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 race for the coveted title of QUAFF Homebrewer of the Year. Here is the 2023 Club Only Competition lineup:

Competition Theme	Entry Deadline	Eligible BJCP Style(s)
~~Iconic Clone Beers~~	~~Fri., Jan. 13~~	~~any classic style, must be a clone of a 2008, 2015, or 2021 BJCP classic example~~
~~Easy-Drinking Beer (Yet Hard Work!)~~	~~Fri., Apr. 14~~	~~Categories 1, 2, 19B, 27B~~
~~Belgian Beer~~	~~Fri., May 12~~	~~Categories 23-27~~
~~South African Hops Collab~~	~~Fri., July 14~~	~~any style, entries must feature at least one South African hop variety~~ ~~(entries must be collaborations, with base style and S. African hop varieties declared)~~
Oktoberfest!	Fri., Sept. 15	Categories 3-10
Wine & Spirits	Fri., Nov. 17	Categories 17D, 22C, 22D, 29 (with grape), 33B, X3, M1, M2, M3, M4, C1, C2

2023 Results

- Iconic Clone Beers
- Easy-Drinking Beer
- Belgian Beer
- South African Hops Collab

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.
- Each club member is allowed up to 3 total entries (including co-brewed entries) per competition.
- 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 Farmhouse Beer competition, club members may enter up to 3 entries as long as they are distinct in strength/color from one another.
- To ensure that a fresh sample is available for Best of Show judging, two (2) bottles are required per entry.
- Entries must not be brewed on a professional system.
- All entries must be registered for the competition and dropped off by the entry deadlines listed above.
- 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

Dan Stoneman and Pat Walls are the Club Only Competition Coordinators for 2023. Please direct any questions, comments, and concerns to clubonly@quaff.org.

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