Competition Rules
Sunshine Challenge is an AHA and BJCP sanctioned homebrewed beer, mead, and cider competition sponsored by the Central Florida Homebrewers (CFHB).
For information on early round judging please check our website (http://www.cfhb.org). The final judging will begin at noon on Friday, November 18th. The Awards Ceremony will take place on Saturday evening at 7:00 P.M. at the same location. Judges will not be allowed to judge in categories that they have entered.
ELIGIBILITY
Sunshine Challenge is open to all homebrewers everywhere. All entries must have been brewed at home. Entries brewed at commercial establishments, including brew-on-premise are ineligible.
HOW TO ENTER
All Beer entries must be in 10-16 oz. brown or green glass. No bottles with ink name-brand lettering (i.e. Corona), or glued on paper labels. Raised NO DEPOSIT, or manufacturing codes are acceptable. Beers must be capped with crown caps. Meads & Ciders may be entered in 6-16oz bottles. Grolsch-type swing tops are acceptable for meads and ciders. No 22 ounce bombers, 750 ml bottles or plastic bottles are permitted.
Bottles not meeting these requirements will be disqualified. An entry consists of 3 bottles. Each of the first 10 entries costs $6.00. The 11th and additional entries cost $5.00 each. Paper entries will not be accepted. All entries must be entered via the online entry system. Make checks or money orders payable to CFHB. Please attach your check to one of your entries with a rubber band. PayPal payments are also accepted for up to 10 on-line entries via the website. Discounted entries must be paid for via check. The online web entry can be found on the website.
The on-line entry system will create a bottle identification page for each entry. Attach the completed bottle I.D. form to each bottle with a rubber band. You will be disqualified if you use glue or tape to secure the forms!
Ship entries to:
Sunshine Challenge
C/o Kathleen Hicks
1461 La Paloma Cir
Winter Springs, FL 32708
407-366-5025
Shipped or local drop off entries must be received by the Registrar by October 26th. No late entries will be accepted.
CATEGORIES
All BJCP beer and mead categories and associated sub-categories from the 2008 BJCP style guidelines will be accepted in this competition. Complete style guidelines can be found at the BJCP site: http://www.bjcp.org. Entrants are responsible for placing their entry in the proper category. No entries will be re-classified. With fruit beer, herb beer, specialty beer, smoked beer and meads, be sure to list the special ingredients.
All 28 categories of beer, mead, cider and their associated sub-categories will be accepted. NOTE: Categories 1-19 are restricted to two entries per sub-category by Florida Homebrew Circuit rules. Every beer will be judged to the style that you designate on your entry forms. Any entry that has been disqualified for rules infractions will be judged, but will not be eligible for awards!
Categories may be combined or split at the discretion of the Competition Organizer and the Judge Director. If an insufficient quantity of entries is received in a given category, then those entries will be moved to combined categories to be judged according to the category originally entered.
AWARDS AND PRIZES
First, Second, and Third place medals will be awarded for each category, however entries must score a minimum of 25 points to be eligible for a medal. Winners will also receive a fabulous prize donated by one of our gracious sponsors.
First place winners of each category will advance to the Best of Show Round. Additionally first place winners in MCAB categories (see http://www.masterhomebrewer.org/ for details) will be eligible for the MCAB XI competition.
