Rauch and Roll
Entries
Judging
Entry Registration
Judge Registration
Steward Registration
Entry Drop-Off
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
This competition focuses on smoked beers.
Entries are currently capped at 50 and brewers are limited to two entries but depending on number of judges and entrants this may be revised.
The competition organizers reserve the right to combine categories based on number of entries. All possible effort will be made to combine similar styles and all brews in combined categories will be judged according to the style they were originally entered in.
All entries must be handcrafted products, containing ingredients available to the general public, and made using private equipment by amateur brewers (i.e., no use of commercial facilities).
All entries must be received at the mailing/drop-off location by the entry deadline - please allow for shipping time as all entries will be picked up from drop-off locations the day after the entry deadline.
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.
While qualified judging of all entries is a key goal of this competition, we will also be using this event to expose our trainee BJCP judges to the competition process. We aim to ensure that each flight will have at least one BJCP judge or professional brewer.
The Best of Show judging will be determined by a panel based on a second judging of the winners from each table.
Entry Acceptance Rules
We require a minimum of 3 x 330 ml (or larger) bottles or cans.
One bottle/can will be judged in the first round. A second, fresh bottle or can, will be judged if the beer progresses to Best of Show.
Remaining bottles/cans that did not progress to Best of Show and the remaining beer not assessed during Best Of Show judging will be available for sampling afterwards. Brewers are more than welcome to attend to try their own brews and fellow brewers entries.
Empty or unopened bottles and cans will not be returned.
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.
| 6B Rauchbier | 27A3 Lichtenhainer | 27A5 Piwo Grodziskie |
| 28C Wild Specialty Beer | 30A Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer | 30B Autumn Seasonal Beer |
| 32A Classic Style Smoked Beer | 32B Specialty Smoked Beer | 33A Wood-Aged Beer |
| 33B Specialty Wood-Aged Beer | 34C Experimental Beer |
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
We enthusiastically welcome volunteer judges (particularly BJCP recognised/certified judges willing to be partnered with trainee judges) and stewards to join us.
The awards ceremony will take place once judging is completed.
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 an overall Best of Show beer selected for Session styles and for Sour styles.
Additional prizes may be awarded to those winners present at the awards ceremony at the discretion of the competition organizers.
Results will be posted to the competition web site after the ceremony concludes.
Contact
Use the form below to contact a competition official. All fields with a star are required.