Queensland Amateur Brewing Championship
Thank you for your interest in the Queensland Amateur Brewing Championship organized by , Brisbane, Queensland.
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.
Entry Registration is Open
132 entries have been added to the system as of 07:55, AEST, Monday 15 August, 2022.
44 paid entries are in the system as of 07:55, AEST, Monday 15 August, 2022.
To add your entries into the system, please proceed through the registration process or log in if you already have an account.
Judge and Steward Registration is Open
If you have not registered and are willing to be a volunteer, please register.
If you have registered, log in and then choose Edit Account from the My Account menu indicated by the icon on the top menu.
Rules
Entry is available for Queensland residents only.
QABC uses the [AABC style guidelines][2] for qualification into AABC. The full styleguide can be [downloaded here][3].
Each entrant is limited to 6 entries. All mailed entries must be **received** at the mailing location by the shipping deadline - please allow for shipping time. All entries will be picked up from drop-off locations the day of the drop-off deadline.
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, mailed entries that are not received by the entry deadline, 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.
Brewers are not limited to one entry in each category but may only enter each subcategory once.
Brewers can only place with two entries in each category
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.
A Best of Show round will be performed per category.
Bottles will not be returned to entrants.
[3]: http://www.aabc.org.au/docs/AABC2022_compendium_v1.pdf
Competition Official
You can send an email to any of the following individuals via Contact.
- QABC Registrar — Registrar
Sponsors
QAAWBG Committee is proud to have the following sponsors for the Queensland Amateur Brewing Championship.
Judging Sessions and Dates
Friday Evening
09/09/2022 17:00, AEST.
Saturday
10/09/2022 09:00, AEST.
Account Registration Open
Account registrations accepted 21/06/2022 00:00, AEST through 10/09/2022 09:00, AEST.
Registrations for judges or stewards accepted 01/07/2022 09:00, AEST through 10/09/2022 09:00, AEST.
Entry Registration Open
132 entries have been added to the system as of 07:55, AEST, Monday 15 August, 2022.
44 paid entries are in the system as of 07:55, AEST, Monday 15 August, 2022.
Entry registrations accepted 01/07/2022 09:00, AEST through 02/09/2022 17:00, AEST.Entry Drop-Off Open
Please pay attention to the notes provided for each drop-off location. There could be earlier deadlines for some drop-off locations listed, particular hours when entries are accepted, certain individuals to leave your entries with, etc. All entrants are responsible for reading the information provided by the organizers for each drop-off location.