The American Homebrewers Association, a division of the Brewers Association, will present the National Homebrew Competition second-round winners with awards at the Awards Ceremony and Grand Banquet Dinner Saturday, June 21, 2008 at the close of National Homebrewers Conference.

A list of winners will be available at the event and on www.beertown.org. Winners that are not present will be notified by mail.

The first round of the competition is judged at 10 regional sites, including a new Mountain Region added this year. (Local judging for the event will take place at Devil’s Canyon Brewery, Belmont Ca. on April 24th. This is a private event and the brewery will not be open to the public.) The best of beer and mead entries by homebrewers advance to the second round of the competition where they’re judged at the AHA National Homebrewers Conference. Winners of the competition are awarded gold, silver or bronze medals in 29 style categories.

Entries for the 2008 National Homebrew Competition will be accepted from March 31 through April 11, 2008 only.  Please see the Deadlines section within Entry Information for details and exceptions.  All entries must be received at the correct shipping or drop-off location before 5 pm on Friday, April 11, 2008.

You must use online entry to enter the National Homebrew Competition in 2008.  There is no paper entry form this year; only entries registered online will be accepted.

The online entry link is www.brewingcompetition.com/NHC/nhc.php