New Jersey State Fair Homebrew Competition 2026 (29th Annual)
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.
All judges and participants by participating in the competition agree that they hold harmless the competition, organizers, participants, and host Club and their designated officers of any responsibility and/or liability of illness or incapacitation from judging and or participating in the Competition.
We will not accept shipped entries.
Entry Acceptance Rules
Only TWO bottles per entry are required this year.
We will not accept shipped entries.
Entry Info
Entry Limits
- Entry Limit:
- 250
Entry Limits Per Participant
- Entry Limit Per Participant:
- 5
- Per Style Entry Limit:
- 1
- Per Style Exceptions Limit:
- 5
- Style Exceptions:
- 27A: Historical Beer
- 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
- C1A: New World Cider
- C1B: English Cider
- C1C: French Cider
- C1D: New World Perry
- C1E: Traditional Perry
- C2A: New England Cider
- C2B: Cider with Other Fruit
- C2C: Applewine
- C2D: Ice Cider
- C2E: Cider with Herbs/Spices
- C2F: Specialty Cider/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
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.
| 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 | 101A Lagered IPA (Custom Style) | 101B Italian Pilsner (Custom Style) |
| 101C Greussling (Custom Style) | 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 New World Cider | C1B English Cider |
| C1C French Cider | C1D New World Perry | C1E Traditional Perry |
| C2A New England Cider | C2B Cider with Other Fruit | C2C Applewine |
| C2D Ice Cider | C2E Cider with Herbs/Spices | C2F Specialty Cider/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 |
Drop-Off Locations
Entry bottles accepted at our drop-off locations Saturday, June 27, 2026 10:00 AM, EDT — Friday, July 10, 2026 11:00 PM, EDT.
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.
2 Camre Dr, Newton, NJ 07860
(862) 432-9003
135 Main Street, Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889
(908) 823-4227
*Call to confirm shop hours before dropping off.
50 Parsippany Rd, Whippany, NJ 07981
(973) 240-7506
144 Main St, Hackettstown, NJ 07840
(908) 989-0286
492 Monmouth St, Jersey City, NJ 07302
(201) 659-2304
Judging Sessions
BrewHardware 1
Tuesday, July 14, 2026 12:00 AM, EDT through Friday, July 31, 2026 4:08 PM, EDT
Pickup
BrewHardware 2
Tuesday, July 14, 2026 12:00 AM, EDT through Friday, July 31, 2026 4:08 PM, EDT
Pickup at BH
MASH 1
Tuesday, July 14, 2026 12:00 AM, EDT through Saturday, August 1, 2026 1:00 AM, EDT
TBD
MASH 2
Tuesday, July 14, 2026 12:00 AM, EDT through Saturday, August 1, 2026 1:08 AM, EDT
TBD
MASH 3
Tuesday, July 14, 2026 12:00 AM, EDT through Friday, July 31, 2026 4:08 PM, EDT
pickup
MASH 4
Tuesday, July 14, 2026 12:00 AM, EDT through Friday, July 31, 2026 4:08 PM, EDT
pickup
MASH 5
Tuesday, July 14, 2026 12:00 AM, EDT through Friday, July 31, 2026 4:08 PM, EDT
pickup
Friday judging
Friday, July 24, 2026 5:30 PM, EDT
Saturday AM judging
Saturday, July 25, 2026 8:00 AM, EDT
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
All judges and participants by participating in the competition agree that they hold harmless the competition, organizers, participants, and host Club and their designated officers of any responsibility and/or liability of illness or incapacitation from judging and or participating in the Competition.
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