Thank you for your interest in the 30th Annual Ales Open organized by Ale and Lager Enthusiasts of Saskatchewan, Regina, Saskatchewan.

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.

Entry Registration is Open

120 entries have been added to the system as of 8:29 PM, CST, Thursday, April 3, 2025.

94 paid entries are in the system as of 8:29 PM, CST, Thursday, April 3, 2025. There is a limit of 400 paid entries for this competition.

To add your entries into the system, please proceed through the registration process or log in if you already have an account.

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.

Rules

The Ale and Lager Enthusiasts are proud to to host the 30th Annual Ales Open on April 21 to 26th, 2025!  The purpose of our competition is to promote homebrewing and beer appreciation. We invite all homebrewers to submit their homebrewed beer, mead, and cider for judging under the 2021 BJCP style guidelines.

COMPETITION RULES:

Each beer entry needs to be registered on the competition website:

https://alesopen.azurewebsites.net/

If you have questions about registration, send them to scottsrt@hotmail.com

1. Only one entry per beer style or BJCP subcategory. If there is more than one beer style in a BJCP category, you can enter one beer for each substyle.  The only exception to this rule is category 27A Historical Beer, where we are allowing 2 entries per subcategory per entrant

2. Initially, there will be 2 entries per person.  After a week, the limit will be increased to 4 per person.  It has been increased again to 6 entries per person  There is a total limit of 400 entries for this competition.  Only PAID entries will be counted towards the limit cap! 

3.  We will be judging based on the 2021 BJCP Guidelines.  Entries are judged under the beer style/sub-category you specify on your registration form. Make sure you pick the right style! Complete 2021 style descriptions can be found online: https://www.bjcp.org/bjcp-style-guidelines/

4.  While all entries will be judged based on the 2021 BJCP guidelines, all entries will be sorted into categories based on 2016 National Homebrew Competition Style Guidelines. We may reorganize categories based on entries received.

5.  A minimum score of 30 must be obtained to qualify for a medal in any category.

6.  This a homebrew competition - so no commercial brews please (this includes beer brewed on equipment for commercial research, production, brew-on-premises establishments, or anything of that nature).  All-grain brews, beer from kits, and extract methods are all welcome. 

7.  All decisions by the competition organizers are final. Entries will be judged between April 21 and April 26th. Results will be announced at the Ale Open Closing Ceremonies. Results will be posted shortly after the event.  They will be posted no later than Tuesday April 29/2025.

8.  The competition committee reserves the right to combine overall style categories based on the number of entries. All possible efforts will be made to combine similar styles. All brews in combined categories will be judged according to the style they were originally entered in.

9.  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.

10.  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.

ENTRY GUIDELINES:  

Registration will be open on March 1, 2025 and will close on April 13, 2025.  The deadline for receiving entries and fee payment is 18:00 on April 13, 2025.

 We require two standard bottles of homebrewed beer, mead, or cider per entry. Bottles will not be returned.

 Each entry will consist of 300ml to 500ml capped bottles or corked bottles that are void of all identifying information, including labels and embossing. Printed caps are allowed, but must be blacked out completely.  341ml brown glass bottles are preferred; however, green and clear glass will be accepted.  We prefer standard size bottles as they fit nicely in our sorting crates.  Sure you can send us a 2 litre bottle, but we are only going to judge a few ounces and the sin of wasted homebrew is on your hands.

Please print and tape beer labels directly to your entry securely with packing tape.

Please pack all entries in a plastic lined sturdy shipping box.  Ensure all bottled are secure and wrapped in bubble wrap for shipping.  We are not responsible for damaged, missing, or late entries.  We will try to contact entrants should anything happen to their entries so a replacement can be sent.  If a replacement cannot be sent, we will still judge a single bottle; however, it will not be sent to the BOS round should it win a gold.  We cannot judge entries that we do not receive.

 The entry fee is $10 per entry. Fees can be paid by PayPal only as this allows the software to mark your entries as paid. Cash and cheques will not be accepted.

Entries may be dropped off or delivered to:

The Bushwakker

2206 Dewdney Ave

Regina, SK

S4R 1H3

*** All entries must arrive by the designated deadline.  All entries that fail to arrive on time will not be accepted and there will be no refunds.  Plan ahead and ship earlier to avoid delays ***

Entry Acceptance Rules

Number of Bottles Required Per Entry: 2

ENTRY GUIDELINES:  

Registration will be open on Feb 28, 2025 and will close on April 13, 2025.  The deadline for receiving entries and fee payment is 18:00 on April 13, 2025.

 We require two standard bottles of homebrewed beer, mead, or cider per entry. Bottles will not be returned.

 Each entry will consist of 300ml to 500ml capped bottles or corked bottles that are void of all identifying information, including labels and embossing. Printed caps are allowed, but must be blacked out completely.  341ml brown glass bottles are preferred; however, green and clear glass will be accepted.  We prefer standard size bottles as they fit nicely in our sorting crates.  Sure you can send us a 2 litre bottle, but we are only going to judge a few ounces and the sin of wasted homebrew is on your hands.

Please print and tape beer labels directly to your entry securely with packing tape.

Please pack all entries in a plastic lined sturdy shipping box.  Ensure all bottled are secure and wrapped in bubble wrap for shipping.  We are not responsible for damaged, missing, or late entries.  We will try to contact entrants should anything happen to their entries so a replacement can be sent.  If a replacement cannot be sent, we will still judge a single bottle; however, it will not be sent to the BOS round should it win a gold.  We cannot judge entries that we do not receive.

 The entry fee is $10 per entry. Fees can be paid by PayPal only as this allows the software to mark your entries as paid. Cash and cheques will not be accepted.

Entries may be dropped off or delivered to:

The Bushwakker

2206 Dewdney Ave

Regina, SK

S4R 1H3

*** All entries must arrive by the designated deadline.  All entries that fail to arrive on time will not be accepted and there will be no refunds.  Plan ahead and ship earlier to avoid delays ***

Competition Officials

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

• Scott Downey — Vice Pesident/Ales Open Co-chair
• Henning Mortensen — Treasurer/Ales Open Co-chair
• Chris Tower — President/Ales Open Head Judge

Sponsors

Ale and Lager Enthusiasts of Saskatchewan is proud to have the following sponsors for the 30th Annual Ales Open.

Fermentis

 

Last Mountain Distillery

Lumsden, SK

Red Shed Malting

Red Deer County, AB

Tilt