Thank you for your interest in the Southern New England Regional Homebrew Competition organized by The Underground Brewers of Connecticut, New England Brewing 175 Amity Rd, Woodbridge, CT 06525.

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.

If you are willing to judge or steward, please return to register on or after Tuesday, July 1, 2025 9:00 AM, EDT.

Rules

This competition is BJCP sanctioned and open to any amateur homebrewer age 21 or older.

We require TWO (2) bottles/cans per entry.

All mailed entries must be received at the mailing location by the shipping deadline - please allow for shipping time.

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, supplies, 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.

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. Each flight will have at least one BJCP judge.

The Beer Best of Show and Mead/Cider Best of Show judging will be determined by Best of Show panels based on a second judging of the top winners.

You must be present at the award ceremony to receive prizes (other than winners' medals). 

For more information, or to leave us a comment, go to the SNERHC page on Facebook.  The award ceremony will be live streamed on the Facebook page, along with any updates on timing during the event.

Entry Acceptance Rules

Number of Bottles Required Per Entry: 2

We require TWO (2) bottles/cans per entry.

12oz bottles/cans are preferred. 6oz - 8oz "ponies" or "splits" are acceptable for mead. Oversize bottles, swing-tops, corked/caged bottles, etc. will be accepted as long as they are reasonably anonymous.

Please remove all labels and identifying information other than the printed entry label, held on by clear tape. Please black out printed caps.

Extra bottles and cans will not be returned to contest entrants.

Bottle labels can be printed directly from this website. Attach labels to bottles with clear tape. Packing tape is preferred, especially if it completely covers the label.

Be meticulous about noting any special ingredients that must be specified. Failure to note such ingredients may impact the judges' scoring of your entry.  For judges safety, we will not accept any non-alcoholic or  cannabis-infused entries.

Please read the instructions about packaging for both shipped and dropped-off entries.

Whether shipping or dropping off entries, please indicate 'SNERHC' clearly on outside of packaging!

Competition Officials

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

• Andy Cox — Organizer
• Paul Hayslett — Judge Coordinator
• Matt Jordan — Awards MC
• Andrew Orefice — Chief Steward
• Patrick Sullivan — Prize Committee

Sponsors

The Underground Brewers of Connecticut is proud to have the following sponsors for the Southern New England Regional Homebrew Competition.

New England Brewing Co

175 Amity Rd, Woodbridge, CT 06525