Thank you for your interest in the CAMRA's Champion Home Brewer of the Year 2024 organized by Campaign for Real Ale.

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.

Thanks and Good Luck To All Who Entered the CAMRA's Champion Home Brewer of the Year 2024!

There are 65 registered entries and 60 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

As of 4:05 AM, BST, there are 0 received and processed entries (this number will update as entries are picked up from drop-off locations and organized for judging).

Rules

Welcome to the Campaign for Real Ale's Champion Home Brewer of the Year 2024 Competition!

The Campaign for Real Ale is launching its third Homebrew Competition to find the very best home brewed beer in the UK.

Judging

• 27 September 2024: 1st round judging & 2nd round judging finds the category winners (Bronze, Silver, Gold)
• 2 October 2024: 3rd round judging for Best in Show (Bronze, Silver, Gold)

Prizes

First prize: Winner will be invited to the Bohemia/London Brewing Company to brew their winning beer under the supervision and support of the head brewer

Second prize: A free case of 8 craft beers every month for a year, courtesy of BEER52

Third prize: 4 x tickets for the Great British Beer Festival 2025

All entrants will receive a complimentary ticket to the final judging on the 2nd of October at the Bohemia in London

Entrance Fees

The first entry will cost £10 with one additional entry allowed and charged at £6 (plus any PayPal service fees)

Payment is via PayPal

Deadline for payment is the 6th of September. If fees have not been paid by then entries will not be included in judging.

Competition Rules

This competition is open to any amateur homebrewer aged 18 or older.

Minimum 4 x 500ml or 6 x 330ml glass/PET bottles required

However if you would like to have your beer tasted by attending journalists & beer authors then sending 6 x 500ml or 8 x 330ml bottles will allow us enough to offer tastings after the judging

All entries must be Bottle Conditioned

Offensive beer names will not be accepted for judging so please keep them PG rated

All mailed entries must be received at Nailmaker Brewing Co. between the 13 - 20 September 2024 - please allow for shipping time.

All entries must be handcrafted products, containing ingredients available to the general public, and made using hobbyist equipment by amateur brewers.

The competition organisers are not responsible for mis-categorised entries, mailed entries that are not received by the entry deadline, or entries that arrived damaged.

The competition organisers reserve the right to combine styles for judging and to restructure awards as needed depending upon the quantity and quality of entries.

Brewers are limited to two entries in total and one entry per category.

The competition committee reserves the right to combine 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.

Bottles will not be returned to entrants.

Judging Sessions

Homebrew Best in Category Judging
Friday 27 September, 2024 7:00 PM, BST

Homebrew First Round Judging
Friday 27 September, 2024 7:00 PM, BST

Best in Show Judging
Wednesday 2 October, 2024 2:00 PM, BST

Competition Officials

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

• Stuart Grahame — Competition Coordinator
• Amy Nash — Competition Coordinator
• Andrew Taylor — Judging Co-ordinator
• Events Team — Competition Inbox
• Louise Wilding — Competition Coordinator

Sponsors

Campaign for Real Ale is proud to have the following sponsors for the CAMRA's Champion Home Brewer of the Year 2024.

The Malt Miller

 

Beer52

 

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