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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.

 

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AABC 2022 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.

1.4 American Light Lager [BJCP 1A]1.1 Berliner Weisse [BJCP 23A]1.8 Czech Pale Lager [BJCP 3A]
1.6 Dark Mild [BJCP 13A]1.7 German Leichtbier [BJCP 5A]1.5 London Brown Ale; Historical Beer [BJCP 27]
1.9 Ordinary Bitter [BJCP 11A]1.10 Piwo Grodziskie; Historical Beer [BJCP 27]1.3 Scottish Heavy [BJCP 14B]
1.2 Scottish Light [BJCP 14A]2.1 American Lager [BJCP 1B]2.7 Czech Premium Pale Lager (Boh. Pils) [BJCP 3B]
2.8 Festbier [BJCP 4B]2.6 German Pils [BJCP 5D]2.4 Helles Exportbier (Dortmunder) [BJCP 5C]
2.2 International Pale Lager [BJCP 2A]2.3 Munich Helles [BJCP 4A]2.5 Pre-Prohibition Lager; Historical Beer [BJCP 27]
3.2 Czech Amber Lager [BJCP 3C]3.7 Czech Dark Lager [BJCP 3D]3.1 International Amber Lager [BJCP 2B]
3.3 International Dark Lager [BJCP 2C]3.10 Kellerbier; Historical Beer [BJCP 27] 3.6 Märzen [BJCP 6A]
3.4 Munich Dunkel [BJCP 8A]3.9 Rauchbier [BJCP 6B]3.8 Schwarzbier [BJCP 8B]
3.5 Vienna Lager [BJCP 7A]4.5 Australian Sparkling Ale [BJCP 12B]4.8 Belgian Blond Ale [BJCP 25A]
4.4 Belgian Pale Ale [BJCP 24B]4.2 Blonde Ale [BJCP 18A]4.6 British Golden Ale [BJCP 12A]
4.1 Cream Ale [BJCP 1C]4.3 Kölsch [BJCP 5B]4.7 New Zealand Pilsner [BJCP X5]
5.1 American Pale Ale [BJCP 18B]6.2 American IPA [BJCP 21A]6.3 Double IPA [BJCP 22A]
6.1 English IPA [BJCP 12C]7.3 Belgian IPA, Specialty IPA [BJCP 21B] 7.4 Black IPA, Specialty IPA [BJCP 21B]
7.5 Brown IPA, Specialty IPA [BJCP 21B] 7.9 Brut IPA, Specialty IPA [BJCP 21B] 7.1 Hazy IPA [BJCP 21C]
7.6 Red IPA, Specialty IPA [BJCP 21B] 7.7 Rye IPA, Specialty IPA [BJCP 21B] 7.8 White IPA, Specialty IPA [BJCP 21B]
8.3 Altbier [BJCP 7B]8.2 American Amber Ale [BJCP 19A]8.1 Best Bitter [BJCP 11B]
8.4 California Common [BJCP 19B]8.5 Strong Bitter [BJCP 11C]9.5 American Brown Ale [BJCP 19C]
9.4 British Brown Ale [BJCP 13B]9.1 Irish Red Ale [BJCP 15A]9.3 Kentucky Common; Historical Beer [BJCP 27]
9.2 Scottish Export [BJCP 14C]10.3 American Porter [BJCP 20A]10.4 Baltic Porter [BJCP 9C]
10.1 English Porter [BJCP 13C]10.2 Pre-Prohibition Porter; Historical Beer [BJCP 27]11.4 Irish Extra Stout [BJCP 15C]
11.2 Irish Stout [BJCP 15B]11.3 Oatmeal Stout [BJCP 16B]11.1 Sweet Stout [BJCP 16A]
12.3 American Stout [BJCP 20B]12.2 Foreign Extra Stout [BJCP 16D]12.4 Imperial Stout [BJCP 20C]
12.1 Tropical Stout [BJCP 16C]13.3 American Wheat Beer [BJCP 1D]13.5 Dunkles Weissbier [BJCP 10B]
13.4 Lichtenhainer; Historical Beer [BJCP 27]13.6 Roggenbier; Historical Beer [BJCP 27]13.1 Weissbier [BJCP 10A]
13.7 Weizenbock [BJCP 10C] 13.8 Wheatwine [BJCP 22D]13.2 Witbier [BJCP 24A]
14.7 Belgian Dark Strong Ale [BJCP 26D]14.3 Belgian Dubbel [BJCP 26B]14.6 Belgian Golden Strong Ale [BJCP 25C]
14.4 Belgian Single [BJCP 26A]14.5 Belgian Tripel [BJCP 26C]14.2 Bière de Garde [BJCP 24C]
14.1 Saison [BJCP 25B] 15.10 American Barleywine [BJCP 22C]15.9 American Strong Ale [BJCP 22B]
15.6 British Strong Ale [BJCP 17A]15.3 Doppelbock [BJCP 9A] 15.2 Dunkles Bock [BJCP 6C]
15.4 Eisbock [BJCP 9B]15.8 English Barleywine [BJCP 17D]15.1 Helles Bock [BJCP 4C]
