Homebrew Club Celebration
Aka People’s Choice Homebrew Competition
History
In the past clubs would rent hotel rooms for their club homebrew, and transform them to the club’s chosen theme. We saw Tiki Bars, German Beer Gardens, Cowboy/Ranch (many versions), Saloons, Medieval thrones… the limit is the imagination of the club members. Eventually separate club “homebrew room crawl” rooms transitioned to a large event room with club displays around the perimeter. Showmanship is key! Clubs offer tastes of their members’ brews. Participants can vote for their selected “Peoples’ Choice” homebrew club.
2024 People’s Choice
Saturday evening after the awards ceremony, we will showcase Local and Regional Homebrew Clubs. Homebrewer clubs are encouraged to present the best beers from among their member’s selections, as the club voted to be serving the best beers will win the People’s Choice traveling trophy.
How To Enter
- Fill out and print a Bill of Lading (BOL) form for the beer you plan to bring. You can find the BOL form here.
- Tape the BOL to your keg
- People’s Choice Entry DOES NOT have to be a beer that was entered into the primary competition
- Participants in People’s Choice are NOT required to enter into the primary competition and CAN participate if they did not enter into the primary competition
- Participants should bring the beer with them on Saturday, as well as all serving equipment
- Clubs may present as many beers as they like. Voting will be for ‘Best Club’, meaning the club that has the best overall quality of beers. Having many beers on tap does not necessarily increase a clubs chances of winning– it’s quality, not quantity, that counts.
- Voting will be done by all in attendance at the home brew tasting event following the awards ceremony. Each attendee will vote for their favorite club, based on the quality of the beers nominated by that club. To avoid bias toward the larger clubs, club members will not be permitted to vote for their own club.
- All voting will be completed within the first 90 minutes following the conclusion of the award ceremony. This is to allow us to announce the winner and present the People’s Choice traveling trophy to the winning club before the conclusion of the event.
- All feedback will be verbally presented to the brewers
Club Bars
- All club bars must be set-up and ready to serve before the start of the awards ceremony.
- Beer must not be served until after the awards ceremony has ended.
- Individuals are encouraged to enter as a club but can bring freestanding kegs
- Bars must be removed from the room no later than 10:00 AM on the Sunday following the event
Current BJCP Judges should complete the sign-in sheet and are required to give constructive feedback to the participants in order to receive credit
The Bluebonnet Brew Off does not condone drinking and driving, participants are expected to drink responsibly.