11th Annual O’Connor’s West Michigan Brew Off
Thank you for your interest in the 11th Annual O’Connor’s West Michigan Brew Off organized by Beer City BJCP & Rivertown Homebrewers.
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 11th Annual O’Connor’s West Michigan Brew Off!
There are 135 registered entries and 168 registered participants, judges, and stewards.
As of 2:48 AM, EDT, there are 0 received and processed entries (this number will update as entries are picked up from drop-off locations and organized for judging).
Rules
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West Michigan Brew Off
This competition is BJCP sanctioned and open to any amateur homebrewer age 21 or older.
Mini-BOS guidlines will be used for this competition. Mini-BOS guidelines
Max 2 entries per person
Each entry will require 2 bottles or cans (12oz) to be submitted for judging.
All mailed entries must be received at the mailing location by the shipping deadline - please allow for shipping time.
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.).
The competition organizers are not responsible for mis-categorized entries, mailed entries that are not received by the entry deadline, or entries that arrived damaged.
The competition organizers reserve the right to combine styles for judging and to restructure awards as needed depending upon the quantity and quality of entries.
Qualified judging of all entries is the primary goal of our event. Judges will evaluate and score each entry. The average of the scores will rank each entry in its category. Each flight will have at least one BJCP judge.
Brewers are not limited to one entry in each category but may only enter each subcategory once.
The competition committee reserves the right to combine categories 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 they were originally entered in.
The Best of Show judging will be determined by a Best of Show panel based on a second judging of the top winners.
Bottles will not be returned to entrants.
Judging Sessions
Judging Session One
Saturday, October 19, 2024 9:00 AM, EDT
Judging Session Two
Saturday, October 19, 2024 12:00 PM, EDT
BOS Judging (Best of Show)
Saturday, October 19, 2024 2:30 PM, EDT
Competition Official
You can send an email to any of the following individuals via Contact.
- Matt Bair — Competition Coordinator
Sponsors
Beer City BJCP & Rivertown Homebrewers is proud to have the following sponsors for the 11th Annual O’Connor’s West Michigan Brew Off.