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Thank you for your interest in the Great Northern Brew Ha Ha organized by Northern Ale Stars Homebrewers Guild, Duluth, MN.

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 Great Northern Brew Ha Ha!

There are 223 registered entries and 101 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

As of 4:13 AM, CDT, there are 200 received and processed entries (this number will update as entries are picked up from drop-off locations and organized for judging).

Rules

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

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

All entries will be picked up from drop-off locations the day of the entry 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. The average of the scores will rank each entry in its category. Each flight will have at least one BJCP judge.

Brewers are not limited to one entry in each category but may only enter each subcategory once.

The competition committee reserves the right to combine 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 will be determined by a Best of Show panel based on a second judging of the top winners.

Bottles will not be returned to entrants.

Judging Sessions

Session 0 (if needed)
Wednesday, April 9, 2025 6:00 PM, CDT

Warrior session 1
Thursday, April 10, 2025 7:00 PM, CDT

Warrior Brewing 2
Friday, April 11, 2025 4:00 PM, CDT

Warrior Brewing 3
Friday, April 11, 2025 7:00 PM, CDT

Warrior Brewing 4
Saturday, April 12, 2025 10:00 AM, CDT

Competition Official

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

  • Brian Rauvola — Competition Organizer

Sponsors

Northern Ale Stars Homebrewers Guild is proud to have the following sponsors for the Great Northern Brew Ha Ha.

Bent Paddle Brewing
 
Bent Paddle Brewing
Ursa Minor Brewing
 
Ursa Minor Brewing
Warrior Brewing Co
 
Warrior Brewing Co
Wine Creations
 
Wine Creations
Amoretti
 
Amoretti
Cash Wise Liquor, Duluth
 
Cash Wise Liquor, Duluth
Fermentis
 
Fermentis
Five Star Chemicals
 
Five Star Chemicals
Hopsteiner
 
Hopsteiner
Lake Superior Brewing
 
Lake Superior Brewing
Lallemand
 
Lallemand
LD Carlson
 
LD Carlson
National Chemical, Inc.
 
National Chemical, Inc.
Northern Brewer
 
Northern Brewer
Super One Liquor
 
Super One Liquor
Briess Malt & Ingredients
 
Briess Malt & Ingredients
Duluth Cider
 
Duluth Cider
Omega Yeast
 
Omega Yeast
Voyageur Brewing
 
Voyageur Brewing
White Winter Winery
 
White Winter Winery