UK National Homebrew Competition Entry Info
Competition Official
Registration Window
Entry Window
Entry Limit
Entry Fees
Payment
Judging Date
Categories Accepted
Bottle Acceptance Rules
Shipping Location and Address
Drop Off Locations
Best of Show
Awards
Awards Ceremony
Competition Official
You can send an email to any of the following individuals via the Contact section.
- Ali Kocho-Williams — Competition Coordinator
Registration Window
You will be able to register your entries beginning Friday 1 February, 2013 at 3:00 AM, EST through Saturday 31 August, 2013 at 12:00 PM, EDT.
Entry Window
Entries will be accepted at our shipping and drop-off locations beginning Monday 26 August, 2013 at 3:00 AM, EDT through Friday 6 September, 2013 at 3:00 PM, EDT.
Entry Fees
£6 per entry. £4.00 per entry after 1 entries.
Entry Limit
There is a limit of five hundred (500) entries for this competition. Currently, 153 entries have been logged.
Payment
After registering and inputting entries, all participants must pay their entry fee(s). Accepted payment methods include:
- Checque, made out to A Kocho-Williams
- PayPal
Judging Date
West Oxford Community Centre
Botley Road,Oxford, OX2 0BT 
Saturday 14 September, 2013 at 9:30 AM, EDT
Categories Accepted
Each entry must be placed into one of the following accepted categories:
| 1A Lite American Lager | 1B Standard American Lager | 1C Premium American Lager |
| 1D Munich Helles | 1E Dortmunder Export | 2A German Pilsner (Pils) |
| 2B Bohemian Pilsener | 2C Classic American Pilsner | 3A Vienna Lager |
| 3B Oktoberfest/Marzen | 4A Dark American Lager | 4B Munich Dunkel |
| 4C Schwarzbier | 5A Maibock/Helles Bock | 5B Traditional Bock |
| 5C Doppelbock | 5D Eisbock | 6A Cream Ale |
| 6B Blonde Ale | 6C Kolsch | 6D American Wheat or Rye Beer |
| 7A Northern German Altbier | 7B California Common Beer | 7C Dusseldorf Altbier |
| 8A Standard/Ordinary Bitter | 8B Special/Best/Premium Bitter | 8C Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale) |
| 9A Scottish Light 60/- | 9B Scottish Heavy 70/- | 9C Scottish Export 80/- |
| 9D Irish Red Ale | 9E Strong Scotch Ale | 10A American Pale Ale |
| 10B American Amber Ale | 10C American Brown Ale | 11A Mild |
| 11B Southern English Brown Ale | 11C Northern English Brown Ale | 12A Brown Porter |
| 12B Robust Porter | 12C Baltic Porter | 13A Dry Stout |
| 13B Sweet Stout | 13C Oatmeal Stout | 13D Foreign Extra Stout |
| 13E American Stout | 13F Imperial Stout | 14A English IPA |
| 14B American IPA | 14C Imperial IPA | 15A Weizen/Weissbier |
| 15B Dunkelweizen | 15C Weizenbock | 15D Roggenbier (German Rye Beer) |
| 16A Witbier | 16B Belgian Pale Ale | 16C Saison |
| 16D Biere de Garde | 16E Belgian Specialty Ale | 17A Berliner Weisse |
| 17B Flanders Red Ale | 17C Flanders Brown Ale/Oud Bruin | 17D Straight (Unblended) Lambic |
| 17E Gueuze | 17F Fruit Lambic | 18A Belgian Blond Ale |
| 18B Belgian Dubbel | 18C Belgian Tripel | 18D Belgian Golden Strong Ale |
| 18E Belgian Dark Strong Ale | 19A Old Ale | 19B English Barleywine |
| 19C American Barleywine | 20A Fruit Beer | 21A Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer |
| 21B Christmas/Winter Specialty Spiced Beer | 22A Classic Rauchbier | 22B Other Smoked Beer |
| 22C Wood-Aged Beer | 23A Specialty Beer |
Bottle Acceptance Rules
2 bottles per entry.
Bottles should be 330ml-568ml, brown or green glass. Bottles and caps will not be returned.
Bottles and caps should have all distinguishing marks removed or blanked out. No labels should be stuck to the bottle. Bottles with engraved or embossed lettering are acceptable, although should be avoided.
All bottles should have the entry label attached with a rubber band.
Shipping Location and Address
UK National Homebrew Competition c/o Bristol Beer Factory The Old Brewery Durnford St, Bristol, BS3 2AW
Packing and Shipping
Carefully pack your entries in a sturdy box. Line the inside of your carton with a plastic trash bag. Partition and pack each bottle with adequate packaging material. Do not over pack! Write clearly: "Fragile. This Side Up." on the package. Your package should weigh less than 25 pounds. Please refrain from using "messy" packaging materials such a Styrofoam "peanuts" or pellets; please use packaging material such as bubble wrap.
Place entry forms and payment a sealed zip-top bag. Additionally, enclose your each of your bottle labels in a small zip-top bag before attaching to their respective bottles. This way it makes it possible for the organizer to identify specifically which beer has broken if there is damage during shipment.
Every reasonable effort will be made to contact entrants whose bottles have broken to make arrangements for sending replacement bottles.
Drop Off Locations
Lancaster - Steve
Lancaster
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*Please contact the event organizer for more details. Entries to be dropped off 20 August to 7 September
Oxford (graeme Coates)
Oxford
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*Contact event organizer for full details. Entries to be dropped off 20 August to 7 September
Towcester - Neil Rimmer
xxx
XXX
*Please contact the event organizer for more details. Deadlines for the competition still apply.
Steven Sykes
Chester-le-Street, County Durham
xxx
*Please contact the event organizer for more details. Deadlines for the competition still apply.
Pete Hughes
Orpington
xxx
*Please contact the event organizer for more details. Entries to be dropped off 20 August to 7 September
The Malt Miller
Self Store Depot Lower Broadway Didcot Oxon OX11 8AG
01235 815043
*Entries to be dropped off 20 August to 7 September
Steve Syson
Derby
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Best of Show
1st Place -
2nd Place -
3rd Place -
Awards
Medals and certificates will be awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in each category. Certificates may be awarded for Honourable Mentions. No joint placings will be awarded. Judges are not obliged to award all placings. No beer scoring less than 21 may receive a placing or Honorable Mention.
The 1st place in each category will then compete for Best of Show (BoS).
BoS prizes and medals will be awarded for1st, 2nd and 3rd place from the BoS judging.
Particpants from clubs will accrue points based on placings in categories (1st - 3; 2nd - 2; 3rd - 1). Those points will go towards the competition for the club trophy.
Large prizes will not be posted - the winner must be present.
Award Ceremony
West Oxford Community Centre
Botley Road,Oxford, OX2 0BT
Saturday 14 September, 2013 at 5:00 PM, EDT