Feast of Saint Arnold Homebrew Competition 2025

Thank you for your interest in the Feast of Saint Arnold Homebrew Competition 2025 organized by Trinity Brewing Company and the Brew Brothers of the Pikes Peak Region, Colorado Springs CO.

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

80 entries have been added to the system as of 1:12 AM, MDT, Sunday, May 4, 2025. There is a limit of 100 entries for this competition.

74 paid entries are in the system as of 1:12 AM, MDT, Sunday, May 4, 2025. There is a limit of 100 paid entries for this competition.

Current entry count by style type and associated limits:

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

This competition is AHA sanctioned and open to any amateur homebrewer age 21 or older. Initially the entry limit will be 5 per brewer, with a maximum competition entry limit of 100. After 5/12/2025 that limit may be raised based on volunteer and entrant participation

No entries using Cannabis / Hemp are allowed or accepted. Any entries using these components will be disqualified, will not be returned, and will not receive feedback.

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

All entries will be picked up from drop-off locations the day after the drop-off deadline.

This competition is open to all 2021 BJCP Style Guideline styles, except Mead and Cider. There is also a special category, "What Would Saint Arnold Brew?". Some styles require additional information to be fairly judged. Please check the style guidelines and include where applicable.

There will be two Best of Show categories, one for all styles, and one for the "What would Saint Arnold Brew". Please refer to https://brewbrosco.com/feast-of-saint-arnold-homebrew-competition/ for explanation and examples.

All entrants to the “What Would Saint Arnold Brew” category should select that category, and provide a narrative answering the following questions regarding their entry along with their submission (Attach to bottle with entry label and / or ):

• Base style - This is what we made and why.
• Any ingredients/additives - What ingredients did you choose and why?
• Why would St. Arnold have brewed this beer? (Historical or Fictional narratives are accepted).

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 overall style 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.

The following bonuses are still being confirmed, but we expect that:

• All entrants get $5 off their ticket to the Feast of Saint Arnold Festival on 6/14/2025. Tickets must be bought online. A discount code will be supplied.
• Top 3 entries in each Best of Show (Standard and What would Saint Arnold Brew) category receive a medal custom made for this competition, and a free companion ticket to the Festival on June 14th, 2025.
• All entrants and volunteers get guaranteed entry into the festival even if the gates are closed.

Entry Acceptance Rules

Number of Bottles Required Per Entry: 2

Each entry will consist of capped 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.

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.

Direct any questions to the competition organizer using the contact form on this site.

Competition Official

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

• John Landreman — Competition Coordinator