Club Wort Presents…
WORTAPALOOZA 2025
The third annual Club Wort AHA Competition
When: June 21st, 2025
Where: Phase Three Brewing
932 Donata Ct, Lake Zurich, IL 60047
Entry Fee: $12 per entry
Awards Ceremony: to be streamed live here on 6/21 @ 6pm
Rules
To enter into the competition, please visit our competition page.
The competition is currently limited to 250 entries.
- May 3 – Judge and steward registration opens
- May 3 – Entry registrations accepted
- June 1 – Entry bottles accepted at shipping and drop-off locations
- June 13 – last day to drop off at Wisconsin drop-off location
- June 13 – last day that entry bottles are accepted at the shipping location
- June 13 – last day to drop off at Illinois drop-off locations
- June 21 – Main in-person judging day
No walk-in entries allowed.
Drop-Off Locations
June 21st is the last day to drop off your entries
- Brew & Grow – Bolingbrook
181 W Crossroads Pkwy, Bolingbrook
(630) 771-1410 - Chicagoland Beer & Wine Makers
11 Park Blvd, Villa Park
(630) 834-0507 - Perfect Brewing Supply
619 E. Park Ave, Libertyville
(847) 816-7055 - Broken Brix Home Brew Shop
225 W. Main St., St. Charles
(630) 377-1338 - Gnome Brew
2026 W. Montrose Ave., Chicago
(773) 961-7750
[Closed Mondays] - Truebru Homebrew Supplies
14260 W National Ave, New Berlin, WI 53151
(262) 788-0944
Competition Results
Results will be posted shortly after the award ceremony.
Categories
Beer entires will be judged in classes and subcategories listed in the 2021 BJCP Guidelines, including mead, and cider categories. Entry limit will start off at 250.
How To Enter
Bottles must be free of labels or other identifying marks. Two (2) 10-14 oz. brown or green bottles with crown caps are required for each entry. We will be accepting cans this year in 12 oz. or 16 oz. sizes (preferably standard silver, unmarked cans). No Crowler cans will be accepted. A printed competition label must be attached to each bottle with a rubber band. Do not tape the labels.
Entries for meads and ciders will be the exception for bottle sizes. For meads and ciders only, we will accept two (2) 375 ml bottles, corked bottles, or some of the taller thinner wine-type bottles.
Failure to follow these guidelines may result in your beer being judged for score only but not qualifying for a place / award.
All entries become the property of Club Wort and will not be returned to the brewer.
When registering online at https://wortapalooza.clubwort.net, you will be able to print your bottle labels only after entries are marked paid in the system.
This competition will be limited to the first 250 paid entries. If you enter but do not pay before the limit, you will not be entered. After 250 paid entries, the registration system will be closed. Depending on the number of registered judges, we might reopen registration and raise the maximum number of entries.
Judges/Stewards
Your assistance is needed to ensure the quality of our competition. Please check the Judge/Steward checkbox on the entry form when registering and join us for a great time.
All stewards, judges and volunteers will receive a full lunch, a good time, our appreciation and a gift!
Past Competition Results
