| Registration: | Registration of entries will be available from this page starting September 1, 2009. Judges and stewards can also register here starting September 1, 2009. |
| Bottle Deliveries: | Deliveries will be accepted September 26 - October 9, 2008 Please mail your entries no later than October 9 (boxes postmarked October 9 will be accepted). |
| Judging Date and Time: | Saturday, October 24, 2009
Volunteers and Judges please arrive at 9:00 am Judging begins at 9:30 AM and will be followed by lunch and sampling of beer. |
| Judging Location: | Rescue, CA |
| Entry fees: | $8.00 first entry - $6.00 each subsequent. Please make payment in U.S. funds to: H. A. Z. E. and send to "Mail-in Entries" address below Please denote "Queen of Beer" (or just QOB) in the memo section. |
| Mail-in Entries: |
TBD See packaging and shipping |
| Drop off Entries: | The Wine Smith, Placerville, CA |
| Contact: | Madeline Franke Send inquiries to: Queen of Beer Organizer Please use QOB in the subject line. |
Judging | Eligibility | Categories | Entry Registration | Packaging and Shipping
See the results of the 2008 Winners
See the hall of fame for past years
The following guidelines for the award ribbons have been established. A minimum of 25 points for 3rd place, a minimum of 30 points for 2nd place and a minimum of 35 points for 1st place. Ribbons will be awarded for first, second and third place in each category (if point requirements are met). First place winners in each category will have her beer included in the Best of Show, Queen of Beer judging round. Categories will be combined or split depending on the number of entries for a particular category. Judges can sign up using the Register to Judge or Steward button at the top of this page.
The Queen of Beer Women's Homebrew Competition is open to all non-commercial, home brewed beer and meads produced by persons of female gender. Beer produced by or with the assistance of persons of the male gender is not eligible. "Assistance" is defined as: coaching during the brewing process, measuring ingredients, performing chemical reaction and/or timing calculations, racking, bottling or in any other way manipulating wort or fermented product. Lifting of heavy equipment or full brewing vessels, milling of grain and operation of a capper device are permitted. Female competition judges are eligible to enter in categories other than those they will be judging, since "blind tasting" will be employed in the judging process. Female competition staff members, EXCEPT cellar master and registrar are eligible to enter.
All 28 BJCP Style categories are open for entry. Please denote the category and sub-category of each entry. Refer to the BJCP Style Guidelines web page for descriptions. Depending on the amount of entries, some categories may be combined for Judging.
Each entry shall consist of: three (3) bottles free of commercial labels, raised marks of lettering, or other identifying markings that are not part of the official entry label. A 12 oz brown bottle is preferable. Clear or green bottles may be disqualified from an award.
Registration
Register your Queen of Beer entry or volunteer to judge/steward using the buttons at the top of this page.
The wizard helps you enter your beers into the competition and create official
QOB bottle labels based on your registration information. Please attach labels
with a rubber band (no tape or glue).
Entries will be accepted starting September 26, ending October 9, 2009
During registration special attention should be given to the category and style placements so that your brew will be judged according to the proper style. The QOB Registration Wizard will help guild you with category and style during the registration process. Brew entries are limited to one (1) per style, three (3) per category.
Please use any method that will deliver to the mail-in address above (see Mail-in Entries in the announcement above for accepted methods). The proven most dependable is UPS.
For information not listed on this page or to email the contacts listed above.
The 2008 contest was held October 25th2008 Queen of Beer: Emily Heaton of Fort Collins, CO |