Please check here for the official entry guidelines

Please make checks payable to, Amador County Fair

If you are interested in Judging or Stewarding this competition please contact Dave Teckam.

For mead entries please include all possible information on the bottle label and on the entry form. Information to include but not necessarily limited to carbonation, sweetness, strength and honey variety (if relevant). Please refer to the BJCP guidelines for Mead for complete information.

For specialty beers please refer to the BJCP style guidelines for examples of what a specialty beer is. Include all pertinent information that makes the brew a specialty.

Competition management is provided by BeerContestDB, the Brew Angels thank Al Boyce and the BJCP for their support. Contest Admins login here.

Amador County Fair fairgrounds

18621 Sherwood & School Streets, Plymouth, CA

No later than Friday July 1 @ 4:00pm

or

249 Rio Mesa Ct.

Galt, Ca.

email for directions

or

2721 Canyon Creek Dr.

Stockton, Ca.

email for directions

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The Small Print

Homebrew

Open to all United States homebrewers, Unlimited Entries, ONE (1) Entry Per Sub-Category

American Home brewers Association rules shall apply unless they are in conflict with State Rules.  AHA/BJCP Rules & Style Guidelines are available through the Fair Office website.    Enter according to BJCP Style: (ex. 9A or 9B).    Commercially produced beers or those produced at a brewery on premises facility are not eligible, except for the Amador  Invitational.  See BJCP guidelines.

All beer other than commercial beer.  Each entry consists of three (3) Bottles, 12 oz. brown or green glass, free of commercial labels, raised marks of lettering, or other identifying markings that are not part of the official entry label.  For Category 19 ONLY, three (3) 7oz. bottles will be accepted.  Clear glass bottles will not be accepted.  Please attach with a rubber band (no tape or glue) a properly completed official bottle I.D. label. 

BE SURE that each entry has an accompanying Entry Form, with payment attached.   Special attention should be given to the category and style designations so that your brew will be entered and judged according to the proper style.

First through Third Place Ribbons per category.  Additional awards may given if sponsored.  The competition organizer reserves the right to disqualify any entries not meeting the above guidelines or to consolidate classes, if warranted, due to low # of entries in a class.

Entries become the property of the Amador County Fair and will not be returned.

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