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Moravian Homebrewers Meeting – a homebrewing comepetition held annualy in Brno, Czech Republic. Running since 2013 makes it the oldest annualy organized homebrewing competition in Czechia. Since 2015 the first Czech competition registered at BJCP and fully judged according the BJCP guidelines.

In the recent years, we had around 140 samples in the competition, with Czech lager usually taking about half of the samples amount. The tasting panel had about 20 judges, mostly from Czechia and Slovakia, but not excluding a few judges from other countries.

BJCP judges: We’re open to hosting judges from abroad, let us know if you’re interested!

Participants from foreign countries: The samples may also be shipped to the competition, no need to participate in person. More details below.

Below you’ll find a lite version of  the competition rules and categories for the year 2025 at the Kos Brewery, Kotlarska 51a, 60200 Brno, CZ. Please note the official rules are in Czech and this is for your information only. We however try to do our best to keep the English version updated.

Organizers contact: Ondřej Poustecký (event management), Lukáš Provazník (BJCP judge)

Timeline of 2025 competition

The competition begins at 10am.

Schedule at the Kos Brewery, Kotlarska 51a

  • 10:00am the samples handover begin (please note the category rules)
  • 12:00am handover deadline
  • 12:30am-5:30pm tasting panel
  • 6:00pm tasting results & winners presentation
  • 9:00pm official competition day end

Samples delivered after the handover deadline (12:00am) will not be allowed to the competition! Please, transport your beer in time and do not forget to register online.

There will be draft commercial beer from local craft breweries available on tap. Due to legal reasons, we’re unable to sell/give away draft homebrew beer but there is no limit for bottled homebrew beer consumption.

Prizes

The category winners will be awarded prizes from our sponsors – hops, malts, etc. Also, the score from Czech Premium Pale lager will count towards the Czech Homebrewers Guild Bohemian yearly lager competiton.

Competition rules

  1. The minimal amount of submitted beer is 0.9 liters.
  2. The allowed minimal volume of one bottle is 0.3 litres and it is required to dleiver at least 3 bottles. For beers with low original gravity (e.g. 11 °P) it is required to use bottles with minimal volume of 0.5 litres and 3 bottles.
  3. Each participant may submit up to 4 samples in total (even in the same category).
  4. The beer is handed over in the competition location.
  5. The samples have to be registered online (the web is Czech only, Google Translate recommended). You may also register the samples directly before the handover but the registration fee is 50 CZK higher than when registering online.
  6. The beer is handed over on the day of the competition. You may also deliver the samples in person the week before the competition (Mon-Thu 9am-1pm), online payment is however required.
  7. The samples might be also shipped by post to the Kos Craft Brewery. The participant has to provide their name, email addreses, beer names and categories. It’s mandatory to register & pay the fees for the samples before shipping the samples. Delivery address: Pivovar KOS, Kotlarska 989/51a, 60200 Brno, Czechia, email: kolman@pivokos.cz, phone: +420 728 853 535.
  8. A recommended way to ship your beer is to use the Zaslat.cz logistics portal service that will handle import from the whole Europe (and the US/UK) for you easily and hassle free.
  9. We cannot unfortunately accept parcels shipped to a ParcelShop, Zasilkovna, Balikovna or other similar services that deliver to a pickup point instead of directly to the recipient’s address.
  10. The categories follow (BJCP Guidelines 2021):
    1. BJCP 3B, Czech Premium Pale Lager;
    2. German Wheat Beer (following styles are accepted 10A Weissbier; 10B Dunkel Weissbier, 10C Weizenbock + Ur-Weisse);
    3. Strong beers (9B Eisbock, 17C Wee Heavy, 17D English Barley Wine, 20C Imperial Stout, 22C American Barleywine, 22B American Strong Ale, 22D Wheatwine)
    4. Czech Experimental Blonde Ale with new hop genotypes 5477 & 5464 (English parameters). Ordering of new genotypes is available in following link: https://forms.gle/Sk8MzPJXz1nhx61X9

    11. Samples evaluation

    1. The tasting is held using the American-style tables – one head judge + 2-5 judges.
    2. The table head is responsible for the correct results entry and correct samples order evaluation.
    3. The sample scores are assigned using by agreement of the table judges. In case of inability to reach a consensus, the table head decides.
    4. One or more samples are recommended, based on their score compared to other samples in the category, from the base round to the finals. Picking no samples for the finals is also allowed.
    5. The category finals winner is the category winner.
    6. The panel is not required to assign score to a damaged or wrongly categorises sample, the panel is however required to mark such sample.
    7. The tasting is blind, judges are not informed of the beers they taste, they’re only informed of the category tasted and, if required by the category, a special parameter of the judged sample (e.g. fruit type when judging fruit beers).

    The rules are subject to change. Last change: 2025-10-14.