Thank you for your interest in the 2024 Boerne Bierfest Homebrew Competition organized by Boerne Bierfest & San Antonio Cerveceros, Boerne, TX.

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.

Thanks and Good Luck To All Who Entered the 2024 Boerne Bierfest Homebrew Competition!

There are 107 registered entries and 54 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

As of 10:11 PM, CDT, there are 107 received and processed entries (this number will update as entries are picked up from drop-off locations and organized for judging).

Rules

Information

This competition is AHA sanctioned and open to any amateur homebrewer age 21 or older.

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

All entries will be picked up from drop-off locations the day of the entry 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 miscategorized entries, mailed entries that are not received by the entry deadline, or entries that arrived damaged. Bottles and cans will not be returned to entrants.

Entry windows and judging are well in advance due to the San Antonio Cerveceros assisting another club judge their competition. Apologies for this, but we've got to help each other out. Additionally, the BOS winners and results cannot be posted any earlier than the timeslot given at the Boerne Bierfest festival to announce the BOS placement.

Tables & Awards

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 entries in combined categories will be judged according to the style they were originally entered in.

Qualified judging of all entries is the primary goal of the event. Judges will evaluate and score each entry. Each flight will have at least one BJCP judge.

Awards are typically awarded to 1st, 2nd, and or 3rd place for each table. However, depending on the number and type (category & sub-category) of entries received, there is a possibility that only 1st or 1st and 2nd place awards for a table will be given. The reason for this is to make the competition more competitive.

Category Requirements

For categories that require additional information regarding adjuncts/additions, a description, and base style, ALL information MUST be provided. Please make sure the judges know the base style to judge the entry off of if you have a base style. Failure to do so may result in the score being lower than anticipated without having anything to base it off of.

Entry Limit

Brewers are not limited to one entry in each category but may only enter each subcategory once. There is a 3 entry limit per entrant.

Best of Show

The Best of Show judging will be determined by a Best of Show panel based on a second judging of the top winners.

Judging Sessions

Remote
Sunday, August 18, 2024 11:00 AM, CDT through Friday, September 20, 2024 11:59 PM, CDT

Guy's House
Wednesday, August 28, 2024 6:00 PM, CDT through Wednesday, August 28, 2024 11:00 PM, CDT

Brian's House
Thursday, September 5, 2024 4:00 PM, CDT through Thursday, September 5, 2024 11:59 PM, CDT

Brian's House
Friday, September 6, 2024 8:00 AM, CDT through Friday, September 6, 2024 11:59 PM, CDT

Chris's House
Saturday, September 7, 2024 8:00 AM, CDT through Saturday, September 7, 2024 11:59 PM, CDT

Lars's House
Saturday, September 7, 2024 10:00 AM, CDT through Saturday, September 7, 2024 11:59 PM, CDT

Ben's House
Monday, September 9, 2024 8:00 AM, CDT through Monday, September 9, 2024 11:59 PM, CDT

Competition Official

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

• Thomas Musquiez — Competition Coordinator

Sponsors

Boerne Bierfest & San Antonio Cerveceros is proud to have the following sponsors for the 2024 Boerne Bierfest Homebrew Competition.

San Antonio Cerveceros

San Antonio, TX

The San Antonio Cerveceros is a non-profit community of craft beer enthusiasts driven to educate locals on creating home brews, engaging in local beer events, and promote awareness for the quality of craft creations.