Thank you for your interest in the Perfect Homebrew Competition organized by Perfect Brewing Supply, Lake County Illinois .

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

4 entries have been added to the system as of 10:36 PM, CDT, Friday, April 25, 2025. There is a limit of 216 entries for this competition.

2 paid entries are in the system as of 10:36 PM, CDT, Friday, April 25, 2025. There is a limit of 216 paid entries for this competition.

Current entry count by style type and associated limits:

• Beer – 4 of 216

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

The 3rd Annual Perfect Homebrew Competion is back in action. The club cup will be decided.

Thanks to our sponsors this year, BSG, Blichmann Engineering, Gold Eagle Liquors, Beer Bazaar with more to come.
Prizes a plenty for those willing to put their beers to the test to gain the cup and a year of bragging rights.

Registration Deadline: August 2nd
Drop-off Deadline: September 6th by 5:00pm
Awards Ceremony: In person at Perfect Brewing Supply @ 5pm on Sept. 13th
2021 BJCP Guidelines. Categories 23 & 27-34 excluded, no mead no cider
Drop off location is Perfect Brewing Supply
Send mail in entries to Perfect Brewing Supply
$12.00 no limit

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 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 mis-categorized 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 entries 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 category winners.

Bottles will not be returned to entrants.

Entry Acceptance Rules

Number of Bottles Required Per Entry: 2

Each entry will consist of Two (2) 12oz capped bottles that are void of all non-removable identifying information, including labels and embossing. Printed caps are allowed, but must be blacked out completely.

12oz brown glass bottles and 12oz or 16oz cans are required.are preferred. We will not accept green or clear glass bottles, swing-top or corked bottles, oversize bottles, etc. Your entries must fit easily within a cardboard 6-pack bottle holder.

You are free to submit your entry as soon as the drop-off window opens.

Extra bottles and cans will not be returned to contest entrants.

All entries must be in sturdy packaging. No paper bags, please!

All requisite paperwork must be submitted with each entry and can be printed directly from this website. Entry paperwork should be attached to bottles by the method specified on the bottle label.

Be meticulous about noting any special ingredients that must be specified. Failure to note such ingredients may impact the judges' scoring of your entry.

Competition Officials

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

• Andy Denton — Competition Director
• Supply Perfect Brewing — Competition Director

Sponsors

Perfect Brewing Supply is proud to have the following sponsors for the Perfect Homebrew Competition.

GLMV Chamber Of Commerce

Gurnee, Libertyville, Mundelein, Vernon Hills

Perfect Brewing Supply

619 E Park Ave Libertyville IL 60048

Spike Brewing

Milwaukee WI

Every brewer’s journey starts with a passion to create. At Spike, our mission is to get you where you want to go and have a little fun along the way. With premium equipment at a fair price, customizable solutions to fit any skill level or ambition, and a team of in-house brewing experts to test and design products, we're confident we can be your resource for all things homebrewing.

Blichmann Engineering

 

At Blichmann Engineering, we offer only the most intuitively-designed, innovative, high-quality products for brewers who expect the same in their beers and wines.

BSG Handcraft

 

BSG HandCraft supplies the home fermentation industry and small commercial producers with select ingredients and supplies from around the world.