Club Competitions

Club Only Competitions

To foster competition and provide club members with anonymous judging feedback, QUAFF each year holds a series of Club Only Competitions ("COC"). QUAFF COC's are free to enter, but are only open to dues-paid club members.

The first, second, and third place winners of the COC's are recognized at our monthly general QUAFF meetings, and all entrants earn points in the races for the coveted titles of QUAFF Homebrewer of the Year and QUAFF Fermentationst of the Year. Here is the 2025 Club Only Competition lineup:

Competition Theme	Entry Deadline	Eligible BJCP Style(s)
Low Rider	Fri., Jan. 17	Beer Track: Cats. 1, 2, 3A, 5A, 11A, 11B, 12A, 13A, 14A, 14B, 15A, 23A Mead/Cider Track: Cats. C1, M1
Smoke & Roast	Fri., Mar. 14	Beer Track: Cats. 6B, 9C, 15B, 15C, 16, 20, 27 (Lichtenhainer, Piwo Grodziskie), 29B (w/ coffee), 30 (w/ coffee), 32 Mead/Cider Track: N/A
Citrus Party!	Fri., May 16	Beer Track: Cats. 21B (White IPA w/ orange), 23F, 24A, 29A, 29B, 29C, 30 (w/ citrus peel), X4 Mead/Cider Track: Cats. M2E, M3A, C2B, or any mead using citrus blossom honey note: all entries must use at least one citrus fruit ingredient
History in the Making	Fri., July 11	Beer Track: Cats. 27 (except any previously-entered Lichtenheiner or Piwo Grodziskie), 34B, 34C Mead/Cider Track: Cats. C2A, C2C, C2D, C2F, M4B, M4C note: +1 entry point for collaborations
People's Choice	Fri., Sept. 12	Beer Track: Cats. 4A, 5B, 13B, 15A, 18A, 19A, 19C, 25A, 27 (London Brown Ale not previously entered) Mead/Cider Track: N/A
Braggoting Rights	Fri., Nov. 21	Category M4A only note: +1 entry point for collaborations

2025 Results

- Low Rider - Beer Track
- Low Rider - Mead & Cider Track
- Smoke & Roast
- Citrus Party!
- History in the Making
- People's Choice
- Braggoting Rights

How to Enter

- Register your entry or entries using the Google form for the competition. The link to this form will be circulated via email to the QUAFF email list.
- Print and fill out an entry label for each entry, and attach a completed label to each of your bottles (preferably with a rubber band).
- Drop off your bottles, no later than the deadline, at The Sundt building in Mission Valley, 1660 Hotel Circle North, Suite 304. Drop-off times are 7am to 5pm, Monday through Friday. Enter Suit 304 and proceed back to the left, where the breakroom is, and please leave entries in the refrigerator.

Rules and Procedures

- Club Only Competitions are only open to current, dues-paid QUAFF members.
- Entries must not be brewed on a professional system.
- To ensure that a fresh sample is available for Best of Show judging, two (2) bottles are required per entry.
- All entries must be registered for the competition and dropped off by the entry deadlines listed above.
- All entries must be unique, meaning that a given beverage may not be entered more than once in that same subcategory (even if by a co-brewer).
- Each club member may submit up to 3 entries per competition. Entries on which a club member is identified as a co-brewer do not count against this limit.
- Where an entry is submitted on behalf of multiple club members, all entrants (including co-brewers) will be awarded all points awarded for that entry towards the standings for QUAFF Homebrewer of the Year and/or the Rising Star Award
- If co-brewed entries result in a club member being named on more than 3 entries, only the 3 highest-scoring of those entries will count for points towards that club member's standing in the race for QUAFF Homebrewer of the Year and/or the Rising Star Award
- No club member may enter more than 1 entry (including co-brewed entries) in the same style (i.e., within the same sub-category) in the same competition. For the I Mead It My Way competition, club members may enter up to 3 entries as long as they are distinct from one another.
- Failure to comply with these rules and procedures may result in disqualification from the competition.
- Each entry will receive back at least two completed scoresheets via email. Short-form scoresheets may be used to expedite judging.
- Results will generally be announced at the next monthly QUAFF general meeting following the entry deadline, after which results will be sent to the QUAFF email list.

Contact

Doug Brown, Ben Frymark, and Dan Stoneman are the Club Only Competition Coordinators for 2024. Please direct any questions, comments, and concerns to clubonly@quaff.org.

2024 Results

- Plan-It, Dude
- What's Hoppening?
- Fruit, Spice & Veg-O-Matic
- The Dark Side: Revenge of the Clones
- Weizens, Bocks & Weizenbocks
- I Mead It My Way

2023 Results

- Iconic Clone Beers
- Easy-Drinking Beer
- Belgian Beer
- South African Hops Collab
- Oktoberfest
- Wine and Spirits

2022 Results

- Red Family Styles
- Old & New: British & Pacific Isles
- Admiral Maltings Rye Collab
- Quick, Kveik, or SMaSH
- Alesmith Classic Clones
- Smoke, Spice, and/or Wood

2021 Results

- Session Beers
- New Hop Varieties
- New [Non-IPA] Styles
- Belgian Ales
- Fruit and Honey
- Strong Beers

2020 Results

- British Beers
- "C-Hops"
- Lagers
- Kveik Yeast
- Farmhouse Beer
- Vintage Beer