California Homebrew Comp - CHC

As we head into the Final weekend of judging and Awards Ceremony - we would like to take a moment to thank everyone - especially our sponsors! Putting on a competition of this size and caliber is not possible without help and support of all our volunteers and sponsors!

First of all thank you Oakland United Beerworks for providing an amazing venue for running the comp for FOURTH year in a row. Thank you again also for brewing the beer with Best of Show winners! We look forward to release of that beer!

Super thanks to our other Grand Sponsors MoreBeer.com, BSG HandCraft and Russian River Brewing Company - Thanks for donating the medals for winners and some much treasured beers and goodies!

Thanks to all other Sponsors - Namely East Brother Beer Company, Barebottle Brewing Company, SideTrack Meadery (https://sidetrackmead.com/), INKBIRD, Tilt Hydrometer (Gold Level Sponsors), Danville Brewing Co., Five Star Chemicals & Supply, Inc, Oktober Can Seamers (Silver Level Sponsors), Sugoi Brewing Company, Oak Barrel Winecraft. You all have been instrumental in our success and ALL volunteers and entrants thank you for your generous support to this comp.

To volunteers and judges; Thank you again and see you on Saturday and Sunday if you are signed up.

To entrants - if you can't make it to the awards ceremony on Sunday, make sure to join us for live streaming of awards ceremony at 3pm on Sunday (on Facebook).

CHC Day 1 Judging underway!!

A quick reminder - CHC Registration will open tonight at midnight. Note that entry count is limited to 600 entries and per entrant limit is 10 till Oct 1st.

Registration link is: https://chc.brewingcompetitions.com/

Photo: CHC 2025 Volunteer appreciation pins have arrived! Make sure to sign up to judge/volunteer for the competition!

New Medals are in - in our excitement - we ordered the next larger size. Which is cool but we did not realize how heavy they are. So make sure to strengthen those neck muscles - especially if you are planning to win more than one!! 🙂