Aurora Brewing Challenge 2024

Thank you for your interest in the Aurora Brewing Challenge 2024 organized by Edmonton Home Brewers Guild.

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.

Entry Registration is Open

126 entries have been added to the system as of 9:40 AM, MST, Saturday, May 4, 2024. There is a limit of 300 entries for this competition.

75 paid entries are in the system as of 9:40 AM, MST, Saturday, May 4, 2024. There is a limit of 300 paid entries for this competition.

To add your entries into the system, please proceed through the registration process or log in if you already have an account.

Judge and Steward Registration is Open

If you have not registered and are willing to be a volunteer, please register.

If you have registered, log in and then choose Edit Account from the My Account menu indicated by the icon on the top menu.

Rules

COMPETITION RULES: Each beer entry needs to be registered on the competition website. 

Only one entry per beer style or BJCP subcategory. If there is more than one beer style in a BJCP category, you can enter one beer for each style. For example, individuals can only enter one beer in each style under BJCP Category 18 (Pale American Ale). This means individuals can enter a maximum of one entry each in Blonde Ale (18-A) and American Pale Ale (18-B). The only exception to this rule is category 27A Historical Beer, where we are allowing 2 entries in the category.
If you are planning on entering a Fruit Beer, NEIPA, or British Brown Ale, please read this BJCP FAQ Bulletin regarding those styles. 

Entries are judged under the beer style/sub-category you specify on your registration form. Make sure you pick the right style! Complete style descriptions can be found online at http://www.bjcp.org/docs/2021_Guidelines_Beer.pdf
A minimum score of 30 must be obtained to qualify for a medal in any category. Some BJCP categories may be combined to create medal categories.

This a homebrew competition - so no commercial brews please (this includes beer brewed on equipment for commercial research, production, brew-on-premises establishments, or anything of that nature). You know what we mean - this is all about homebrew!
All-grain brews, beer from kits, and extract methods are all welcome.
All decisions by the competition organizers are final. Entries will be judged between June 8-10,  2024. The awards ceremony will take place at our year end Gala on June 15. Results will be posted on the compeittion website at 10pm mountain. 

The EHG "Homebrewer of the Year" award will be presented to the Edmonton Homebrewers Guild member earning the most points in the competition.

Points received at the 2024 ABC Compeition will go towards overall scores for Brewer of the Year!

Points are gathered as follows:

 Gold = 3 points

 Silver = 2 points

 Bronze = 1 point

Entry Acceptance Rules

Number of Bottles Required Per Entry: 2

ENTRY GUIDELINES: The deadline for receiving entries and fee payment is 16:00 on June 6, 2024

 Submit TWO bottles of homebrewed beer, or TWO bottles of mead, or cider per entry. Bottles will not be returned.

 Each entry will consist of 300ml to 500ml capped bottles/cans or corked bottles that are void of ALL identifying information, including any writing or labels. Printed caps are allowed, but must be blacked out completely. 341ml brown glass bottles are preferred; however, green and clear glass or PET bottles will be accepted. Swing top bottles holding 500ml or less will likewise be accepted as well as corked bottles of the same size. 650ml bomber style bottles are not acceptable as they create issues with storing and stacking the beer.

To each bottle, attach a completed BJCP bottle entry label using a rubber band (tape, adhesives or glue are unacceptable. Bottles that still have commercial beer labels will be disqualified. Furthermore, BJCP labels that are taped or glued on to the bottles may also be disqualified. The BJCP labels are removed from the bottles when we sort the entries, and removing tape and adhesives is time consuming). BJCP labels, in pdf format, are available on the entry page on this site.

 The entry fee is $10 per entry. Fees can be paid by PayPal only as this allows the software to mark your entries as paid. Cash will be spent by the organizers to pay the bar tab and cheques will be used as coasters ;)

Beginning May 31 - Entries may be dropped off or delivered to: Polyrythym Brewing (11635 145 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5M 1V9). Please do not ship early. Polyrhythm Brewing has limited space to store entries and cannot gaurantee safekeeping of any entries that arrive ahead of the shipping window. 

Competition Official

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

• Chris Bohaichuk — Competition Coordinator