Biere de Rock Homebrew Competition

Bière de Rock is an AHA sanctioned, Belgian and French Ale only competition 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 sponsor, the Rock Hoppers Brew Club (RHBC), is not responsible for mis-categorized entries, mailed entries that are not received by the entry deadline, or entries that arrived damaged.

RHBC reserves 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. For example, participants may enter a Belgian Pale (16B) and Belgian Saison (16C), but may not enter two Saisons, even if they are different brews. The exceptions are Belgian Specialty (16E), Fruit Lambic (17F), Belgian-Inspired Fruit Beer (Custom), and American-Belgian Hybrid Beer (Custom) - brewers can enter up to two (2) beers in each IF they are distinctly different beers from different recipes.

Categories with a small number of entries may be combined at the discretion of the competition organizers. Subcategories with a large number entries my become medal categories at the discretion of the competition organizers. The Competition Coordinator or other qualified person will review elements of beer categories and styles with each panel prior to judging.

The Best of Show judging will be determined by a Blue Ribbon Panel based on a second judging of the top winners.

Bottles will not be returned to entrants.

RHBC reserves the right to post the recipes for the winning entries on the RHBC website.

Categories Accepted

Belgian and French styles - BJCP Categories 16, 17, and 18.

Two exclusive categories are available:

• Belgian-Inspired Fruit Beer - Belgian influenced beers with a prominent fruit component. Can include fruit-based sour ales that do not fit into the Fruit Lamic subcategory (17F).
• American-Belgian Hybrid Beer - a melding of both Belgian and American styles and ingredients. Belgian IPAs, Black Belgian IPAs, Belgian Stouts, American Sours, etc.