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Mead Stampede

Judge Registration

The information you provide beyond your first name, last name, and club is strictly for record-keeping and contact purposes. A condition of entry into the competition is providing this information. Your name and club may be displayed should one of your entries place, but no other information will be made public.

To register, create your account by filling out the fields below.

Please provide an email address.
Please provide a password.
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Choose one. This question will be used to verify your identity should you forget your password.
Make your security answer something only you will easily remember!
Please provide an answer to your security question.
Please provide a first name.
Please enter only one person's name.
Please provide a last name.
Please choose your country.
Please provide a street address.
Please provide a city.
Please provide a state or province.
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Please provide a zip or postal code.
Please provide a primary telephone number.
Select "Shipping Entries" if you plan to box up and send your entries to the provided Shipping Location.
Select "Not Applicable" if you don't plan to submit any entries into the competition at this time.
Select "None" if you are not affiliated with a club. Select "Other" if your club is not on the list - be sure to use the search box.

For free-form club name entry, some symbols are not allowed, including ampersand (&), single-quotation marks ('), double-quotation marks ("), and percent (%).

Have you already been awarded a Pro-Am opportunity to compete in the upcoming Great American Beer Festival Pro-Am Competition?

Or, are you, or have you ever been, employed on the brewing staff at any brewery? This includes brewer positions as well as lab technicians, cellar crew, bottling/canning crew, etc. Current and former brewing staff employees are not eligible to participate in the Great American Beer Festival Pro-Am competition.

If you have already been awarded a Pro-Am, or have been on the brewing staff at any brewery, please indicate so here. This will help competition staff and Pro-Am brewery representatives (if applicable for this competition) to choose Pro-Am entries from brewers that have not secured one.

Select "Opt Out" above if you do not wish to participate in any Pro-Am opportunities associated with this competition.

Only American Homebrewers Association members are eligible for a Great American Beer Festival Pro-Am opportunity.
The Master Homebrewer Program is a nonprofit organization established to promote the mastery of amateur brewing.

Competition staff are people that serve in various roles to assist in the organization and execution of the competition before, during, and after judging. Judges and stewards can also serve as staff members. Staff members can earn BJCP points if the competition is sanctioned.

Are you willing and qualified to serve as a judge in this competition?

Thursday Morning 07/09/2026 9:00 AM, CDT

Thursday Afternoon 07/09/2026 1:00 PM, CDT

Friday Morning 07/10/2026 8:45 AM, CDT

Friday Afternoon (if needed) 07/10/2026 1:00 PM, CDT

A "Yes" or "No" response is required for each location below.

* The Non-BJCP rank is for those who haven't taken the BJCP Beer Judge Entrance Exam, and are not a professional brewer.
** The Provisional rank is for those have taken and passed the BJCP Beer Judge Entrance Exam, but have not yet taken the BJCP Beer Judging Exam.

Only the first two designations will appear on your printed scoresheet labels.
Have you passed the BJCP Mead Judge exam?
Have you passed the BJCP Cider Judge exam?
How many competitions have you previously served as a judge?
Select or tap the button above to expand the preferred styles to judge list.

For preferences ONLY. Leaving a style unchecked indicates that you are available to judge it – there's no need to check all styles that you're available to judge.

Select or tap the button above to expand the non-preferred styles to judge list.

There is no need to mark those styles for which you have entries; the system will not allow you to be assigned to any table where you have entries.

Select all brewing partners that your are affiliated with. This is to make sure there are not any conflicts of interest when assigning judges and stewards to evaluate entries.

If any person's name is not listed in the drop-down above, enter their FULL name here (e.g., John Doe, Wyatt Earp, Selina Kyle, etc.). Add any brewing team names here as well. Separate each team or person's name by comma (,) or semi-colon (;). Some symbols are not allowed, including double-quotation marks (") and percent (%).

My participation in this judging is entirely voluntary. I know that participation in this judging involves consumption of alcoholic beverages and that this consumption may affect my perceptions and reactions.

To register, you must check the box, indicating that you agree to the waiver statement.