Hoppy Halloween Challenge

Thank you for your interest in the Hoppy Halloween Challenge organized by Prairie Homebrewing Companions, Fargo, ND.

You only need to register your information once and can return to this site to enter more brews or edit the brews you've entered. You can even pay your entry fees online if you wish.

Thanks and Good Luck To All Who Entered the Hoppy Halloween Challenge!

There are 371 registered entries and 722 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

As of 4:35 AM, CDT, there are 0 received and processed entries (this number will update as entries are picked up from drop-off locations and organized for judging).

Rules

Entries for Hoppy Halloween 2024 are limited to 350. This will include a PER ENTRANT limit of FIVE. Please note that ONLY PAID ENTRIES will be eligible for the competition. If you do not pay when you submit your entry registration, and we reach our maximum number of entries prior to your payment, your entry will be forfeit. We advise that you do not ship your beer unless you have paid your entry fee.

The banquet for Hoppy Halloween will be a ticketed event, including dinner and a speaker. More information will follow with details on this. Results will be posted in near real time on our Facebook page.

The Hoppy Halloween Challenge held in Fargo, ND is open to any homebrewer from within the United States and Canada. Affiliation of entrants with American Homebrewers Association is NOT a requirement. Contestants will be considered as an individual entrant on the basis of person's name appearing on the registration form. Combinations of brewers should appear in the same order on all entries. Applicable entry fees and entry limitations shall apply.

A homebrewer may not use homebrewing facilities other than their own, unless brewed with the help of the owner of those other homebrewing facilities. Furthermore, in this case, the beer must be entered under the name of all brewers who helped. Beers brewed in commercially licensed facilities, brew on premise, whether for commercial research or production, or for any other purpose, are ineligible.

All entries that are shipped must be received at the designated location by the entry deadline - please allow for shipping time.

The competition organizers are not responsible for miss-categorized entries, shipped entries that are not received by the entry deadline, or entries that arrived broken or damaged.

Each entry should be entered according to the 2021 AHA\/BJCP style guidelines. Entries must be referred to by category and subcategory letter.

Qualified judging of all entries is the primary goal of our event. Judges will evaluate and score each entry. Each flight will have at least one BJCP qualified judge.

The Best of Show will be determined by a Blue Ribbon Panel based on a second judging of the winners of each eligible category.

Bottles will not be returned to entrants.

Carefully pack your entries in a sturdy box. Line the inside of your carton with a plastic trash bag. Partition and pack each bottle with adequate packaging material. Please do not over pack!

Write clearly: "Fragile - This Side Up" on the package. Please only use bubble wrap as your packing material.

Enclose each of your bottle labels in a small zip-top bag before attaching to their respective bottles. This way it makes it possible for the organizer to identify specifically which entry has broken if there is damage during shipment.

Every reasonable effort will be made to contact entrants whose bottles have broken to make arrangements for sending replacement bottles.

Judging Sessions

Wednesday "A" 5:30pm
Wednesday, October 16, 2024 5:30 PM, CDT

Wednesday "A" 8pm
Wednesday, October 16, 2024 8:00 PM, CDT

Sunday 1pm
Sunday, October 20, 2024 1:00 PM, CDT

Sunday 3pm
Sunday, October 20, 2024 3:00 PM, CDT

Wednesday "B" 5:30pm
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 5:30 PM, CDT

Wednesday "B" 8pm
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 8:00 PM, CDT

Friday 2pm
Friday, October 25, 2024 2:00 PM, CDT

Friday 5:30pm
Friday, October 25, 2024 5:30 PM, CDT

Friday 8pm
Friday, October 25, 2024 8:00 PM, CDT

Saturday 9am
Saturday, October 26, 2024 9:00 AM, CDT

Saturday 12pm
Saturday, October 26, 2024 12:00 PM, CDT

Best in Show
Saturday, October 26, 2024 2:00 PM, CDT

Halloween Theme Beer Judging
Saturday, October 26, 2024 6:00 PM, CDT

Competition Officials

You can send an email to any of the following individuals via Contact.

• Dean Gundberg — Webmaster
• Kristi Halvarson — Judging Coordinator
• Barb Nilles — Registrar
• Jon Stika — Competition Coordinator