Thank you for your interest in the Beerfest 2025 organized by Melbourne 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.

Entry Registration is Open

27 entries have been added to the system as of 9:44 AM, AEDT, Thursday 21 November, 2024. There is a limit of 140 entries for this competition.

9 paid entries are in the system as of 9:44 AM, AEDT, Thursday 21 November, 2024.

Current entry count by style type and associated limits:

• Voyager Craft Undermodified Pils – 18 of 32

To add your entries into the system, please proceed through the registration process or log in if you already have an account.

Rules

» Brewers are limited to two entries in each category but may only enter each subcategory once.

» One bottle/can per entry (500ml minimum - 750ml preferred) - See special requirements for the Voyarger Malt Category

» All entries must have labels attached. 

Labels can be printed directly from this website. After registering, print the label and attach it to the bottle/can with sticky tape. 

All entries must be handcrafted products made using private equipment by hobbyist brewers (i.e., no use of commercial facilities or Brew on Premises operations).

The competition organisers are not responsible for mis-categorised entries or entries that arrived damaged.

The primary goal of our event is qualified judging of all entries. Judges evaluate and score each entry, and the average of the scores ranks each entry in its category. 

The competition committee reserves the right to combine categories based on number of entries. All possible efforts will be made to combine similar styles. All brews in combined categories will be judged according to the style in which they were originally entered.

Bottles will not be returned to entrants.

PRIZE CATEGORIES

1) American Ales

• American Pale Ale [BJCP 18B]
• American Amber Ale [BJCP 19A]
• American Brown Ale [BJCP 19C]
• America Strong Ale [BJCP 22B]

2) British Ales

• Ordinary Bitter [BJCP 11A]
• Best Bitter [BJCP 11B]
• Strong Bitter [BJCP 11]
• Dark Mild [BJCP 13A]
• British Brown Ale [BJCP 13B]
• Scottish Light [BJCP 14A]
• Scottish Heavy [BJCP 14B]
• Scottish Export  [BJCP 14C

3) Belgian Ales

• Belgian Single [BJCP 26A]
• Belgian Dubbel [BJCP 26B]
• Belgian Tripel [BJCP 26C]
• Belgian Dark Strong Ale [BJCP 26D]

4) SOUR & WILD ALE

• Lambic [BJCP 23D]
• Gueuze [BJCP 23E]
• Fruit Lambic [BJCP 23F]
• Flanders Red Ale [BJCP 23B]
• Oud Bruin [BJCP 23C]
• Brett Beer [BJCP 28A]
• Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer [BJCP 28B]
• Wild Specialty Beer [BJCP 28C]

5) FRUIT & SPICE BEER

• Fruit Beer [BJCP 29A]
• Fruit and Spice Beer [BJCP 29B]
• Specialty Fruit Beer [BJCP 29C]
• Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer [BJCP 30A]
• Autumn Seasonal Beer [BJCP 30B]
• Winter Seasonal Beer [BJCP 30C]
• Specialty Spice Beer [BJCP 30D]

6) SMOKED & WOOD AGED BEER

• Classic Style Smoked Beer [BJCP 32A]
• Specialty Smoked Beer [BJCP 32B]
• Wood-Aged Beer [BJCP 33A]
• Specialty Wood-Aged Beer [BJCP 33B]

7) Voyager Craft Malt Challenge

We are excited to announce that Voyage Craft Malt will sponsor the knockout competition this year.
Entrants will receive 5kg of Voyager undermodified pilsner malt to brew any beer they want.  Best beer wins

How to enter: To enter this part of the competition, you must enter 2 x 750ml bottles or 3 x 500. We will randomly assign beers for the comp, and they will be judged head-to-head over several rounds to determine whose beer is best. Beers will not be judged according to BJCP styles; instead, a panel of judges will vote on their favourites in each round until an ultimate champion is found.

See instructions on the Info page.

Entry Acceptance Rules

Number of Bottles Required Per Entry: 1

» One bottle/can per entry (750ml preferred) -  See special requirements for Voyager Malt Beer Category

» All entries must have labels attached (Labels can be printed directly from this website). 

• We will be using the BJCP 2021 guidelines https://www.bjcp.org/news/bjcp-releases-2021-beer-style-guidelines/
• Brewers can enter up to two entries per category, but not two entries into the same style.
• Exception for the Voyager Malt Category where only 1 entry per brewer is allowed
• Entrants must nominate a designated Style.

A panel of at least two judges will judge the beers in each category. The completed scoresheets will be returned to the entrants.
You must be a resident of Victoria to enter.

Competition Official

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

• John Keske — Competition Coordinator

Sponsors

Melbourne Brewers is proud to have the following sponsors for the Beerfest 2025.