Thank you for your interest in the Bière de Rock organized by The Rock Hoppers Brew Club, Douglas County, Colorado.

You only need to register your information once and can return to this site to enter more brews or edit the brews you've entered. You can even pay your entry fees online if you wish.

If you are willing to judge or steward, please return to register on or after Saturday, December 21, 2024 12:00 AM, MST.

Rules

Bière de Rock is an AHA sanctioned beer competition open to any amateur homebrewer age 21 or older. All entries must be Belgian- or French-inspired beers.

Entries

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.).

If a beer is entered into a subcategory that is not specificially Belgian- or French-inspired as defined by the 2021 BJCP Style Guidelines (such as Historical Beer, Brett Beer, Experimental Beer, etc.), the entrant must provide further information as to why the entry is Belgian- or French-inspired (e.g., yeast selection, Belgian or French base style, etc.).

If a beer entered into one of these subcategories does not specifiy the Belgain or French inspiration or if supporting information is insufficient, the entry will be judged, but will be disqualified from medal contention.

All mailed entries must be received at the designated location by the shipping deadline - please plan for and allow for sufficient transport time. All entries will be picked up from drop-off locations the day of the drop-off deadline after the indicated deadline time.

The main competition sponsor and organizing club, the Rock Hoppers Brew Club (aka RHBC), is not responsible for mis-categorized entries, mailed entries that are not received by the shipping deadline, or entries that arrived/received damaged.

Entry Acceptance Rules

Number of Bottles Required Per Entry: 3

Each entry will consist of three (3) 12 to 22 oz capped bottles, three (3) 375 to 750 ml capped/corked bottles, or three 11 to 16.9 oz cans that are void of all identifying information, including labels and embossing.

12 oz brown glass bottles are preferred; however, green and clear glass will be accepted. Swing top bottles will likewise be accepted, but are not recommended.

11-16.9 oz cans are likewise permitted, provided each are void of all identifying information, including labels and embossing.

Bottles and cans will not be returned to entrants.

Please Note: two bottles/cans is the minimum for the entry to be judged. If you elect to send two bottles/cans for any entry, please be aware that you will forfeit the opportunity to be considered for Best of Show and/or Pro-Am or Scale-Up consideration.

Remove or black out with permanent marker any identifying marks from bottle caps. Solid color bottle caps are acceptable - all other printed bottle caps must be completely blacked out.

Caps with identifiable markings that make them unique as determined by the Competition Organizer with visible symbols, writing, etching, coating, etc. will be disqualified.

Entry Labels

Entry labels must be printed directly from the this website and should be attached to bottles/cans as directed.

Entry Requirements

When adding your entry into the system, be meticulous about noting any special ingredients that must be specified per the 2021 BJCP Style Guidelines. Failure to note such ingredients may impact the judges' scoring of your entry.

All Entries Must Be Belgian- or French-Inspired

If a beer is entered into a subcategory that is not specifically Belgian- or French-inspired as defined by the BJCP 2021 Style Guidelines, entrants must provide further information as to why the entry is Belgian- or French-inspired (e.g., yeast selection, Belgian or French base style, etc.).

This applies especially to any entry in BJCP 2021 style categories 27 through 34 – SHV, Wood-Aged Beer, Historical Beer, Brett Beer, Experimental Beer, etc. If a beer entered into these categories does not specify the Belgian- or French-inspiration, base style, and/or if supporting information is insufficient, the entry will be judged, but it will be disqualified from medal contention.

Limitations

Entrants will be limited to five (5) entries until January 4, 2025. After that, we'll increase it to unlimited until the entry limit of 150 paid entries has been reached. This is to ensure that all who wish to enter have a fair shot to do so.

Entrants are not limited to one entry in each category but may only enter each subcategory once (some subcategories allow two entries, see the Per Entrant Limits section). For example, participants may enter a Belgian Blonde and Belgian Saison but may not enter two Saisons, even if they are radically different brews. In other words, choose wisely.

Categories with a small number of entries may be combined at the discretion of the competition organizers. All entries in combined categories will be judged according to the style they were originally entered in.

Competition Officials

You can send an email to any of the following individuals via Contact.

Geoff Humphrey — Organizer And Judge Coordinator
Tom Lopez — RHBC Competition Director

Bière de Rock

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