ENTRY - HDYB & MOBC's "Battle of the Home Brew Clubs" CONTEST

How Do You Brew / Midnight Oil Brewing "Battle of the Home Brew Clubs" Contest - OFFICIAL RULES

Important Dates 

Signup/Registration Open – Feb 1st 2022

Entries Close – March 20^th 2022

Beer Arrival Deadline – April 3rd 2022 2:00pm

Judging – Week of April 11th^th 2022

Winners Announced – May 7^th 2022

General

1. This competition is open to any home brewer over the age of 21. 

2. Each person enters as an individual contestant. 

4. Each contestant may also name a home brew club that they are affiliated with or enter as “unaffiliated”

5. A contestant may enter up to two (2) entries.

6. The entry fee is per contestant, not per beer entered in the contest. 

7. An entry must consist of at least two (2) unmarked 12 oz beer

bottles or 2 unmarked cans per entry.   

Entry

8. Entries will ONLY be taken through the Howdoyoubrew.com website.  www.howdoyoubrew.com

Entry Fee

9. The fee for entries is $8.00 per brewer.

Submission

10. Beverages must be delivered to HDYB 812 Pencader Drive 

   (or HDYB 58 Artisan Dr Smyrna) on or before 4:00 p.m. April 3^rd 2022.

11. The entry blank for each entry must be completed for each entry.

12. All beer submitted should be marked  “HDYB/MOBC Beer Competition.”  And have the contest label attached by a rubber band.  

Judging

13. Blind judging will be private and completed the week of April 7^th 2022. All beverages will be properly chilled prior to judging. 

14. All beverages will be judged based on the BJCP Style Guidelines, but please note that this is not an official HBA/BJCP sanctioned event. 

15. All beverages will be judged individually, and individual winners will be announced for each beer category.

16. If three or more brewers are affiliated with any homebrew club, the average of top three beers from three separate brewers will be used to determine the champion home brew club.     

17. Winners will be announced on May 7^th 2022 

Categories & Classes

1. Light Beers and Lager (not IPAs ) Eg. pale ale, pilsner, helles, American lagers, kolschs, and cream ales,  etc.)

2. Dark Ales and Lagers (not Stouts and Porters) Eg. oktoberfest, vienna, dunkel, schwarzbier, amber ales

3. IPA & Double IPA

4. Stout & Porters (American/English styles)

5. Belgian Style & Wheat Beer (hefeweizen, dunkelweiss, American wheat, Saison, Witbier, Abbey Styles, etc)

6. Sours

7. Other (Eg, Barley Wine, Barrel Aged Beer, Fruit/Herb/Vegetable, Experimental) 

Awards*

All enterents will get: 

$10 HDYB Online Store Credit & Judge's Summary 

14 - Finalist  (the top two finishers in each category) will get:

 $20 gift card from MOBC, $10 HDYB Store Credit & Judge's Summary    

7 - Medalist  (highest rated beer in each category) will get:

HDYB 2022 Gold Medal, $20 Gift Card from MOBC, $10 HDYB Store Credit

& Judge's Summary 

1 - Best Beer (Judge's determination of the best beer overall) will get:

Framed HDYB 2022 Gold Medal Award, $20 Gift Card from MOBC, $10 HDYB Store Credit

& Judges Summary

1- Home Brew Club of the Year will get: 

Private tour of Imperial Yeast in Philadelphia, Group Brew Day at MOBC, & Ownership (for the year) of the "Battle of the Homebrew Clubs" Golden Keg Award 

Store credits and judges comments will be available as soon as possible after the May 7th awards ceremony.