Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2011 competition. We had 389 entries, another record

Special Thanks to our Sponsors:

Anchor Brewing Company, host of the competition and sponsor of the CA Homebrew Club of the Year

Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, sponsor of the CA Homebrewer of the Year

Oak Barrel Winecraft, sponsor of the Best of Show award

Lodi Brewing, Samuel Adams, and the Northern California Homebrewers Organization

Congratulations to all the winners, especially:

Bud Tourville, Best of Show, English Brown Ale

Paul Sangster, 2011 CA Homebrewer of the Year

Pacific Gravity, 2011 Anchor Brewing Homebrew Club of the Year

Complete Winner list here(pdf).  Awards and scoresheets were mailed 11/7.

2012 Competition date:  November 3

Look for entry details next Summer.

Forms:

Entry Form

Bottle Label Form

Complete Rules Package

Entry details below

Bryan Gros, Competition Organizer
Email Bryan

We're all set for judges and stewards now. Thanks for your interest.

Judge coordinator is Paul Keefer at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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2010 Results

2009 Results

Entry forms can be downloaded below:

Entry Form

Bottle Label form

Complete Rules Package

Entries may be shipped to:

Oak Barrel Winecraft
1443 San Pablo Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94702

Entry drop-off points:

Oak Barrel Winecraft
1443 San Pablo Ave
Berkeley, CA
(510) 849-0400
Mon - Fri 10-6, Sat 10-5

More Beer
995 Detroit Ave, Unit G
Concord, CA
(925) 939-2337
Mon - Fri 9-6, Sat 10-5

More Beer
991 N. San Antonio Road
Los Altos, CA
(650) 949-BREW
Mon-Fri 10:30-6, Weekends 10-5
NOTE: Los Altos Deadline is Wed, Oct 12

Sierra Nevada Homebrewer of the Year

The qualifying brewer who accumulates the most points from award winning beers in this competition, the Mayfaire, and the California State Fair will receive an award from the Sierra Nevada Brewing Company.

Anchor Brewing Homebrew Club of the Year

Anchor Brewing will select the Homebrew Club of the Year after reviewing the results of the above-named competitions and other pertinent information.

Best of Show

The brewer of the beer selected as the best of all best of class winners will receive a ribbon and their name will be engraved on a trophy that is on display at The Oak Barrel Homebrew Shop.

Best of Class

First place in each category will receive an engraved mug and a 'first award' ribbon.

Individual Awards

First, second, and third award ribbons will be given in each category. Multiple awards may be given, depending on category size. Additional awards may be presented, varying by Category, depending on the sponsorship of each category.

1. No individual brewer or single team of brewers may submit more than one entry per style. However, individuals who participate in several different teams of brewers do not disqualify those teams from entering a style that the individual has already entered.
2. An entry consists of three (3) 12 oz. brown or green, crown cap bottles. No swing cap, painted, or embossed bottles. We cannot accept larger bottles; smaller (7 oz.) bottles may be used for Barleywine only.
3. One Entrant's Information Form should be completed for each entrant (or team of entrants) including the entrant's name, address, phone number, club affiliation, if any, and a listing of entries by category and style. Each bottle must be labeled only with (a) the entrant's name and (b) category and style. Labels must be affixed to bottles with rubber bands. Do not use tape or gummed labels of any sort. Any cap other than plain must be blacked out. Entries not identified by style, where applicable, may be disqualified (see Category and Styles Description sheet).
4. Be sure the entry label clearly includes all information for the judges, particularly for entries in the Specialty category.
5. A beer may not be entered in more than one style or category.
6. All entries must be brewed in California by an amateur brewer. For the purpose of this competition, an amateur brewer is anyone not directly involved in a commercial brewing process, either as an owner, employee, or consultant during the time of the competition.
7. Each entry must have been brewed by the brewer identified on the Entrant Information form.
8. Entries may not be blends of two or more separately-brewed batches, except in the Specialty category.
9. All entries become the property of the NCHO at the time they are accepted at the drop-off address. Unused portions will not be returned to entrants and may be disposed of as necessary by the NCHO.
10. Scoresheets and uncollected awards or prizes will be delivered to the entrants via either personal delivery, US Mail, UPS, or some other delivery service in a timely manner after the competition is over. Awards may be collected on behalf of winners by a representative of the winner (friend or fellow club member) at the time of the awards ceremony. Delivery and safety of such awards will be the responsibility of the recipient, not the competition, its staff, or sponsors.

Categories are updated for 2010.

All BJCP beer styles (1 to 23) are accepted for judging. We have collapsed those 23 styles into 14 categories for the purposes of judging and awarding prizes. Entrants and judges should refer to the BJCP style guidelines (bjcp.org) for a detailed description of each style.

Note that this competition does not judge meads, ciders or perrys.

