We are happy to announce the inaugural South Jersey Beer Scene Homebrew Harvest Contest! We have teamed up with some great people to bring you a great Grand Prize. The winner will get to brew his/her beer at Garden State Beer Company. This event will benefit Brewery Strong. Brewery Strong is a non-profit organization that offers assistance in the form of grants, scholarships, and sponsorships for people in the brewery, bar, and restaurant industries.
We have 4 categories in this AHA sanctioned event, each category will have a winner and will compete for the Best In Show to brew with our friends at Garden State Beer Company. The 4 categories are as follows:
Stouts and Porters:
- 13C. English Porter
- 15B. Irish Stout
- 16A. Sweet Stout
- 16B. Oatmeal Stout
- 20A. American Porter
- 20B. American Stout
- 20C. Imperial Stout
Winter Warmers:
- 17A. English Strong Ale
- 17B. Old Ale
- 17C. Wee Heavy
- 17E. British Strong Ale
- 22B. American Strong Ale
- 26D Belgian Dark Strong
Ambers:
- 2B. International Amber Lager
- 3C. Czech Amber Lager
- 6A. Märzen
- 7B. Altbier
- 7A. Vienna Lager
- 8A. Munich Dunkel
- 8B. Schwarzbier
- 19A. American Amber Ale
- 19B. California Common
English Ales:
- 11A. Ordinary Bitter
- 11C. Strong Bitter
- 12A. British Golden Ale
- 12C. English IPA
- 13A. Dark Mild
- 13B. British Brown Ale
- 14B. Scottish Heavy
- 15A. Irish Red Ale
Contest Details
Rules
- Homebrew means brewed at home. Your homebrew must not be brewed at a place that brews beverages for commercial purposes, whether for commercial research, production or any other purpose, including brewpubs and other brew-on-premise establishments or is brewed for commercial sale.
Entry Form and Fees
2020 Harvest Homebrew Entry Form
- We will accept entry forms from 10/2/2020 until 11/2/2020 at midnight.
- 1 entry per category per brewer. 1st entry fee is $15, each additional entry will be $10.
- Preferred of payment is through PayPal at paypal.me/sjbeerscene
- Checks will also be accepted via mail to: South Jersey Beer Scene, 43 Alexandra Way, Cape May Court House, NJ 08210
- Please make sure you include your full name on all transactions
- We will not be accepting any funds at bottle drop off, please make sure that we receive your fees no later than 11/13/20
Judging
- Drop off will be at Garden State Beer Company from Wednesday, November 11th until Sunday, November 15th. Please bring 2 bottles/cans for each entry of which each one will be labeled with a bottle tag. Bottle tags are available here for download. Please securely attach to your entry. Times will be posted 1 week prior to the drop-off
- Judging will be at Garden State Beer Company on 11/16/2020. Judges will be using BJCP scoring and will award a winner in each category. The winner of each category will then compete for the grand prize
