Dixie Cup Judging

First Round Judging

First round judging starts at 9 AM on Sunday, September 29, at Saint Arnold Brewing Company, continues 6 PM Tuesday, October 1, 9 AM on Sunday, October 6, and 6 PM Tuesday, October 8. Additional judging sessions will be held at 9 AM Sunday, October 13, and 6 PM Tuesday, October 15 at St. Arnold's, as required. First round judging concludes at the hotel beginning at noon on Friday, October 18. The first round of judging will be used to eliminate obviously flawed beers and completely judge small categories.

Please note that the October 13 and 15 judging sessions will not be held if a sufficient number of flights are judged during the earlier sessions. The status of the October 13 and 15 judging sessions will be posted on the Dixie Cup web site and the Foam Rangers Facebook Page.

Second Round Judging

Second round judging will begin immediately following the milli-conference Saturday morning, at the hotel, and will be used to determine ranking within each category. All sub-categories of each major category will be judged against each other, each according to its own style guidelines.

Lunch will be provided to judges on Saturday afternoon to help you get through the judging.

Best-of-Show Judging

The Best of Show judging, consisting of the first place winners from each category, will take place at the hotel during the pub crawl.