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Saturday, March 21, 2026 starting at 9:00 AM, with an additional single judging session on Friday, March 20, 2026, at the St. George Brewing Company, Hampton Virginia The Nineteenth Annual Virginia Beer Blitz is a BJCP/AHA Sanctioned Competition and will be conducted using the 2021 BJCP Style Guidelines, including all beer, mead, and cider categories. This year, the total number of entries will be limited to 350. The Online Registration System will be open
for registering entries from
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Entries for the Nineteenth Annual Virginia Beer Blitz may be shipped to:
| Virginia Beer Blitz c/o St. George Brewing Company 204 Challenger Way Hampton, VA 23666 |
by the close of business (COB) on Saturday, March 7, 2026 in order to be eligible for judging.
No Exceptions
Contacts
Competition Organizer:
Bryan Flaherty
Judge Director: Bryan Falman
Steward Director: Andrew Lovejoy
Online Registration and Registrar: Norm Schaeffler
Judge Director: Bryan Falman
Steward Director: Andrew Lovejoy
Online Registration and Registrar: Norm Schaeffler
Please feel free to contact any of these persons directly with any questions you may have and they will return your e-mail as soon as possible.
Official Rules
Entries will be accepted in ALL of the 2021 BJCP categories, including Mead and Cider. View the BJCP Style Guidelines.Entry Deadline and Registration
Online Registration will begin Saturday, February 7, 2026 and end Saturday, March 7, 2026.All entries must be physically received by Saturday, March 7, 2026 in order to be eligible for judging.
Entries
The entry fee is $10.00 per entry. There is a limit of 6 entries per brewer. Only one entry per subcategory per brewer will be accepted, with the exception of categories 29 (Fruit Beer) & 34 (Specialty Beer), where multiple entries will be accepted from the same brewer.Completed scoresheets for each entry will be available for download within 24 hours of the end of the competition. The completed scoresheets can be downloaded from the Online Registration System.
Bottles and Cans
- Entries must consist of two (2) bottles or cans, each with an attached bottle label from the online registration system.
These labels are intended to be taped to bottles using clear packing tape by the entrants before submittal of the entry.
This will save the labor and waste of removing rubberbanded labels by competition staff when sorting.
This approach is similar to the method used in the National Homebrew Competition Final Round.
- For entries packaged in bottles, the bottles must be either crown capped or corked.
No swing-top bottles are allowed.
Bottle caps must not have any distinguishing marks and any such marks must be completely blacked out.
- Submitted cans, bottles, and caps must be free of anything which is sufficiently unique that it could
identify a brewer to a judge. This may include labels, unique bottle shapes or the like.
Please note that raised lettering commercial beer bottles ARE permitted and that the Competition Organizer
has the FINAL decision on compliance with this rule and all other rules for the competition.
- Entries not meeting these guidelines will be disqualified and ineligible for award. (They may be judged at the discretion
of the Competition Organizer.)
- Reusable containers, including "Carbonator" type devices, CAN NOT be returned.
- All entries submitted become the sole property of the Colonial AleSmiths and Keggers (CASK).
- No bottles or shipping materials will be returned, even if the entries are disqualified and not judged.
- It is solely up to the discretion of the Competition Organizer if disqualified entry fees will be reimbursed.
Judging & Stewarding
Please plan on registering to Judge or Steward, if you will be able to join us for the competition.Judging will take place at St. George Brewing Company in Hampton, VA and will begin promptly at 9:00AM. Every effort will be made to have all entries judged by qualified participants in the Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP). St. George Brewing Company is located at 204 Challenger Way Hampton, VA 23666. Map to St. George Brewing Company
- Apprentice judges are welcome and encouraged to judge. Apprentice judges will be paired with experienced judges.
- Judges and Stewards will be our guests for a light breakfast before the competition and lunch between judging sessions during the competition.
- Judges and stewards are expected to arrive NO LATER THAN 8:30AM.
- Out-of-town judges that are in need of overnight accommodations, please contact the Competition Organizer or Judge Director,
as local homebrew Club members may be able to assist with overnight lodging.
- The Competition Organizer reserves the right to condense categories if insufficient entries are received in a particular category.
- Conversely, categories in which a large number of entries are received in each of several subcategories may be expanded
to include multiple tables, or pre-judged as appropriate, to ensure adequate time is allowed for completion of the event on the
scheduled date. In this circumstance, it is guaranteed that all entries WILL still be judged by registered judges for this competition.
- All judging & stewarding points will be filed with the BJCP by the Organizer within 72 hours following the competition (Note that the BJCP will record the points according to their regular update schedule).
Prizes and Awards
1st, 2nd, and 3rd place beers in each category will receive a ribbon or a medal.The Best-of-Show in Beer and the Best-of-Show in Cider/Mead will each be awarded a prize.
The Baron of the Blitz Award
The “Baron of the Blitz Award” will be awarded to the brewer who accumulates the most points during the Beer Blitz. The points will be awarded based upon 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place finishes at any first-round table and based on the following points scale:- 1st Place in category: 5 points
- 2nd Place in category: 3 points
- 3rd Place in category: 1 point
The Blitzkrieg Award
The “Blitzkrieg Award” which will be awarded to the HOMEBREW CLUB which accumulates the most points during the Beer Blitz. The points will be awarded based upon 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place finishes at any first-round table and based on the following points scale:- 1st Place in category: 5 points
- 2nd Place in category: 3 points
- 3rd Place in category: 1 point
The Homebrew Club which accumulates the most points throughout the competition will be declared the winner and will receive an award and lay claim to bragging rights for the next year.
In the case of a tie for either of these awards, the following tie-breakers will be applied, first, the highest number of first places and then, if required, the lowest number of entries.
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P.O. Box 5224
Williamsburg, VA 23188
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