BUZZ OFF Homebrew Competition 2026

Judging and Awards Ceremony:

Date: May 16, 2026

Judging Begins: 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.

Awards Ceremony: 5:00 p.m.

Location: 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.

REGISTRATION LINK: brewdrinkrepeat.com/buzzoff/ 

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

Send Mail-in Entries To:

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:

This competition is BJCP sanctioned and open to any amateur homebrewer age 21 or older.

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

We will cap at 150 entries.  Because of this, each participant is limited to 5 entries.

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

All mail-in entries must be received at the above location by May 2, 2026. Please allow for delivery 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.).

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 may enter more than one category but may not enter any subcategory more than once. See registration page for categories and subcategories.

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.

If you need to contact the competition coordinator, please send an email to: BUZZ.OFF.HBC@gmail.com.