Welcome to the BeerFest site!
This site contains information on Beerfest - the oldest and richest Home Brewing competition in Australia. Click on the menu bars to get information on:
- Beefest 2010 Event information;
- Competition Categories & Styles;
- Style Guidelines;
- Prizes;
- Entry details & forms;
- Sponsors;
- Judging & Stewarding Roster/Registration;
- Sample Judging Scoresheets; and
- Beerfest 2010 Results.
About BeerFest
Beerfest is held at the Grand Ridge Brewery, Mirboo North, Victoria, in February of each year and is organised by The Melbourne Brewers (www.melbournebrewers.org) Melbourne's oldest Craft Brewing Club based in Melbourne's eastern suburbs.
Beerfest is a weekend event, commencing on the Friday afternoon and finishing up on the Sunday afternoon. While beer judging dominates proceedings, other social activities are organised. Visitors are welcome to come along and view the judging and sample the beers coming off the judging tables.
History
Beerfest was first held in 1993 after the (then) brewer at the Grand Ridge Brewery in Mirboo North floated the idea of hosting an annual craft brewing competition at the recently established brewery. A committee was formed to run the inaugural competition, which included members of the Bayside Brewers club and the original owners of Greensborough Home Brew, Grain & Grape, The Brewers Den, Southern Home Brewing and Sale Home Brewing. Beerfest 1993 drew 134 entries.
By 2000 Beerfest had become the longest running open craft brewing competition in Victoria and was second in size only to Vicbrew (the Victorian state championship competition). Beerfest 2007 attracted 227 entries from members of brewing clubs as well as "independent" brewers from Victoria and interstate.