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Thank you for your interest in the 2025 Brew Battle sponsored by Sam Adams organized by San Antonio Cerveceros, San Antonio, TX.

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 2025 Brew Battle sponsored by Sam Adams!

There are 428 registered entries and 120 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

As of 1:25 PM, CDT, 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

Limit is 425 paid entries

Winning entries that need to be shipped will need to pay $3 per box. Same club box highly recommended. - added 1/25/2025 @ 9:40am

Updated tables/entries as of 3/24/25 12:20am. Tables & categories subject to change at any time before judging sessions start.

Entry editing will lock after March 23, 2025 at 11:59PM. A table needs to have at least 6 entries to not be considered for merging with another table.

Table Category Entries
1 American Light Lager & American Lager (1A, 1B) 8
2 Light Hybrid Beer (1C, 1D, 5B, 18A) 20
3 International Lager (2A, 2B, 2C) 10
4 Czech Lager (3A, 3B, 3C, 3D) 19
5 Pale Malty European Lager (4A, 4B, 4C) 16
6 German Lager (5A, 5D) 9
7 Amber Malty European Lager (6A, 6C) 9
8 Amber Bitter European Beer (7A, 7B) 12
9 Dark European Lager (8A, 8B) 13
10 Strong European Beer (9A, 9B, 9C) 9
11 German Wheat Beer (10A, 10B, 10C) 10
12 British Bitter (11A, 11B, 11C) 9
13 Pale Commonwealth Beer (12A, 12C, LSX5) 8
14 Brown British Beer (13A, 13B, 13C) 12
15 Scottish Ale (14A, 14B, 17C) 7
16 Irish Beer (15A, 15B, 15C) 13
17 Dark British Beer (16A, 16B, 16C, 16D) 16
18 American Pale Ale (18B) 10
19 Amber and Brown American Beer (19A, 19B, 19C) 13
20 American Porter and Stout (20A, 20B, 20C) 11
21 American IPA (21A) 9
22 Specialty IPA (21B, 21B1, 21B2, 21B3, 21B4, 21B5, 21B7) 14
23 Hazy IPA & Double IPA (21C, 22A) 16
24 Strong British Ale & Strong American Ale (17D, 22B, 22C) 10
25 European Sour Ale & American Wild Ale (23A, 23C, 23D, 23G, 28A, 28C, 28D) 12
26 Belgian Ale (24A, 24B, 24C) 8
27 Strong Belgian Ale (25A, 25B, 25C) 15
28 Pale Monastic Ales (26A, 26C) 13
29 Dark Monastic Ales (26B, 26D) 13
30 Historical Beer (27A1, 27A2, 27A5, 27A6, 27A7, 27A8) 10
31 Fruit Beer & Spiced Beer (29A, 29B, 29D, 30A, 30D) 13
32 Smoked Beer & Wood Beer (6B, 32A, 33A, 33B) 8
33 Alternative Fermentables Beer & Specialty Beer (31A, 34B, 34C) 6
34 Traditional Mead (M1A, M1B, M1C) 14
35 Fruit Mead (M2A, M2B, M2C, M2D, M2E) 15
36 Spiced Mead (M3A, M3B) 8
37 Specialty Mead (M4A, M4B, M4C) 9
 

This competition is BJCP sanctioned and open to any amateur homebrewer age 21 or older.

All entries must arrive at the destination by the drop-off/shipping deadline or entry fees will be forfeited. 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 that are not received by the entry deadline, or entries that arrived damaged. The competition organizers reserve the right to combine styles for judging, 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 limited to one entry in each subcategory (style). Duplicate Brewer entries in a subcategory will be removed, including co-brewer. The competition committee reserves the right to combine 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. No refunds will be given for entries not received.

