Thank you for your interest in the Nordeast Brewers Alliance Sour Times Homebrew Competition organized by Nordeast Brewers Alliance.

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.

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.

Rules

The 2024 Nordeast Brewers Alliance Sour Times Homebrew Competition is here!

Brew. Drink. Compete.

Registration is open March 31st, Entry is open May 1st

• Entry limit is capped at 100 paid entries.

IMPORTANT

Sour Beer Styles Only

23. EUROPEAN SOUR ALE

23A. Berliner Weisse
23B. Flanders Red Ale
23C. Oud Bruin
23D. Lambic
23E. Gueuze
23F. Fruit Lambic 
23G. Gose

27. Historical Beer

27A. Lichtenhainer

28. AMERICAN WILD ALE

28A. Brett Beer
28B. Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer
28C. Wild Specialty Beer
28D. Straight Sour Beer

29. FRUIT BEER - Base style must be category 23, European Sour Ale.

29A. Fruit Beer
29B. Fruit and Spice Beer
29C. Specialty Fruit Beer

APPENDIX B: LOCAL STYLES

X4. Catharina Sour

Eligibility

• Anyone of legal drinking age may enter and volunteer.
• Beers must be entered under the name of all brewers who helped.
• Must be homebrew, beers brewed in commercial facilities are ineligible.
• All entries will be picked up from drop-off locations the day of, or the day after, the entry deadline.

Entry Fee

• $10 per entry via paypal.

Entry Requirements

• Three (3) 10-16oz bottles or cans will be accepted, as well as swing top, and corked bottles.
• Print your labels prior to the end of the entry deadline.
• Attach one label to each bottle or can using a rubber band ONLY.
• All attempts to make the entry anonymous must be taken. Bottles or cans must be free of labels or other identifying marks.  
• Bottles or cans will not be returned to contest entrants.  All entries become the property of the Nordeast Brewers Alliance
• All entries MUST be registered ONLINE – no paper entries allowed. (Please contact nba.operations@gmail.com if you have problems with the registration database.)

General Notes

• The competition committee reserves the right to combine or split categories based on number of entries.
• All possible effort will be made to combine similar styles.
• All beers in combined categories will be judged according to the style they were originally entered in.
• All entries will be evaluated by more than one judge.
• Entries will be chilled.
• Entries will be disqualified for rules infractions. These entries will be judged if possible, but not eligible for awards and prizes.
• All decisions of the judges and competition committee are final.
• All entries become the property of the Nordeast Brewers Alliance.  No entries will be returned for any reason.

Entry Acceptance Rules

Number of Bottles Required Per Entry: 3

Entry Requirements

• Three (3) 10-16oz bottles or cans will be accepted, as well as swing top, and corked bottles.
• Print your labels prior to the end of the entry deadline.
• Bottles must have the official entry labels (printed as part of the online entry process) attached to them with a rubber band.  No tape/glue.
• All attempts to make the entry anonymous must be taken. Bottles or cans must be free of labels or other identifying marks.  
• Bottles or cans will not be returned to contest entrants.  All entries become the property of the Nordeast Brewers Alliance
• All entries MUST be registered ONLINE – no paper entries allowed. (Please contact nba.operations@gmail.com if you have problems with the registration database.)

Competition Official

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

• Aaron De Boer — Competition Organizer

Sponsors

Nordeast Brewers Alliance is proud to have the following sponsors for the Nordeast Brewers Alliance Sour Times Homebrew Competition.

East Side Neighborhood Services

Minneapolis, MN

Northern Brewer

 

American Homebrewers Association

 

Spike Brewing

 

BSG HandCraft

 

Rahr Malting Company®

 

Thermoworks