Thank you for your interest in the IBRU Bottle Cap Brew Off organized by Illiana Beer Rackers Union (IBRU), Highland IN.

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 IBRU Bottle Cap Brew Off!

There are 177 registered entries and 107 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

As of 6:26 PM, CST, 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

Welcome to the IBRU Bottle Cap Brew Off (BCBO) Registration Page

We're happy you're considering joining us as an entrant and/or volunteer and we're working hard to put on a smooth, efficient and timely competition for you!

Entry Limit Update!

10/20/25 - Please note that due to demand the total entry limit for the competition is being increased from 150 to 175 paid entries. All published dates, the three-entry per person limit, and other details remain unchanged. Thanks!

Here are a few quick, high level details:

Entry registration will close as soon as the first 175 PAID entries are registered.
There is a three entry limit per brewer
Two 12 ounce bottles or cans are required per entry
Registration fees are $12 for each entry
This is a beer-only competition. We hope to add cider and mead in the future.
Important Dates
- Judge Registration Begin - 8/25/25
- Entry Registration Begin - 9/1/25
- Drop-Off/Shipping Begin - 10/27/25
- Registration End - 11/7/25
- Drop-Off/Shipping End - 11/7/25
- Competition Day - 11/15/25
- Awards Ceremony - 11/15/25
We plan on live-streaming the results online
Off Square Brewing will select an winner from the Best of Show finalists to scale-up with the winning homebrewer in their brewery.
The BCBO team reserves the right to increase the per person entry limit or increase the number of overall entries as needed. Any such changes will be announced in advance.
This competition will be judged on paper scoresheets.

Competition Rules

This competition is AHA sanctioned and open to any amateur homebrewer age 21 or older.
All mailed entries must received at the mailing location by the entry deadline - please allow for shipping time.
If you are dropping off entries at one of the four drop-off locations, be sure you keep an eye on the Drop-Off Dates. Please do not expect our Drop-Off partners to accept any entries before or after the Drop-Off Dates.
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 or Brew On Premises facilities, supplies, ingredients, etc.).
Brewers are not limited to one entry in each category but may only enter each subcategory once.
The competition organizers are not responsible for mis-categorized entries, mailed entries that are not received by the entry deadline, entries that are dropped-off outside of the Drop-Off period, or entries that arrive damaged.
Our goal is that all entries will evaluated by BJCP-qualified judges. The average of the scores will rank each entry in its category. Each flight will have at least one BJCP judge and our goal is for both judges to be BJCP certified wherever possible.
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. 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.
Entries will not be returned to entrants.