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Account Registration

Registrations for judges and stewards only accepted through Tuesday, November 3, 2026 6:00 PM, CST.

Entry Registration

Entry registration is closed.

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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.

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BJCP 2015 / 2021 Judging Styles

If a style's name is hyperlinked, it has specific entry requirements. Select or tap on the name to view the subcategory's requirements.

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
27A4 London Brown Ale	LSX5 New Zealand Pilsner	C1B English Cider
C1E Traditional Perry	C2E Cider with Herbs/Spices	C2F Specialty Cider/Perry
M4A Braggot

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Number of Bottles Required Per Entry: 2

Judging Sessions

Entry Log In
Sunday, September 27, 2026 12:00 PM, CDT

Denton County Brewing Company Session 1
Friday, October 9, 2026 5:30 PM, CDT through Friday, October 9, 2026 11:00 PM, CDT
200 E. McKinney St., Denton, TX 76201

NTHBS Session 1
Friday, October 9, 2026 5:40 PM, CDT through Friday, October 9, 2026 11:00 PM, CDT
17811 Davenport Rd Suite 34, Dallas, TX 75252

Denton County Brewing Company Session 6
Friday, October 9, 2026 6:00 PM, CDT through Friday, October 9, 2026 11:00 PM, CDT
200 E. McKinney St., Denton, TX 76201

NTHBS Session 3
Saturday, October 10, 2026 8:30 AM, CDT through Saturday, October 10, 2026 11:00 AM, CDT
17811 Davenport Rd Suite 34, Dallas, TX 75252

NTHBS Session 2
Saturday, October 10, 2026 8:40 AM, CDT through Saturday, October 10, 2026 12:00 PM, CDT
17811 Davenport Rd Suite 34, Dallas, TX 75252

Denton County Brewing Company Session 2
Saturday, October 10, 2026 1:00 PM, CDT through Saturday, October 10, 2026 11:00 PM, CDT
200 E. McKinney St., Denton, TX 76201

Denton County Brewing Company Session 3
Saturday, October 10, 2026 4:00 PM, CDT through Saturday, October 10, 2026 11:00 PM, CDT
200 E. McKinney St., Denton, TX 76201

Denton County Brewing Company Session 5
Saturday, October 10, 2026 4:00 PM, CDT through Saturday, October 10, 2026 11:00 PM, CDT
200 E. McKinney St., Denton, TX 76201

Denton County Brewing Company Session 4
Sunday, October 11, 2026 1:00 PM, CDT through Saturday, October 10, 2026 11:00 PM, CDT
200 E. McKinney St., Denton, TX 76201

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Best of Show

All 1st place entries from each category will advance to the Best of Show (BOS) round with a single, overall Best of Show beer selected.  A custom display plaque will be presented to the BOS winner.

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Awards

Prizes will be awarded in each of the main categories available at this competition. TRC reserves the right to collapse categories not receiving adequate entries and/or to not award all places if the entries do not merit it.

Style Categories 1 thru 8
1st Place - TRC Gold medal
2nd Place - TRC Silver medal
3rd Place - TRC Bronze medal
Over All Best of Show

All 1st place entries from each category will advance to the Best of Show (BOS) round with a single, overall Best of Show beer selected.  A custom display plaque will be presented to the BOS winner.

There will be an awards ceremony for the competition at Denton County Brewing Company on Saturday, November 14, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. Winners will also be posted on the BCOE&M site by 7:00 p.m. (CST) on the day of the awards ceremony. It is our intent to livestream the awards ceremony on either Facebook or YouTube. Details will be posted as the ceremony date nears. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place awards will be issued for each beverage category as well as a single winner for the Best Of Show category.

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Awards Ceremony

Denton County Brewing Company
200 E McKinney St, Denton, TX 76201
Saturday, November 14, 2026 1:00 PM, CST

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Circuit Qualification

The Texas Redcoat Challenge is a North Texas Circuit qualifying competition.

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