The Texas Redcoat Challenge 2025

Thank you for your interest in the The Texas Redcoat Challenge 2025 organized by Denton County Homebrewers Guild, Denton, TX.

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.

Entry Registration is Open

87 entries have been added to the system as of 12:54 PM, CDT, Wednesday, September 17, 2025. There is a limit of 100 entries for this competition.

83 paid entries are in the system as of 12:54 PM, CDT, Wednesday, September 17, 2025. There is a limit of 100 paid entries for this competition.

To add your entries into the system, please proceed through the registration process or log in if you already have an account.

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.

Rules

Welcome to THE TEXAS REDCOAT CHALLENGE, a BJCP and AHA sanctioned homebrew competition focused on the beers, ciders, and braggots from the British Isles and Commonwealth nations. THE TEXAS REDCOAT CHALLENGE is sponsored by the Denton County Homebrewers Guild, based in Denton, Texas.

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

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

All entries will be picked up from drop-off locations the day of the entry deadline.

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.

Qualified judging of all entries is the primary goal of our event. Judges will evaluate and score each entry. The average of the scores will rank each entry in its category. Each flight will have at least one BJCP judge.

Brewers are not limited to one entry in each category but may only enter each subcategory once.

The competition committee reserves the right to combine categories based on number of entries. All possible effort will be made to combine similar styles. All brews in combined categories will be judged according to the style they were originally entered in.

The Best of Show judging will be determined by a Best of Show panel based on a second judging of the top winners.

Bottles will not be returned to entrants.

Entry Acceptance Rules

Number of Bottles Required Per Entry: 2

Each entry will consist of TWO (2) 12-ounce capped bottles or sealed cans that are void of all identifying information, including labels and embossing. Printed caps are allowed, though discouraged, and if used, must be completely blacked out. Bottles and cans must be free of labels or other easily identified marks. Re-used commercial bottles with embossed logos are allowed but discouraged. 12 oz brown glass bottles are preferred; however, green or clear glass and corked bottles will be accepted. Swing top bottles will be disqualified and not judged.

Bottles and cans will not be returned to entrants for any reason. Completed bottle/can labels must be submitted with all entries, and can be printed directly from the entry website along with any other required paperwork. Bottle/Can labels should be placed in a clear zip type bag and attached to bottles/cans with a rubber band only; glue and/or tape are unacceptable.

Failure to submit entries properly will exclude them from judging.

Competition Officials

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

• Keith Green — Co-Head Judge
• Tony Silveira — Competition Director
• Blake Umphress — Competition Co-Director