2026 PUBS Homebrew Invitational Sponsors

Knee Deep Brewing

13395 New Airport Rd H, Auburn, CA 95602

Knee Deep Brewing has graciously agreed to host the 2026 PUBS Invitational, donating use of their cold storage and venue to us. Thank You Knee Deep!

Monk's Cellar

240 Vernon St., Roseville, CA 95678

The Monk's Cellar has gracious offered an opportunity for a style category winner to brew their winning beer with Monk's Cellar. Thank you The Monk's Cellar! Note: Select Styles, Recipe tweaking

Boring Rose Brewing Co.

4363 Town Center Blvd Suite 110, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762

Thank you Boring Rose Brewing for helping sponsor the PUBS Invitational.

Crooked Lane Brewing Company

536 Grass Valley Highway, Auburn, CA 95603

Crooked Lane has gracious offered an opportunity for a style category winner to brew their winner beer with Crooked Lane. Thank you Crooked Lane! Note: Select Styles, Recipe tweaking

GB Brew Co

8601 Auburn Folsom Rd, Granite Bay, CA 95746

GB Brew Co has gracious offered an opportunity for a style category winner to brew their winner beer with GB Brew Co. Note: Recipe tweaking

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MOIRAE Brewing Company

2650 Cameron Park Dr #370, Cameron Park, CA 95682

MOIRAE Brewing has gracious offered an opportunity for a style category winner to brew their winner beer with MOIRAE Brewing. Note: Select Styles, Recipe tweaking by brewery may be needed.

Badmotivator Legacy Barrels

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Badmotivator Legacy Barrels has agreed to provide a custom 5 gal barrel of the "winners" choice. This may be assigned to a specific category.

Brewers Supply Group

800 West 1st Ave. Shakopee MN 55379

Brewers Supply Group (BSG) has generously donated a large quantity of brewing supplies to be shared by our brewers. Thank you BSG!

More Beer! & More Wine!

995 Detroit Ave G, Concord, CA 94518

More Beer has agreed to be an entry pickup point for any Bay Area clubs. Thank you MoreBeer!

Red Bus Brewing Company

802A Reading Street Folsom, CA 95630

Red Bus Brewing has agreed to be a drop off location for entries.

Sierra Moonshine

12535 Loma Rica Dr, Grass Valley, CA 95945

Thanks to Sierra Moonshine for helping us out with an entry collection point for Nevada County Homebrewers.

Admiral Malting

651A W Tower Ave, Alameda, CA 94501

Admiral Malting has donated a gift for one of our style category winners!

Adventures In Homebrewing

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Thank you Adventures in Homebrewing for helping sponsor the 2026 PUBS Invitational with gift cards to give away.

BREWHA Equipment Co

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Thank you BREWHA Equipment Co for your sponsorship of the 2026 PUBS Invitational.

Fermentis Yeast

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Thank you Fermentis Yeast for supporting the PUBS Invitational and donating some goodies.

Imperial Yeast

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Imperial Yeast has generously donated 3 sets of gift certs for 2 yeast packs of the brewers choice. Thank you Imperial Yeast for supporting our competition.

Loomis Basin Brewing

3277 Swetzer Road Loomis, CA 95650

Loomis Basin Brewing has graciously donated some goods as prizes for our event.

Oak Barrel Winecraft

1443 San Pablo Ave, Berkeley, CA

Thank you Oak Barrel Winecraft and your support of our competition. Oak Barrel Winecraft is a homebrew store in Berkeley dedicated to the art of homebrewing, wine & cheese making.

Solid Ground Brewing

552 Pleasant Valley Rd. Diamond Springs, CA 95619

Solid Ground Brewing has agreed to help sponsor the 2026 PUBS Invitational.

TILT

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TILT has donated some merchandise to our competition. Thank you TILT!

William's Brewing

2088 Burroughs Ave, San Leandro, CA 94577

Thank you William's Brewing for helping sponsor the PUBS Invitational by sending a gift card to be awarded.

Wyeast Laboratories

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Thank you Wyeast for helping sponsor some with some goodies for our competition.

Yakima Chief Hops

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Yakima Chief has graciously donated some goods as prizes for our event.

American Homebrewers Association

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Thank you to AHA (American Homebrewers Association) for helping us and providing a few memberships to award to winners!

BeerSmith Home Brewing Software

Brad Smith donated several BeerSmith software licenses!

Brew Your Own Magazine

Online

Thank you to BYO Magazine. They have agreed to provide a 1 year subscription to the magazine.

Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine

Online

Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine has donated a 1 year digital subscription to give away. Thanks!

Homebrewer LAB

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Thank you to Homebrewer LAB for donating a FLOTit 2.0 to the competition to give away!

The One Spot Taphouse

6508 Lonetree Blvd, Suite 108, Rocklin, CA

Thank you to The One Spot Taphouse for your sponsorship of the PUBS Invitational.

Launch Awards Presentation

Judging Sessions

Session #1
04/11/2026 9:00 AM, PDT.

Session #2
04/11/2026 1:00 PM, PDT.

BOS
04/11/2026 2:30 PM, PDT.

MBOS
04/11/2026 2:30 PM, PDT.

Non-Judging Sessions

Pickup and Sort Beers
04/08/2026 4:00 PM, PDT

Set Up Judging Areas
04/11/2026 7:00 AM, PDT

Cellar Master
04/11/2026 8:00 AM, PDT

Food Preparation and Serving
04/11/2026 8:00 AM, PDT

Judge and Steward Check-In
04/11/2026 8:30 AM, PDT

Clean Up
04/11/2026 5:00 PM, PDT

Account Registration Closed

Account registrations accepted 01/01/2026 12:00 AM, PST through 04/11/2026 9:00 AM, PDT.

Registrations for judges or stewards accepted 01/01/2026 12:00 AM, PST through 04/06/2026 6:00 AM, PDT.

Entry Registration Closed

Entry registrations accepted 01/01/2026 12:00 AM, PST through 04/11/2026 9:00 AM, PDT.

Entry Drop-Off Closed

Entry bottles accepted at drop-off locations 03/23/2026 12:00 PM, PDT — 04/04/2026 1:00 PM, PDT.

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.

Entry Shipping Closed

Entry bottles accepted at the shipping location 03/23/2026 12:00 PM, PDT — 04/03/2026 5:00 PM, PDT.