Much of the participation CASK receives from its membership centers around brewing competition and evaluation of beer. There’s is nothing more important to a brewer’s development than real time feedback from a beer that they’ve brewed. The CASK Interklub Competitions, held at our monthly meetings, are meant to provide brewers with valuable feedback, constructive criticism, recommendations for improvement, and recognition for well brewed beer. Brewers who have entered beers into monthly Interklub competitions will not only be evaluated against the classic style that they have entered, but they will also receive credit for the style brewed, which is attributed toward their Brewer Rankings. Due to the limited number of judges and time before the meeting, a limit of one entry per monthly Interklub Competition per member will be imposed.
Monthly CASK Interklub Competitions also provide a learning opportunity for those interested in evaluating beer as a BJCP judge or those who are just curious about the various styles of beer. From a judging standpoint, CASK competition organizers will always pair an experienced judge with another equally or less experienced judge. It is CASK’s intent to provide experienced and qualitative feedback on all entered beers in the form of score-sheets, which contain scores & comments for aroma, appearance, flavor, mouth-feel, and overall impression.
This year we are introducing the Brewer Survivor Series. Each “survivor” will brew the prescribed beer for that quarter and bring enough bottles to the meeting to make sure every survivor can take 1 bottle home (if 15 people sign up each survivor will need to bring 14 bottles). Survivors take the bottles and judge them at home, filling out a score sheet for each. The bottom 25% scores will be “voted” out, the remaining survivors will continue on to the next quarter. At the January banquet the last two remaining will brew their best beer (style of their choice) and will be voted by the entire membership.
Sign ups will go until the week after the Febuary meeting. If you are interested email comp-director@thecask.org
Also being introduced is peoples choice for each inter-club comp. During the social hour membership will vote on their peoples choice. If you wish to participate in the inter-club peoples choice please bring at least 3 bottles for judging, the more you bring the more people will be able to judge your beer.
Interklub Competition Schedule (Note: CASK now follows the 2021 BJCP guidelines)
2026
- January – CASK Annual Banquet
- February – American & British (Cat 13B, 19C)
- March – Irish and Scottish Beers (Cat 14, 15) First Survivor
- April – Pucker up [sours] (Cat 23, 28, x4A)
- May – Most Interesting Bud [American/Mexican Lagers] (Cat 1A, 1B, 1C, 2A)
- June – Flying Fish Comp! (Cat 21B)
- July – First Coast Cup!
- August – In for a Pint [British pub ales] (Cat 11, 12A, 12C) Second Survivor
- September – Dark and Lagery (8A, 8B, 9C, 2C)
- October – Abbaye Normale (TBD)
- November – Double Down Imperium [doubles and imperials] (Cat 26B, 22A, 20C,9A) Third Survivor
- December – Czech it Out (Cat 3)
- January (2027) – Annual Banquet / Brewers Survival final
- February (2027) – Smoke Em if you Got Em[smoke ale] (Cat 32A, 32B, 27 grodziskie, 6B, 34C)
- March (2027) – The Commonwealth (Cat 12, x5)
