British Beerfest
Entries
Judging
Entry Registration
Judge Registration
The limit of registered judges has been reached. No further judge registrations will be accepted.
Steward Registration
The limit of registered stewards has been reached. No further steward registrations will be accepted.
Entry Drop-Off
Entry Shipping
Rules
The competition is open to all non-commercial, home-produced beers, meads and ciders. Please enter as many categories and as often as you wish. Competition organizers, sponsors, judges, and stewards may enter the competition but will not be permitted to judge or steward any category that they have entries in.
The British Beerfest will accept entries from the 2021 BJCP Beer and 2025 Mead/Cider styles listed in the Info tab. Please note: some categories may be combined with related categories for the purpose of awarding prizes.
Irish Stout, category 15B, has been selected for this year's Lucci Cup competition. The Lucci Cup is named for Susan Lucci, who was nominated and failed to win a Daytime Emmy Award 17 times, but finally won on her 18th nomination. This award is dedicated to all brewers who enter competitions and never seem to win the top prize.
Entry Acceptance Rules
Each entry will consist of two 12 to 22 ounce capped, swing top, corked bottles, or cans, that are void of all identifying information, including labels and embossing. Printed caps are allowed, but must be blacked out completely.
12oz brown glass bottles are preferred; however, green and clear glass will be accepted. Bottles and unused entries will not be returned to contest entrants.
Cider and mead entries should submit only one bottle since they are not eligible for Best of Show.
Completed entry forms must be submitted with all entries, and can be printed directly from this website. Bottle labels should be attached to bottles with a rubber band only; glue and/or tape are unacceptable.
Please fill out the entry forms completely. Be meticulous about noting any special ingredients that must be specified per the 2021 or 2025 BJCP Style Guidelines. Failure to note such ingredients may impact the judges' scoring of your entry.
Entry Info
BJCP 2021 / 2025 Judging Styles
Indicates that the style's entry limit has been reached and no more entries of that style will be accepted.
| 11A Ordinary Bitter | 11B Best Bitter | 11C Strong Bitter |
| 12A British Golden Ale | 12C English IPA | 13A Dark Mild |
| 13B British Brown Ale | 13C English Porter | 14A Scottish Light |
| 14B Scottish Heavy | 14C Scottish Export | 15A Irish Red Ale |
| 15B Irish Stout | 15C Irish Extra Stout | 16A Sweet Stout |
| 16B Oatmeal Stout | 16C Tropical Stout | 16D Foreign Extra Stout |
| 17A British Strong Ale | 17A1 Burton Ale | 17B Old Ale |
| 17C Wee Heavy | 17D English Barley Wine | 20C Imperial Stout |
| 27A Historical Beer | C1A Common Cider | C1B Heirloom Cider |
| C1C English Cider | C2C Ice Cider | C3A Fruit Cider |
| C3B Spiced Cider | C3C Experimental Cider | C4A Common Perry |
| C4B Heirloom Perry | C4C Ice Perry | C4D Experimental Perry |
| M1A Dry Mead | M1B Semi-Sweet Mead | M1C Sweet Mead |
| M2A Cyser | M2B Pyment | M2C Berry Mead |
| M2D Stone Fruit Mead | M2E Melomel | M3A Fruit and Spice Mead |
| M3B Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead | M4A Braggot | M4B Historical Mead |
| M4C Experimental Mead |
Drop-Off Locations
Entry bottles accepted at our drop-off locations Monday, April 13, 2026 11:00 AM, EDT — Thursday, April 23, 2026 5:00 PM, EDT.
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.
1102 Gahanna Parkway, Gahanna, OH 43230
614-440-8854
*Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 10am to 7pm, Sunday 12pm to 5pm, closed Tuesday
685 Parsons Avenue Columbus, OH 43206
(614)824-4208
*Hours: Monday through Thursday 3pm-11pm, Friday 3pm-12am, Saturday 10am-12am, Sunday 12pm-11pm
Shipping Info
Entry bottles accepted at our shipping location Monday, April 13, 2026 8:00 AM, EDT — Thursday, April 23, 2026 5:00 PM, EDT.
Ship entries to:
Parsons North Brewing Company
685 Parsons Avenue Columbus, OH 43206
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 before attaching to their respective bottles. This way it makes it possible for the organizer to identify specifically which entry has broken if there is damage during shipment.
Every reasonable effort will be made to contact entrants whose bottles have broken to make arrangements for sending replacement bottles.
Best of Show
In addition to the Best of Show, a Brewer's Choice beer will be selected. This beer will be brewed by Parsons North.
Parsons North Brewing Company will have final say on what beer will be brewed from the best of show flight and have rights to the recipe to brew the beer.
Awards
Medals will be awarded for first, second, and third place for each category (to be determined based on the numbers of entries in each style, etc.)
The awards presentation time is variable, it will be held soon after Best of Show judging is complete. The awards presentation is not open to the public.
Volunteers
Judges and Stewards
If you have registered, log in and then choose Edit Account from the My Account menu indicated by the icon on the top menu.
If you have not registered and are willing to be a judge or steward, please register.
Staff
If you would like to volunteer to be a competition staff member, please register or update your account to indicate that you wish to be a part of the competition staff.
Staff can indicate their availability for the following non-judging sessions:
- Checkin – Thursday, April 23, 2026 6:00 PM, EDT
- Setup – Saturday, April 25, 2026 8:00 AM, EDT
Other Volunteer Info
Volunteers may bring their own PRE-REGISTERED entries the day of the competition. Please do not bring entries of others, this is a perk for volunteers only, excessive entry check in the morning of delays the competition and burdens the volunteers. If you can drop your entries off early it will save you (and us) some time checking in at the competition. Please plan to arrive between 8 and 8:30 to check in your entries.
For judges, we are using electronic scoring. This means that you should be prepared to bring whatever laptop/chromebook/tablet/etc. you want to use to enter evaluations. If you need to buy something, Amazon has basic Chromebooks for around $45 dollars that provide the necessary functionality (wifi, keyboard, touchpad, display, browser.)
Volunteers should part across the street to save parking spaces for Parsons North customers, as the brewery will be open the day of the competition.
Sponsors
Contact
Use the form below to contact a competition official. All fields with a star are required.