Homebrewers of Philadelphia and Suburbs
(HOPS)
Presents

Best of Philly Homebrew Competition

A BJCP Sanctioned Event

Winners of the selected categories listed below will be invited to pour their beers at the premier homebrewing event, the Extreme Homebrew Challenge, during Philly Beer Week in 2016 sponsored by Dogfish Head, Home Sweet Homebrew and Jose Pistola's. Entrants will need to provide either one case of bottles or one half-filled five-gallon Corny keg (and set-up) for the event. Beer can be re-brewed for the event. At the event, Sam (or his designated appointee) will select a brewer to venture down to the DFH pilot brewery and co-brew the beer with him and his staff. This beer will then be poured at a future Great American Beer Festival where it will be judged with other Pro Am beers. Only the following categories are eligible to participate: 16 Belgian & French 17 Sour Ale 18 Belgian Strong Ale 21A Spice, Herb or Veg. beer 21B X-mass or Winter Spiced Ale 22B Other Smoke Beer 22C Wood aged beer 23 Specialty Beer Extreme Homebrew Competition Past Winners 2010: Kyle Kernozek, Jormungandr's Revenge 2011: Tom Bastian, Death Metal 2012: Tyler Flynn, Pumpkin Old Ale 2013: Monty Leach, Spiced Imperial Mild 2014: Michael Soo, Aprinaut 2015: Michael Soo, Mojito Vice

Winners of the selected categories listed below will be invited to enter their beers in a run-off competition to be judged by Yards Brewing Company staff, which will include Tom Kehoe. Entrants will need to provide three bottles of their beer. Only the following categories are eligible to participate: 8 English Pale Ale 9 Scottish & Irish Ales 11 English Brown Ale 12 Porter 13A,B,C,D,F Stout 14A,C IPA (note: 14C must use only English hops and yeast) 19B English Barleywine

Winners of the selected categories listed below will be invited to pour their beers at the German Historical Society's Philly Bierfest. Entrants will need to provide either one case of bottles or one half-filled five-gallon Corny keg (and set-up) for the event. Beer can be re-brewed for the event. All beers will compete for a people's choice award, and one beer will be selected by Free Will Brewing staff to be brewed for next year's event. Only the following categories are eligible to participate: 1D,E Light Lager 2A,B German Pilsner 3A,B German Amber Lager 4B,C German Dark Lager 5 Bock 6C Kolsch 7A,C Altbier 15 German Wheat and Rye Beer 20A Fruit Beer (German origin must be justified) 22A Rauchbier 22C Wood-Aged Beer (German origin must be justified) 23 Specialty (German origin must be justified)

A few other points:

• Should an entrant qualify for more than one sub-competition (Categories 22C,23), the entrants must specify which of the competitions (Bierfest or DFH) for which competition they wish to qualify; otherwise, the decision will be made by the competition staff.
• HOPS BOPS is the qualifying competition for participation in the Extreme Homebrew Challenge at Jose Pistola's during Philly Beer Week 2014. HOPS BOPS entrants who place 1st in each flight will be eligible to pour their beer at the same event, competing for the People's Choice Award.
• Entries that advance in any of these subcompetitions must place 1st, 2nd, or 3rd in the flight the entry is assigned in HOPS BOPS.
• For the Dogfish Head and Yards competitions: you must be a member of the AHA at the time of the HOPS BOPS; at the time of the subsequent competition; and at the time of the GABF Pro Am competition.
• Decisions made by brewery staff in the follow-up competitions are final (and not necessarily rational!).
• Any other rational decisions necessary will be made by the sponsors, and are also final.
• The winning brewer assumes responsibility for all travel, lodging, and meal costs associated with traveling to host brewery as well as attending the GABF should the winner choose to do so.