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Keepers of Craft 2025 Keepers Cup

Entries
Status

  • Total3 / 100
  • Paid3 / 100
  • Updated 10/20/2025 11:18 AM, EDT

Entry Drop-Off
Closed

  • Open – 11/02/2025 12:00 PM, EST
  • Close – 11/09/2025 11:59 PM, EST

Entry Registration
Open

  • Open – 10/17/2025 12:00 PM, EDT
  • Close – 11/16/2025 11:59 PM, EST

Account Registration
Open

  • Open – 10/17/2025 12:00 PM, EDT
  • Close – 11/09/2025 11:59 PM, EST

Judge Registration
Open

  • Open – 10/17/2025 12:00 PM, EDT
  • Close – 11/28/2025 11:59 PM, EST

Steward Registration
Open

  • Open – 10/17/2025 12:00 PM, EDT
  • Close – 11/28/2025 11:59 PM, EST

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 is open to any active and paid Keepers of Craft member age 21 or older.

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.

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. Each flight will have at least one BJCP judge.

Brewers are not limited to one entry.

The competition committee reserves the right to combine overall style 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 winner of the competition will be determined by best/highest score.  In the event of a tie, the lowest scores will be thrown out and the remaining scores will be re-averaged.  This will continue until a winner is clear.  If all "total" scores are identical, then the we will remove the aroma and appearance scores and follow the process identified above.

Bottles will not be returned to entrants.

Entry Acceptance Rules

Each entry will consist of 2 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 will likewise be accepted as well as corked bottles.

Bottles will not be returned to contest entrants.

All requisite paperwork must be submitted with each entry and can be printed directly from this website. Entry paperwork should be attached to bottles by the method specified on the bottle label.

Be meticulous about noting any special ingredients that must be specified. Failure to note such ingredients may impact the judges' scoring of your entry.

Entry Info

Entry Fees

$0.00 (USD) per entry.

Entry Limits

Entry Limit:
100
Entry Limit – Paid:
100

Entry Limits Per Participant

Entry Limit Per Participant:
1
Per Style Entry Limit:
1

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.

1A American Light Lager1B American Lager1C Cream Ale
1D American Wheat Beer2A International Pale Lager2B International Amber Lager
2C International Dark Lager3A Czech Pale Lager3B Czech Premium Pale Lager
3C Czech Amber Lager3D Czech Dark Lager4A Munich Helles
4B Festbier4C Helles Bock5A German Leichtbier
5B Kölsch5C German Helles Exportbier5D German Pils
6A Märzen6B Rauchbier6C Dunkels Bock
7A Vienna Lager7B Altbier8A Munich Dunkel
8B Schwarzbier9A Doppelbock9B Eisbock
9C Baltic Porter10A Weissbier10B Dunkels Weissbier
10C Weizenbock11A Ordinary Bitter11B Best Bitter
11C Strong Bitter12A British Golden Ale12B Australian Sparkling Ale
12C English IPA13A Dark Mild13B British Brown Ale
13C English Porter14A Scottish Light14B Scottish Heavy
14C Scottish Export15A Irish Red Ale15B Irish Stout
15C Irish Extra Stout16A Sweet Stout16B Oatmeal Stout
16C Tropical Stout16D Foreign Extra Stout17A British Strong Ale
17A1 Burton Ale17B Old Ale17C Wee Heavy
17D English Barley Wine18A Blonde Ale18B American Pale Ale
19A American Amber Ale19B California Common19C American Brown Ale
20A American Porter20B American Stout20C Imperial Stout
21A American IPA21B Specialty IPA21B1 Belgian IPA
21B2 Black IPA21B3 Brown IPA21B4 Red IPA
21B5 Rye IPA21B6 White IPA21B7 Brut IPA
21C Hazy IPA22A Double IPA22B American Strong Ale
22C American Barleywine22D Wheatwine23A Berliner Weisse
23B Flanders Red Ale23C Oud Bruin23D Lambic
23E Gueuze23F Fruit Lambic23G Gose
24A Witbier24B Belgian Pale Ale24C Bière de Garde
25A Belgian Blond Ale25B Saison25C Belgian Golden Strong Ale
26A Belgian Single26B Belgian Dubbel26C Belgian Tripel
26D Belgian Dark Strong Ale27A Historical Beer27A1 Kellerbier
27A2 Kentucky Common27A3 Lichtenhainer27A4 London Brown Ale
27A5 Piwo Grodziskie27A6 Pre-Prohibition Lager27A7 Pre-Prohibition Porter
27A8 Roggenbier27A9 Sahti28A Brett Beer
28B Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer28C Wild Specialty Beer28D Straight Sour Beer
29A Fruit Beer29B Fruit and Spice Beer29C Specialty Fruit Beer
29D Grape Ale30A Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer30B Autumn Seasonal Beer
30C Winter Seasonal Beer30D Specialty Spice Beer31A Alternative Grain Beer
31B Alternative Sugar Beer32A Classic Style Smoked Beer32B Specialty Smoked Beer
33A Wood-Aged Beer33B Specialty Wood-Aged Beer34A Commercial Specialty Beer
34B Mixed-Style Beer34C Experimental BeerLSX1 Dorada Pampeana
LSX2 IPA ArgentaLSX3 Italian Grape AleLSX4 Catharina Sour
LSX5 New Zealand PilsnerM1A Dry MeadM1B Semi-Sweet Mead
M1C Sweet MeadM2A CyserM2B Pyment
M2C Berry MeadM2D Stone Fruit MeadM2E Melomel
M3A Fruit and Spice MeadM3B Spice, Herb, or Vegetable MeadM4A Braggot
M4B Historical MeadM4C Experimental MeadC1A Common Cider
C1B Heirloom CiderC1C English CiderC1D French Cider
C1E Spanish CiderC2A New England CiderC2B Applewine
C2C Ice CiderC2D Fire CiderC3A Fruit Cider
C3B Spiced CiderC3C Experimental CiderC4A Common Perry
C4B Heirloom PerryC4C Ice PerryC4D Experimental Perry

Judging Sessions

Competition judging dates are yet to be determined. Please check back later.

Awards

The awards ceremony will take place at the December club meeting.

Places will be awarded to 1st place only.  For the Keepers Cup, there can be only one.

Awards Ceremony

TBD
Sunday, December 14, 2025 7:00 PM, EST

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

Volunteer information coming soon!

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