Thank you for your interest in the UNYHA'S Cacophony of Cream Ales Competition! organized by Upstate New York Homebrewers Association, Swiftwater Brewing Company.

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.

Rules

Rochester is home of the Cream Ale. 

As such, it deserves a competition that is befitting its hometown pride. 

We, the folks at UNYHA, are teaming up to present a competition of nothing but Cream Ales.

Four categories of Cream Ales are accepted!

• 1C: Cream Ale - Does it taste like Genny? Good! Enter it here.
• 1x51: Pre-Prohibition Cream Ale - Does it taste like Genny, if Genny hopped in a DeLorean and almost become her own mother? Good! Enter it here.
• 1x52: Fruited Cream Ale - Does it taste like Genny, if Genny wanted umbrella drinks? Good! Enter it here.
• 1x53: Specialty/Experimental Cream Ale - Does it taste like Genny, if Genny let her freak flag fly? Good! Enter it here.

ENTRIES!

• This year's competition requires 2 bottles supplied for each entry
• This competition is tiny. Maximum of 3 entries per participant.
• All entries must have BJCP category and sub-category information entered.
• Any entered in the incorrect categories will not be reassigned.
• Please fill out the online entry forms completely.
  • Be meticulous about noting any special ingredients that must be specified per the 2021 BJCP Style Guidelines.
  • Failure to note such ingredients may impact the judges' scoring of your entry.
• All entry fees must be paid in full at or before the time the entry is shipped or dropped off.
• Score sheets are available on the competition site, under your login.

OTHER STUFF!

• All proceeds of the competition will be used to defray competition expenses.
  • Cups are expensive. So is food for the judges!
  • 100% of donations solicited from commercial brewers, distributors, good beer bars, and homebrew-related businesses and manufacturers are given out as prizes for winning at the competition, and as gifts to the support team of judges, stewards, and organizers.
• This is an amateur competition!
  • Professional Brewers, and employees of professional breweries, may submit entries provided that they were brewed on non-commercial equipment.
  • Will we know? No, but don't be a jerk. 
• The competition organizers intend to post competition results at the Festival of Cream Ales, details below, and at the competition site https://www.unyha.com/comp
• This online entry software is being used to collect your entry information, collect your payment, and print the entry forms and bottle tags for your entries. The information you have entered and saved by the entry deadline is the information we will use to judge your entries. Changes made after the entry deadline may not be applied to your entries for judging.
• All entries become the property of the Upstate New York Homebrewers Association. We reserve the right to disqualify any entry for failure to comply with these rules. Disqualified entries may be evaluated but will not be eligible for awards or prizes. No entries or fees will be returned. The decision of the judges is final.

Entry Acceptance Rules

Number of Bottles Required Per Entry: 2

• You can save money on your PayPal fees by paying for all your entries at one time instead of individually.
• Each entry will consist of capped or corked bottles that are void of all identifying information.
• Printed caps are allowed, but must be blacked out completely.
• 12oz brown glass bottles are preferred; however, green and clear glass, swing tops, corked bottles, 22's, and cans will be accepted.
• All requisite paperwork must be submitted with each entry and can be printed directly from this website. Entry paperwork should be attached to bottles by the method specified on the bottle label.

Competition Officials

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

• Rich DeTommaso — Competition Coordinator
• Board UNYHA — Sponsoring Club

Sponsors

Upstate New York Homebrewers Association is proud to have the following sponsors for the UNYHA'S Cacophony of Cream Ales Competition!.

Swiftwater Brewing Co

 

Our generous hosts and sponsor for this competition!