presented to the Georgia Homebrew Club with the highest point total. Scoring is done using 1st = 5 points, 2nd = 3 points, and 3rd = 1 point. In the case of a points tie, the club with the most first place medals receives the presentation.

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Awards Ceremony

Tucker Recreation Center Auditorium
4898 Lavista Rd., Tucker, GA 30084
Saturday, March 11, 2023 2:00 PM, EST

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