Valkyries Horn Home Mead Competition

The information you provide beyond your first name, last name, and club is strictly for record-keeping and contact purposes. A condition of entry into the competition is providing this information. Your name and club may be displayed should one of your entries place, but no other information will be made public.

To register, create your account by filling out the fields below.

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Email Address

Email addresses serve as user names.

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Security Question

What is your favorite all-time beer to drink?

What was the last name of your third grade teacher?

In what city or town did you meet your significant other?

What is the name of your favorite childhood friend?

In what town or city did your mother and father meet?

What was your favorite place to visit as a child?

In what city or town was your first job?

What was the name of your first stuffed animal, doll, or action figure?

Choose one. This question will be used to verify your identity should you forget your password.

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First Name

Last Name

Please enter only one person's name. You will be able to identify a co-brewer when adding your entries.

Country

Street Address

City

State/Province

Zip/Postal Code

Primary Phone

Secondary Phone

Entry Delivery

Select "Shipping Entries" if you plan to box up and send your entries to the provided Shipping Location. Select "Not Applicable" if you don't plan to submit any entries into the competition at this time.

Club

Select "None" if you are not affiliated with a club. Select "Other" if your club is not on the list - be sure to use the search box.

Enter Club Name

Pro-Am

Have you already been awarded a Pro-Am opportunity to compete in the upcoming Great American Beer Festival Pro-Am Competition?

Or, are you, or have you ever been, employed on the brewing staff at any brewery? This includes brewer positions as well as lab technicians, cellar crew, bottling/canning crew, etc. Current and former brewing staff employees are not eligible to participate in the Great American Beer Festival Pro-Am competition.

Yes No

If you have already been awarded a Pro-Am, or have been on the brewing staff at any brewery, please indicate so here. This will help competition staff and Pro-Am brewery representatives (if applicable for this competition) to choose Pro-Am entries from brewers that have not secured one.

AHA Member Number

Only American Homebrewers Association members are eligible for a Great American Beer Festival Pro-Am opportunity.

Master Homebrewer Program Membership Number

The Master Homebrewer Program is a nonprofit organization established to promote the mastery of amateur brewing.

Staff

Are you willing to serve as a staff member in this competition?

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Competition staff are people that serve in various roles to assist in the organization and execution of the competition before, during, and after judging. Judges and stewards can also serve as staff members. Staff members can earn BJCP points if the competition is sanctioned.

Stewarding

Are you willing to serve as a steward in this competition?

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BJCP ID

Stewarding Session Availability

A "Yes" or "No" response is required for each location below.

Friday 9:30 am (2025/03/07 9:30 AM, CST)

Friday 11:00 am (2025/03/07 11:00 AM, CST)

Friday 1:30 pm (2025/03/07 1:30 PM, CST)

Friday 3:00 pm (Reserve Capacity) (2025/03/07 3:00 PM, CST)

Saturday 9:30 am (2025/03/08 9:30 AM, CST)

Saturday 11:00 am (2025/03/08 11:00 AM, CST)

Saturday 1:30 pm (2025/03/08 1:30 PM, CST)

Saturday BOS (Amateur and Commercial) (2025/03/08 3:00 PM, CST)

Brewing Partners

Select the any brewing partners that your are affiliated with. This is to make sure there are not any conflicts of interest when assigning judges and stewards to evaluate entries.

Brewing Partners – Other

If any person's name is not listed in the drop-down above, enter their FULL name here (e.g., John Doe, Wyatt Earp, Selina Kyle, etc.). Add any brewing team names here as well. Separate each team or person's name by comma (,) or semi-colon (;). Some symbols are not allowed, including double-quotation marks (") and percent (%).

Waiver

My participation in this judging is entirely voluntary. I know that participation in this judging involves consumption of alcoholic beverages and that this consumption may affect my perceptions and reactions.

By checking this box, I am effectively signing a legal document wherein I accept responsibility for my conduct, behavior and actions and completely absolve the competition and its organizers, individually or collectively, of responsibility for my conduct, behavior and actions.

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Account Registration Open

Account registrations accepted 2024/12/14 5:00 PM, CST through 2025/02/14 5:00 PM, CST.

Registrations for judges or stewards accepted 2024/12/14 5:00 PM, CST through 2025/03/08 7:00 PM, CST.

Valkyries Horn Home Mead Competition - Steward Registration

Past Winners

Judging Sessions

Account Registration Open

Entry Registration Open

Entry Drop-Off Closed

Entry Shipping Closed