Club-Only Competitions

Think your homebrew club makes some pretty good beer? Have you ever wondered how it stacks up against other clubs’ beer?

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The Club-Only Competition (COC) program offers AHA-Registered Homebrew Clubs an opportunity to compete with other AHA-registered homebrew clubs. Each competition concentrates attention on a specific style of beer or mead, giving your club the opportunity to educate club members in these styles by focusing on them at club meetings or tasting events.

AHA homebrew clubs also organize and judge the AHA COC. This gives your club a chance to learn more about homebrew competitions, beer evaluation, and judging procedures. For a copy of the Club-Only Competition guidelines for host clubs, contact the AHA at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

All AHA-registered homebrew clubs are eligible to host and to compete in the COC. Each club may only send one entry per competition.  Your club should determine the procedure for selecting your club’s entry. Selection procedures can vary widely–some clubs choose an entry during an informal tasting, while larger clubs often run a formal competition. The club then sends the chosen entry to the appropriate judging site (see Schedule).

If your club’s entry places in any of the six Club-Only Competitions that are held on an August to May cycle, your club earns points towards the AHA Homebrew Club of the Year award on a twelve-eight-four basis for first, second and third places respectively. Additional club points are earned on a six-four-two basis for first, second and third places respectively in the First and Final Rounds of the National Homebrew Competition.

Each Club-Only Competition covers one or more categories with one or more subcategories from the BJCP Style Guidelines. To ensure your club’s entry is appropriately evaluated, pay close attention to the categories and subcategories of the competition.