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Thank you for your interest in the 8th Annual Garden State Homebrew Competition organized by Garden State 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 8th Annual Garden State Homebrew Competition!

There are 300 registered entries and 453 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

As of 4:04 PM, EST, 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

**Entries will be capped at 300 paid entries due to limitations on the number of available certified judges.  Some entries will be judged in small ad hoc sessions and some entries will be judged live on the day of the competition. Awards Ceremony will be live at 1pm on March 22 at Sunken Silo in Lebanon, NJ.  

NOTE: NO MAIL IN ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED**

This competition is AHA sanctioned and open to any amateur homebrewer age 21 or older. 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 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 overall style 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.  

If you are having trouble printing entry labels, please be sure that you have first paid for your entries and have selected the entries you want to print (in the unmarked column just above the "print bottle labels" button).  If this is not done first, the print button will not be active.  

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Judging Sessions

Ad Hoc Judging #1
Monday, March 2, 2026 8:00 AM, EST through Friday, March 13, 2026 5:00 PM, EDT

Ad Hoc Judging #2
Monday, March 2, 2026 8:00 AM, EST through Friday, March 13, 2026 5:00 PM, EDT

Friday Evening Session
Friday, March 13, 2026 5:00 PM, EDT

Live Judging - AM Session
Saturday, March 14, 2026 8:00 AM, EDT

Live Judging - PM Session
Saturday, March 14, 2026 1:00 PM, EDT

Competition Officials

You can send an email to any of the following individuals via Contact.

  • Fred Mattrey — Judge Coordinator
  • Janel McNally — Competition Coordinator
  • Bob Wright — Competition Co-Coordinator

Sponsors

Garden State Homebrewers is proud to have the following sponsors for the 8th Annual Garden State Homebrew Competition.

Garden State Homebrewers
 
Garden State Homebrewers
BrewHardware.Com
Whitehouse Station, NJ
BrewHardware.Com
Sunken Silo Brew Works
Lebanon, NJ
Sunken Silo Brew Works
American Homebrewers Association
Boulder, CO
American Homebrewers Association
Amoretti
 
Amoretti
Brick Farm Tavern
Hopewell, NJ
Brick Farm Tavern
BSG Handcraft
 
BSG Handcraft
Burnt Mills Cider
Bedminster, NJ
Burnt Mills Cider
Carton
Atlantic Highlands, NJ
Carton
Descendants Brewing Company
Milford, NJ
Descendants Brewing Company
Dogfish Head Brewery
Milton DE
Dogfish Head Brewery
Euro-Americans Brands
 
Euro-Americans Brands
Five Star Chemicals
 
Five Star Chemicals
Grog Tag
 
Grog Tag
Harmony Cider Press
Phillipsburg, NJ
Harmony Cider Press
Hopsteiner
New York, NY
Hopsteiner
INKBIRD
 
INKBIRD
Kane Brewing
Ocean, NJ
Kane Brewing
Keystone Homebrew Supply
Souderton, PA
Keystone Homebrew Supply
Label Peelers
 
Label Peelers
Lion's Roar Brewing
Westfield, NJ
Lion's Roar Brewing
Mellick's Town Farm
Oldwick, NJ
Mellick's Town Farm
Milwaukee Instruments
Rocky Mount, NC
Milwaukee Instruments
New Jersey Craft Beer
 
New Jersey Craft Beer
Northeast Barrel Co
 
Northeast Barrel Co
Oakflower
 
Oakflower
October Can Seamers
Grand Rapids, Michigan
October Can Seamers
Omega Yeast
 
Omega Yeast
Pallet Brewing
Maplewood, NJ
Pallet Brewing
Sky High Hops
Flemington, NJ
Sky High Hops
Tapastre / Project PUB
Somerville, NJ
Tapastre / Project PUB
The Landing
Hillsborough, NJ
The Landing
The Yeast Bay
 
The Yeast Bay
Tilt
 
Tilt
Twin Elephant Brewing Company
Chatham, NJ
Twin Elephant Brewing Company
Twin Lights Brewing
Tinton Falls, NJ
Twin Lights Brewing
Wild Fern Brewing
Frenchtown, NJ
Wild Fern Brewing
Wyeast
 
Wyeast