by Lucy Corne | Sep 9, 2014 | Blog
With the second annual Craft Brewers Championship underway, I’ve had a few folks asking ‘but what about me, I’m a homebrewer – can I enter?’. The answer is no, you can’t. But why would you need to enter? You have your own...
by Lucy Corne | Aug 11, 2014 | Blog
Last year saw the country’s first BJCP-accredited national beer competition take place. Smaller events happen around the country – mostly at festivals – but this was the first time that craft brewers around the country could all compete to have their...
by Lucy Corne | Jul 22, 2014 | Blog
One of the main criticisms of the BJCP is that it stifles creativity. People complain that in order to enter competitions, they have to brew “inside the box”, sticking to specified style guidelines rather than chucking in whatever malt, hops and yeast they...