DC Homebrewers Cherry Blossom Competition
Thank you for your interest in the DC Homebrewers Cherry Blossom Competition organized by
, DC Brau Brewing Company, Washington, DC.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
290 entries have been added to the system as of 9:57 PM, EST, Monday, February 17, 2025. There is a limit of 300 entries for this competition.
253 paid entries are in the system as of 9:57 PM, EST, Monday, February 17, 2025. There is a limit of 300 paid entries for this competition.
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
This competition is AHA-sanctioned and open to any amateur homebrewer age 21 or older.
All mailed entries must received at the mailing location by the entry deadline - please allow for shipping time.
All entries will be picked up from drop-off locations on the day of the entry deadline.
All entries must be handcrafted products, containing ingredients available to the general public, and made using private equipment by hobbyist brewers (i.e., no use of commercial facilities or Brew on Premises operations, supplies, etc.).
The competition organizers are not responsible for miscategorized entries, mailed entries that are not received by the entry deadline, or entries that arrived damaged.
The competition organizers reserve the right to combine styles for judging and to restructure awards as needed depending upon the quantity and quality of entries.
Qualified judging of all entries is the primary goal of our event. Judges will evaluate and score each entry. The average of the scores will rank each entry in its category. Each flight will have at least one BJCP judge.
Brewers are not limited to one entry in each category but may only enter each subcategory once.
The competition committee reserves the right to combine categories based on number of entries. All possible effort will be made to combine similar styles. All brews in combined categories will be judged according to the style they were originally entered in.
The Best of Show judging will be determined by a Best of Show panel based on a second judging of the top winners.
Bottles will not be returned to entrants.
***Competition Ban on Cannabis-Infused Entries.***
All and any cannabis-infused, or ingredient derivative of, beers are strictly prohibited. Any entrant found in violation of this rule will be banned from the competition and subject to additional penalties.
Entry Acceptance Rules
Number of Bottles Required Per Entry: 2
Each entry will consist of TWO (2) capped or corked bottles that are void of all identifying information, including labels and embossing. Printed caps are allowed, but must be blacked out completely.
12oz brown glass bottles are preferred; however, green and clear glass will be accepted. Swing top bottles will likewise be accepted as well as corked bottles and cans.
Bottles and packaging will not be returned to contest entrants.
Brewers are not limited to one entry in each category but may only enter each subcategory once.
******NOTE, our friends at BURP are hosting their annual Spirit of Free Beer (SOFB) competition two weeks after this one. They use DC Brau—our shipping location—as a drop-off location. If you choose to enter their competition as well, you can mail or drop off your SOFB entries along with your Cherry Blossom entries, and we'll get them sorted appropriately. You can sign up for SOFB at https://sofb.brewingcompetitions.com/ ******
Competition Officials
You can send an email to any of the following individuals via Contact.
- Cole Christian — Competition Organizer
- Volunteer Contact — Volunteer
- Bob Rouse — Registrar
Sponsors
DC Homebrewers Club is proud to have the following sponsors for the DC Homebrewers Cherry Blossom Competition.