Competition Champion Rules

The Competition Champion title is awarded to the member who has accumulated the most points by entering competitions using the criteria below. Points are awarded for only BJCP/AHA registered competitions. The scoring is all based upon the honor system with members submitting their own scores to the Competition Analytics form. The winner at the end of the year will receive a traveling trophy and bragging rights.

Only the top 8 competitions per brewer per year count toward final standings (to avoid one person spamming every comp). The competition season will run the full calendar year. You can view all registered BJCP competitions on the BJCP website. You can view a good list of competitions that participate on circuits by going here.

Scoring System

1. Competition Placements

1st Place = 3 points

2nd Place = 2 points

3rd Place = 1 point

(Placements at Boneyard Brew-Off competitions receive a 1.5x multiplier.)

2. Best of Show (BOS)

BOS 1st = 4 points

3. Great Score Points (GSP)

For entries that don’t medal but earn high consensus scores in AHA/BJCP competitions. Not awarded if the entry already placed in that category.

46–50 = 1 point

41–45.9 = 0.75 points

36–40.9 = 0.5 points

31–35.9 = 0.33 points

26–30.9 = 0.25 points

4. Custom / Special Category Awards

Competition-specific awards: Heavy Medal, High Gravity, Scariest Brew, etc.

1st = 1 point

2nd = 0.67 points

3rd = 0.33 points

5. Difficulty Bonuses

Circuit Competitions (Circuit of America, Midwest Homebrewer of the Year, etc.) = +0.5 points per medal.

Large Competitions (300+ entries) = +0.25 bonus points per medal.

You can find a list of which competitions are on which circuit from MHP's website.

6. Handicap / Leveling the Field

To encourage newer members:

Novices (≤5 comps entered lifetime) who earn a score ≥40 get a +2 bonus points to the total the first year they participate.