Thank you for your interest in the U.S.Open organized by Carolina BrewMasters, and hosted by Noda 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.

Thanks and Good Luck To All Who Entered the U.S.Open!

There are 299 registered entries and 401 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

As of 2:30 AM, EDT, 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

The Carolina Brewmasters are again hosting the US Open this year, allowing all BJCP styles, along with Cider and Mead, but limiting total paid entries to 300 to keep judging quality high. We will be using the 2021 BJCP Style Guidelines for beer and 2015 BJCP Style Guidelines for Mead and Cider.

On May 26 at 12:00 noon, the entry limit will be six (6) entries per person with an entry limit of 300 paid entries. This means that you need to pay for your entries if you want to guarantee participation in the competition. We are also increasing the bottles per entry this year to 3.

Judging sessions will be held at Noda Brewing Company this year. There will be one weeknight session on Thursday (7/24) and two Saturday sessions (7/26).

Specifics for the Competition:
• US Open Date: July 26, 2025
• Entry Receiving window: June 23 - July 12
• Entry limit per brewer: 6
• Bottles per entry: 3
• Fee per entry: $10
• Total USO Paid Entry Limit: 300
• Registration Window Opens: 5/26/2025 at 12:00 PM EST

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

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

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

The competition organizers reserve the right to combine styles for judging and to restructure awards as needed depending upon the quantity and quality of entries.

Qualified judging of all entries is the primary goal of our event. Judges will evaluate and score each entry. Each flight will have at least one BJCP judge.

Brewers may enter each subcategory only once.

The competition committee reserves the right to combine overall style 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 of the flight winners will be performed by a panel of very experienced judges.

Bottles will not be returned to entrants.

We will not be issuing refunds for entries that are paid for but not received.

Judging Sessions

US Open Early Judging Session
Thursday, July 24, 2025 6:00 PM, EDT

US Open Saturday Morning Judging Session
Saturday, July 26, 2025 8:00 AM, EDT

US Open Saturday Afternoon Judging Session
Saturday, July 26, 2025 1:00 PM, EDT

Competition Officials

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

• Stephen Ramsey — Registrar
• Mark Rockwood — Competition Organizer
• Constance Ross — Charity Raffle Organizer

Sponsors

Carolina BrewMasters is proud to have the following sponsors for the U.S.Open.

Noda Brewing Company

150 W 32nd St, Charlotte, NC 28206

Noda Brewing Company is our host location this year for the competition.