Thank you for your interest in the King of the Mountain 2025 organized by Little Mountain Brewers, Mentor Ohio.

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.

If you are willing to judge or steward, please return to register on or after Sunday, June 1, 2025 8:00 AM, EDT.

Rules

ABOUT THE COMPETITION

Categories are reduced so that more beers will be judged head to head against similar beers, judges palates will be less by certain styles, and so that most brewers can enter most categories. See the list of accepted styles for included styles.

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. Please note that when using PayPal, select the "Friends and family option" to avoid the extra transaction fees.

Note: New this year, we will purge any entries that are not paid for by 8/30/2025. If you are unable to submit entries because the limit has been reached, please check backafter this date to see if additional openings are available.

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

All mailed entries must received by 9/16/2025 - please allow for shipping time.

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.

We will strive to provide the best possible judging of all entries. Two or more judges will evaluate and score each entry. Judges will determine final overall score and rankings based on consensus. Each flight will have at least one BJCP judge.

Brewers may only enter each *sub*category once. Example: participant can enter a Belgian Pale (16B) and Belgian Saison (16C), but may not enter two Saisons.

The total number of entries will be limited to 175. Maximum entries for each entrant including collaborative entries will be 5. Entries submitted but not paid for by 8/30/2024 will be subject to removal from the competition.

Categories may be combined by organizer based on number of entries. All possible effort will be made to combine similar styles. All entries 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.

Entry Acceptance Rules

Number of Bottles Required Per Entry: 2

Organizer prefers entries that meet the requirements below. Entries not following them may be excluded from the competition at the organizer's discretion.

*****     BEER & CIDER ENTRIES    *****

Two 12 ounce bottles any closure type in brown glass bottles or 12 oz cans without printed caps or labels. If caps have printing it must be completely blacked out. Unopened bottles will not be returned to contest entrants.

*****     ENTRY LABELS     *****

Labels should be printed from this web site. Alternate labels can be used as long as they are easily legible and contain same information and those provided here. Rubber bands only may be used to hold label to bottle.

*****    COMPLETION OF ENTRY INFORMATION     *****

Fill out information for your entry as required. Where additional info is required by style, note only the sensible ingredients that contribute to aroma, appearance, taste or mouthfeel. Judges are required to use the information you provide to evaluate your beer. Noting elements that are not perceptible may reduce your score.

Competition Officials

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

• Nick Greco — Judge & Steward Coordinator
• Mark McFadden — Sponsor Coordinator
• Steve Micco — Cellar Master
• Terry Nagy — Event & IT Coordinator

Sponsors

Little Mountain Brewers is proud to have the following sponsors for the King of the Mountain 2025.

Collision Bend Brewing Company

261 Babbitt Rd, Euclid, OH 44132

Collision Bend Brewing Company is an artisanal brewery and full-service restaurant, featuring crisp, bright beers brewed on site, served alongside a menu inspired by Cleveland’s melting pot.