Competitions

Below is a list of upcoming local and regional homebrew competitions. This list will be continuously updated, so check back often.

Updated January 12, 2025

Schedule of BJCP Sanctioned Competitions

The list of Colorado BJCP sanctioned competitions can be found here. For national and international competitions, go to the BJCP website or the American Homebrewers Association website.

2025 Local and National Competitions

Are you a current dues-paying RHBC member? If so, check out our intra-club competitions. If not, become a member, pay your dues, and compete with us!

January 2025

Big Beers Belgians and Barleywines (Breckenridge, CO)

  • 2025 Cancelled

February 2025

Bière de Rock (Aurora, CO)

  • Competition sponsored by the Rock Hoppers! Everybody enter!
  • Enter Here
  • Judging: 02/01/2025
  • Entry Open: 12/21/2024
  • Entry Deadline: 01/18/2025
  • Entry Drop-off Deadline: 01/11/2025
  • Entry Limit: 175 / 150 paid
  • Bottles Required: 3
  • All BJCP Belgian and French beer styles; wood aged, experimental, wild ales, etc. that are Belgian- and French-inspired.
  • Pro-Ams: 105 West Brewing, Cellar West Brewing, Wild Blue Yonder brewing

Sweetheart’s Revenge (Loveland, CO)

  • Enter Here
  • Judging: 02/08/2025
  • Entry Open: 12/16/2024
  • Entry Deadline: 01/13/2025
  • Entry Drop-Off Deadline: 01/13/2025
  • Entry Limit: 700
  • Bottles Required: 3
  • Pro-Ams: Meadkrieger, Tightknit Brewing, Skybear Brewery, Peculiar Ales, Loveland Aleworks, Grimm Brothers Brewhouse, Verboten Brewing.

She Brew (Portland, OR)

  • Enter Here
  • Judging: 03/08/2025
  • Entry Open: 11/29/2024
  • Entry Deadline: 02/21/2025
  • Entry Shipping Deadline: 02/21/2025
  • Bottles Required: 3
  • Notes: National competition. Female brewers only.

Peak to Peak (Longmont, CO)

  • Enter Here
  • Judging: 02/22/2025
  • Entry Open: 12/15/2024
  • Entry Deadline: 02/06/2025
  • Entry Shipping Deadline: ??
  • Entry Limit: 350
  • Bottles Required: 2

March 2025

Peterson Air Force Base Homebrew Competition (Colorado Springs, CO)

  • Enter Here
  • Judging: 03/21/2025
  • Entry Open: 02/01/2025
  • Entry Deadline: 03/01/2025
  • Entry Drop-Off Deadline: 03/15/2025
  • Entry Limit: 8 per person
  • Bottles Required: 3

April 2025

Reggale and Dredhop Homebrew Competition (Boulder, CO)

  • Enter Here
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  • Entry Limit: ??
  • Bottles Required: 3

Eight Seconds of Froth (Cheyenne, WY)

  • Enter Here
  • Judging: 04/26/2025
  • Entry Open: 01/15/2025
  • Entry Deadline: 04/12/2025
  • Entry Shipping Deadline: 04/12/2025
  • Entry Limit: 450
  • All BJCP Beer, Mead, and Cider styles.
  • Pro-Am: Blacktooth Brewing

May 2025

Colorado State Fair Homebrew Competition (Pueblo, CO)

  • Enter Here
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  • Bottles Required: 3

Soup It Up! (Lakewood, CO)

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  • Pro-Am: 6 and 40 Brewery

National Homebrew Competition (Denver – Regional; Kansas City – Finals)

  • Regional Judging: ???
  • Entry Limit: 750 per regional site.
  • Bottles Required: 2 for regional; 6 for national
  • Rules and Regulations available here.

June 2025

Liquid Poetry Slam (Ft. Collins, CO)

  • Enter Here
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  • All BJCP beer, mead, and cider styles.

Feast of Saint Arnold Homebrew Competition (Colorado Springs, CO)

El Paso County Fair (Black Forest, CO)

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  • Notes: Must be an El Paso county resident to participate; typically no Denver-metro drop-off (Colorado Springs area only).

July 2025

Orpheus MeadFest (Denver, CO)

  • Enter Here
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  • Bottles Required: 3
  • All BJCP mead styles.

October 2025

Rocky Mountain Homebrew Challenge (Aurora, CO)

  • Enter Here
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  • Entry Limits: 5 per person until August 15; 450 overall
  • Bottles Required: 2
  • Notes: In 2024, there was a limit of 5 paid entries per person through August 14; unlimited after up to the 450 max for the competition.
  • All BJCP beer, mead, and cider styles.

Fiction Beer Parker Homebrew Competition (Parker, CO)

  • Enter Here
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Chili Pepper Extravaganza (Brighton, CO)

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  • Bottles Required: 3
  • Beer, mead, and cider styles with chili peppers added.

November 2025

The Brew Hut Annual Homebrew Competition (Aurora, CO)

  • Enter Here
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  • Entry Deadline: ???
  • Entry Drop-Off Deadline: ???
  • Entry Limits: 4 per person; 250 overall
  • Bottles Required: 3
  • All BJCP beer, mead, and cider styles.
  • Pro-Am: Dry Dock Brewing.
  • Notes: Colorado residents only. Limit of 4 entries per participant.

December 2025

Queen of Beer (Portland, OR)

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  • Enter Here
  • Judging: ??
  • Entry Open: ??
  • Entry Deadline: ??
  • Entry Drop-Off Deadline: ??
  • Entry Limit: ??
  • Bottles Required: 3
  • All beer, mead, and cider styles
  • Notes: Female brewers only.