Entry Information

Registration:                You must register for this event online. All of the below information applies to your entries ONCE YOU HAVE REGISTERED.

Entry fee:                     $7 per entry. Make checks payable to Ska Brewing Company.                    

Awards:                       1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd place awards will be issued for all categories.  1^st place for each category will compete for Best in Show.  Best in Show will be declared the winner, and will become Ska’s Pro-Am entry for the 2011 GABF. The beer will also be commercially brewed and released as part of Ska’s “Local Series”.

Entry Deadline:            Monday, May 9, 2011 (or the first 100 entries).

Beer Deadline:            All beer entries must be received between April 25 and May 11, 2011. 

Restrictions:                Competition limited to the first 100 entries.

Judging:                      Entries will be judged May 20-21, 2011.  Winners will be announced May 21 at Ska Brewing during our American Craft Beer Week closing event.

Submission Details:       

                               1.  Send two (2) unmarked, 12 oz. bottles of your homebrew to:

                                    Ska Brewing Co., 225 Girard Street, Durango, CO 81303
            Attn: Homebrew Competition

                   2.  After you complete the online registration you will be given a confirmation page to print out and submit with your bottles. Please use a rubber band to secure one of these to each bottle.

                   3.  No markings on the cap, and no labels on the bottles. 

               4.  Please include a complete recipe for each entry. This is necessary so we can replicate the brew on a commercial scale.

A. Lite American Lager
B. Standard American Lager
C. Premium American Lager
D. Munich Helles
E. Dortmunder Export

2. PILSNER

A. German Pilsner (Pils)
B. Bohemian Pilsener
C. Classic American Pilsner

3. EUROPEAN AMBER LAGER

A. Vienna Lager
B. Oktoberfest/Märzen

4. DARK LAGER

A. Dark American Lager
B. Munich Dunkel
C. Schwarzbier

5. BOCK

A. Maibock/Helles Bock
B. Traditional Bock
C. Doppelbock
D. Eisbock

6. LIGHT HYBRID BEER

A. Cream Ale
B. Blonde Ale
C. Kölsch
D. American Wheat or Rye Beer

7. AMBER HYBRID BEER

A. North German Altbier
B. California Common BeerC. Düsseldorf Altbier

8. ENGLISH PALE ALE

A. Standard/Ordinary Bitter
B. Special/Best/Premium Bitter
C. Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale)

9. SCOTTISH AND IRISH ALE

A. Scottish Light 60/-
B. Scottish Heavy 70/-
C. Scottish Export 80/-
D. Irish Red Ale
E. Strong Scotch Ale

10. AMERICAN ALE

A. American Pale Ale
B. American Amber Ale
C. American Brown Ale

11. ENGLISH BROWN ALE

A. Mild
B. Southern English Brown Ale
C. Northern English Brown Ale

12. PORTER

A. Brown Porter
B. Robust Porter
C. Baltic Porter

13. STOUT

A. Dry Stout
B. Sweet Stout
C. Oatmeal Stout
D. Foreign Extra Stout
E. American Stout
F. Russian Imperial Stout

14. INDIA PALE ALE (IPA)

A. English IPA
B. American IPA
C. Imperial IPA

15. GERMAN WHEAT AND RYE BEER

A. Weizen/Weissbier
B. Dunkelweizen
C. Weizenbock
D. Roggenbier (German Rye Beer)

16. BELGIAN AND FRENCH ALE

A. Witbier
B. Belgian Pale Ale
C. Saison
D. Bière de Garde
E. Belgian Specialty Ale

17. SOUR ALE (All Sour Ale styles are excluded from GABF Pro-Am Entry)

A. Berliner Weisse
B. Flanders Red Ale
C. Flanders Brown Ale/Oud Bruin
D. Straight (Unblended) Lambic
E. Gueuze
F. Fruit Lambic

18. BELGIAN STRONG ALE

A. Belgian Blond Ale
B. Belgian Dubbel
C. Belgian Tripel
D. Belgian Golden Strong Ale
E. Belgian Dark Strong Ale

19. STRONG ALE

A. Old Ale
B. English Barleywine
C. American Barleywine

20. FRUIT BEER

21. SPICE/HERB/VEGETABLE BEER

22. SMOKE-FLAVORED

A. Classic Rauchbier
B. Other Smoked Beer

23. SPECIALTY BEER