If you are willing to judge or steward, please return to register on or after Friday, July 17, 2026 9:00 AM, MDT.

This competition is BJCP sanctioned and open to all homebrewers.

BJCP Categories Accepted:

Table 1

• 12C - English IPA
• 21A - American IPA
• LSX2 - IPA Argentina (NEW THIS YEAR)

Table 2

• 21B - Specialty IPA
• 21B - Specialty IPA: Belgian IPA
• 21B - Specialty IPA: Black IPA
• 21B - Specialty IPA: Brown IPA
• 21B - Specialty IPA: Red IPA
• 21B - Specialty IPA: Rye IPA
• 21B - Specialty IPA: White IPA
• 21B - Specialty IPA: Brut IPA

Table 3

• 21C - Hazy IPA

Table 4

• 22A - Double IPA

All mailed entries must received at the mailing location by the entry 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.

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.

Bottles will not be returned to entrants.

Entry Acceptance Rules

Each entry will consist of capped or corked bottles, or aluminum cans that are void of all identifying information, including labels and embossing. Printed caps are allowed, but must be blacked out completely.

12oz glass bottles or aluminum cans are preferred. Swing top bottles will likewise be accepted as well as corked bottles.

Bottles will not be returned to contest entrants.

Please fill out the entry forms completely. Be meticulous about noting any special ingredients that must be specified. Failure to note such ingredients or base style may impact the judges' scoring of your entry.

Entry Fees

$15.00 (CAD) per entry.

Entry Limits

Entry Limit – Paid:

100

Entry Limits Per Participant

Per Style Entry Limit:

1

Pay Entry Fees

After creating your account and adding your entries to the system, you must pay your entry fee(s). Accepted payment methods are:

• Credit/debit card and e-check, via PayPal

BJCP 2015 / 2021 Styles Accepted

Indicates that the style's entry limit has been reached and no more entries of that style will be accepted.

Shipping Info

Entry bottles accepted at our shipping location Wednesday, August 19, 2026 9:00 AM, MDT — Wednesday, August 26, 2026 6:00 PM, MDT.

Ship entries to:

BRB Sizzlin' Hop Summer Showdown
15-26107 Twp Rd 532A, Parkland County, AB, T7Y1A1

Packing and Shipping

Carefully pack your entries in a sturdy box. Partition and pack each bottle with adequate packaging material. Please do not over pack!

Please only use bubble wrap as your packing material.

Every reasonable effort will be made to contact entrants whose bottles have broken to make arrangements for sending replacement bottles.

DO NOT SHIP your entries with Signature Required or Direct Delivery. Your entries may not be received. We recommend against UPS.

Judging Sessions

Entry Sorting
Thursday, August 27, 2026 11:00 AM, MDT

Judging
Friday, August 28, 2026 6:00 PM, MDT through Sunday, August 30, 2026 4:00 PM, MDT
AB

Results Published
Sunday, August 30, 2026 6:00 PM, MDT

Best of Show

The BOS brewer will have their name permanently engraved on the BRB Trophy.

Awards

Medals will be awarded to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place.

Results and score sheets will be posted to the competition web site after the ceremony concludes.

As always, awards are mailed no later than the day the competion ends.

Awards Ceremony

Online
https://www.battleriver.club/
Sunday, August 30, 2026 6:00 PM, MDT

Circuit Qualification

This competition is a qualifier for the Canadian Homebrew Association Brewer of the Year circuit.