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Rules

Red Brick Brew 2023 is an AHA sanctioned / BJCP registered competition and will be judged on the afternoon of Sunday, August 20, 2023 (the weekend before the Red Brick Roads Music & Arts Festival begins).

Competition winners will be announced on stage on Saturday, August 26, 2023, at the Red Brick Roads Music & Arts Festival.

Awards will be given to the following:

  • Best of Show (overall winning beer based on judges’ deliberation)
  • People’s Choice Award (overall winning beer based on public vote from the beers on offer during the Red Brick Brew tasting garden on Saturday, August 26th)
  • Judges’ Winners: first, second, and third place in each category will receive a medal
  • Home brewer prizes will be drawn from the list of competition entry brewers

The Best of Show beer will be brewed as a one-off batch at Fertile Ground Brewery following the competition. We will contact the winner after the festival to make arrangements for this prize.


Red Brick Brew 2023 is open to ALL home brewers.


All competition participants must be at least 21 years of age.


The competition is open to amateur brewers only. 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.). No beers brewed on commercial brewery equipment will be accepted.


There is no competition entry fee, but all participating home brewers must supply and be available to serve at least 5 gallons of beer for the Red Brick Brew 2023 tasting garden on Saturday, August 26, 2022, 3:00-5:00pm.

  • Home brewers are NOT required to bring 5 gallons of every beer they enter in the competition as long as they have a minimum of 5 gallons of beer total to serve. How much of each particular beer a home brewer decides to bring is up to his or her discretion.
  • Only beers served in the tasting garden on Saturday, August 26, 2023, will be eligible for the People’s Choice Award.
  • Home brewers may also offer beers not entered in the official Red Brick Brew 2023 competition during the public tasting garden, provided they supply the names and lists of ingredients of any additional offerings (including meads and ciders) in advance to the competition organizers.

You may enter as many beers as you wish in the official Red Brick Brew 2023 competition; however, only one beer per subcategory. This does not mean that brewers are limited to one entry in each category. You may have multiple entries in a category, but only one in each subcategory.


As the Best of Show winning beer will be brewed as a one-off batch at Fertile Ground Brewery, additional rules apply:

  • Entries must be below the state mandated ABV limit; any entries above the cap will be disqualified.
  • No funk! While we love to enjoy wild beers, we will only be accepting entries that are brewed with 100% Saccharomyces

Each entry will consist of (2) two 12-ounce capped or corked bottles with an attached BJCP Bottle Identification Form. Bottles should be void of all other identifying information, including labels and embossing. Printed caps are allowed but must be blacked out completely so that judges will not know the origin of the beer or its brewer.

  • 12oz brown glass bottles are preferred; however, green and clear glass will be accepted. Swing top bottles will likewise be accepted as well as corked bottles.
    Bottles will not be returned to contest entrants.
  • Completed entry forms and ingredients sheets must be submitted with all entries and can be printed directly from this website. Entry forms should be attached to bottle labels by the method specified on the bottle label.
  • Please fill out the entry forms completely. Be meticulous about noting any special ingredients that must be specified. Failure to note such ingredients may impact the judges’ scoring of your entry.

All entries must be pre-registered online via the entry form by midnight on Wednesday, August 9, 2023.


All pre-registered competing entries (two 12oz. bottles) must be either received at the shipping location (please allow for shipping time) or dropped off at one of the addresses below by 5:00pm on Friday, August 18, 2023:

  • Clinton Chamber of Commerce (100 East Leake Street, Clinton, MS, 39056)
  • LD’s BeerRun (5006 Parkway Dr., Jackson, MS, 39211)

All entries will be picked up from drop-off locations the day of the entry deadline. Late entries will be handled with by the committee on a case by case basis.

All entries MUST BE RECEIVED at one of these locations between the dates of August 9 and August 18, 2022. No entries before or after these times will be accepted. Please note that the Clinton Chamber of Commerce is only open Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5:00pm.

The competition organizers are not responsible for mailed entries that are not received by the entry deadline, or entries that arrived damaged.


Qualified judging of all entries is the primary goal of our event. All judging will follow the procedures in accordance with The American Homebrewers Association (AHA) and the Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP). Judging of the entries will be done by up to 4 judges, and each flight will have at least one BJCP judge.

  • Judging will take place on the afternoon of Sunday, August 20, 2023.
  • Judges will evaluate and score each entry. The average of the scores will rank each entry in its category.
  • 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 in which they were originally entered. The competition organizers are not responsible for mis-categorized entries.
  • The Best of Show judging will occur on the same night and be determined by a Best of Show panel based on a second judging of the top winners in each category.

There will be a first, second, and third place medal for each of the main competition categories. There will also be two main awards: one Best of Show (BOS) and one People’s Choice winner. The winners of the competition will be announced on stage, Saturday, August 26, 2022, at the Red Brick Roads Music & Arts Festival. Additional medal and prize details may be announced on the Red Brick Roads website closer to the competition date.

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.


