Beerfest 2024

Beerfest 2024

Beerfest 2024
Feb 24th 2024

HOW TO ENTER

Entries Close: Online Registrations close on 9th February 2023, but bottles can be dropped off until Saturday 17th Feb

Entry Instructions:

  • Register your entries online at beerfest.melbournebrewers.org
  • Affix the label to the side of your bottle (covering the entire label with clear tape).
  • Deliver your bottle to your nearest drop-off point by 17th February 2023.

Drop-off Locations: Entries may be delivered to the following participating Victorian Home Brew Shops:

  • Grain & Grape, 5/280 Whitehall St., Yarraville 3013
  • Greensborough Home Brewing Supplies, 29 Beewar St. Greensborough 3088
  • The Brewer’s Den, 253 Dorset Road Boronia 3155
  • Keg King, Warehouse 48 Smith Rd, Springvale VIC 3171

Entry Restrictions: Two Entries are permitted per Prize category, one entry per style. Entries must be at least 500ml.

Prize Categories

1) SESSION(≤ 4% ABV)
  • Berliner Weisse [BJCP 23A]
  • Scottish Light [BJCP 14A]
  • Scottish Heavy [BJCP 14B]
  • American Light Lager [BJCP 1A]
  • Dark Mild [BJCP 13A]
  • German Leichtbier [BJCP 5A]
  • Czech Pale Lager [BJCP 3A]
  • Ordinary Bitter [BJCP 11A]
2) WHEAT & RYE
  • Weissbier [BJCP 10A]
  • Witbier [BJCP 24A]
  • Roggenbier; Historical Beer [BJCP 27]
  • American Wheat Beer [BJCP 1D]
  • Dunkles Weissbier [BJCP 10B]
  • Weizenbock [BJCP 10C]
  • Wheatwine [BJCP 22D]
3) STRONG ALE & LAGER
  • American Strong Ale [BJCP 22B]
  • Doppelbock [BJCP 9A]
  • Eisbock [BJCP 9B]
  • Wee Heavy [BJCP 17C]
  • British Strong Ale [BJCP 17A]
  • Old Ale [BJCP 17B]
  • English Barleywine [BJCP 17D]
  • American Barleywine [BJCP 22C]
4) SOUR & WILD ALE
  • Gose [BJCP 23G]
  • Lambic [BJCP 23D]
  • Gueuze [BJCP 23E]
  • Fruit Lambic [BJCP 23F]
  • Straight Sour Beer [BJCP 28D]
  • Flanders Red Ale [BJCP 23B]
  • Oud Bruin [BJCP 23C]
  • Brett Beer [BJCP 28A]
  • Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer [BJCP 28B]
  • Wild Specialty Beer [BJCP 28C]
5) FRUIT & SPICE BEER
  • Fruit Beer [BJCP 29A]
  • Fruit and Spice Beer [BJCP 29B]
  • Specialty Fruit Beer [BJCP 29C]
  • Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer [BJCP 30A]
  • Autumn Seasonal Beer [BJCP 30B]
  • Winter Seasonal Beer [BJCP 30C]
  • Specialty Spice Beer [BJCP 30D]
6) SMOKED & WOOD AGED BEER
  • Classic Style Smoked Beer [BJCP 32A]
  • Specialty Smoked Beer [BJCP 32B]
  • Wood-Aged Beer [BJCP 33A]
  • Specialty Wood-Aged Beer [BJCP 33B]

7) RETRO BEER 

Retro Beers will go head to head in a single-elimination tournament.

To celebrate 30 years of BEERFEST, the theme for this year's comp is Retro beer.   No styles. No Rules. Just enter your best Retro Beer, and the judges will pick their favourite.
How to enter:  you need to enter 2 x 750ml bottles or 3x500 to enter this part of the competition. We will randomly assign beers for the comp, and they will be judged head to head over several rounds to determine whose beer is best. Beers will not be judged according to BJCP styles; instead, a panel of judges will vote on their favourites in each round until an ultimate champion is found.