Brew or Cry 2024
The Rules
• There will be 3 regular rounds of competition, with 3 styles in each.
• Teams will have to have two brewers per style
• Each team will be responsible for at least one entry into each category for rounds 1-3.
• Collaboration brews:
-You must declare the head brewer, only they will receive individual points for this beer
-Co-brewers cannot judge in a category in which they brewed/assisted
-You must declare if you were involved in brewing any collaborations
-If a team has only one entry in a category, but all individual brewers have submissions,
the team can submit a team-collaboration brew, which will receive TEAM points scored only.
• Brewers can enter multiple beers in BOC for feedback but will have to declare the one that counts for points.
• Styles are based on the 2021 BJCP Guidelines.
• Ties in scores will be resolved by the placement of beers. I.E. If someone has one 1st and 3rd place it will be better than someone with two second place entries.
• BOS winner from each round will get a bonus point to their total for the season
• Brewers must submit 32-36oz. of beer for competition nights to ensure enough for judging process. Bring extra if you want to share with everyone.
Ideal packaging for your entries will be in non-distinct bottles, growlers (ie. no stainless steel, branded etc..) Two 22oz generic brown glass bomber, three 12oz generic brown glass bottles, one 32oz swingtop brown glass bottle or one 32oz growler.
**The Brew or Cry Challenge is, and always has been voluntary. We hope that you want to have some fun.
Judging
All participants at the meeting are welcomes to judge at a table that has a style that you did not brew. If you would like you can have your judging sheets not count toward the BOC scores while still tasting and discussing the beers that are being judged.
Styles
The board has chosen these 9 common beers/styles for the 2024 competition. This provides a fair amount of choice to all competitors, in each round.
| ROUND 1 – April |
| Belgian trippel (26C) |
| Irish stout (15B) |
| American amber (19A) |
| ROUND 2 – June (clone wars) |
| Sam Adams Boston Lager |
| O’so Night Rain |
| 3 Sheeps Fresh Coast |
| Round 3 – October |
| Historical London Brown (27) |
| Vienna Lager (7A) |
| Berliner Weiss (23A) |
Teams
Volunteers were placed in the role as team captains. Club members that wanted to participated were then drafted by the captains for team participation. Points will not be tracked as a team this year, but brewers are encouraged to learn and share feedback with teammates.
The Final Round
The top five brewers will be moving to the fourth round. The winner of round four will be declared the champion and go on to brew that beer at a local brewery.
Individual Points
| Name | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Total |
| Jim Albrect | 7* | 4 | ||
| Matt Boyd | 4 | 5 | ||
| Jason Mayerl | 3 | 6 | ||
| Andy Attwood | 5 | 3 | ||
| Adam Joyce | 4 | 4 | ||
| Zak Holmes | 3 | 3 | ||
| Tony Kapugi | 4 | 4 | ||
| Don & Janae | 5 | 6 | ||
| Nate Hughes | 6 | 5 | ||
| Joe Grenchik | 5 | 5 | ||
| Bryan T. | 6 | 7* | ||
| Dave | 3 | 3 |
Round 4 Results