44th Annual Oregon Homebrew Festival
Entries
Judging
Entry Registration
Judge Registration
Steward Registration
Entry Drop-Off
Entry Shipping
Rules
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.
This competition is AHA sanctioned and open to any amateur homebrewer age 21 or older.
All mailed entries must be 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 organizers are not responsible for mis-categorized entries, mailed entries that are not received by the entry deadline, or entries that arrived damaged.
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.
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.
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.
The Best of Show judging will be determined by a Best of Show panel based on a second judging of the top winners.
Bottles will not be returned to entrants.
Awards will be mailed to participants who have opted in to recieve their award. Results and scoresheets will be posted to the competition web site after the ceremony concludes.
Entry Info
BJCP 2015 / 2021 Judging Styles
Indicates that the style's entry limit has been reached and no more entries of that style will be accepted.
| 1A American Light Lager | 1B American Lager | 1C Cream Ale |
| 1D American Wheat Beer | 2A International Pale Lager | 2B International Amber Lager |
| 2C International Dark Lager | 3A Czech Pale Lager | 3B Czech Premium Pale Lager |
| 3C Czech Amber Lager | 3D Czech Dark Lager | 4A Munich Helles |
| 4B Festbier | 4C Helles Bock | 5A German Leichtbier |
| 5B Kölsch | 5C German Helles Exportbier | 5D German Pils |
| 6A Märzen | 6B Rauchbier | 6C Dunkels Bock |
| 7A Vienna Lager | 7B Altbier | 8A Munich Dunkel |
| 8B Schwarzbier | 9A Doppelbock | 9B Eisbock |
| 9C Baltic Porter | 10A Weissbier | 10B Dunkels Weissbier |
| 10C Weizenbock | 11A Ordinary Bitter | 11B Best Bitter |
| 11C Strong Bitter | 12A British Golden Ale | 12B Australian Sparkling Ale |
| 12C English IPA | 13A Dark Mild | 13B British Brown Ale |
| 13C English Porter | 14A Scottish Light | 14B Scottish Heavy |
| 14C Scottish Export | 15A Irish Red Ale | 15B Irish Stout |
| 15C Irish Extra Stout | 16A Sweet Stout | 16B Oatmeal Stout |
| 16C Tropical Stout | 16D Foreign Extra Stout | 17A British Strong Ale |
| 17A1 Burton Ale | 17B Old Ale | 17C Wee Heavy |
| 17D English Barley Wine | 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 | 21B Specialty IPA | 21B1 Belgian IPA |
| 21B2 Black IPA | 21B3 Brown IPA | 21B4 Red IPA |
| 21B5 Rye IPA | 21B6 White IPA | 21C Hazy IPA |
| 22A Double IPA | 22B American Strong Ale | 22C American Barleywine |
| 22D Wheatwine | 23A Berliner Weisse | 23B Flanders Red Ale |
| 23C Oud Bruin | 23D Lambic | 23E Gueuze |
| 23F Fruit Lambic | 23G Gose | 24A Witbier |
| 24B Belgian Pale Ale | 24C Bière de Garde | 25A Belgian Blond Ale |
| 25B Saison | 25C Belgian Golden Strong Ale | 26A Belgian Single |
| 26B Belgian Dubbel | 26C Belgian Tripel | 26D Belgian Dark Strong Ale |
| 27A1 Kellerbier | 28A Brett Beer | 28B Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer |
| 28C Wild Specialty Beer | 29A Fruit Beer | 29B Fruit and Spice Beer |
| 29C Specialty Fruit Beer | 30A Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer | 30B Autumn Seasonal Beer |
| 30C Winter Seasonal Beer | 31A Alternative Grain Beer | 31B Alternative Sugar Beer |
| 32A Classic Style Smoked Beer | 32B Specialty Smoked Beer | 33A Wood-Aged Beer |
| 33B Specialty Wood-Aged Beer | 34C Experimental Beer | C1A New World Cider |
| C1B English Cider | C1C French Cider | C1D New World Perry |
| C1E Traditional Perry | C2A New England Cider | C2B Cider with Other Fruit |
| C2C Applewine | C2D Ice Cider | C2E Cider with Herbs/Spices |
| C2F Specialty Cider/Perry | M1A Dry Mead | M1B Semi-Sweet Mead |
| M1C Sweet Mead | M2A Cyser | M2B Pyment |
| M2C Berry Mead | M2D Stone Fruit Mead | M2E Melomel |
| M3A Fruit and Spice Mead | M3B Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead | M4A Braggot |
| M4B Historical Mead | M4C Experimental Mead |
Judging Sessions
Early Judging on Wednesday
Wednesday, May 13, 2026 5:30 PM, PDT
Flights
2 Towns Ciderhouse - Friday
Friday, May 15, 2026 5:30 PM, PDT through Sunday, May 17, 2026 9:46 AM, PDT
33930 SE Eastgate Cir, Corvallis, OR 97333
2 Towns Ciderhouse - Saturday
Saturday, May 16, 2026 9:00 AM, PDT
Best of Show
Awards will be given to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place for Best of Show.
If you wish you'll be able to serve your award winning entry at Heart of the Valley Homebrewers Septembeerfest!
Awards
Awards will be given to the 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.
Awards will be mailed to participants who have opted in to recieve their award. Results and scoresheets will be posted to the competition web site after the ceremony concludes.
Awards Ceremony
Sorry, there will be no awards ceremony!
Saturday, May 16, 2026 9:30 PM, PDT
Circuit Qualification
Oregon Homebrew Festival is a sanctioned competition for the 2026 Oregon State Home Brewer of the Year award.
Volunteers
Judges and Stewards
If you have registered, log in and then choose Edit Account from the My Account menu indicated by the icon on the top menu.
If you have not registered and are willing to be a judge or steward, please register.
Staff
If you would like to volunteer to be a competition staff member, please register or update your account to indicate that you wish to be a part of the competition staff.
Other Volunteer Info
Volunteer information coming soon!
Sponsors
Contact
Use the links below to contact individuals involved with coordinating this competition:
- – Competition Organizer
- – Registrar
- – Judge Coordinator