Registration

Registration is open for Coal Country 2025! This is a BJCP sanctioned competition open to WV home brewers. No commercial brews or commercial collaborations allowed.

Entry Form Link:

https://forms.gle/ZYjwhZSRR2aMiM716

Payment

$10 per entry - please choose friends and family on PayPal

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/KVhomebrew

Competition Details

⦁ When: Saturday, March 8th, 2025 @ 11AM

⦁ Where: 62 Summers St, Charleston, WV 25301

⦁ BJCP Sanctioned Competition - WV Brewers - Porters, Stouts, Specialty Porters/Stouts - 2021 Style Guidelines.

⦁ 2 minimum 12oz unlabeled/unmarked glass bottles per entry with plain caps. Submit beer the day of the event. We will have a check-in station setup at the address listed.

⦁ Complete and attach the bottle entry form to each bottle with a rubber band.

• Bottle ID Form: https://www.bjcp.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/SCP_BottleID.pdf

• Beers will be judged on BJCP guidelines for stylistic accuracy. Example of a BJCP scoresheet is linked here.

• https://www.bjcp.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/SCP_BeerScoreSheet.pdf

What to do

⦁ People's choice porters/stouts contest will be held at same date/time. This is separate from the BJCP competition, no registration or entry fee required! Bring your best homebrew (as long as it falls under porter/stout base) and hang out with other homebrewers from our state.

⦁ Local Breweries

• Charleston Nano Brewery - https://charlestonnano.com/
• Bad Shepard @ Black Sheep Burritos and Brews - https://badshepherdbeer.com/
• Fife Street Brewing - https://fifestreetbrewing.com/
• Short Story Brewing Charleston - https://shortstorybrewing.com/
• Wandering Wind Meadery - https://wanderingwindmeadery.com/

Contact Us

Reach us at kvhomebrew@gmail.com for questions or if you're available to judge or steward.

2021 BJCP Categories

• Porter: 9C - Baltic Porter

• Porter: 13C - English Porter

• Porter: 20A - American Porter

• Porter: 27A7 - Pre-Prohibition Porter

• Stout: 15B - Irish Stout

• Stout: 15C - Irish Extra Stout

• Stout: 16A - Sweet Stout

• Stout: 16B - Oatmeal Stout

• Stout: 16C - Tropical Stout

• Stout: 16D - Extra Foreign Stout

• Stout: 20B - American Stout

• Stout: 20C - Imperial Stout

• Specialty Beer Categories 28-34

  • Specialty beer must represent a porter or stout. Please see the 2021 BJCP beer style guidelines for information on entering a specialty category.