Brewers Cup of California

Thank you for your interest in the Brewers Cup of California organized by Sacramento Brewers Guild.

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.

Entry Registration is Open

To add your entries into the system, please proceed through the registration process or log in if you already have an account.

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

Entry Registration & Fees

1. Entry Registration: All entry registration(s) and fee(s) must be received by March 1 , 2026.
2. Entry Fees: Entry fees are $70.00 per entry until January 15, 2025 and then increase to $80.
   ** Early Bird fees are DUE by 1/15/2026 (the last day of Early Bird Registration) to receive Early Bird pricing.
   Payment must be made via PayPal, check, or money order. NO CASH ACCEPTED FOR ENTRIES. Do not send payments with entries. Payment must be received by March 1, 2025 per one of the following methods:
   a. PayPal - Pay online after registering your entries at enter.brewerscupofca.com. Additional PayPal processing fees may apply.
   b. Check or money order payable to “Brewers Cup of California.” Mail must be postmarked no later than March 1, 2026. Mail to:
   Sacramento Area Brewers Guild
   ATTN: Brewers Cup of California
   2901 Douglas Blvd.
   Suite 290
   Roseville, CA 95661
3. Checks and money orders must be accompanied by a list of entry numbers for identification of the sender.
   General Information
4. Additional Information: Should there be any need for additional information not found in this guild, please email info@brewerscupofca.com. 
5. Revisions: Guide is sent out in advance and therefore may be subject to revision or change.
6. Mailing List & Notification: Although we try to keep mailing lists current, we cannot be held responsible for any individual or company that is not notified or contacted.
    

Entry Acceptance Rules

Number of Bottles Required Per Entry: 4

The following outlines rules & requirements for participation in the Brewers Cup of California. Failure to comply with any of these requirements may result in disqualification.

Brewers must be:

• Official residents of California
• The brewery must hold a valid commercial brewing license, and
• Brewers must be at least 21 years of age.
• Persons submitting entry must have a direct association with the brewing of the entry, being a brewer, owner, or management. Distributors are not considered directly related to the production of beer and may only submit entries in the names of their clients, with their clients’ approval.
• Contract brews may only be entered by the brewery which produced them.
• Entrants or their qualified representative may participate in the judging on any panel they are not entered.

Eligible: At least 51% of the fermentable carbohydrates must be derived from malted grains. Beverages made with malt substitutes, honey, fruit or fruit juices, or anything other than malted grains as the majority of fermentable sugars are not eligible to participate. Not eligible: Mead, cider, spirits, and most shandies and radlers are not eligible to be entered into the competition. No single brewing location nor a group that owns multiple breweries may enter more than a total of 20 beers combined. A beer brand may not be renamed and entered into multiple categories, however the same beer brand can be entered into multiple categories. A separate entry fee must be paid for each additional category entered, and the minimum bottle, can, crowler, or growler requirements still apply. Also, you must not exceed the 20 maximum total entry limit. Entries may be bottled, canned, in crowlers, or in growlers. Do not remove any commercial bottle labels. Do not black out any commercial or identifying designs or text on caps of entries. This facilitates the Cellar. Shipping tape appears to have worked well. It helps to put them in plastic baggies also. Attach the bottle labels from the competition website (copies are OK) to each bottle with CLEAR packaging tape. NO RUBBER BANDS. An official entry shall consist of one of the following:

• Four (4) 12/16/20 oz. bottles or cans
• Four (4) 22/24 oz. bottles or cans
• Four (4) 32 oz. or greater crowlers
• Two (2) 64 oz. growlers

All judging will be done with panels combining qualified judges and commercial brewing peers. Brewers or judges may not judge on panels in which they have a conflict of interest. At least one judge who has been certified by the Beer Judge Certification Program will sit on each judging panel. Beers will be disqualified for entry requirement infractions. These beers will be judged and will receive evaluations but will be ineligible for awards. All beers will be decanted prior to presentation to the judges. Brewers are required to use online registration and payment at www.brewerscupofca.com. Please include a summary of your entries with your shipment packaging or delivery. This can be printed from the online entry submission software. No late entries will be accepted. By submitting an entry to this competition, the entrant:

• Asserts that they have legal title to submit the entry.
• Asserts the beer was brewed in the State and for commercial sale in the State of California
• Agrees to provide proof of such availability upon request.
• Agrees to abide by the herein-stated policy on use of any awards or certificates in advertising.
• All brewers that have entered the competition are invited and encouraged to participate in the awards presentation.

The only allowable use of awards and certificates given by the Brewers Cup of California for advertising/marketing purposes shall be as follows:

1. Any advertising use must clearly state the name and year of the competition.
2. Must clearly state the level and category of award.
3. The phrase “Best Beer in California” shall not be used in conjunction with any awards made by this competition.
4. The Brewers Cup of California logo may not be altered in any way (i.e. changes to color, modifying text)

Failure to comply with these guidelines will be a basis for revocation of award or certificates by organizers and the publication of such revocations to the general public.

Competition Official

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

• Brewers Cup of California — Competition Coordinators