Judging Sessions

Bottle Sorting
Wednesday, April 2, 2025 7:00 PM, CDT

Take-Home Flights
Saturday, April 5, 2025 6:00 AM, CDT through Saturday, May 17, 2025 11:59 PM, CDT

April 5th - Afternoon
Saturday, April 5, 2025 8:00 AM, CDT through Saturday, April 5, 2025 11:59 PM, CDT

April 5th - Morning
Saturday, April 5, 2025 8:00 AM, CDT through Saturday, April 5, 2025 11:59 PM, CDT

April 6th - Afternoon
Sunday, April 6, 2025 8:00 AM, CDT through Sunday, April 6, 2025 11:59 PM, CDT

April 6th - Morning
Sunday, April 6, 2025 8:00 AM, CDT through Sunday, April 6, 2025 11:59 PM, CDT

April 12th - Afternoon
Saturday, April 12, 2025 8:00 AM, CDT through Saturday, April 12, 2025 11:59 PM, CDT

April 12th - Morning
Saturday, April 12, 2025 8:00 AM, CDT through Saturday, April 12, 2025 11:59 PM, CDT

April 13th - Afternoon
Sunday, April 13, 2025 8:00 AM, CDT through Sunday, April 13, 2025 11:59 PM, CDT

April 13th - Morning
Sunday, April 13, 2025 8:00 AM, CDT through Sunday, April 13, 2025 11:59 PM, CDT

April 19th - Afternoon
Saturday, April 19, 2025 8:00 AM, CDT through Saturday, April 19, 2025 11:59 PM, CDT

April 19th - Morning
Saturday, April 19, 2025 8:00 AM, CDT through Saturday, April 19, 2025 11:59 PM, CDT

April 20th - Afternoon
Sunday, April 20, 2025 8:00 AM, CDT through Sunday, April 20, 2025 11:59 PM, CDT

April 20th - Morning
Sunday, April 20, 2025 8:00 AM, CDT through Sunday, April 20, 2025 11:59 PM, CDT

April 26th - Afternoon
Saturday, April 26, 2025 8:00 AM, CDT through Saturday, April 26, 2025 11:59 PM, CDT

April 26th - Morning
Saturday, April 26, 2025 8:00 AM, CDT through Saturday, April 26, 2025 11:59 PM, CDT

April 27th - Afternoon
Sunday, April 27, 2025 8:00 AM, CDT through Sunday, April 27, 2025 11:59 PM, CDT

April 27th - Morning
Sunday, April 27, 2025 8:00 AM, CDT through Sunday, April 27, 2025 11:59 PM, CDT

Competition Officials

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

  • Thomas Musquiez — Head Judge
  • Kinu Panda — Head Steward
  • Ben Sencidiver — Alamo City Bew Battle Director

Sponsors

San Antonio Cerveceros is proud to have the following sponsors for the 2025 Brew Battle sponsored by Sam Adams.

Sam Adams
Boston, Massachusetts
Sam Adams
Our passion for never settling, and brewing quality, flavorful beers started with our founder, Jim Koch. He brewed the first batch of Boston Lager in his kitchen – a recipe that belonged to his great great grandfather that he found in his father’s attic back in the early 1980’s. Lets just say we’ve come a long way since that first batch in the kitchen. But, even though we grew, we continue to be an independent craft brewery that’s committed to brewing only the best-crafted beers for our drinkers. At our Boston Brewery, we’re still trying new things every day; some good, and, well, some not-so good. We learn from the process, and never give up on the journey towards the next tasty beer. It’s our commitment to you that keeps us innovative, inspired, and striving to become better every single day.
BSG CraftBrewing
800 West 1st Ave., Shakopee MN 55379
BSG CraftBrewing
The select ingredients, industry experience and dedicated customer service you need to help create outstanding beers.
Ranger Creek Brewing & Distilling
4834 Whirlwind Dr, Ste 102, San Antonio, TX 78217
Ranger Creek Brewing & Distilling
Ranger Creek is a combined brewery/distillery proudly located in San Antonio, TX. Established in 2010, we make beer and whiskey in our “brewstillery”, and we make it by hand one batch at a time with lots of love and attention.
BrewCity Homebrew Supply
8666 Huebner Rd, Ste. 206 San Antonio, Texas 78240
BrewCity Homebrew Supply
San Antonio's homebrew and supply store!