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Thank you for your interest in the NSW State Homebrew Competition organized by NSW Homebrewing Association, NSW.

You only need to register your information once and can return to this site to enter more brews or edit the brews you've entered. You can even pay your entry fees online if you wish.

Thanks and Good Luck To All Who Entered the NSW State Homebrew Competition!

There are 274 registered entries and 90 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

As of 10:40, AEST, there are 274 received and processed entries (this number will update as entries are picked up from drop-off locations and organized for judging).

Rules

This competition is BJCP sanctioned and open to any amateur homebrewer age 18 or older that is resident in NSW.

All mailed entries must be received at the shipping location by the 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.)

The competition organisers are not responsible for entries entered into the wrong style, mailed entries that are not received by the entry deadline, or entries that arrived damaged.

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

Brewers are not limited to the number of entries per category but may only enter each style once.

The competition committee reserves the right to combine overall style categories and reallocate prizes 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.

In the event of tied scores in determining the first three places, this will be resolved either by the judging panel during judging or using a progressive countback until the tie is resolved based on:

a) highest score for Overall Impression;

b) highest score for Flavour;

c) lowest range of individual judge scores (smallest spread of scores across panel);

d) the judging panel will be requested to resolve the tie.

The Best of Show will be determined by the highest scoring beer.

 

Judging Sessions and Dates

Day 1 - Morning
Saturday 23 September, 2023 09:00, AEST

Day 1 - Afternoon
Saturday 23 September, 2023 13:00, AEST

Day 2 - Morning
Sunday 24 September, 2023 09:00, AEST

Day 2 - Afternoon
Sunday 24 September, 2023 13:00, AEST

Competition Officials

You can send an email to any of the following individuals via Contact.

  • Dion Barls — Sponsorship Coordinator
  • Simon Haynes — Website Issues
  • Stuart Upton — Competition Organiser

Sponsors

NSW Homebrewing Association is proud to have the following sponsors for the NSW State Homebrew Competition.

Bankstown Sports Club
8 Greenfield Parade, Bankstown NSW 2200
Bankstown Sports Club
Judging Venue
Newera Brewing
4/25 Lerna Street, Woolloongabba QLD 4102
Newera Brewing
Category - Amber and Dark Lager, Sponsor - Champion Beer, Champion Brewer
The Brew Shop
60A Henry Lawson Dr, Peakhurts, NSW 2210
The Brew Shop
Category - Amber Ale, Strong Stout and Speciality IPA
4 Pines Brewing
Unit 3B, 9-13 Winbourne Road, Brookvale, NSW
4 Pines Brewing
Category - Stout
Batch Brewing
44 Sydenham Rd, Marrickville NSW 2204
Batch Brewing
Category - Porter
BeerCo
Unit 1/1-3 Disney Ave, Keilor East VIC 3033
BeerCo
Category - Pale Lager
Black Hops Brewing
15 Gardenia Grove, Burleigh Heads QLD 4220
Black Hops Brewing
Category - Strong Ales and Lagers
Brewman Home Brew
10 Brandy Hill Dr, Brandy Hill NSW 2324
Brewman Home Brew
Category - Belgian Ale
Brews News
PO Box 63, Red Hill, QLD, 4059
Brews News
Sponsor - Champion Homebrew Club
Cedar Creek Cider
269 Mulhollands Rd, Thirlmere NSW 2572
Cedar Creek Cider
Category - Cider and Perry
Country Brewer
4 /22 Rowood Rd, Prospect, NSW, 2148
Country Brewer
Category - Low Alcohol
Darkes Cider
259 Darkes Forest Rd, Darkes Forest, NSW 2508
Darkes Cider
Category - Fruit/Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer
Hawkers Beer
167 Henty St, Reservoir VIC 3073
Hawkers Beer
Category - IPA
Hop & Grain Brew Store
50 Sydney St, Marrickville NSW 2204
Hop & Grain Brew Store
Category - American Pale Ale
Mountain Culture
23-25 Parke St, Katoomba NSW 2780
Mountain Culture
Category - Brown Ale
Rocks Brewing
Building 2/160 Bourke Rd, Alexandria NSW 2015
Rocks Brewing
Category - Pale Ale
Sauce Brewing
1a Mitchell St, Marrickville NSW 2204
Sauce Brewing
Category - Speciality Beer
Slowlane Brewing
30 Byrnes St, Botany NSW 2019
Slowlane Brewing
Category - Wheat and Rye Ale
Stone Dog Meadery
432 Willow Glen Rd, Lower Boro NSW 2580
Stone Dog Meadery
Category - Mead
Wayward Brewing
1 Gehrig Ln, Camperdown NSW 2050
Wayward Brewing
Category - Sour and Wild Ale