Peninsula Fermentation Society All-American Homebrew Competition 2025 Info
Account Registration
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Entry Registration
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Rules
This competition is AHA sanctioned and open to any amateur homebrewer age 21 or older.
All mailed entries must received at the mailing location by the entry deadline - please allow for shipping time.
All entries will be picked up from drop-off locations the day of the entry 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 are not limited to one entry in each category but may only enter each subcategory once.
The competition committee reserves the right to combine 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.
Bottles will not be returned to entrants.
Pro-Am / Scale-Up Opportunities
We will have multiple Pro-Am opportunities with local breweries in Kitsap County. Representatives from the breweries reserve the right to choose from the entire pool of entries.
Participating Breweries for 2025:
The following conditions apply to all Scale-Up Sponsorships:
- All travel expenses for the scale-up brew day are the responsibility of the winning homebrewer.
- The sponsoring brewery reserves all rights to modify the homebrewer's recipe in cases where ingredient availability, cost, or the brewing process are prohibitive for them. These changes should be in collaborition with the homebrewer where possible.
- If the winning homebrewer is not able to participate in the scale-up, the competition organizer will work with the brewery to determine a replacement homebrewer from the remaining pool of entries.
BJCP 2015 / 2021 Judging Styles
If a style's name is hyperlinked, it has specific entry requirements. Select or tap on the name to view the subcategory's requirements.
| 1A American Light Lager | 1B American Lager | 1C Cream Ale |
| 1D American Wheat Beer | 18A Blonde Ale | 18B American Pale Ale |
| 19A American Amber Ale | 19B California Common | 19C American Brown Ale |
| 20A American Porter | 20B American Stout | 20C Imperial Stout |
| 21A American IPA | 21B Specialty IPA | 21B2 Black IPA |
| 21B3 Brown IPA | 21B4 Red IPA | 21B5 Rye IPA |
| 21B6 White IPA | 21B7 Brut IPA | 21C Hazy IPA |
| 22A Double IPA | 22B American Strong Ale | 22C American Barleywine |
| 22D Wheatwine | 27A2 Kentucky Common | 27A6 Pre-Prohibition Lager |
| 27A7 Pre-Prohibition Porter | 50A Cold IPA (Custom Style) |
Number of Bottles Required Per Entry: 3
Judging Sessions
Session 1
Saturday, September 13, 2025 9:00 AM, PDT
Session 2
Saturday, September 13, 2025 1:00 PM, PDT
Awards
Places will be awarded to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in each category/table.
The 1st place entry in each category will advance to the Best of Show (BOS) round with a single, overall Best of Show beer selected.
Additional prizes may be awarded to those winners present at the awards ceremony at the discretion of the competition organizers.
Awards will be available for pick up that night after the ceremony concludes. Awards not picked up will be mailed back to participants. Results will be posted to the competition web site after the ceremony concludes.
Awards Ceremony
Western Red Brewing
19168 Jensen Way NE, Poulsbo, WA 98370
Sunday, September 21, 2025 3:00 PM, PDT
Circuit Qualification
Washington Homebrewer of the Year (WHOTY)
Judging Sessions
Session 1
09/13/2025 9:00 AM, PDT.
Session 2
09/13/2025 1:00 PM, PDT.
Account Registration Closed
Account registrations accepted 07/01/2025 12:00 AM, PDT through 09/13/2025 9:00 AM, PDT.
Registrations for judges or stewards accepted 05/25/2025 12:00 AM, PDT through 09/13/2025 12:00 AM, PDT.
Entry Registration Closed
Entry Drop-Off Closed
Please pay attention to the notes provided for each drop-off location. There could be earlier deadlines for some drop-off locations listed, particular hours when entries are accepted, certain individuals to leave your entries with, etc. All entrants are responsible for reading the information provided by the organizers for each drop-off location.