All American ACB Showdown Info
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Rules
The ACB All American Homebrew Competition is a BJCP sanctioned competition open to competitors aged 18 or over, where your homebrewed beers are assessed by qualified judges against current style guidelines.
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
Detailed and constructive feedback by qualified or experienced judges is a key goal of our event. Judges will evaluate and score each entry. Score sheets and written feedback will be provided on each entry.
Beers will be assessed against BJCP Style Guidelines 2021 available via this ......
Prizes will be awarded to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd placed beers in each category. The Best of Show beer will be determined by a Best of Show panel based on a second judging of a fresh bottle of the winning beer from each table.
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, worldwide. All entries must be handcrafted products, containing ingredients available to the general public, and made using private equipment by hobbyist brewers at home. Those made 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
Briarbank Brewing Company, 70 Fore Street, ipswich. IP4 1LB
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When
Judging commences - approx. 10am Saturday 16th November 2024
Awards Ceremony - approx. 6pm
RESULTS LIVE STREAM LINK - https://youtube.com/live/nbpeYrwCAdw?feature=share
Important Deadlines
Register online and pay for all entries by 18th October 2024 11:59 PM
Finalise your entries by 18th October 2024 11:59 PM
Delivery of entries by 8th November 2024 05:00 PM
Entry Cost
Entry fee is £8 for the first entry. 2nd entries may be made available at a later date for a discounted cost.
BJCP 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 | 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 |
Number of Bottles Required Per Entry: 2
Judging Sessions
Morning Session
Saturday 16 November, 2024 10:00, GMT
Afternoon session
Saturday 16 November, 2024 13:30, GMT
Best of Show
The Best of Show beer will be determined by a Best of Show panel based on a second judging of a fresh bottle of the winning beer from each table.
The panel members will be chosen on the day to ensure total anonymity of the entries is maintained.
Awards
The awards ceremony will take place once judging is completed.
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.
Score sheets will be posted on the competition website within 48hours of the end of the competition. Results will be posted to the competition web site shortly after the awards ceremony concludes.
The results announcement is scheduled for 6pm and will be live streamed here...
https://youtube.com/live/nbpeYrwCAdw?feature=share
Awards Ceremony
Briarbank Brewing Company
70 Fore St, Ipswich IP4 1LB, UK
Saturday 16 November, 2024 18:00, GMT