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Saturday, April 20, 2024 starting at 9:00 AM, with an additional single judging session on Friday, April 19, 2024, at the St. George Brewing Company, Hampton Virginia The Seventeenth Annual Virginia Beer Blitz is a BJCP/AHA Sanctioned Competition and will be conducted using the 2021 BJCP Style Guidelines, including all beer, mead, and cider categories. This year, the total number of entries will be limited to 375. The Online Registration System is available
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Please be advised: All of the old accounts have been purged! Everyone will need to create an account this year. Also, please select your club from the drop-down list to ensure that your club gets credit for your medals towards the Blitzkrieg Award. Once logged in, please consider volunteering to either judge or steward this year. There will be one session on Friday night and two on Saturday. To volunteer, visit the "My Info and Entries" section on the Online Registration System to indicate which sessions you are available to help. Thanks! Click Here to Register or Sign InDropoff Locations and ShippingEntries for the Seventeenth Annual Virginia Beer Blitz may be dropped off at the following locations starting on Monday, March 4, 2024.
Entries for the Seventeenth Annual Virginia Beer Blitz may be shipped to:
by the close of business (COB) on Saturday, April 6, 2024 in order to be eligible for judging. No ExceptionsContactsCompetition Organizer:
Bryan Flaherty
Judge Director: Bryan Falman Steward Director: Barry Russell Online Registration and Registrar: Louise Schaeffler Please feel free to contact any of these persons directly with any questions you may have and they will return your e-mail as soon as possible. Official RulesEntries will be accepted in ALL of the 2021 BJCP categories, including Mead and Cider. View the BJCP Style Guidelines.Entry Deadline and RegistrationOnline Registration will begin Saturday, March 2, 2024 and end Saturday, April 6, 2024.All entries must be physically received by Saturday, April 6, 2024 in order to be eligible for judging. EntriesThe entry fee is $10.00 per entry. There is a limit of 6 entries per brewer. Only one entry per subcategory per brewer will be accepted, with the exception of categories 29 (Fruit Beer) & 34 (Specialty Beer), where multiple entries will be accepted from the same brewer.Completed scoresheets for each entry will be available for download within 24 hours of the end of the competition. The completed scoresheets can be downloaded from the Online Registration System. Bottles and Cans
Judging & StewardingPlease plan on registering to Judge or Steward, if you will be able to join us for the competition.Judging will take place at St. George Brewing Company in Hampton, VA and will begin promptly at 9:00AM. Every effort will be made to have all entries judged by qualified participants in the Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP). St. George Brewing Company is located at 204 Challenger Way Hampton, VA 23666. Map to St. George Brewing Company
Prizes and Awards1st, 2nd, and 3rd place beers in each category will receive a ribbon or medal and other prizes.The Best-of-Show beer will be awarded an award plaque and prizes. The Baron of the Blitz AwardThe “Baron of the Blitz Award” will be awarded to the brewer who accumulates the most points during the Beer Blitz. The points will be awarded based upon 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place finishes at any first-round table and based on the following points scale:
The Blitzkrieg AwardThe “Blitzkrieg Award” which will be awarded to the HOMEBREW CLUB which accumulates the most points during the Beer Blitz. The points will be awarded based upon 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place finishes at any first-round table and based on the following points scale:
The Homebrew Club which accumulates the most points throughout the competition will be declared the winner and will receive an award and lay claim to bragging rights for the next year. In the case of a tie for either of these awards, the following tie-breakers will be applied, first, the highest number of first places and then, if required, the lowest number of entries. |
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