Thank you for your interest in the MALT Turkeyshoot 2024 organized by Brewers And Drinkers Around Silver Spring, Maryland.

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

193 entries have been added to the system as of 5:45 PM, EST, Wednesday, November 20, 2024. There is a limit of 195 entries for this competition.

162 paid entries are in the system as of 5:45 PM, EST, Wednesday, November 20, 2024.

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

This competition is AHA and BJCP sanctioned and open to any amateur homebrewer. All mailed entries must received at the mailing location or drop-off point 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. Pick-up will not necessarily be at close of business, so do not wait until the end of the last day to drop off your beer. Judges are NOT exempt from this rule.

All entries must be handcrafted products, made using private equipment by hobbyist brewers (i.e., no use of commercial facilities or Brew on Premises operations, supplies, etc.). Brewers may enter as many beers as they like, but only beers--sorry no meads or ciders.

You must select the Category and Sub-category that you believe most closely describes your beer. BJCP judging is all about hitting the style. Judges can and do downgrade very good beers that do not match the style category in which they were entered. All entries must be accompanied with an Entry Form.

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 and usually more.

Categories with a small number of entries may be combined at the discretion of the competition organizers.

The Competition Coordinator or other qualified person will review elements of beer categories and styles with each panel prior to judging.

The Best of Show judging will be determined by a Blue Ribbon Panel based on a second judging of the top winners.

Bottles will not be returned to entrants.

Entry Acceptance Rules

Number of Bottles Required Per Entry: 2

Entrants must submit 2 bottles/cans for each entry. Checks are not allowed for payment.

Use 10 to 14 ounces bottles. Twelve oz. brown glass bottles are preferred. Printed caps are allowed, but must be blacked out completely. Green and clear glass will be accepted. Swing top "Grolsch" bottles and corked bottles will NOT be accepted.text

Bottles will not be returned to contest entrants.

Cans are also acceptable but must be free of any identifiable markings.

When shipping beer, do not use the US post office.  Please pack the bottles carefully. Don’t forget the bottom of the box. We had an entry in a previous year that seemed really well packed except the brewer forgot about the bottom of the box and left no padding under the bottles and sadly a bottle broke.  We would rather not see packing peanuts-- they make a mess.  

Bottle labels are to be printed directly from this website and attached to bottles with packing tape or rubber bands. A garbage bag around all the beers is good to limit the damage if there is a breakage. 

Please fill out the entry forms. Be meticulous about noting any special ingredients that must be specified per the 2021 BJCP Style Guidelines. Failure to note such ingredients may impact the judges’ scoring of your entry.  Note the special ingredients information applies to only certain styles.  On most styles, you are not allowed to say anything.  The judges do not see the names of the beer.  So your clever name that identifies your experimental beer will not be seen by the judge -- put that information in the correct place in the online system if the style dictates the inclusion.    We rely on the online system to provide information to judges. 

Competition Official

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

• Gary Sharp — Competition Coordinator / BADASS

Sponsors

Brewers And Drinkers Around Silver Spring is proud to have the following sponsors for the MALT Turkeyshoot 2024.

Brookeville Beer Farm

 

A Montgomery County Maryland Farm Brewery Blending Farming and Brewing Into Exceptional Beers.

Maryland Homebrew

Columbia, MD

Brewers And Drinkers Around Silver Spring (BADASS)

Silver Spring

Homebrew Club in Silver Spring

Beer Smith

US

Checkerspot Brewing

Baltimore, MD

Keystone Homebrew Supply

 

Omega Yeast