Tuns of Anarchy Annual Comp
Entries
Judging
Entry Registration
Judge Registration
Steward Registration
Entry Drop-Off
Rules
Judge and Steward Registration is Open
If you have not registered and are willing to be a volunteer, please register.
If you have registered, log in and then choose Edit Account from the My Account menu indicated by the icon on the top menu.
Entry Registration is Open
The Tuns of Anarchy Annual Championship is BJCP sanctioned and open only to financial members of Tuns of Anarchy.
All entries must be received at the nominated drop-off locations in the window specified, or by arrangement with the committee.
Entries must be registered and paid for online before drop off. Printed labels from the registration site are mandatory for acceptance of entries and you must print these off yourself. The labels are to be attached to the bottles with rubber bands only. Do NOT use tape.
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.).
Entry fee is $5 per entry.
Entry Acceptance Rules
Conditions
1. The competition will be judged according to the following conditions and the fact of entry implies acceptance of these conditions.
2. Entries must be the product of the person(s) entering, each of which must be a current financial member of Tuns of Anarchy. Persons may enter jointly or individually.
3. A particular batch of beer may only be entered once in the entire competition.
Bottle Entry Requirements
4. 500ml or 750ml brown beer bottles (glass or PET plastic) or cans are to be used. The bottles must be clean and free from chips, scratches, and/or flaws. Clear plastic PET bottles are not acceptable.
5. Each bottle must be sealed with a new, clean, unbranded, crown seal of good quality (if a glass bottle) or with an unbranded clean white or black plastic cap of good quality (if a PET bottle).
6. There shall be no identifying marks on the bottle, the can, the crown seal or plastic cap, or the reverse side of the label.
Labelling Instructions
7. Labels are to be printed from the ‘Entries’ section of your account on the registration site. Use the print logo under the ‘Actions’ column.
8. Printed labels from the registration site are mandatory for acceptance of entries. The labels are to be attached to the bottles with a rubber band/s. Do NOT use any tape.
Judging
9. Entries will be stored and judged chilled.
10. Beers obviously entered out of class will be disqualified.
11. Judges will award each entry a score out of 50 points, in accordance with BJCP judging guidelines.
12. All entries will be judged and comments either attached to or noted on entry forms, which will be returned to Entrants.
13. Officiating Judges, Stewards, Scorers and the Arbitrator (Chief Steward) shall be the only persons present during the judging.
14. No person shall judge any class wherein they, or a member of their household has entered a beer.
15. Every care will be taken of Entries, but no responsibility for loss or damage will be accepted.
16. Serious infringement of these Rules and Conditions may subject the Entrant for disqualification from the competition and suspension from future Tuns of Anarchy competitions.
17. The decision of the Judges and Arbitrator (Chief Steward) are final and no discussion or correspondence will be entered into.
Entry Info
Pay Entry Fees
After creating your account and adding your entries to the system, you must pay your entry fee(s). Accepted payment methods are:
- Credit/debit card and e-check, via PayPal
BJCP 2015 / 2021 Styles Accepted
Indicates that the style's entry limit has been reached and no more entries of that style will be accepted.
| 1A American Light Lager | 1B American Lager | 1C Cream Ale |
| 1D American Wheat Beer | 2A International Pale Lager | 2B International Amber Lager |
| 2C International Dark Lager | 3A Czech Pale Lager | 3B Czech Premium Pale Lager |
| 3C Czech Amber Lager | 3D Czech Dark Lager | 4A Munich Helles |
| 4B Festbier | 4C Helles Bock | 5A German Leichtbier |
| 5B Kölsch | 5C German Helles Exportbier | 5D German Pils |
| 6A Märzen | 6B Rauchbier | 6C Dunkels Bock |
| 7A Vienna Lager | 7B Altbier | 8A Munich Dunkel |
| 8B Schwarzbier | 9A Doppelbock | 9B Eisbock |
| 9C Baltic Porter | 10A Weissbier | 10B Dunkels Weissbier |
| 10C Weizenbock | 11A Ordinary Bitter | 11B Best Bitter |
| 11C Strong Bitter | 12A British Golden Ale | 12B Australian Sparkling Ale |
| 12C English IPA | 13A Dark Mild | 13B British Brown Ale |
| 13C English Porter | 14A Scottish Light | 14B Scottish Heavy |
| 14C Scottish Export | 15A Irish Red Ale | 15B Irish Stout |
