Nordeast Brewers Alliance Sour Times Homebrew Competition

Thank you for your interest in the Nordeast Brewers Alliance Sour Times Homebrew Competition organized by Nordeast Brewers Alliance.

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.

If you are willing to judge or steward, please return to register on or after Thursday, October 1, 2020 12:00 AM, CDT.

Rules

The 2020 Nordeast Brewers Alliance Sour Times Homebrew Competition is here!

Brew. Drink. Compete.

Registration is open October 1st - November 30th, Entry is open November 1st

Entries are capped at 50

IMPORTANT

This is a sour beer competition, we will be accepting the following categories:

23 European Sour Berliner Weisse Flanders Oud Bruin Lambic Gueuze Fruit Lambic 28 American Wild Ale Brett Beer Mixed Ferment Wild Specialty 27 Historical Beer Gose Lichtenhainer X Local Styles Catharina Sour

We will only accept online entries

Bottles must have the official entry labels (printed as part of the online entry process) attached to them with a rubber band. No tape/glue.

Eligibility

Anyone of legal drinking age may enter and volunteer.

Beers must be entered under the name of all brewers who helped.

Beers brewed in commercial facilities are ineligible.

Shipped entries must be received by November 30th, 2020.

All entries will be picked up from drop-off locations the day of, or the day after, the entry deadline.

Entry Fee

$10 per entry via paypal or cash. No checks.

Entry Requirements

Three (3) Any size (10 oz minimum), shape, and color of bottle or can will be accepted, as well as swing top, and corked bottles.

Print your labels prior to the end of the entry deadline.

Attach one label to each bottle or can using a rubber band ONLY.

All attempts to make the entry anonymous must be taken. Bottles or cans must be free of labels or other identifying marks.

Bottles or cans will not be returned to contest entrants. All entries become the property of the Nordeast Brewers Alliance

All entries MUST be registered ONLINE – no paper entries allowed. (Please contact nba.operations@gmail.com if you have problems with the registration database.)

General Notes

A select number of 2015 BJCP categories of Beer will be accepted.

The competition committee reserves the right to combine or split categories based on number of entries.

All possible effort will be made to combine similar styles.

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

All entries will be evaluated by more than one judge.

Entries will be chilled.

Entries will be disqualified for rules infractions. These entries will be judged if possible, but not eligible for awards and prizes.

All decisions of the judges and competition committee are final.

All entries become the property of the Nordeast Brewers Alliance. No entries will be returned for any reason.

Competition Official

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

Aaron De Boer — Competition Organizer

Sponsors

Nordeast Brewers Alliance is proud to have the following sponsors for the Nordeast Brewers Alliance Sour Times Homebrew Competition.