Thank you for your interest in the Dixie Cup XLI organized by The Foam Rangers.

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 Dixie Cup XLI!

There are 152 registered entries and 111 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

As of 8:50 PM, CDT, there are 149 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 be received at the mailing location by the shipping deadline - please allow for shipping time.

All entries will be picked up from drop-off locations the day of the drop-off 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 strive have at least one BJCP judge.

The competition is limited to a total of 300 entries.

To help increase the number of participants, brewers are limited to 4 entries until August 15th when the limit is increased to 8 entries.

Brewers can enter up to two entries in each of the 16 categories but may only enter each subcategory once.

The competition committee reserves the right to combine overall style 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.

Only one Best of Show will be given for all entries (mead, cider, and beer).

Bottles will not be returned to entrants.

Judging Sessions

Judging Session 1 Talyard Brewing Company
Sunday, August 30, 2026 12:00 PM, CDT

Judging session 2 Talyard Brewing Company
Wednesday, September 2, 2026 6:00 PM, CDT

Judging session 3 Talyard Brewing Company
Sunday, September 6, 2026 12:00 PM, CDT

Judging session 4 Galveston Bay Brewing
Wednesday, September 9, 2026 6:00 PM, CDT

Judging session 5 Talyard Brewing Company
Sunday, September 13, 2026 12:00 PM, CDT

Judging session 6 New Magnolia Brewing
Wednesday, September 16, 2026 6:00 PM, CDT

Judging session 7 Talyard Brewing Company
Sunday, September 20, 2026 12:00 PM, CDT

Judging session 8 Galveston Bay Brewing
Wednesday, September 23, 2026 6:00 PM, CDT

Judging Session 9 Talyard Brewing Company
Sunday, September 27, 2026 12:00 PM, CDT

Judging Session 10 New Magnolia Brewing
Wednesday, September 30, 2026 6:00 PM, CDT

Last Sessions
Saturday, October 3, 2026 12:00 PM, CDT

Competition Official

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

• Paul Porter — Competition Coordinator

Sponsors

The Foam Rangers is proud to have the following sponsors for the Dixie Cup XLI.

Saint Arnold Brewing Company

2000 Lyons Ave, Houston, TX 77020

Talyard Brewing Company

1033a Imperial Blvd, Sugar Land, TX 77498

New Magnolia Brewing Company

1616 Bevis St, Houston, TX 77008

Texagon Brewing Company

2921 Helena St., Houston, TX 77006