| 15C Irish Extra Stout | 16A Sweet Stout | 16B Oatmeal Stout |
| 16C Tropical Stout | 16D Foreign Extra Stout | 17A British Strong Ale |
| 17A1 Burton Ale | 17B Old Ale | 17C Wee Heavy |
| 17D English Barley Wine | 18A Blonde Ale | 18B American Pale Ale |
| 19A American Amber Ale | 19B California Common | 19C American Brown Ale |
| 20A American Porter | 20B American Stout | 20C Imperial Stout |
| 21A American IPA | 21B Specialty IPA | 21B1 Belgian IPA |
| 21B2 Black IPA | 21B3 Brown IPA | 21B4 Red IPA |
| 21B5 Rye IPA | 21B6 White IPA | 21B7 Brut IPA |
| 21C Hazy IPA | 22A Double IPA | 22B American Strong Ale |
| 22C American Barleywine | 22D Wheatwine | 23A Berliner Weisse |
| 23B Flanders Red Ale | 23C Oud Bruin | 23D Lambic |
| 23E Gueuze | 23F Fruit Lambic | 23G Gose |
| 24A Witbier | 24B Belgian Pale Ale | 24C Bière de Garde |
| 25A Belgian Blond Ale | 25B Saison | 25C Belgian Golden Strong Ale |
| 26A Belgian Single | 26B Belgian Dubbel | 26C Belgian Tripel |
| 26D Belgian Dark Strong Ale | 27A Historical Beer | 27A1 Kellerbier |
| 27A2 Kentucky Common | 27A3 Lichtenhainer | 27A4 London Brown Ale |
| 27A5 Piwo Grodziskie | 27A6 Pre-Prohibition Lager | 27A7 Pre-Prohibition Porter |
| 27A8 Roggenbier | 27A9 Sahti | 28A Brett Beer |
| 28B Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer | 28C Wild Specialty Beer | 28D Straight Sour Beer |
| 29A Fruit Beer | 29B Fruit and Spice Beer | 29C Specialty Fruit Beer |
| 29D Grape Ale | 30A Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer | 30B Autumn Seasonal Beer |
| 30C Winter Seasonal Beer | 30D Specialty Spice Beer | 31A Alternative Grain Beer |
| 31B Alternative Sugar Beer | 32A Classic Style Smoked Beer | 32B Specialty Smoked Beer |
| 33A Wood-Aged Beer | 33B Specialty Wood-Aged Beer | 34A Commercial Specialty Beer |
| 34B Mixed-Style Beer | 34C Experimental Beer | LSX1 Dorada Pampeana |
| LSX2 IPA Argenta | LSX3 Italian Grape Ale | LSX4 Catharina Sour |
| LSX5 New Zealand Pilsner | C1A New World Cider | C1B English Cider |
| C1C French Cider | C1D New World Perry | C1E Traditional Perry |
| C2A New England Cider | C2B Cider with Other Fruit | C2C Applewine |
| C2D Ice Cider | C2E Cider with Herbs/Spices | C2F Specialty Cider/Perry |
| M1A Dry Mead | M1B Semi-Sweet Mead | M1C Sweet Mead |
| M2A Cyser | M2B Pyment | M2C Berry Mead |
| M2D Stone Fruit Mead | M2E Melomel | M3A Fruit and Spice Mead |
| M3B Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead | M4A Braggot | M4B Historical Mead |
| M4C Experimental Mead |
Entry Delivery
Entry bottles accepted at our drop-off locations Monday 13 July, 2026 9:00 AM, AEST — Monday 20 July, 2026 4:00 PM, AEST.
Please pay attention to the notes provided for each drop-off location. There could be earlier deadlines for some drop-off locations listed, particular hours when entries are accepted, certain individuals to leave your entries with, etc. All entrants are responsible for reading the information provided by the organizers for each drop-off location.
Hoppy Days Brewing Supplies
Unit 1/8 Shannon Pl, Virginia QLD 4014
+61 475 903 350
Awards
The awards ceremony will take place once judging is completed.
Prizes will be awarded for the Champion Beer, Champion Brewer (Highest overall scores averaged over two or more entries), and Rookie of the Year (First time placing in a QABC or TUNS comp - 1st, 2nd or 3rd places)
CHAMPION BEER - The winner gets to brew their beer at FICK Brewing Company
CHAMPION BREWER - Bragging rights for 12 months
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR - The envy of your peers
Additional prizes may be awarded to those winners present at the awards ceremony at the discretion of the competition organizers. Results will be posted to the competition web site after the ceremony concludes. Scoresheets will be available online a few business days after.
Awards Ceremony
Fick Brewing Company
108 Old Toombul Rd, Northgate QLD 401
Saturday 25 July, 2026 2:00 PM, AEST
Volunteers
Judges and Stewards
If you have registered, log in and then choose Edit Account from the My Account menu indicated by the icon on the top menu.
If you have not registered and are willing to be a judge or steward, please register.
Staff
If you would like to volunteer to be a competition staff member, please register or update your account to indicate that you wish to be a part of the competition staff.
Other Volunteer Info
Members are encouraged to volunteer as Stewards on the day
Contact
Use the form below to contact a competition official. All fields with a star are required.