2008 Boston Homebrew Competition
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Congratulations to Alastair Hewitt for winning Best of Show and Brewmaster's Choice with his mild. For a complete list of winners, please go to the Results page.
Welcome back for another year! It is with great pleasure that The Boston Wort Processors present the Thirteenth Annual Boston Homebrew Competition, sponsored by the Allagash Brewing Company. This year's competition follows in the fine tradition of brewing and judging that has been proven at our previous competitions. This competition attracts entries from many of the best brewers not only in New England but across the country and is judged by many of the founding members of the Beer Judge Certification Program. We look forward to your participation this year!
This is a BJCP Registered/Sanctioned event and we will be judging all 28 BJCP 2004 Styles for this competition! Also, as has been the case since its founding, this year's contest again will be part of the New England Homebrewer of the Year series (http://www.wort.org/NEHBOTY/nehboty.html) and as in past years, will serve as the Northeast Region Qualifying Event for the Masters Championship of Amateur Brewing! Winners in the following categories will qualify to enter in the MCAB national championship round.
| 1. Light Lager | 11. English Brown Ale | |
| 2. Pilsner | 12. Porter | |
| 3. European Amber Lager | 13. Stout | |
| 4. Dark Lager | 14. India Pale Ale (IPA) | |
| 5. Bock | 15. German Wheat and Rye Beer | |
| 6. Light Hybrid Beer | 16. Belgian and French Ale | |
| 7. Amber Hybrid Beer | 17. Sour Ale | |
| 8. English Pale Ale | 18. Belgian Strong Ale | |
| 9. Scottish and Irish Ale | 19. Strong Ale | |
| 10. American Ale | 22. Smoke-Flavoured and Wood Aged Beer |
All subcategories in the above styles will be included in MCAB XI. Check out the MCAB website (http://www.hbd.org/mcab) for more details. New information on MCAB, and info on the finals for previous MCAB's are available at this site.
We are using the 2004 BJCP style guidelines. Please refer to http://www.bjcp.org/stylecenter.html to check the latest style descriptions and numbers. A link to the BJCP Styles can be accessed from our web site for reference.
We are accepting entries in all Beer categories as well as Ciders and Meads. Ciders and Meads will not be included in the Best of Show flight, but they will count toward the New England Cider Maker of the Year and New England Mead Maker of the Year competition series.