BUZZ OFF Homebrew Competition 2026

Judging and Awards Ceremony:

May 16, 2026

Dublin Brewing, 137 Wallace Avenue, Downingtown, PA 19335

Entry Registration:

Entries are due by May 02, 2026. 

Entry Fee: $10.00 per entry.

Pay with Paypal during registration or pay CASH at drop off.

You must submit two plain 12oz amber bottles with no labels other than the required entry label. Entry labels must be rubber banded to each bottle. NO tape. NO flip top bottles. Cans are acceptable.

ONLINE REGISTRATION ONLY! You must register your beer before dropping it off to us

Drop Off Locations:

Artisan Homebrew, 137 Wallace Avenue, Downingtown, PA 19355

Contact fred@artisanhomebrew.org for availability

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Keystone Homebrew, 3361 Bethlehem Pike, Souderton, PA 18964

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Brew Your Own Beer, 2026 Darby Road, Havertown, PA 19083

Mail-in Entries:

Buzz Homebrew Club, 1286 Marshallton Thorndale Road, Downingtown, PA 19335

PRIZES:

Ribbons will be awarded for the top three beers in each flight. There are three Best of Show prizes for the top three overall beers.

Flight Winners:

First, Second, and Third place ribbons

BJCP Best of Show Winners:

$200 Gift Card to Artisan Homebrew

$100 Gift Card to Artisan Homebrew

$50 Gift Card to Artisan Homebrew

RULES:

** PLEASE NOTE: The form for submitting a message to the competition coordinator does not seem to be working. If you need to contact the competition coordinator, please send an email to BUZZ.OFF.HBC@gmail.com. **

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 shipping deadline - please allow for shipping time.

All entries will be picked up from drop-off locations the day of the drop-off 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.).

This competition is for beer only, we are not accepting mead or cider.

The competition organizers are not responsible for mis-categorized entries, mailed entries that are not received by the entry deadline, or entries that arrived damaged.

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.

Qualified judging of all entries is the primary goal of our event. Judges will evaluate and score each entry. The average of the scores will rank each entry in its category. Each flight will have at least one BJCP judge.

Brewers are not limited to one entry in each category but may only enter each subcategory once.

The competition committee reserves the right to combine overall style categories based on number of entries. All possible effort will be made to combine similar styles. All brews in combined categories will be judged according to the style they were originally entered in.

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

Two (2) bottles will be required for each entry. If only one bottle is received, the entry will not be eligible for the Best of Show round. Bottles will not be returned to entrants.