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A. Eligibility

1. This competition is open to all homebrewers in the United States.
2. Commercial and/or Brew-on-Premises (BOP) beers are not eligible.
3. This is an AHA-sanctioned competition. All standard rules apply.

B. Entry Fees and Deadlines

1. All entries must be registered online. The fee is $12/entry. Payment online is required. You can print your entry labels once payment is made.
   
2. We accept online payments only. A link will be provided on your entry page to the payment site.
3. You do not need to print a payment receipt. If an entry shows it has not been paid, we will verify on our side.

Rules and Policies

1. Entries
   1. This competition has a cap of 475 paid entries.
   2. When the cap of 475 paid entries is reached, entries that have been registered but not paid for will not be eligible for FOAM Cup. Becuase of this, it is highly recommended that you pay for your entries when they are created. 
   3. Entries can be edited before and after payment, up until the shipping/drop-off deadline.
   4. There is an initial cap of 7 entries person to give everyone desiring to enter the opportunity. This cap will be lifted after 14 days with no limits at that point.
2. Judging, Storage, and Handling
   1. We will try to minimize handling to avoid disturbing bottle-conditioned beers with natural sedimentation. Occasionally this is unavoidable and scores for appearance may reflect this.
   2. All entries are stored cold till they are judged.
3. Medals
   1. Brewing category winners will receive custom-cast medallions for first, second, and third place for each judging table. A table is defined as a judging session for a set of category styles. Tables may contain split categories and/or subcategories as necessary to maintain competition integrity.
   2. Judges are solely responsibility for determining whether an entry is deserving of a medal.
   3. Judges are solely responsible for determining whether a judging table should receive first, second, or third place medal, based on the scores of the entries. (e.g. The highest score awarded for the judging table is a 29, so judges determined a gold medal would not be awarded.)
   4. We will award Best of Show (BOS) medals for beer, mead, and cider. We will judge all beers, meads and ciders listed in the BJCP Styles Guidelines. All decisions of the judges, competition staff, and organizer will be final, without exception.
4. Scores, Score Sheets, and Prize Delivery
   1. Winners and BOS are announced at an Awards Ceremony the evening of the last day of judging. Medals will be handed out to those in attendance.
   2. Score sheets are judged digitally and will be posted on your account page after winners have been announced. We ship medals and prizes to all non-local entrants via U.S. Post Office or other common carrier the week after the competition.

Entry Acceptance Rules

Entry Requirements and Information

Beer Entries

1. We accept glass bottles and aluminum cans for beer entries.
2. Submit two (2) bottles/cans per entry. Accepted bottle sizes: 10-16 ounces; brown or green glass. Accepted aluminum can sizes: 12-16 ounces. Bottles/cans must be clean, and free of inked or paper labels and other identifying marks (embossed bottles are allowed. e.g. New Belgium/Sam Adams). Use a rubber band to attach bottle identification form to each bottle. Do not use glue or tape. Entry fees and bottles will NOT be returned for disqualified entries.
3. Use the most current BJCP Style Guidelines, available online at www.bjcp.org. Refer to categories by number, and to subcategories by letter.
4. We accept all BJCP beer styles.
5. Multiple entries in a category are acceptable but only one entry is allowed in each subcategory, with the exception of the following subcategories:
   
   • 21B. Specialty IPA subcategory
   • 21C. Hazy IPA
   • 22A. Double IPA subcategory
   • 23F. Fruit Lambic subcategory
   • All 28. American Wild Ale subcategories
   • All 29. Fruit Beer subcategories
   • All 30. Spiced Beer subcategories
   • All 31. Alternative Fermentables Beer subcategories
   • All 32. Smoked Beer subcategories
   • All 33. Wood Beer subcategories
   • All 34. Specialty Beer subcategories
   • All LSX Entries

Mead/Cider Entries

1. We accept glass bottles and aluminum cans for mead/cider entries.
2. Submit two (2) bottles/cans per entry. Accepted bottle sizes for mead/cider: 10-16 ounces and 375-750ml; clear, brown, or green glass (only one bottle is required for 750ml bottles). Accepted aluminum can sizes: 12-16 ounces. Bottles/cans must be clean, and free of inked or paper labels and other identifying marks (embossed bottles are allowed. e.g. New Belgium/Sam Adams). Use a rubber band to attach bottle identification form to each bottle. Do not use glue or tape. Entry fees and bottles will NOT be returned for disqualified entries.
3. Use the most current BJCP Style Guidelines, available online at www.bjcp.org. Refer to categories by number, and to subcategories by letter.
4. We accept all BJCP mead and cider styles.
5. Multiple entries in a category or sub-category are acceptable for mead and cider but MUST be from different batches. 

Entry Fees

$12.00 (USD) per entry.