1. Light Ale

AMERICAN LIGHT ALE (Blonde) (BJCP Style 6B)
CREAM ALE (BJCP Style 6A)
KOLSCH (BJCP Style 6C)

2. Pale Ale

ORDINARY BITTER (BJCP Style 8A)
SPECIAL BITTER (BJCP Style 8B)
BRITISH PALE ALE (ESB) (BJCP Style 8C)
AMERICAN PALE ALE (BJCP Style 10A)
AMERICAN AMBER ALE (BJCP Style 10B)

3. India Pale Ale

ENGLISH IPA (BJCP Style 14A)
AMERICAN IPA (BJCP Style 14B)
DOUBLE IPA (BJCP Style 14C)

4. Brown Ale

ENGLISH MILD (BJCP Style 11A)
ENGLISH BROWN ALE (BJCP Styles 11B,11C)
AMERICAN BROWN ALE (BJCP Style 10C)
IRISH ALE (BJCP Style 9D)
SCOTTISH ALE (BJCP Styles 9A,9B,9C)

5. Strong Ale

OLD ALE (BJCP Styls 19A)
SCOTTISH WEE HEAVY (BJCP Style 9E)
ENGLISH BARLEYWINE (BJCP Style 19B)
AMERICAN BARLEYWINE (BJCP Style 19C)

6. PORTER

BROWN PORTER (BJCP Style 12A)
ROBUST PORTER (BJCP Style 12B)
BALTIC PORTER (BJCP Style 12C)

7. STOUT

DRY STOUT (BJCP Style 13A)
SWEET STOUT (BJCP Style 13B)
OATMEAL STOUT (BJCP Style 13C)
EXPORT STOUT (BJCP Style 13D)
AMERICAN STOUT (BJCP Style 13E)
IMPERIAL STOUT (BJCP Style 13F)

8. Wheat & Rye Beer

BERLINER WEISSE (BJCP Style 17A)
AMERICAN WHEAT (BJCP Style 6D)
WEIZEN (BJCP Style 15A)
DUNKELWEIZEN (BJCP Style 15B)
WEIZENBOCK (BJCP Style 15C)
ROGGENBIER (BJCP Style 15D)

9. MIXED STYLES

CALIFORNIA COMMON BEER (BJCP Style 7B)
ALT (BJCP Styles 7A,7C)

10. LIGHT LAGER

AMERICAN LAGER (BJCP Styles 1A,1B,1C)
CLASSIC AMERICAN PILSNER (BJCP Style 2C)
GERMAN PILSNER (BJCP Style 2A)
BOHEMIAN PILSNER (BJCP Style 2B)
EXPORT/DORTMUNDER (BJCP Style 1E)
MUNICH HELLES (BJCP Style 1D)

11. DARK LAGER

AMERICAN DARK (BJCP Style 4A)
VIENNA (BJCP Style 3A)
MARZEN/OKTOBERFEST (BJCP Style 3B)
MAIBOCK (BJCP Style 5A)
TRADITIONAL BOCK (BJCP Style 5B)
MUNICH DUNKEL (BJCP Style 4B)
SCHWARZBIER (BJCP Style 4C)
DOPPELBOCK (BJCP Style 5C)
EISBOCK (BJCP Style 5D)

12. Belgian Ales

WIT (BJCP Style 16A)
BELGIAN PALE ALE (BJCP Style 16B)
SAISON (BJCP Style 16C)
BIERE DE GARDE (BJCP Style 16D)
BELGIAN SPECIALTY (BJCP Style 16E)
FLANDERS RED (BJCP Style 17B)
OUD BRUIN (BJCP Style 17C)

13. Belgian Strong

BELGIAN BLONDE ALE (BJCP Style 18A)
BELGIAN DUBBEL (BJCP Style 18B)
BELGIAN TRIPEL (BJCP Style 18C)
BELGIAN STRONG GOLDEN (BJCP Style 18D)
BELGIAN STRONG DARK (BJCP Style 18E)

14. Specialty Beer

BELGIAN SOUR ALES (BJCP StyleS 17D, 17E, 17F)
FRUIT BEER (BJCP Style 20)
SPICE/HERB/VEGETABLE BEER (BJCP Styles 21A, 21B)
SMOKED/WOOD AGED BEER (BJCP Styles 22A, 22B, 22C)
SPECIALTY (BJCP Style 23)

