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Home Brewing

Event Information

Date of Show: August 14-23
Time of Show: Fair Hours
Location: State Perishables Building


Chairman: Andrea Wilke, (615) 566-9046


Online Entry Open till July 23rd

Rules

  1. Open to exhibitors 21 years of age and older, as of the date of the first of the month the Fair.
  2. One entry in each subclass & a maximum of 100 total entries. Max number of entries per person is 10.
  3. Beers produced in a commercially licensed facility are ineligible.
  4. Entry must consist of two (2) bottles or cans.
  5. All entries will become the property of the Tennessee State Fair & will not be released after the exhibit.
  6. Entries will be judged according to the 2021 revision of the Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP) beer style guidelines.
  7. First, second, & third places will be awarded to the top three eligible entries in each judging flight. First place winner in each judging flight will advance to the home brew beer “Best of Show” round.
  8. Brewer of the Year Award
  9. TENNESSEE SPECIFIC AWARD: All beers brewed by a Tennessee resident will be judged according to the relative merits within their class and category.

Classes

Class I - Standard American Beer
  1. Light Lager
  2. Lager
  3. Cream Ale
  4. Wheat Beer
Class 2 - International Lager
  1. Pale Lager
  2. Amber Lager
  3. Dark Lager
Class 3 - Czech Lager
  1. Pale Lager
  2. Premium Pale Lager
  3. Amber Lager
  4. Dark Lager
Class 4 - Pale Malty Euro Lager
  1. Munich Helles
  2. Festbier
  3. Helles Bock
Class 5 - Pale Bitter Euro Beer
  1. German Leichtbier
  2. Kolsch
  3. German Helles Exportbier
  4. German Pils
Class 6 - Amber Malty European Lager
  1. Marzen
  2. Rauchbier
  3. Dunkles Bock
Class 7 - Amber Bitter European Beer
  1. Vienna Lager
  2. Altbier
Class 8 - Dark European Lager
  1. Munich Dunkel
  2. Schwarzbier
Class 9 - Strong European Beer
  1. Doppelbock
  2. Eisbock
  3. Baltic Porter
Class 10 - German Wheat Beer
  1. Weissbier
  2. Dunkles Weissbier
  3. Weisenbock
Class 11 - British Bitter
  1. Ordinary Bitter
  2. Best Bitter
  3. Strong Bitter
Class 12 - Pale Commonwealth Beer
  1. British Golden Ale
  2. Australian Sparkling Ale
  3. English IPA
Class 13 - Brown British Beer
  1. Dark Mild
  2. British Brown Ale
  3. English Porter
Class 14 - Scottish Ale
  1. Light
  2. Heavy
  3. Export
Class 15 - Irish Beer
  1. Red Ale
  2. Stout
  3. Extra Stout
Class 16 - Dark British Beer
  1. Sweet Stout
  2. Oatmeal Stout
  3. Tropical Stout
  4. Foreign Stout
Class 17 - Strong British Ale
  1. Strong Ale
  2. Old Ale
  3. Wee Heavy
  4. English Barley Wine
Class 18 - Pale American Ale
  1. Blonde Ale
  2. American Pale Ale
Class 19 - Amber & Brown American Beer
  1. Amber Ale
  2. California Common
  3. Brown Ale
Class 20 - American Porter & Stout
  1. Porter
  2. Stout
  3. Imperial Stout
Class 21 - IPA
  1. American IPA
  2. Specialty Belgian IPA
  3. Specialty Black IPA
  4. Specialty Brown IPA
  5. Specialty Red IPA
  6. Specialty White IPA
  7. Specialty Rye IPA
  8. Specialty Brut IPA
  9. Hazy IPA
Class 22 - Strong American Ale
  1. Double IPA
  2. American Strong Ale
  3. American Barleywine
  4. Wheatwine
Class 23 - Belgian Ale
  1. Witbier
  2. Belgian Pale Ale
  3. Biere de Garde
Class 24 - Strong Belgian Ale
  1. Blond Ale
  2. Saison
  3. Golden Strong Ale
Class 25 - Monastic Ale
  1. Single
  2. Dubbel
  3. Tripel
  4. Dark Strong Ale
Class 26 - Best of Show
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