2026 Saskatoon Headhunters Brewing Competition
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.
The Saskatoon Headhunters Brewing Club is proud to host its 9th annual homebrewing competition! We invite all homebrewers to submit their beer, cider or mead for judging under the 2021 BJCP style guidelines.
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Only one entry per beer style or BJCP subcategory. If there is more than one beer style in a BJCP category, you can enter one beer for each substyle.
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Entries are limited to 4 per person, with a total limit of 250 entries for this competition. Only paid entries will be counted towards the limit cap. NOTE: This limit will be increasing to 6 per person on September 5 at 7AM CST.
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We will be judging based on the 2021 BJCP Guidelines.
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While all entries will be judged based on the 2021 BJCP Guidelines, all entries will be sorted into categories based on the 2025 National Homebrew Competition Style Guidelines. Categories may be reorganized based on entries received.
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The competition committee reserves the right to combine overall style categories based on the number of entries. All possible efforts will be made to combine similar styles. All brews in combined categories will be judged according to the style they were originally entered in.
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Qualified judging of all entries is the primary goal of this 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.
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A minimum score of 30 must be obtained to qualify for a medal in any category.
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This a homebrew competition, and no commercial entries will be accepted. This includes beer, cider or mead made on equipment for commercial research, production, brew-on-premises establishments, or anything of that nature.
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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.
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All decisions by the competition organizers are final.
Entry Acceptance Rules
We require two standard bottles of homebrewed beer, cider or mead per entry. Bottles will not be returned.
Each entry will consist of 300 to 500 mL capped, corked or swing-top bottles, or cans that are void of all identifying information, including labels and embossing. 341 mL brown bottles are prefered; however, all glass and plastic bottles, and cans will be accepted.
Please print and secure abels directly to your entry with packing tape or rubber bands.
The entry fee is $10 per entry, and paid by PayPal only as this allows the software to mark your entries as paid. Cash and cheques will not be accepted.
Entry Info
Entry Limits
- Entry Limit:
- 250
- Entry Limit – Paid:
- 250
Entry Limits Per Participant
- Entry Limit Per Participant:
- 4
- 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 2021 / 2025 Styles Accepted
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 | 21B7 Brut 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 | 27A Historical Beer | 27A1 Kellerbier |
| 27A2 Kentucky Common | 27A3 Lichtenhainer | 27A4 London Brown Ale |
| 27A5 Piwo Grodziskie | 27A6 Pre-Prohibition Lager | 27A7 Pre-Prohibition Porter |
| 27A8 Roggenbier | 27A9 Sahti | 28A Brett Beer |
| 28B Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer | 28C Wild Specialty Beer | 28D Straight Sour Beer |
| 29A Fruit Beer | 29B Fruit and Spice Beer | 29C Specialty Fruit Beer |
| 29D Grape Ale | 30A Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer | 30B Autumn Seasonal Beer |
| 30C Winter Seasonal Beer | 30D Specialty Spice 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 | 34A Commercial Specialty Beer |
| 34B Mixed-Style Beer | 34C Experimental Beer | LSX1 Dorada Pampeana |
| LSX2 IPA Argenta | LSX3 Italian Grape Ale | LSX4 Catharina Sour |
| LSX5 New Zealand Pilsner | C1A Common Cider | C1B Heirloom Cider |
| C1C English Cider | C1D French Cider | C1E Spanish Cider |
| C2A New England Cider | C2B Applewine | C2C Ice Cider |
| C2D Fire Cider | C3A Fruit Cider | C3B Spiced Cider |
| C3C Experimental Cider | C4A Common Perry | C4B Heirloom Perry |
| C4C Ice Perry | C4D Experimental 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 |
Entry Delivery
Entry bottles accepted at our drop-off locations Sunday 20 September, 2026 10:00, CST — Sunday 4 October, 2026 17:00, CST.
Please pay attention to the notes provided for each drop-off location. There could be earlier deadlines for some drop-off locations listed, particular hours when entries are accepted, certain individuals to leave your entries with, etc. All entrants are responsible for reading the information provided by the organizers for each drop-off location.
TBD
Saskatoon
TBD
*For all drop-offs, please contact Aaron - headhunterscomp@gmail.com
Shipping Info
Entry bottles accepted at our shipping location Sunday 20 September, 2026 06:00, CST — Sunday 4 October, 2026 17:00, CST.
Ship entries to:
Saskatoon Headhunters c/o Aaron Brown
410 Denham Cres, Saskatoon SK, S7R 1E8
Packing and Shipping
Please take great care when packing bottles for shipping. A tightly packed, padded box is best, and please double bag the contents in case of leaks or breakage.
We are not responsible for any damaged, missing, or late entries.
We will attempt to contact entrants should anything happen to their entries so a replacement can be sent. If a replacement cannot be sent, we will still judge a single bottle; however, it will not be sent to the BOS round should it win a gold
Judging Sessions
Monday Evening
Monday 12 October, 2026 19:00, CST
Tuesday Evening
Tuesday 13 October, 2026 19:00, CST
Wednesday Evening
Wednesday 14 October, 2026 19:00, CST
Thursday Evening
Thursday 15 October, 2026 19:00, CST
Friday Morning
Friday 16 October, 2026 10:00, CST
Friday Afternoon
Friday 16 October, 2026 13:30, CST
Saturday Morning
Saturday 17 October, 2026 09:00, CST
Saturday Afternoon - BOS
Saturday 17 October, 2026 13:00, CST
Awards
The awards ceremony will take place once judging is completed.
Places will be awarded to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in each category/table.
The 1st place entry in each beer category will advance to the Best of Show (BOS) round with a single, overall Best of Show beer selected.
Additional prizes may be awarded to those winners present at the awards ceremony at the discretion of the competition organizers.
Awards Ceremony
Winston's English Pub
Saturday 17 October, 2026 19:00, CST
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.
Staff can indicate their availability for the following non-judging sessions:
- Bottle Sorting – Saturday 10 October, 2026 14:00, CST
Other Volunteer Info
Please register and sign up if you are able to volunteer as a judge or a steward.
Sponsors
Contact
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