Autumn Invitational 2026

April 14, 2026 · Minneapolis, MN

Open

Annual homebrew competition open to all styles.

Accepted Styles
  1. Altbier
  2. Alternative Grain Beer
  3. Alternative Sugar Beer
  4. American Amber Ale
  5. American Barleywine
  6. American Blonde Ale
  7. American Brown Ale
  8. American IPA
  9. American Lager
  10. American Light Lager
  11. American Pale Ale
  12. American Porter
  13. American Stout
  14. American Strong Ale
  15. American Wheat Beer
  16. Australian Sparkling Ale
  17. Autumn Seasonal Beer
  18. Baltic Porter
  19. Belgian Blond Ale
  20. Belgian Dark Strong Ale
  21. Belgian Dubbel
  22. Belgian Golden Strong Ale
  23. Belgian IPA
  24. Belgian Pale Ale
  25. Belgian Tripel
  26. Berliner Weisse
  27. Best Bitter
  28. Bière de Garde
  29. Black IPA
  30. Blonde Ale
  31. Brett Beer
  32. British Brown Ale
  33. British Golden Ale
  34. British Strong Ale
  35. Brown IPA
  36. Brut IPA
  37. California Common
  38. Classic Style Smoked Beer
  39. Clone Beer
  40. Cream Ale
  41. Czech Amber Lager
  42. Czech Dark Lager
  43. Czech Pale Lager
  44. Czech Premium Pale Lager
  45. Dark Mild
  46. Doppelbock
  47. Dortmunder Export
  48. Double IPA
  49. Dunkles Bock
  50. Dunkles Weissbier
  51. Eisbock
  52. English Barleywine
  53. English IPA
  54. English Porter
  55. Experimental Beer
  56. Festbier
  57. Flanders Red Ale
  58. Foreign Extra Stout
  59. Fruit Beer
  60. Fruit Lambic
  61. Fruit and Spice Beer
  62. German Helles Exportbier
  63. German Leichtbier
  64. German Pils
  65. Gose
  66. Grape Ale
  67. Gueuze
  68. Hazy IPA
  69. Helles Bock
  70. Historical Beer
  71. Imperial Stout
  72. International Amber Lager
  73. International Dark Lager
  74. International Pale Lager
  75. Irish Extra Stout
  76. Irish Red Ale
  77. Irish Stout
  78. Kellerbier
  79. Kölsch
  80. Lambic
  81. Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer
  82. Mixed-Style Beer
  83. Munich Dunkel
  84. Munich Helles
  85. Märzen
  86. Oatmeal Stout
  87. Old Ale
  88. Ordinary Bitter
  89. Oud Bruin
  90. Rauchbier
  91. Red IPA
  92. Rye IPA
  93. Saison
  94. Schwarzbier
  95. Scottish Export
  96. Scottish Heavy
  97. Scottish Light
  98. Specialty Fruit Beer
  99. Specialty IPA
  100. Specialty Smoked Beer
  101. Specialty Spice Beer
  102. Specialty Wood-Aged Beer
  103. Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
  104. Straight Sour Beer
  105. Strong Bitter
  106. Sweet Stout
  107. Trappist Single
  108. Tropical Stout
  109. Vienna Lager
  110. Wee Heavy
  111. Weissbier
  112. Weizenbock
  113. Wheatwine
  114. White IPA
  115. Wild Specialty Beer
  116. Winter Seasonal Beer
  117. Witbier
  118. Wood-Aged Beer
Rules & Terms

the rules and terms.

Entry Fee
Free
Bottles Required
2 × 12oz
Entry Window
Mar 15 – Apr 04, 2026
Entries
27 / 60
Award Categories
3
Shipping / Drop-off
Minnesota Homebrew 22043 Industrial Blvd, ste 2 Rogers, MN 55374

Judging Sessions

Session 1 — Morning

Apr 14, 2026 · 10:00 AM

Session 2 — Afternoon

Apr 14, 2026 · 2:00 PM