We understand beers don’t always turn out as planned and we ask you to let us know as soon as possible if you will be withdrawing a beer. Please e-mail info@clintonchamber.org if you have a change of plans.

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BJCP 2021 Judging Styles

If a style's name is hyperlinked, it has specific entry requirements. Select or tap on the name to view the subcategory's requirements.

1A American Light Lager1B American Lager1C Cream Ale
1D American Wheat Beer2A International Pale Lager2B International Amber Lager
2C International Dark Lager3A Czech Pale Lager3B Czech Premium Pale Lager
3C Czech Amber Lager3D Czech Dark Lager4A Munich Helles
4B Festbier4C Helles Bock5A German Leichtbier
5B Kölsch5C German Helles Exportbier5D German Pils
6A Märzen6B Rauchbier6C Dunkels Bock
7A Vienna Lager7B Altbier8A Munich Dunkel
8B Schwarzbier9A Doppelbock 9B Eisbock
9C Baltic Porter10A Weissbier10B Dunkels Weissbier
10C Weizenbock 11A Ordinary Bitter11B Best Bitter
11C Strong Bitter12A British Golden Ale12B Australian Sparkling Ale
12C English IPA13A Dark Mild13B British Brown Ale
13C English Porter14A Scottish Light14B Scottish Heavy
14C Scottish Export15A Irish Red Ale15B Irish Stout
15C Irish Extra Stout16A Sweet Stout16B Oatmeal Stout
16C Tropical Stout16D Foreign Extra Stout17A British Strong Ale
17A1 Burton Ale17B Old Ale17C Wee Heavy
17D English Barley Wine18A Blonde Ale18B American Pale Ale
19A American Amber Ale19B California Common19C American Brown Ale
20A American Porter20B American Stout20C Imperial Stout
21A American IPA21B Specialty IPA 21B1 Belgian IPA
21B2 Black IPA 21B3 Brown IPA 21B4 Red IPA
21B5 Rye IPA 21B6 White IPA 21C Hazy IPA
22A Double IPA22B American Strong Ale22C American Barleywine
22D Wheatwine23A Berliner Weisse23B Flanders Red Ale
23C Oud Bruin23D Lambic23E Gueuze
23F Fruit Lambic 24A Witbier24B Belgian Pale Ale
24C Bière de Garde 25A Belgian Blond Ale25B Saison
25C Belgian Golden Strong Ale26A Belgian Single26B Belgian Dubbel
26C Belgian Tripel26D Belgian Dark Strong Ale27A Historical Beer
27A1 Kellerbier 27A2 Kentucky Common27A3 Lichtenhainer
27A4 London Brown Ale27A5 Piwo Grodziskie27A6 Pre-Prohibition Lager
27A7 Pre-Prohibition Porter27A8 Roggenbier27A9 Sahti
28A Brett Beer 28B Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer 28C Wild Specialty Beer
29A Fruit Beer 29B Fruit and Spice Beer 29C Specialty Fruit Beer
30A Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer 30B Autumn Seasonal Beer 30C Winter Seasonal Beer
31A Alternative Grain Beer 31B Alternative Sugar Beer 32A Classic Style Smoked Beer
32B Specialty Smoked Beer 33A Wood-Aged Beer 33B Specialty Wood-Aged Beer
34A Commercial Specialty Beer 34B Mixed-Style Beer 34C Experimental Beer

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Number of Bottles Required Per Entry: 2

Judging Sessions

Early Judging
Sunday, August 20, 2023 2:00 PM, CDT

Late Judging
Sunday, August 20, 2023 4:00 PM, CDT

BOS
Sunday, August 20, 2023 6:00 PM, CDT

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Best of Show

Best of Show will receive a prize pack from multiple sponsors. Their winning beer will be brewed as a one-off batch at Fertile Ground Brewery at a later date.

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Awards

The Red Brick Brew 2023 awards ceremony will take place once judging is completed on Saturday, August 26, 2023 on stage at the Red Brick Roads Music & Arts Festival.

Awards will be given to the following:

  • Best of Show (overall winning beer based on judges’ deliberation)
  • People’s Choice Award (overall winning beer based on public vote from the beers on offer during the Red Brick Brew tasting garden on Saturday, August 27th)
  • Judges’ Winners: first, second, and third place in each category will receive a medal
  • Event Door Prizes:
    • Home brewer prizes will be drawn from the list of competition entry brewers
    • Public prizes will be drawn from the festival attendees who participate in the Red Brick Brew tasting garden and vote for the People’s Choice Award

Additional prizes may be awarded to those winners present at the awards ceremony at the discretion of the competition organizers.


Both score sheets and awards will be available for pick up that night after the ceremony concludes. Awards and score sheets not collected at the event will remain at the Clinton Chamber for pick-up within two weeks of the event. Results will be posted to the competition web site after the ceremony concludes.

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Awards Ceremony

Red Brick Roads Music & Arts Festival
Clinton, MS
Sunday, August 27, 2023 5:00 PM, CDT

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