Romancing The Beer
Thank you for your interest in the Romancing The Beer organized by , Tarantula Hill Brewing Company.
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 Romancing The Beer!
There are 113 registered entries and 46 registered participants, judges, and stewards.
As of 5:12 PM, PDT, there are 102 received and processed entries (this number will update as entries are picked up from drop-off locations and organized for judging).
Rules
PLEASE EMAIL ROMANCINGTHEBEER@GMAIL.COM FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR PROBLEMS. THE CONTACT COORDINATOR FEATURE DOES NOT ALWAYS WORK.
Enties capped at 125 paid entries this year unless the judging pool and increased area support are confirmed prior to drop off day and can confirm the entries will all be judged to completion by 3/22/25.
This competition is AHA sanctioned and open to any homebrewer age 21 or older who brewed on a home system. No entries brewed at a professional brewery will be accepted however professional brewers who brew at home may enter.
All mailed entries must be received at the mailing location by the shipping deadline - please allow for shipping time. You will be contacted if your entries are broken and given a chance to replace the entry if time permits prior to judging.
All entries will be picked up from drop-off locations shortly after the drop-off deadline. Entries may be dropped off at Tarantula Hill Brewing Company in Thousand Oaks until end of business on Saturday 3/8/25.
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, etc.).
The competition organizers are not responsible for mis-categorized entries, mailed entries that are not received by the entry deadline, or entries that arrived damaged. Refunds will not be given but entrants will be given the opportunity to replace damaged bottles.
The competition organizers reserve the right to combine styles for judging and to restructure awards as needed depending upon the quantity and quality of entries.
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. Because large entry categories often have a mini-BOS the highest scoring entry may not receive the highest rank.
Brewers are not limited to one entry in each category but may only enter each subcategory once. This includes entering beers under a cobrewers name. Duplicate entries will be disqualified from awards.
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.
The Best of Show judging will be determined by a Best of Show panel based on a second judging of the top winners.
Bottles will not be returned to entrants, but come judge or steward and take all you want!!!
Judging Sessions
Check in
Sunday, March 16, 2025 2:00 PM, PDT
Weeknight Prelim tbd location and time
Monday, March 17, 2025 12:00 AM, PDT
Tarantula Hill Brewing Company
Saturday, March 22, 2025 8:30 AM, PDT
Competition Official
You can send an email to any of the following individuals via Contact.
- Courtney Castellino — Competition Coordinator
Sponsors
Thousand Oaked Homebrewers is proud to have the following sponsors for the Romancing The Beer.
Judging Sessions
Weeknight Prelim tbd location and time
03/17/2025 12:00 AM, PDT.
Tarantula Hill Brewing Company
03/22/2025 8:30 AM, PDT.
Non-Judging Sessions
Check in
03/16/2025 2:00 PM, PDT
Account Registration is Open for Judges or Stewards Only
Account registrations accepted 12/25/2023 12:00 AM, PST through 03/17/2025 12:00 AM, PDT.
Registrations for judges or stewards accepted 02/06/2025 12:00 AM, PST through 03/20/2025 5:00 PM, PDT.
Entry Registration Closed
Entry Drop-Off Closed
Please pay attention to the notes provided for each drop-off location. There could be earlier deadlines for some drop-off locations listed, particular hours when entries are accepted, certain individuals to leave your entries with, etc. All entrants are responsible for reading the information provided by the organizers for each drop-off location.