2025 FOBAB

Judging – November 7, 2025

Brewers may submit up to two (2) entries per brewing location.

Brewers are asked to donate TWO (2) SIXTELS (or bottles/cans equivalent) and SIX (6) (bottles/cans) PER ENTRY for judging. No crowlers or growlers.

There must be enough product to judge and be served at the fest. If you do not send judging AND floor entries, the entries will not be judged or poured on the floor.

Judging takes place across 14 categories: Strong Porter Stout, Specialty Strong/ Porter Stout, Barleywine/Wheatwine/Ryewine, Blended Beer, Other Pale Beer (under 7.5%), BA Lagers, Other Dark Beer, Fruit Beer, Specialty/Experimental, Wild Beer/Brett, Wild Beer Mixed Culture/Acidic, Wild Beer Mixed Culture/Acidic with Fruit, Cider/Perry, and Mead. (Entries are subject to a consolidated category if there are not enough entries in a category).