Thank you for your interest in the 2026 Between The Bluffs Homebrew Competition organized by The La Crosse Area Grain Enthusiasts & Related Specialties (LAGERS), La Crosse, WI.

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

112 entries have been added to the system as of 8:09 PM, CST, Sunday, February 15, 2026.

93 paid entries are in the system as of 8:09 PM, CST, Sunday, February 15, 2026.

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

Welcome back to our annual Between the Bluffs Homebrew Competition. This competition is AHA sanctioned and open to any amateur homebrewer age 21 or older. Our competition is part of the annual Between the Bluffs "Beverages and Bites" event held every April in La Crosse, WI.

All mailed entries must be received at the mailing location by the entry deadline - please allow for shipping time. All beers must be received by March 25, 2026.

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. Medals may not be awarded in all categories.

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. Our goal is to have each flight include at least one BJCP judge but that will depend on the number of flight categories and judges.

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.

Entered beers will not be returned to entrants.

The competition entry cap is 150 entries.

NOTE: We ask that homebrewers limit their number of entries to four (4) or less for this competition.

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, corked bottles, and 12 or 16oz cans will also be accepted.

Bottles (or cans) will not be returned to contest entrants.

Completed entry forms and labels must be submitted with all entries, entries can be printed directly from this website. Entry forms should be attached to bottle labels by the method specified on the bottle label.

Please fill out the 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.

NOTE: Homebrewers are requested to enter no more than four (4) unique beer entries.

Competition Officials

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

• Tim Miehe — President
• Todd Shea — Secretary
• Lee Weis — Treasurer

Sponsors

The La Crosse Area Grain Enthusiasts & Related Specialties (LAGERS) is proud to have the following sponsors for the 2026 Between The Bluffs Homebrew Competition.

Explore La Crosse

La Crosse, Wisconsin

Thank you to our Sponsor, Explore La Crosse who contributes to the Homebrew competition by helping with hotel accommodations and being a friend of the club.

Home2 Suites By Hilton La Crosse

La Crosse, Wisconsin

Thank you to Home2 Suites By Hilton in downtown La Crosse for donating the hotel rooms for our certified judges!

Skeleton Brew Crew

Onalaska, Wisconsin

Thank you to Skeleton Brew Crew for providing the space for the Homebrew competition, allowing deliveries and for cold storage of the competition entries! Also, thank you for supporting the Club by allowing the club to regularly meet at your location for our monthly meetings.

Hampton Inn & Suites La Crosse Downtown

La Crosse, Wisconsin

Thank you to the Hampton Inn & Suites in downtown La Crosse for the donated hotel rooms for our certified judges!

Turtle Stack Brewery

125 2nd Street South La Crosse WI, 54601

The LAGERS would like to thank Turtle Stack for the participation and support in helping the LAGERS plan and execute the annual Between The Bluffs Homebrew Competition. Turtle Stack Brewery is an Award Winning Brewery, please stop in and sample their beers, truly outstanding beers and friendly people!