Thank you for your interest in the LAB Open 2019 organized by London Amateur Brewers.

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 LAB Open 2019!

There are 450 registered entries and 238 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

As of 10:21, 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

Formerly named the London and South East Craft Brewing Competition, the LAB Open Competition and festival is a BJCP sanctioned competition where your homebrewed beers are assessed by qualified judges against current style guidelines.

Score sheets and written feedback are provided on each entry. Rosettes, certificates and prizes  are awarded in each of 13 (or more) category groupings and for Best of Show places.

The beers are made available to sample and discuss with fellow competitors and friends in a festival-type setting on the afternoon of Sunday May 19th - providing a unique opportunity to sample hundreds of homebrews, arranged in their style groupings, with great and excellent examples of the styles flagged. A rare chance to compare your beers against others brewed to the same style, or just to explore the wide range of styles being made today.

This year's competition and festival is being held at Fourpure Brewing Co, Bermondsey London.

Beers will be assessed against BJCP Style Guidelines 2015 available via this link.

Eligibility: This competition is open to everyone, worldwide. Competition Organizers, staff, judges and stewards may enter the competition. Measures are in place to ensure fair, anonymous, judging. Judges and stewards will not be assigned to categories that they have entered. Entries must have been made at home. Those made in commercial establishments, including brew-on-premise establishments, are not eligible. 

Judging Session Locations and Dates

Friday Evening Session (Finish unpacking and short judging session)
Fourpure Brewing Co, Bermondsey Trading Estate, 22 Rotherhithe New Road, London, SE16 3LL
Friday 17 May, 2019 18:30, BST

Saturday Morning Judging
Fourpure Brewing Co, Bermondsey Trading Estate, 22 Rotherhithe New Road, London, SE16 3LL
Saturday 18 May, 2019 09:00, BST

Saturday Afternoon Judging
Fourpure Brewing Co, Bermondsey Trading Estate, 22 Rotherhithe New Road, London, SE16 3LL
Saturday 18 May, 2019 13:00, BST

Sunday Morning Judging
Fourpure Brewing Co, Bermondsey Trading Estate, 22 Rotherhithe New Road, London, SE16 3LL
Sunday 19 May, 2019 09:00, BST

Competition Official

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

• Lee Immins — Competition Coordinator

Sponsors

London Amateur Brewers is proud to have the following sponsors for the LAB Open 2019.

Fourpure Brewing Co

Fourpure Brewing Co, Bermondsey Trading Estate, 22 Rotherhithe New Road, London, SE16 3LL

Fourpure is a London based brewery founded by brothers Dan and Tom Lowe in 2013. Beer is our passion and our travels are what inspire us to brew. Our approach to exceptional brewing is all about attention to detail and not cutting corners, in an age-old industry we aspire to constantly innovate, we are nimble and progressive yet strive to stay true to the principles of brewing – respecting the four core ingredients used to make beer: grain, yeast, hops and water. This was the inspiration for the name Fourpure. Our growing team hails from a broad range of backgrounds with a shared sense of enterprise, our focus on our quality control, our people and our training led us to be named 2017 Most Innovative and Brewery Business of the Year at the Society of Independent Brewers annual awards.