15.7 Old Ale [BJCP 17B]15.11 Sahti; Historical Beer [BJCP 27]15.5 Wee Heavy [BJCP 17C]
16.8 Brett Beer [BJCP 28A] 16.6 Flanders Red Ale [BJCP 23B]16.4 Fruit Lambic [BJCP 23F]
16.1 Gose [BJCP 23G]16.3 Gueuze [BJCP 23E]16.2 Lambic [BJCP 23D]
16.9 Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer [BJCP 28B] 16.7 Oud Bruin [BJCP 23C]16.5 Straight Sour Beer [BJCP 28D]
16.10 Wild Specialty Beer [BJCP 28C] 17.6 Autumn Seasonal Beer [BJCP 30B] 17.2 Fruit and Spice Beer [BJCP 29B]
17.1 Fruit Beer [BJCP 29A] 17.4 Grape Ale [BJCP 29D] 17.3 Specialty Fruit Beer [BJCP 29C]
17.8 Specialty Spice Beer [BJCP 30D] 17.5 Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer [BJCP 30A] 17.7 Winter Seasonal Beer [BJCP 30C]
18.5 Alternative Grain Beer [BJCP 31A] 18.6 Alternative Sugar Beer [BJCP 31B] 18.1 Classic Style Smoked Beer [BJCP 32A]
18.8 Commercial Specialty Beer [BJCP 34A] 18.7 Experimental Beer [BJCP 34C] 18.9 Mixed-Style Beer [BJCP 34B]
18.2 Specialty Smoked Beer [BJCP 32B] 18.4 Specialty Wood-Aged Beer [BJCP 33B] 18.3 Wood-Aged Beer [BJCP 33A]
20.8 Applewine [BJCP C2C] 20.10 Cider with Herbs/Spices [BJCP C2E] 20.7 Cider with Other Fruit [BJCP C2B]
20.2 English Cider [BJCP C1B] 20.3 French Cider [BJCP C1C] 20.9 Ice Cider [BJCP C2D]
20.6 New England Cider [BJCP C2A] 20.1 New World Cider [BJCP C1A] 20.4 New World Perry [BJCP C1D]
20.11 Specialty Cider/Perry [BJCP C2F] 20.5 Traditional Perry [BJCP C1E] 19.6 Berry Mead [BJCP M2C]
19.11 Braggot [BJCP M4A] 19.4 Cyser [BJCP M2A] 19.1 Dry Mead [BJCP M1A]
19.13 Experimental Mead [BJCP M4C] 19.9 Fruit and Spice Mead [BJCP M3A] 19.12 Historical Mead [BJCP M4B]
19.8 Melomel [BJCP M2E] 19.5 Pyment [BJCP M2B] 19.2 Semi-Sweet Mead [BJCP M1B]
19.10 Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead [BJCP M3B] 19.7 Stone Fruit Mead [BJCP M2D] 19.3 Sweet Mead [BJCP M1C]

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Number of Containers Required Per Entry: 1

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

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Best of Show

Best of Show will be awarded to the higest scoring beer.

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Awards

The awards ceremony will take place once judging is completed.

Prizes will be awarded to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in each of the following categories.

1. Low Alcohol
2. Pale Lager
3. Amber & Dark Lager
4. Pale Ale
5. American Pale Ale
6. IPA
7. Speciality IPA
8. Amber Ale
9. Brown Ale
10. Porter
11. Stout
12. Strong Stout
13. Wheat & Rye Ale
14. Belgian Ale
15. Strong Ale & Lager
16. Sour & Wild Ale
17. Fruit & Spice Beer
18. Speciality Beer
19. Mead
20. Cider & Perry

Additional prizes may be awarded to those winners present at the awards ceremony at the discretion of the competition organisers.

Results will be posted to the competition web site after the ceremony concludes. Score sheets will be available online once scanned and uploaded (look for the .PDF symbol in your entries list.) Prizes will be shipped to the winners directly from the sponsors. 

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Awards Ceremony

Bankstown Sports Club
Bankstown
Sunday 24 September, 2023 16:00, AEST

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