Entry Limits

Entry Limit:

475

Entry Limits Per Participant

Per Style Exceptions Limit:

1

Style Exceptions:

• 21B: Specialty IPA
• 21B1: Belgian IPA
• 21B2: Black IPA
• 21B3: Brown IPA
• 21B4: Red IPA
• 21B5: Rye IPA
• 21B6: White IPA
• 21B7: Brut IPA
• 21C: Hazy IPA
• 22A: Double IPA
• 23F: Fruit Lambic
• 28A: Brett Beer
• 28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer
• 28C: Wild Specialty Beer
• 28D: Straight Sour Beer
• 29A: Fruit Beer
• 29B: Fruit and Spice Beer
• 29C: Specialty Fruit Beer
• 29D: Grape Ale
• 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
• 30B: Autumn Seasonal Beer
• 30C: Winter Seasonal Beer
• 30D: Specialty Spice Beer
• 31A: Alternative Grain Beer
• 31B: Alternative Sugar Beer
• 32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer
• 32B: Specialty Smoked Beer
• 33A: Wood-Aged Beer
• 33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer
• 34A: Commercial Specialty Beer
• 34B: Mixed-Style Beer
• 34C: Experimental Beer
• LSX1: Dorada Pampeana
• LSX2: IPA Argenta
• LSX3: Italian Grape Ale
• LSX4: Catharina Sour
• LSX5: New Zealand Pilsner
• M1A: Dry Mead
• M1B: Semi-Sweet Mead
• M1C: Sweet Mead
• M2A: Cyser
• M2B: Pyment
• M2C: Berry Mead
• M2D: Stone Fruit Mead
• M2E: Melomel
• M3A: Fruit and Spice Mead
• M3B: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Mead
• M4A: Braggot
• M4B: Historical Mead
• M4C: Experimental Mead
• C1A: Common Cider
• C1B: Heirloom Cider
• C1C: English Cider
• C1D: French Cider
• C1E: Spanish Cider
• C2A: New England Cider
• C2B: Applewine
• C2C: Ice Cider
• C2D: Fire Cider
• C3A: Fruit Cider
• C3B: Spiced Cider
• C3C: Experimental Cider
• C4A: Common Perry
• C4B: Heirloom Perry

Pay Entry Fees

After creating your account and adding your entries to the system, you must pay your entry fee(s). Accepted payment methods are:

• Credit/debit card and e-check, via PayPal

BJCP 2021 / 2025 Styles Accepted

Indicates that the style's entry limit has been reached and no more entries of that style will be accepted.

Entry Delivery

Entry bottles accepted at our drop-off locations Saturday, October 18, 2025 10:00 PM, CDT — Monday, November 10, 2025 6:00 AM, CST.

Please pay attention to the notes provided for each drop-off location. There could be earlier deadlines for some drop-off locations listed, particular hours when entries are accepted, certain individuals to leave your entries with, etc. All entrants are responsible for reading the information provided by the organizers for each drop-off location.

Marshall Brewing Company
1742 E. 6th St., Tulsa, OK, 74133
918-292-8781

Shipping Info

Entry bottles accepted at our shipping location Saturday, October 18, 2025 10:00 PM, CDT — Monday, November 10, 2025 6:00 AM, CST.

Ship entries to:

FOAM Cup c/o Marshall Brewing Company
1742 E. 6th St. Tulsa, OK 74104

Packing and Shipping

Carefully pack your entries in a sturdy box. Line the inside of your carton with a plastic trash bag. Partition and pack each bottle with adequate packaging material. Please do not over pack!

Write clearly: Fragile. This Side Up. on the package. Please only use bubble wrap as your packing material. Do not use expanding foam or similar products.

Enclose each of your bottle labels in a small zip-top bag before attaching them to their respective bottles. This way it makes it possible for the organizer to identify specifically which entry has broken if there is damage during shipment.

Every reasonable effort will be made to contact entrants whose bottles have broken to make arrangements for sending replacement bottles.

Judging Sessions

Sunday - Marshall Brewing Company
Sunday, November 16, 2025 5:00 PM, CST

Monday - Marshall Brewing Company
Monday, November 17, 2025 6:00 PM, CST

Tuesday - Marshall Brewing Company
Tuesday, November 18, 2025 6:00 PM, CST

Thursday - Marshall Brewing Company
Thursday, November 20, 2025 6:00 PM, CST

Friday - Marshall Brewing Company
Friday, November 21, 2025 7:00 PM, CST

Saturday AM - Marshall Brewing Company
Saturday, November 22, 2025 9:00 AM, CST

Saturday PM - Marshall Brewing Company
Saturday, November 22, 2025 1:00 PM, CST

Best of Show

We will award Best of Show (BOS) awards for Beer, Mead, and Cider.

Awards

All brewing category winners will receive custom-cast medallions for first, second, and third place in each style category. Judges are solely responsibility for determining whether an entry is deserving of a medal.

The FOAM Cup Committee will combine or split categories and/or subcategories as necessary to maintain competition integrity. In general, we will require that there be at least six entries in a category before we award a full set of medals.

FOAM Cup - The homebrew club scoring the most points will be crowned FOAM Cup Champion.

Awards Ceremony

TBA
TBA
Sunday, November 23, 2025 7:30 PM, CST

Circuit Qualification

High Plains Brewer of the Year

FOAM Cup is a participating competition for the High Plains Brewer of the Year. This award goes to an individual brewer from the Midwestern United States (Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota, or Minnesota) demonstrating outstanding and consistent brewing skills. The award winner is determined by performance in regional competitions. To be eligible, a brewer must reside in one of the aforementioned states or belong to an AHA-registered club from one of the states. The FOAM Cup Organizer will forward your FOAM Cup points to the HPBOTY organizers.

Master Homebrewer's Circuit of America

The Foam Cup has been selected as a representative for the state of Oklahoma in the Master Homebrewer Program’s Circuit of America 2024.

The Master Homebrewer Program's Circuit of America is a Homebrewing circuit, combining the results from all major independent homebrewing competitions across the United States, to award an overall National Champion Homebrewer. 

This circuit is sponsored by BSG Handcraft and the winner of the circuit is awarded a Grainfather brewing system.