Boot Brew Fest
Entries
Judging
Entry Registration
Judge Registration
Steward Registration
Entry Drop-Off
Entry Shipping
Rules
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.
This competition is AHA sanctioned and open to any amateur homebrewer age 21 or older.
All mailed entries must be received at the mailing location by the shipping deadline - please allow for shipping time.
All entries will be picked up from drop-off locations the day of the drop-off deadline.
All entries must be handcrafted products, containing ingredients available to the general public, and made using private equipment by hobbyist brewers (i.e., no use of commercial facilities or Brew on Premises operations, supplies, etc.).
Entry payments will be made to "Acadiana Roots", which will be indicated on your payment account.
The competition organizers are not responsible for mis-categorized entries, illedgible labels, mailed entries that are not received by the entry deadline, or entries that arrived damaged.
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.
Judges will be asked to award a first, second, and third place for each medal category. We will leave the decision to our judges on how to award medals, and whether an entry should qualify for a medal. If the judges cannot come to a decision, the competition organizers will assist as necessary.
Brewers are not limited to one entry in each category but may only enter each subcategory once.
The competition committee reserves the right to combine overall style categories based on number of entries. All possible effort will be made to combine similar styles. All brews in combined categories will be judged according to the style they were originally entered in. We will attempt to have at least 10 entries per medal category.
The Best of Show judging will be determined by a Best of Show panel based on a second judging of the 1st place table winners.
Bottles will not be returned to entrants.
Entry Info
BJCP 2021 / 2025 Judging Styles
Indicates that the style's entry limit has been reached and no more entries of that style will be accepted.
| 1A American Light Lager | 1B American Lager | 1C Cream Ale |
| 1D American Wheat Beer | 2A International Pale Lager | 3A Czech Pale Lager |
| 3B Czech Premium Pale Lager | 4A Munich Helles | 4B Festbier |
| 4C Helles Bock | 5A German Leichtbier | 5B Kölsch |
| 5C German Helles Exportbier | 5D German Pils | 10A Weissbier |
| 12A British Golden Ale | 12B Australian Sparkling Ale | 12C English IPA |
| 18A Blonde Ale | 18B American Pale Ale | 21A American IPA |
| 21B Specialty IPA | 21B1 Belgian IPA | 21B6 White IPA |
| 21B7 Brut IPA | 21C Hazy IPA | 24A Witbier |
| 25A Belgian Blond Ale | 25C Belgian Golden Strong Ale | 26A Belgian Single |
| 26C Belgian Tripel | 27A6 Pre-Prohibition Lager | LSX1 Dorada Pampeana |
| LSX2 IPA Argenta | LSX5 New Zealand Pilsner | 2B International Amber Lager |
| 3C Czech Amber Lager | 6A Märzen | 6C Dunkels Bock |
| 7A Vienna Lager | 7B Altbier | 9A Doppelbock |
| 10B Dunkels Weissbier | 10C Weizenbock | 11A Ordinary Bitter |
| 11B Best Bitter | 11C Strong Bitter | 14A Scottish Light |
| 14B Scottish Heavy | 14C Scottish Export | 15A Irish Red Ale |
| 17A British Strong Ale | 17A1 Burton Ale | 17B Old Ale |
| 17C Wee Heavy | 17D English Barley Wine | 19A American Amber Ale |
| 19B California Common | 21B4 Red IPA | 21B5 Rye IPA |
| 22A Double IPA | 22B American Strong Ale | 22C American Barleywine |
| 22D Wheatwine | 24B Belgian Pale Ale | 24C Bière de Garde |
| 25B Saison | 26B Belgian Dubbel | 26D Belgian Dark Strong Ale |
| 27A Historical Beer | 27A1 Kellerbier | 27A2 Kentucky Common |
| 27A8 Roggenbier | 27A9 Sahti | 2C International Dark Lager |
| 3D Czech Dark Lager | 8A Munich Dunkel | 8B Schwarzbier |
| 9B Eisbock | 9C Baltic Porter | 13A Dark Mild |
| 13B British Brown Ale | 13C English Porter | 15B Irish Stout |
| 15C Irish Extra Stout | 16A Sweet Stout | 16B Oatmeal Stout |
| 16C Tropical Stout | 16D Foreign Extra Stout | 19C American Brown Ale |
| 20A American Porter | 20B American Stout | 20C Imperial Stout |
| 21B2 Black IPA | 21B3 Brown IPA | 27A4 London Brown Ale |
| 27A7 Pre-Prohibition Porter | 6B Rauchbier | 23A Berliner Weisse |
| 23B Flanders Red Ale | 23C Oud Bruin | 23D Lambic |
| 23E Gueuze | 23F Fruit Lambic | 23G Gose |
| 27A3 Lichtenhainer | 27A5 Piwo Grodziskie | 28A Brett Beer |
| 28B Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer | 28C Wild Specialty Beer | 28D Straight Sour Beer |
| 29A Fruit Beer | 29B Fruit and Spice Beer | 29C Specialty Fruit Beer |
| 29D Grape Ale | 30A Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer | 30B Autumn Seasonal Beer |
| 30C Winter Seasonal Beer | 30D Specialty Spice Beer | 31A Alternative Grain Beer |
| 31B Alternative Sugar Beer | 32A Classic Style Smoked Beer | 32B Specialty Smoked Beer |
| 33A Wood-Aged Beer | 33B Specialty Wood-Aged Beer | 34B Mixed-Style Beer |
| 34C Experimental Beer | LSX3 Italian Grape Ale | LSX4 Catharina Sour |
Judging Sessions
Lafayette Sessions
Saturday, March 14, 2026 10:00 AM, CDT
Baton Rouge Sessions
Sunday, March 15, 2026 11:00 AM, CDT
Eunice Sessions
Saturday, March 21, 2026 12:00 PM, CDT
Awards
The awards ceremony will take place once judging is completed.
Places will be awarded to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in each category/table.
The 1st place entry in each category will advance to the Best of Show (BOS) round with a first, second, and third place Best of Show beer selected.
Additional prizes may be awarded to those winners present at the awards ceremony at the discretion of the competition organizers.
Awards will be available for pick up that night after the ceremony concludes. Awards not picked up will be mailed out to winning participants. Results will be posted to the competition web site after the ceremony concludes.
Awards Ceremony
Lakeview Park & Beach
1717 Veterans Memorial HWY Eunice, LA 70535
Friday, April 10, 2026 7:00 PM, CDT
Volunteers
Judges and Stewards
If you have registered, log in and then choose Edit Account from the My Account menu indicated by the icon on the top menu.
If you have not registered and are willing to be a judge or steward, please register.
Staff
If you would like to volunteer to be a competition staff member, please register or update your account to indicate that you wish to be a part of the competition staff.
Staff can indicate their availability for the following non-judging sessions:
- Sorting – Sunday, March 8, 2026 5:00 PM, CDT
Other Volunteer Info
We are looking for judges and stewards for the Boot Brew Fest competition! If you can fulfill either role, please sign up on the site and indicate on your profile what you would like to do.
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