Thank you for your interest in the ACB Presents Brewers of the Realm Homebrew Competition organized by Anglian Craft Brewers.

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 ACB Presents Brewers of the Realm Homebrew Competition!

There are 100 registered entries and 107 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

As of 13:36, BST, there are 0 received and processed entries (this number will update as entries are picked up from drop-off locations and organized for judging).

Rules

Welcome to the 2026 Anglain Craft Brewers Presents "Brewers of the Realm" homebrew competition. 

With a rich history, ACB are proud to offer their 7th competiton overall and 5th BJCP sanctioned homebrew competition.

This years focus is on European and Commonwealth beer styles. Please refer to the list of permitted styles before deciding which category to enter your beer(s) under.

The event is open to all competitors aged 18 or over. 

You can use this site to register for the competition, pay your entry fees and submit details of your beers. Once registered you can log in anytime to enter additional brews, or edit details of those you've already entered up until the cut-off times/dates.

When paying for your entry via PayPal, please click the "return to vendor" button once you have made payment. This will ensure your payment is registered in the competition system.

Detailed and constructive feedback is provided by BJCP qualified or experienced judges. This is a key goal of the event. Judges will evaluate and score each entry. Score sheets and written feedback is provided for each entry received.

Beers will be assessed against the 2021 BJCP Style Guidelines.

See the Award Structure and Best of Show sections for how final placings are decided.   

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. 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 competition organizers are not responsible for mis-categorized entries. 

Eligibility

This competition is open to any amateur homebrewer aged 18 or over. Shipping of larger prizes, outside of the UK, will be at the competition organisers discretion. All entries must be handcrafted products, containing ingredients available to the general public. The product must be made using private equipment by hobbyist brewers at home. Those made by professional brewers, or in commercial establishments, including brew-on-premise establishments, are not eligible. 

Competition Organizers, staff, judges and stewards may enter the competition. Measures are in place to ensure fair, anonymous, judging. Judges and stewards will not be assigned to categories that they have entered. 

Where

The Victoria Inn, North Station Road, Colchester, CO1 1RB.

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When

Main judging commences - approx. 10am Saturday 21st November 2026

Awards Ceremony - approx. 6pm.

RESULTS LIVE STREAM LINK - You Tube Link (TBA)

Important Deadlines
Register online and pay for all entries by 31st October 2026 11:59 PM

Finalise your entries by 1st November 2026 11:59 PM

Delivery of entries by Friday 13th November 2026 05:00 PM

Entry Cost 
Entry fee is £10 for the first entry. Further entries may be made available at a later date for a discounted cost.

Judging Sessions

Saturday AM
Saturday 21 November, 2026 10:00, GMT

Saturday PM
Saturday 21 November, 2026 13:00, GMT

Competition Officials

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

• Steve Plampton — Head Judge
• Richard Swindells — Competition Organiser
• Tony Tilbury — Competition Staff
• Kev Warnes — Competition Staff

Sponsors

Anglian Craft Brewers is proud to have the following sponsors for the ACB Presents Brewers of the Realm Homebrew Competition.

Brewha

 

Brewha make a range of brewing equipment including all-in-one home brewing systems. They also provide a comprehensive list of brewhouse essentials. Go checkout their website for more information on their eye-catching range of top-quality stainless brewing equipment and accessories. Click the link and navigate to home brewery equipment via the "Beer" tab.

BrewKegTap

 

BrewKegTap is a UK home brewing specialist, supplying starter kits, brewing equipment, kegging systems and fresh ingredients for beginners and experienced brewers alike, with fast next-day delivery across the UK.

Charles Farham

 

Charles Faram Hop Merchants and Factors has been hop suppliers for over 160 years, so we’ve got a lot of hop history. Charles Faram Hop Merchants and Factors has one of the largest ranges of hop varieties available from stock in our temperature-controlled hop storage warehouses in nitrogen-flushed leaf hops, Type 90 (T90) pellets and Type 45 (T45) pellets. Varieties come from the UK, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Poland, Slovenia, New Zealand and the USA. Faram’s provides an artist’s palette of flavours to create every type and style of beer, from the traditional varieties to exciting new developmental varieties from Faram’s own breeding and development programme. Our own varieties include Archer®, Emperor®, Godiva™, Harlequin®, Jester®, Most™, Mystic™, Olicana® and Opus®.

French And Jupps

 

Established in 1689, French & Jupps boasts a legacy steeped in history. We commenced our malting operations in 1810, proudly making us Great Britain’s oldest maltster. Discover how French & Jupps, the roasted malt specialists, have evolved alongside key global events over the past 336 years.

Get 'Er Brewed

Get Er Brewed Warehouse 86 Clonkeen Road Randalstown, Northern Ireland BT41 3JJ

Get Er Brewed is your local online homebrew shop—we’re based in NI but deliver across the UK and Ireland, with a huge range of new and exciting home brew products. Geterbrewed is the largest homebrew store in the UK & Ireland, offering a vast portfolio of products for those looking to brew at home. Geterbrewed also wholesales ingredients to commercial breweries, distilleries, and cider makers, acting as a true one-stop shop and providing high-quality technical support and consultancy for the drinks industry in Ireland.

INKBIRD

 

INKBIRD is a smart IoT technology company and its business was established in 2010. As a high-tech company, INKBIRD has been devoting itself to offering its worldwide users excellent smart home living products, since the date it was established. Inspired by the history of quill-pen and the spirit of The Wright brothers’ making the world's first motor-operated airplane successfully happened, the founders of INKBIRD named the brand with the word INK which is used for writing with the quill-pen and the word BIRD which is the prototype and the inspiration of human being’s flying tools to encourage the development and continuity of the company as well as to motivate their solid steps of chasing innovation and freedom.

Muntons

 

Muntons have been a leading supplier of brewing and distilling malts and malted ingredients to the food & drinks industry. Our malts are used in the brewing and distilling industry by globally recognised brands and by the craft brewer seeking something a little different. Our ranges of malt products are extensive and particularly relevant for food and drinks manufacturers seeking clean label, plant-based ingredients. Sustainability is the common objective that links all aspects of Muntons business activities. Our objective is to minimise the impact of our business activity on the environment wherever and whenever possible.

Brew Your Own

 

Brew Your Own, launched in 1995, is the world’s largest circulation magazine for people interested in making their own great beer at home. Every issue includes recipes, techniques, and expert advice to help you brew your own world-class beer. Regular columns include troubleshooting common problems with Mr. Wizard, brewing a classic beer style in Style Profile, homebrew recipes for your favorite commercial beers in The Replicator, refining your brewing with Techniques, building brewing gadgets in Projects and hearing tips, stories and recipes from fellow homebrewers in Homebrew Nation. Brew Your Own gives you practical, well-researched information in a fun format for all homebrewers, whether you brew your beer from extract kits or all-grain. Brew Your Own publishes six digital issues annually from offices in Manchester, Vermont.

Brewlab

 

Brewlab are the UK’s leading provider of brewing training and analysis services. They help brewers and breweries across the world develop and improve their skills, knowledge and the quality of their products. Delivering expert training and analysis services from their purpose-built facility on the banks of the Wear in Sunderland in the North East of England.