America’s Finest City Homebrew Competition

Part of the MHP Circuit of America, California Homebrew Circuit & CHA Club of the Year Circuit

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The Largest Homebrew Competition in Southern California

QUAFF was founded in 1989 and currently has approximately 250 active members, making it one of the largest Homebrew Clubs in the US. We began running AFC in 1992 and it has historically been the largest homebrew competitions in Southern California [encompassing Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, Riverside, Orange, and San Diego Counties.]

AFC is part of several circuits, including the Master Homebrewer Program [MHP] Circuit of America, the California Homebrewers Circuit, and the California Homebrewers Association [CHA] Club of the Year circuit.

High Quality Judging: AFC is known for attracting some of the best beer judges around! For the last several years we have had approximately 50 BJCP-ranked judges (including Grand Master+, Master, National & Certified) as well as Cider & Mead judges. While rare, any assigned Non-BJCP judges are typically pro brewers. All tables judged will have at least one BJCP-ranked judge assigned. [In 2023 we only had one non-BJCP judge participate]

Low Cost & Low Bottle Requirement: We have focused on keeping costs down, and we organize the competition to maximize judging efficiency so that we only require 2 bottles per entry.

No Per-Brewer Entry Cap: There is no per entry cap per Each brewer may submit as many entries as you would like – but only one entry per subcategory.

High Quality Awards: We re-designed our medals, which are awarded to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place at each table (in 2025 we required a minimum score of 25 to medal). We also offer BOS plaques for BOS in Beer and BOS Mead/Cider combined. Finally, we offer an award for the homebrewer who wins the most medals overall called the “Brew Machine”. In addition to the plaques, other prizes may be donated by sponsors – and those prizes will be announced as we receive commitments.

Sponsors: Please visit our sponsors and thank them for their generosity in helping make AFC the best competition possible!

Rules & Deadlines: Please pay attention deadlines for entries and drop off dates as well as rules related to packaging.