Lagerpalooza
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.
Entry Registration is Open
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.
This competition is AHA sanctioned and open to any amateur homebrewer age 21 or older.
Please provide 2bottles.
All mailed entries must 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.
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.
Entry Acceptance Rules
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. Cans will also be accepted.
Bottles will not be returned to contest entrants.
Please fill out the online entry forms completely. Be meticulous about noting any special ingredients that must be specified. Failure to note such ingredients may impact the judges' scoring of your entry.
Brewers are not limited to one entry in each category but may only enter each subcategory once.
Entry Info
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 |
| 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 |
| 27A Historical Beer | 27A1 Kellerbier | 27A6 Pre-Prohibition Lager |
| 29C Specialty Fruit Beer | 30D Specialty Spice Beer | 31A Alternative Grain Beer |
| 31B Alternative Sugar Beer | 32B Specialty Smoked Beer | 33B Specialty Wood-Aged Beer |
| 34A Commercial Specialty Beer | 34B Mixed-Style Beer | 34C Experimental Beer |
| LSX5 New Zealand Pilsner |
Entry Delivery
Entry bottles accepted at our drop-off locations Sunday, April 26, 2026 12:00 PM, MST — Sunday, May 10, 2026 5:00 PM, MST.
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.
445 S. 400 W. SLC, UT 84047
(385) 528-3840
Shipping Info
Entry bottles accepted at our shipping location Sunday, April 26, 2026 9:00 AM, MST — Sunday, May 10, 2026 5:00 PM, MST.
Ship entries to:
Bewilder Brewing
445 S. 400 W. SLC, UT 84047
Packing and Shipping
Carefully pack your entries in a sturdy box. Line the inside of your carton with a plastic trash bag. Partition and pack each bottle with adequate packaging material. Please do not over pack!Write clearly: Fragile. This Side Up. on the package. Please only use bubble wrap as your packing material.
Enclose each of your bottle labels in a small zip-top bag before attaching to their respective bottles. This way it makes it possible for the organizer to identify specifically which entry has broken if there is damage during shipment.
Every reasonable effort will be made to contact entrants whose bottles have broken to make arrangements for sending replacement bottles.
Awards
The awards ceremony will take place Sunday May 17th at 1:00 PM.
Places will be awarded to 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.
Additional prizes may be awarded to those winners present at the awards ceremony at the discretion of the competition organizers.
Awards will be available for pick up after the ceremony concludes. Results and score sheets will be posted to the competition website after the the ceremony concludes. Awards not picked up will be mailed back to participants.
Awards Ceremony
Bewilder Brewing
445 S. 400 W. SLC, UT 84047
Sunday, May 17, 2026 1:00 PM, MST
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
If you are interested in being a judge or steward please register and mark that you can judge even if you are not entering homebrew into the competition. One of the goals of the competition is to help grow judge's skills. We want to help encourage new judges and provide quality feedback to homebrewer.
Contact
Use the form below to contact a competition official. All fields with a star are required.