Thank you for your interest in the Flat Rock Brew Comp organized by Flat Rock Brew Club, 290 Willoughby Road, Naremburn, NSW 2065.

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 Flat Rock Brew Comp!

There are 120 registered entries and 54 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

As of 02:49, AEST, there are 113 received and processed entries (this number will update as entries are picked up from drop-off locations and organized for judging).

Rules

This competition is BJCP sanctioned and open to any amateur homebrewer age 18 or older.

All entries will be picked up from drop-off locations the day of the drop-off deadline.

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.).

Qualified judging of all entries is the primary goal of our event. Judges will evaluate and score each entry. The consensus of the scores will be used to rank each entry in its category. Each flight will have at least one experienced BJCP judge.

Brewers are not limited to the number of entries per category but may only enter each style once.

Brewers entering a Special Category (see below) may also enter the same style in the main comp.

The organiser reserves the right to combine overall style categories and reallocate prizes 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 in which they were originally entered. The competition organisers are not responsible for entries entered as the wrong style.

In the event of a tie for category placings the following algorithm will be used to determine the higher placed beer:

least variance between judges total scores,
average score for overall impression,
average score for flavour,
average score for aroma.

The Best of Show will be determined by a second round of judging of the five highest scoring category winners.

Special Categories

For special categories e.g. where the sponsor has provided ingredients, the entry must be paid for at the time of entering and is non-refundable. Unpaid entries will be deleted if the entry limit for that special category is reached. Ingredients may be picked up at the nominated store or shipped from the store at the entrant’s expense. Entrants will be notified by email when the ingredients are available for pick up. The store will check names and entry numbers against a list of valid entries. For shipping cost contact the store directly and please use the opportunity to order any other items you require at the same time to help support our brew stores.

Gladfield NZ Pilsner – entrants will be able to pick up one 5kg bag of Gladfield malt - 50:50 mix of Light Lager / American Ale (whole or milled) from The Hop and Grain brew store in Marrickville for their recipe. There is a limit of 10 entries for this special category. The beers will be judged in one flight against the style New Zealand Pilsner.

Voyager Craft Malt – entrants will be able to pick up one 5kg bag of Voyager Atlas malt (whole or milled) from The Brew Shop brew store in Kirrawee for their recipe. There is a limit of 20 entries for this special category. The beers will be judged in one flight based on the target AABC style chosen by the entrant, which must be specified.

Ryefield Hops - entrants will be able to pick up one 100g bag of Centennial hop pellets from the Flat Rock Brew Cafe in Naremburn. There is a limit of 10 entries for this special category. The beers will be judged in one flight against the style American Pale Ale.