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Thank you for your interest in the 30th Annual Eight Seconds of Froth organized by High Plains Drafters, Cheyenne, Wy.

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 30th Annual Eight Seconds of Froth!

There are 461 registered entries and 502 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

As of 3:36 AM, MDT, there are 0 received and processed entries (this number will update as entries are picked up from drop-off locations and organized for judging).

Rules

Beers containing CBD, THC or other marijuana based components are not legal in Wyoming and will not be accepted as entries or judged.

Additionally, seltzer style "beers" are not an eligible judging category for this compeition.

Awards Ceremony: April 29th, 2023, 5pm @ Blacktooth Brewing - Cheyenne

This competition is AHA sanctioned and open to any amateur homebrewer age 21 or older. Beer, mead and cider is judged according to BJCP 2021 guidelines

Three bottles per entry are recommended. Two bottles are the minimum Entries without a 3rd bottle may not be eligible for pro-am consideration. 12oz brown glass bottles are preferred. Bottles will not be returned to entrants.

All mailed entries must received at the mailing location by the entry deadline - please allow for shipping time.

All entries will be picked up from drop-off locations the day of the entry deadline by 12:00 noon.

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 have at least one BJCP judge.

Brewers may only enter each subcategory once. For example, participants may enter a Belgian Pale (16B) and Belgian Saison (16C), but may not enter two Saisons, even if they are different brews. Specialty categores will allow for multiple entries per subcategory. 

The competition committee reserves the right to combine 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.

Bottles or cans will not be returned to entrants.

Judging Sessions

Depot St (4/20 AM)
Saturday, April 20, 2024 9:00 AM, MDT

Depot St (4/20 PM)
Saturday, April 20, 2024 1:00 PM, MDT

Depot St (4/26 PM)
Friday, April 26, 2024 6:00 PM, MDT

Blacktooth Brewing (4/27 AM1)
Saturday, April 27, 2024 9:00 AM, MDT

Blacktooth Brewing (4/27 AM2)
Saturday, April 27, 2024 11:00 AM, MDT

Blacktooth Brewing (4/27 PM)
Saturday, April 27, 2024 1:30 PM, MDT

Competition Official

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

  • Fred Hirsch — Competition Coordinator

Sponsors

High Plains Drafters is proud to have the following sponsors for the 30th Annual Eight Seconds of Froth.

Blacktooth Brewing
Cheyenne, WY
Blacktooth Brewing
Event sponsor/ Pro-Am
Crow Creek Catering
Cheyenne, WY
Crow Creek Catering
Event catering & food Email: rusty@crowcreekcatering.com
Rocking V Metalwork
Cheyenne, WY
Rocking V Metalwork
Medal Fabrication
Accomplice Beer Company
Cheyenne, WY
Accomplice Beer Company
Pro-Am Brewery
Altitude Chophouse & Brewery
Laramie, WY
Altitude Chophouse & Brewery
Pro-Am Brewery
Five Star Chemical
Arvada, CO
Five Star Chemical
Cleaning donation sponsor
Norco
Cheyenne, WY
Norco
Keg supply donation sponsor.
The Brew Hut
Aurora, CO
The Brew Hut
Drop off location. Supply donation sponsor
Boulder Fermentation Supply
Boulder, CO 80301
Boulder Fermentation Supply
Dropoff location
Brewer's Publications
Boulder, CO
Brewer's Publications
Book donation sponsor
White Labs
San Diego, CA
White Labs
Yeast Donor Sponsor
Wyeast
Odell, OR
Wyeast
Yeast Donor Sponsor