2010 Results Best Of Show: Dwight Mulcahy, Weizenbock CA Homebrewer of the Year: Bud Tourville CA Homebrew Club of the Year: Maltose Falcons
Category	Entry #	Style	Place	Club	Brewer	2nd Brewer
Light Ale	1-12	Cream Ale	1	Worts of Wisdon	Brian Sassone
Light Ale	1-10	Kolsch	2	Worts of Wisdon	dWiGhT Mulcahy
Light Ale	1-3	American Blonde Ale	3	Brewing Network	Charlie Forsyth
Pale Ale	2-20	American Amber Ale (10b)	1	Sonoma Beerocrats	Martin Scherer
Pale Ale	2-15	British Pale Ale	2	none	Anthony Field
Pale Ale	2-25	American Pale Ale	2	Draughtboard	Jack Weldon
Pale Ale	2-7	American Pale Ale	3	Worts of Wisdon	Dave Messink
Pale Ale	2-31	Ordinary Bitter	3	none	Ray Ernenwein
Pale Ale	2-14	Ordinary Bitter	3	none	Anthony Field
India Pale Ale	3-27	Double IPA	1	none	AJ Gubser
India Pale Ale	3-5	Double IPA	2	Pacific Gravity	Josh Jensen
India Pale Ale	3-19	American IPA	2	QUAFF	Paul Sangster
India Pale Ale	3-18	Double IPA	3	QUAFF	Paul Sangster
India Pale Ale	3-2	American IPA	3	none	Cathy Portje
India Pale Ale	3-17	Double IPA	3	Brewing Network	Charlie Forsyth
Brown Ale	4-19	Scottish Ale	1	Sonoma Beerocrats	Michael D Kelly
Brown Ale	4-26	Irish Ale	2	California Brewer's Guild	Bud Tourville
Brown Ale	4-33	American Brown Ale	2	Worts of Wisdon	Cheyne Rutledge
Brown Ale	4-15	American Brown Ale	3	Brewing Network	Charlie Forsyth
Brown Ale	4-13	English Brown Ale (mild)	3	DOZE	Ray Graves
Brown Ale	4-31	English Mild	3	none	Ray Ernenwein
Strong Ale	5-6	American Barleywine	1	Grain Trust	Andy Carroll
Strong Ale	5-2	American Barleywine (BJCP 19C)	2	BAM	Michael Boals
Strong Ale	5-13	American Barleywine	3	California Brewer's Guild	Bud Tourville
Porter	6-9	Robust Porter	1	Pacific Gravity	Jeff Koehler
Porter	6-13	Brown Porter	2	Worts of Wisdon	Brian Sassone
Porter	6-11	Robust Porter	3	HOME	Mike Riddle
Stout	7-12	Imperial Stout	1	Pacific Gravity	Carl Townsend
Stout	7-6	Dry Stout	2	none	Anthony Field
Stout	7-10	Imperial Stout	3	San Andreas Malts	Kevin Johnson
Stout	7-13	Imperial Stout	3	HOME	Mike Riddle
Wheat	8-18	Weizenbock	1	Worts of Wisdon	dWiGhT Mulcahy
Wheat	8-4	Roggenbier	2	Pacific Gravity	Kristofor Barnes
Wheat	8-5	Weizenbock	3	none	Matthew Spindler	Erin Fischer
Wheat	8-20	American Wheat	3	none	Ray Ernenwein
Mixed Styles	9-9	Nothern German Altbier	1	Worts of Wisdon	dWiGhT Mulcahy
Mixed Styles	9-6	Alt	2	QUAFF	Paul Sangster
Mixed Styles	9-2	California Common Beer	3	none	Erik Franks
Light Lager	10-11	Mexican Premium Lager	1	California Brewer's Guild	Bud Tourville
Light Lager	10-14	German Pilsner	2	Brewing Network	Steve Mifsud
Light Lager	10-2	Pilsner	3	Maltose Falcons	Craig Deane
Dark Lager	11-7	Traditional Bock	1	Greenbelt Brewers Association	Michael Matiasek
Dark Lager	11-31	Vienna Lager	2	Brewing Network	Steve Mifsud
Dark Lager	11-24	American Dark Lager	2	California Brewer's Guild	Bud Tourville
Dark Lager	11-17	Marzen/Oktoberfest	3	QUAFF	Paul Sangster
Dark Lager	11--20	Vienna Lager	3	Doze	Dave Howes
Dark Lager	11-29	Octoberfest	3	Worts of Wisdon	Brian Sassone
Belgian Ales	12-20	Belgian Pale Ale	1	none	Alex Kolar
Belgian Ales	12-8	Flanders Red	2	DOZE	Nathan Smith
Belgian Ales	12-12	Saison	3	Sonoma Beerocrats	Michael D Kelly
Belgian Ales	12-2	Saison	3	Pacific Gravity	Kristofor Barnes
Belgian Strong	13-4	Belgian Dubbel	1	DOZE	Nathan Smith
Belgian Strong	13-11	Belgian Tripel	2	Grain Trust	Andy Carroll	Roger St Denis
Belgian Strong	13-5	Belgian Strong Dark	3	DOZE	Nathan Smith
Specialty	14-14	Wood-Aged RIS (Bourbon Barrel)	1	QUAFF	Paul Sangster
Specialty	14-23	Spice Ale, Nutmeg, Allspice, Cinnamon	2	Pacific Gravity	Carl Townsend
Specialty	14-32	India Dark Ale	2	Brewing Network	John Wagner
Specialty	14-4	Imperial American Amber w/o Crystal malt	3	Worts of Wisdon	Erich Schmidt
Specialty	14-28	Barrel Aged Belgian Pale Ale with Kriek	3	HOME	Mike Riddle	Cameron Day / Sean O'Conner
Specialty	14-31	Raspberry Blond Ale	3	California Brewer's Guild	Bud Tourville