🎤 Yeasty Boi’s: No Sleep ’Til Belgium
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AHA & BJCP Sanctioned — Belgian Styles Only — Turn It Up
Welcome to Yeasty Boi’s, where the esters are wild, the phenols are funky,
and the only thing we’re sabotaging… is bland fermentation.
If it didn’t come from Belgium (or worship at the altar of Belgian yeast),
it’s not licensed to compete.
🍺 Accepted Styles
All Belgian styles from the BJCP 2021 guidelines are welcome:
Witbier, Saison, Belgian Pale, Belgian Blond/Single, Dubbel, Tripel, Belgian Dark Strong, Belgian Specialty, Abbey/Trappist styles, etc.
⚠️ About Specialty Categories (29–34)
If you’re entering a beer that requires a base style declaration (Fruit Beer, SHV, Wood-Aged, Experimental, etc.):
- The base beer MUST be Belgian.
- If the base beer is not Belgian, we’ll judge it…
…but it’s getting disqualified from medals faster than you can say “Brass Monkey.”
No Base ’Til Belgian.
The organizers may combine categories if needed,
but will keep things more organized than a remix of Paul’s Boutique samples.
Judging follows BJCP 2021, with at least one BJCP judge per flight.
Mini-BOS rounds will be used when appropriate.
Best of Show will crown the true Yeastie champion.
🙅♂️ Bottles will not be returned — they fought for their right to… ferment.
👓 Plain English Version
Belgian beers only.
Specialty beers must use a Belgian base style.
Non-Belgian bases are judged but can’t win.
Judging follows BJCP rules.
We may combine categories.
Bottles aren’t returned
Entry Acceptance Rules
🧾 Check Your Head Before You Wreck Your Entry
Each entry must be a capped or corked bottle with no identifying marks, including labels or embossing.
Printed caps are allowed but must be completely blacked out —
we can’t have your bottle flexing its logo like it’s on the cover of Ill Communication.
Preferred Bottles
- 12 oz brown glass (ideal)
- Swing-tops & corked bottles accepted
Bottles will not be returned — they’re Intergalactic… but not coming back.
Complete entry forms must accompany all entries.
Be meticulous about listing special ingredients —
failing to note them may sabotage your own score.
Brewers may enter multiple categories but only one entry per subcategory.
Entries must be made on home equipment using publicly available ingredients.
No commercial systems, no brew-on-premises setups,
no “my buddy at a brewery owed me a favor” situations.
👓 Plain English Version
Use unmarked bottles.
Brown 12oz preferred.
Forms must be complete.
List special ingredients.
One entry per substyle.
Brew it yourself at home.
Entry Info
Entry Limits
- Entry Limit:
- 150
- Entry Limit – Paid:
- 100
Entry Limits Per Participant
- Entry Limit Per Participant:
- 3
- 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.
| 21B1 Belgian IPA | 23B Flanders Red Ale | 23C Oud Bruin |
| 23D Lambic | 23E Gueuze | 23F Fruit Lambic |
| 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 | 29A Fruit Beer | 29B Fruit and Spice Beer |
| 29C Specialty Fruit Beer | 30A Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer | 30C Winter Seasonal Beer |
| 30D Specialty Spice Beer | 33A Wood-Aged Beer | 33B Specialty Wood-Aged Beer |
Shipping Info
Entry bottles accepted at our shipping location Sunday, March 1, 2026 8:00 PM, EST — Friday, April 3, 2026 7:00 PM, EDT.
Ship entries to:
Paul Jones
26 Dartmouth Rd, West Orange NJ, 07052
Packing and Shipping
## 📦 **Packaging & Shipping Rules**Fight For Your Right… To Ship Tight.
This is a shipped-only competition.
No walk-ins. No handoffs. No tossing cans like a reverse-Tibetan-monk-beer-delivery.
⏰ Delivery Deadline
All entries must be DELIVERED by:
Friday, April 3rd, 2026 — 5:00 PM
Not shipped by then — delivered by then.
Late entries will sleep… ’til Brooklyn.
📦 How To Pack (Root Down Your Bottles)
- Use a sturdy box.
- Line it with a plastic trash bag.
- Partition & bubble-wrap each bottle (Bubble Wrap = Good. Overpacking = Bad).
- Write on the box: “Fragile – This Side Up.”
- Put each bottle label in a zip-top bag before attaching it to the bottle.
If something breaks, we want to know who’s leaking.
If breakage occurs, we’ll attempt to contact you for replacements — time permitting.
🚚 Shipping Requirements
- Ship via UPS, FedEx, DHL, etc.
- You are responsible for timely delivery.
- Damaged, late, or lost entries cannot be judged beyond what arrives intact.
So pack it tight, ship it right,
and keep those Belgian yeasts body movin’.
👓 Plain English Version
Ship only — no hand delivery.
Must arrive by April 3rd, 2026, 5 PM.
Pack securely with bubble wrap.
Put labels in zip bags.
Late/damaged beer may not be judged.
Awards
🏆 Awards Structure
Because You Gotta Fight For Your Right… To Medal
Once judging concludes, we’ll drop the virtual curtain and reveal the winners —
no stage lights, no smoke machines, but the Belgian funk will still be thick.
🥇 Medals
Judges will award 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in each category/table as appropriate.
Because this comp is all about quality, not participation trophies, judges may choose to withhold any medal level if entries don’t meet award-worthy standards.
Only beers that bring the noise and the yeast profile will earn that sweet bling.
👑 Best of Show (BOS)
All 1st place category winners advance to the Best of Show round.
The BOS panel will select one single, overall Best of Show beer —
the true champion, the intergalactic Belgian phenolic phenom,
the one beer that makes the judges say:
“No Sleep ’Til… BELGIUM!”
There is only one BOS. No runner-up, no honorable mention, no tie-break rap battle.
🎁 Additional Prizes
This is a remote competition, so medals are the whole show —
no bonus swag, no door prizes, no “you must be present to win.”
(You can still play Paul’s Boutique at home if you want the ambience.)
📄 Score Sheets & Results
All score sheets will be posted directly to BCOEM once judging is finalized.
Nothing is mailed, nothing is handed off —
your results will appear online faster than a Beastie Boys sample clearance.
Results will be published on the competition site as soon as the awards are finalized.
👓 Plain English Version
- Judges may award 1st/2nd/3rd, but may also withhold medals if entries don’t meet medal standards.
- Only one Best of Show winner.
- No additional prizes; remote competition only.
- Score sheets and results will be posted on BCOEM.
- Nothing is mailed or picked up in person.
Awards Ceremony
Paul's Boutique
Morristown NJ
Saturday, April 18, 2026 7:00 PM, EDT
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