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Virginia Beer Blitz








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The Seventeenth Annual Virginia Beer Blitz will be held
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 here from

Saturday, March 2, 2024
through
Saturday, April 6, 2024



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 In




Dropoff Locations and Shipping

Entries for the Seventeenth Annual Virginia Beer Blitz may be dropped off at the following locations starting on Monday, March 4, 2024.
St. George Brewing Company
204 Challenger Way
Hampton VA, 23666
(757) 865-7781
COB: 6:00 PM
Brew & Bottle Homebrew Supply
11838 Canon Blvd, Suite 500
Newport News, VA 23606
(757) 881-9100
COB: 6:00pm
Thin Brew Line Brewing Co.
1375 Oceana Blvd. #124
Virginia Beach, VA 23454
COB: Mon-Thus: 9:00 PM,
Fri-Sat: 10:00 PM, Sun: 6:00 PM
Wine and Cake Hobbies
6527 Tidewater Drive
Norfolk, VA 23509
(757) 857-0245
COB: 6:30 PM
Dropoff at the Homebrewing
Section, NOT the Front Register.
Original Gravity Homebrew
6118 Lakeside Ave
Richmond VA 23228
(804) 264-4808
COB: 6:00 PM

Always verify the operating hours with the dropoff location before attempting to drop off your entries.


Entries for the Seventeenth Annual Virginia Beer Blitz may be shipped to:
Virginia Beer Blitz
c/o St. George Brewing Company
204 Challenger Way
Hampton, VA 23666
Please be advised that it is illegal to mail beer via the United States Postal Service.


All entries must be registered and physically received at one of the shipping or dropoff locations
by the close of business (COB) on Saturday, April 6, 2024 in order to be eligible for judging.

No Exceptions


Contacts

Competition 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 Rules

Entries will be accepted in ALL of the 2021 BJCP categories, including Mead and Cider. View the BJCP Style Guidelines.

Entry Deadline and Registration

Online 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.

Entries

The 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

  • Entries must consist of two (2) bottles or cans, each with an attached bottle label from the online registration system. These labels are intended to be taped to bottles using clear packing tape by the entrants before submittal of the entry. This will save the labor and waste of removing rubberbanded labels by competition staff when sorting. This approach is similar to the method used in the National Homebrew Competition Final Round.

  • Each beer comprising the entry must be packaged in a can or in a plain glass bottle. Bottles must be either crown capped or corked. No swing-top bottles are allowed. Bottle caps must not have any distinguishing marks and any such marks must be completely blacked out.

  • Cans, bottles and caps must be free of anything which is sufficiently unique that it could identify a brewer to a judge. This may include labels, unique bottle shapes or the like. Please note that raised lettering commercial beer bottles ARE permitted and that the Competition Organizer has the FINAL decision on compliance with this rule and all other rules for the competition.

  • Entries not meeting these guidelines will be disqualified and ineligible for award. (They may be judged at the discretion of the Competition Organizer.)

  • Reusable containers, including "Carbonator" type devices, CAN NOT be returned.

  • All entries submitted become the sole property of the Colonial AleSmiths and Keggers (CASK).

  • No bottles or shipping materials will be returned, even if the entries are disqualified and not judged.

  • It is solely up to the discretion of the Competition Organizer if disqualified entry fees will be reimbursed.

Judging & Stewarding

Please 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
  1. Apprentice judges are welcome and encouraged to judge. Apprentice judges will be paired with experienced judges.

  2. Judges and Stewards will be our guests for a light breakfast before the competition and lunch between judging sessions during the competition.

  3. Judges and stewards are expected to arrive NO LATER THAN 8:30AM.

  4. Out-of-town judges that are in need of overnight accommodations, please contact the Competition Organizer or Judge Director, as local homebrew Club members may be able to assist with overnight lodging.

  5. The Competition Organizer reserves the right to condense categories if insufficient entries are received in a particular category.

  6. Conversely, categories in which a large number of entries are received in each of several subcategories may be expanded to include multiple tables, or pre-judged as appropriate, to ensure adequate time is allowed for completion of the event on the scheduled date. In this circumstance, it is guaranteed that all entries WILL still be judged by registered judges for this competition.

  7. All judging & stewarding points will be filed with the BJCP by the Organizer within 72 hours following the competition (Note that the BJCP will record the points according to their regular update schedule).

Prizes and Awards

1st, 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 Award

The “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:
  • 1st Place in category: 5 points
  • 2nd Place in category: 3 points
  • 3rd Place in category: 1 point


The Blitzkrieg Award

The “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:
  • 1st Place in category: 5 points
  • 2nd Place in category: 3 points
  • 3rd Place in category: 1 point


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.

Please be advised, any issue not addressed by these rules will be resolved at the sole discretion of the Competition Organizer and that decision shall be final.



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