Categories

1.German Sour Ales

23A Berliner Weisse

27A Gose

27C Lichtenhainer

2.Flemish Dark Sours

23B Flanders Red Ale

23C Oud Bruin

3.Belgian Golden Sours

23D Lambic

23E Gueuze

4.Fruited & Spiced Sours

4X Catharina Sour Make sure that the fruit used is provided on both the paper entry and the bottle labels.

23F Fruit Lambic Make sure that the fruit used is provided on both the paper entry and the bottle labels.

28C Wild Speciality Beer * Make sure that the base beer style and all additional/speciality ingredients are provided as well as the yeast/bacteria used on both the paper entry and the bottle labels.

* This style applies to any sour beer brewed with Fruit that is not a lambic as the base of the beer. (E.g Berliner Weisse with raspberries, Flanders Red with Cherries etc.)

5. Brett Ales

28A Brett Ale Make sure that the base beer style and all additional/speciality ingredients are provided as well as stating if it was a 100% Brettanomyces fermentation on both the paper entry and the bottle labels.

6. Spontaneously Fermented Ales

This category is solely for beers fermented with a yeast and bacteria culture that has been captured by the brewer(s) themselves. Wild yeast/bacteria either from commercial bottle dregs or from yeast labs do not qualify in this category. This category will be judged in accordance to;

7.American Wild Ales

28B Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer** Make sure that the base beer style and all additional/speciality ingredients are provided as well as the yeast/bacteria used on both the paper entry and the bottle labels.

** This style applies to any sour beer using any classical non sour beer style as the base beer. (E.g Sour Saison or Sour English Porter).

8.Australian Wild Ales

This category is solely for beers brewed with at least one native Australian ingredient. Obvious ingredients would include the myrtle family, bush fruits and wattle seeds but there is huge scope for more adventurous additions. We would hope that any entries in this category will have sourced the native ingredients through retailers that acknowledge the historical knowledge of the traditional landowners and ensure the proceeds of the sale directly benefit these landowners. This category will be judged in accordance to;

28B Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer Make sure that the base beer style and all additional/speciality ingredients are provided as well as the yeast/bacteria used on both the paper entry and the bottle labels.

WARNING Any ingredient that is added to the beer must be specified even if the flavour or aroma is not perceivable due to allergens. In addition to this the toxicity of the ingredient must be thoroughly researched before adding to the brew. There are a large number of toxic flora in Australia as well as others that have had limited research on their toxicity.

Information on Styles

Please refer to the BJCP 2015 Style guidelines for more information on each style, particularly the entry instructions of American Wild Ales (styles 28A-C).

If specialty beers do not have further details, the judges may not be able to give full comments or scores on the beers (though all attempts to judge these entries will be made). For specialty beers please include the base style if there is one, plus other information that you think would aid judges such as brewer’s intention, use of unusual ingredients or methods. This information should be added to the online entry form or as an additional page attached to the entry form.

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