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• BURP 28th Real Ale Competition

  • When
    8 Nov 2025
  •  
    12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Rockville, MD

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  The BURP Real Ale competition is a celebration of traditional British, Irish, and Scottish cask conditioned beers. The currently accepted styles of beer for the competition are based on the latest 2021 BJCP style guidelines:
  
  Cat 11 (British Bitter) - all substyles
  Cat 12 (Pale Commonwealth Beer) - substyles 12A (British Golden Ale) and 12C (English IPA)
  Cat 13 (Brown British Beer) - all substyles
  Cat 14 (Scottish Ale) – all substyles
  Cat 15 (Irish Beer) - all substyles
  Cat 16 (Dark British Beer) - all substyles
  Cat 17 (Strong British Ale) - all substyles (including strong mild, winter warmer, etc)
  Cat 27 (Historical Beer) - substyle London Brown Ale
  
  Following CAMRA guidelines, only naturally-carbonated beers are accepted – no force carbonation using extraneous CO2 is allowed.
  
  The event is registered with the Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP) and is open to all homebrewers, regardless of club affiliation. There is no cost to enter the competition and no limit to the number of beers a brewer can enter. The competition itself is held on Friday evening (Nov 7) and is open to invited judges and stewards only. Entries are accepted in either corny kegs (3 gal or 5 gal) or traditional casks (5 gal pins preferred, but 10 gal firkins are accepted if appropriate stillage is provided). Current protocol calls for all beers entered in corny kegs to be served using beer engines and all those entered in casks to be served through gravity dispense.

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• December 2025 Competition

  • When
    9 Dec 2025
  •  
    6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Registered
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  Belgian--this will be a popular vote competition, so be sure to bring enough beer to share. The following BJCP categories will be accepted: 24B, 24C, 25, and 26.

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• Holiday Party

  • When
    9 Dec 2025
  •  
    6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Silver Branch Rockville Beerworks

  Our annual holiday party will be Dec. 9th at Silver Branch Rockville Beerworks.

  The competition is Belgian Ales

  Please note that you may not bring any commercial beer.  Each BURP attendee will get a token for a SB pint on the club.   

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