COHO Club-Only Quarterly Club Competitions

Goal:

To encourage club members to learn how to brew to BJCP Style Guidelines; to experience entering AHA sponsored competitions; to improve members' overall brewing skills, knowledge and experience; and most importantly to have fun brewing new and different beers.

Competition Guidelines:

• There will be five competitions per year, four quarterly club competition events and one for the annual campout and river float. The beer styles will be selected from the 2021 BJCP style guidelines.      
• • 4 Quarterly Events (Mar, May, Aug, Oct) - BJCP Judging, People Choice, Best Named Entry
• • River Float (July) - People’s Choice, Best Named Entry
• Competitions are open only to COHO members in good standing.
• Members may submit multiple entries for each quarterly comp, $5 per entry fee.
• Submit 2 12-ounce bottles, and 2 22-ounces bottles (or 4 12-ounce bottles if unavoidable). All bottles shall have the BJCP bottle ID form rubberbanded to each bottle that you enter, along with the BJCP entry form for the beer.
• All COHO brewers are encouraged to enter, whether they brew all-grain, extract, brew-in-a-bag, etc.
• Each beer will be judged in three categories:
  1. BJCP Judging – Entries are judged according to BJCP guidelines. Judges will give written feedback to all participants. First, Second and Third place finishers get CBOTY points and ribbons for their achievement.
  2. People’s Choice – At each corresponding Quarterly Monthly meeting and River Float members will taste and vote for their favorite entries. Each non-entry participant will be given 4 beans to vote for. First, Second and Third place finishers will get CBOTY points and ribbons for their achievement.
  3. Best Named Entry - At each People’s Choice Event members vote for the best named entry. The first-place entry will get 1 point and at the Christmas Party the Best Named Entry for the year will get an additional 2 bonus points toward the CBOTY.

     Bonus Points – 15 CBOTY points will be awarded to participants who compete in all 5 competitions.

2025 CBOTY Competition Scoring

• • Restructured People’s Choice competition to be more on par with BJCP judging
  • Best Named Beer points lowered to 1 point per People’s Choice event (4 Qtr. + River Float) for Best Named Beer (First Place Only)
  •  Best Named Beer of the Year – 2 points 

  Scoring Points Breakdown

   BJCP Judging                            People’s Choice                        Bonus Points                             

  First Place – 10 points                            First Place - 8 points                                Best Named Beer per Event – 1 point

  Second Place – 8 points                         Second Place – 6 points                       Best Named Beer of the Year – 2 points

  Third place – 7 points                             Third Place – 5 points                             Participation in all 5 Events - 15 points

  2025 CBOTY Awards

  At the COHO Christmas Party the COHO Brewer of the Year will be announced. This person receiving the most points will be immortalized as the CBOTY who will be enshrined on our annual award plaque, get a customized glass, award ribbon and bragging rights for the next year. Second and Third place ribbons will also be rewarded.