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.

Entry Registration is Open

Entry is available for Queensland residents only.

QABC entry fees cover venue and material costs, food on the day for judges and staff and freight and entry fees into AABC for qualifing entries.

QABC uses the AABC style guidelines (categories and styles pdf) for qualification into AABC.

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.

Entry Acceptance Rules

Each entry will consist of a can or capped / corked bottle that are void of all identifying information, including labels and embossing. Enclose each of your bottle labels in a small zip-top bag or similar before attaching to their respective bottles, ideally with rubber bands. Sticky tape is identifying and difficult to remove.

Printed caps are allowed, but must be blacked out completely.

Minimum size required for entry: 500ml bottles or cans

Bottles will not be returned to contest entrants.

Be meticulous about noting any special ingredients that must be specified. Failure to note such ingredients may impact the judges' scoring of your entry.

Please check with the drop off points when their opening hours are on drop-off deadline day and ensure all entries are delivered beforehand.

Entry Fees

$10.00 (AUD) per entry.

Entry Limits Per Participant

Entry Limit Per Participant:

6

Per Style Entry Limit:

1

Pay Entry Fees

After creating your account and adding your entries to the system, you must pay your entry fee(s). Accepted payment methods are:

• Credit/debit card and e-check, via PayPal

AABC 2025 Styles Accepted

Indicates that the style's entry limit has been reached and no more entries of that style will be accepted.

Entry Delivery

Entry bottles accepted at our drop-off locations Monday 10 August, 2026 16:00, AEST — Saturday 29 August, 2026 16:00, AEST.

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.

Hoppy Days Brewing Supplies
Unit 1 / 37 Northlink Place, Virginia, QLD, 4014
07 3265 6969

Shipping Info

Entry bottles accepted at our shipping location Monday 10 August, 2026 16:00, AEST — Saturday 29 August, 2026 16:00, AEST.

Ship entries to:

Hoppy Days Brewing Supplies
Unit 1 / 37 Northlink Place, Virginia, QLD, 4014

Packing and Shipping

Carefully pack your entries in a sturdy box. Line the inside of your carton with a plastic trash bag. Partition and pack each bottle with adequate packaging material. Please do not over pack!

Write clearly: Fragile. This Side Up. on the package. Please only use bubble wrap as your packing material.

Enclose each of your bottle labels in a small zip-top bag or similar before attaching to their respective bottles, ideally with rubber bands.

This way it makes it possible for the organisers to identify specifically which entry has broken if there is damage during shipment. Sticky tape is identifying and difficult to remove.

Every reasonable effort will be made to contact entrants whose bottles have broken to make arrangements for sending replacement bottles.

Judging Sessions

Competition judging dates are yet to be determined. Please check back later.

Awards

The awards ceremony will take place once judging is completed.

Places will be awarded to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in each category/table.

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

Score sheets will be available online via the competition site as soon as possible.

Results will be posted to the competition web site after the ceremony concludes.

Prizes

Champion Brewer

TBA

Champion Beer

TBA

All Beer Categories

1st Place - TBA

2nd Place - TBA

3rd Place - TBA

Cider and Mead Categories

TBA

Awards Ceremony

BrewDog Fortitude Valley
235 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley QLD 4006, Australia
Saturday 5 September, 2026 15:30, AEST

Circuit Qualification

Placing 1st - 3rd in QABC qualifies you to enter AABC, competition fees and freight will be arranged by the QABC organisers.