Thank you for your interest in the 17th New England Regional Homebrew Competition organized by Brew Free or Die.

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.

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

This competition is AHA sanctioned and open to any amateur homebrewer age 21 or older.

All entries must be paid in full within 48 hours of their registration (we will hold firm on this rule), and no later than the entry deadline, or they will be purged from the registration system. Unpaid entries will not be judged.

All mailed entries must be received at the mailing location by the shipping deadline - please allow for shipping time.

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.

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.

Entry Acceptance Rules

Number of Bottles Required Per Entry: 2

Each entry will consist of 2 x 12 to 22 ounce capped bottles or corked bottles that are void of all identifying information, including labels and embossing. Printed caps are allowed, but must be blacked out completely.

12oz brown glass bottles are preferred; however, green and clear glass will be accepted. Swing top bottles will likewise be accepted as well as corked bottles. Canned entries are accepted as well. Be sure to send full bottles.

Bottles will not be returned to contest entrants.

All requisite paperwork must be submitted with each entry and can be printed directly from this website. Entry paperwork should be attached to bottles by the method specified on the bottle label.

Be meticulous about noting any special ingredients that must be specified. Failure to note such ingredients may impact the judges’ scoring of your entry.

Please read all sections of the site prior to entering, as entry fees are non-refundable.

Competition Officials

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

• Julie Ashton — Entry Coordinator
• Jill Crawford — Competition Coordinator
• Dave Crawford — Entry Drop Off Coordinator
• Jason Lozzi — Sponsorship Coordinator
• Rob Somogyi — Judging Coordinator
• Stacey Somogyi — Steward Coordinator

Sponsors

Brew Free or Die is proud to have the following sponsors for the 17th New England Regional Homebrew Competition.

New Hampshire Food Bank

Manchester, NH

Site Sponsor

Bissell Brothers

Portland, ME

Gold Sponsor

The Brew Bag

Anderson, SC

Gold Sponsor

Spike Brewing

Milwaukee, WI

Silver Sponsor

BeerSmith

Online

Silver Sponsor

Breiss Malt

Chilton, WI

Bronze Sponsor

Imperial Yeast

Portland, OR

Bronze Sponsor