Thank you for your interest in the Beerfest 2022 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

46 entries have been added to the system as of 9:55 PM, AEDT, Tuesday 18 January, 2022.

10 paid entries are in the system as of 9:55 PM, AEDT, Tuesday 18 January, 2022.

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

Judge and Steward Registration is Open

If you have not registered and are willing to be a volunteer, please register.

If you have registered, log in and then choose Edit Account from the My Account menu indicated by the icon on the top menu.

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 ) 

» All entries must have labels attached. 

Labels can be printed directly from this website. After completing your registration print the label and ATTACH TO BOTTLE/CAN with sticky tape. 

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).

The competition organisers are not responsible for mis-categorised entries, mailed entries that are not received by the entry deadline, or entries that arrived damaged.

The competition organisers reserve 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. 

The competition committee reserves the right to combine categories 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.

Bottles will not be returned to entrants.

Categories

1.   American Pale Ale

1.  American Pale Ale

2. Pale and Bitter Ale

1. Kölsch
2. Australian Sparkling Ale
3. Cream Ale
4. Blonde Ale
5. Ordinary Bitter
6. Best Bitter
7. Strong Bitter

3.  Wheat & Rye Ale

1. Weissbier
2. Witbier
3. Dunkles Weissbier
4. Roggenbier
5. American Wheat Beer
6. Weizenbock
7. Wheatwine

4. Brown Ale

1. Dark Mild
2. Scottish Heavy
3. Scottish Export
4. Irish Red Ale
5. Australian Dark/Old Ale [AABC]
6. British Strong Ale
7. English Brown Ale
8. American Brown Ale

5. Strong Ale and Lager

1. Wee Heavy
2. Doppelbock
3. Eisbock
4. Old Ale
5. English Barleywine
6. American Barleywine
7. Imperial Stout

6. Sour and Wild Ales

1. Berliner Weisse
2. Gose
3. Flanders Red Ale
4. Lambic
5. Gueuze
6. Oud Bruin
7. Brett Beer
8. Fruit Lambic
9. Mixed‐Fermentation Sour
10. Wild Specialty Beer

7.  Specialty Beer

1. Fruit Beer 
2. Spice, Herb, Vegetable Beer 
3. Winter Seasonal Beer
4. Rauchbier
5. Classic Style Smoked Beer
6. Specialty Smoked Beer
7. Wood‐Aged Beer
8. Specialty Wood‐Aged Beer
9. Experimental Beer 

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 2022.

Beerco

 

Champion Beer

Cryer Malt

 

Best Club

Grain And Grape

 

Champion Brewer

Keg King

 

Best Novice

Cheeky Peak Brewery

1/67 Wigg St, Wodonga VIC 3690

Yakima Chief