SCC Fruit Cup 2025 Info
Account Registration
You will be able to create your account beginning Monday, June 9, 2025 12:00 AM, PDT through Sunday, July 6, 2025 5:00 PM, PDT.
Judges and stewards may register beginning Monday, June 9, 2025 12:00 AM, PDT through Friday, July 18, 2025 5:00 PM, PDT.
Entry Registration
You will be able to add your entries to the system beginning Friday, June 13, 2025 12:00 AM, PDT through Sunday, July 6, 2025 7:00 PM, PDT.
Entry Fees
$15.00 (USD) per entry.
BJCP 2021 Styles Accepted
If a style's name is hyperlinked, it has specific entry requirements. Select or tap on the name to view the subcategory's requirements.
| 29A Fruit Beer | 29B Fruit and Spice Beer | 29C Specialty Fruit Beer |
Entry Limit
There is a limit of 100 entries for this competition.
There is a limit of 100 paid entries for this competition.
Pay Entry Fees
After creating your account and adding your entries to the system, you must pay your entry fee(s). Accepted payment methods are:
- Credit/debit card and e-check, via PayPal
Entry Acceptance Rules
Number of Bottles Required Per Entry: 2
All entries must be fruit-based beers. The fruit must play a significant role in the aroma, flavor, or color of the beer.
Acceptable fruit includes whole fruit, fruit juice, fruit puree, fruit extracts, or concentrates. No artificial fruit flavors or colorings are allowed.
When entering beer information, you MUST include: base style, fruits/spices/specialty adjunct ingredients used, and any possible allergens.
Entries will be judged in general categories and style, such as:
IPA
Ales
Lagers
Experimental/Hybrid
Etc
Final grouping is subject to change based on the total number of entries and base style types.
Each entry is $15. All Entries must be paid before or with drop off via PayPal.
No member of an entrant may submit another entry of the same subcategory, whether as an individual entrant, a member of the same entrant, or a member of another entrant.
Each entry will consist of capped bottles or sealed cans that are void of all identifying information, including labels and embossing.
Two 12oz brown glass bottles are preferred; however, green will be accepted. Swing top bottles will likewise be accepted, as well as 12oz and 16oz cans.
Every entry must be submitted with a bottle identification label attached to each bottle with a rubber band. Using glue or tape to secure the labels to the bottles will disqualify an entry. Bottle labels for a single entry must have the same information on both bottles.
If mailing in your entries we encourage you to add cold packs and protective padding in addition to speedy shipping. (The competition organizers are not responsible for entries that arrive damaged or entries that arrive outside of the scheduled timeframe.)
Also, we recommend to everyone to put your printed out entry papers in a ziplock bag and double rubber band it to your bottles/cans.
Because of the nature of the contest, special categories may be used depending on the number of entrants.
Submitted bottles/cans become property of the competition.
Bottles/cans will not be returned to contest entrants.
Drop-Off Locations
Entry bottles accepted at our drop-off locations Friday, June 13, 2025 12:00 AM, PDT — Friday, July 11, 2025 5:00 PM, PDT.
Please pay attention to the notes provided for each drop-off location. There could be earlier deadlines for some drop-off locations listed, particular hours when entries are accepted, certain individuals to leave your entries with, etc. All entrants are responsible for reading the information provided by the organizers for each drop-off location.
1311 Post Ave, Torrance, CA 90501
310-227-9047
4160 Norse Way, Long Beach, CA 90808
(562) 425-0588
1045 N Armando St, Suite E Anaheim, CA 92806
(714) 666-8727
743 Baker St, Suite D Costa Mesa, CA 92626
(714) 668-9850
Shipping Info
Entry bottles accepted at our shipping location Monday, June 16, 2025 12:00 AM, PDT — Friday, July 11, 2025 5:00 PM, PDT.
Ship entries to:
Craftsman Brewing Company
1260 Lincoln Ave STE 200 Pasadena, CA 91103
Packing and Shipping
Carefully pack your entries in a sturdy box. Line the inside of your carton with a plastic trash bag. Partition and pack each bottle with adequate packaging material. Please do not over pack!
Write clearly: Fragile. This Side Up. on the package. Please only use bubble wrap as your packing material.
Enclose each of your bottle labels in a small zip-top bag before attaching to their respective bottles. This way it makes it possible for the organizer to identify specifically which entry has broken if there is damage during shipment.
Every reasonable effort will be made to contact entrants whose bottles have broken to make arrangements for sending replacement bottles.
Judging Sessions
Preliminary Judging - Craftsman Brewing Company
Tuesday, July 15, 2025 7:00 PM, PDT
Main Judging - Cervecería Del Pueblo
Saturday, July 19, 2025 9:00 AM, PDT
Best of Show
The Best of Show judging will be determined by a Best of Show panel based on a second judging of the top winners.
Awards
- Places may be awarded to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in each category/table. If no entry in a category is deemed worthy of a place, no award will be given.
The 1st place entry in each category will advance to the Best of Show (BOS) round with a single, overall Best of Show beer selected.
We will distribute medals via mail to the winners, entrants score sheets will be scanned and uploaded to this website.
Awards Ceremony
Virtual
Virtual
Past Winners
Judging Sessions
Preliminary Judging - Craftsman Brewing Company
07/15/2025 7:00 PM, PDT.
Main Judging - Cervecería Del Pueblo
07/19/2025 9:00 AM, PDT.
Account Registration Closed
Account registrations accepted 06/09/2025 12:00 AM, PDT through 07/06/2025 5:00 PM, PDT.
Registrations for judges or stewards accepted 06/09/2025 12:00 AM, PDT through 07/18/2025 5:00 PM, PDT.
Entry Registration Closed
Entry Drop-Off Closed
Please pay attention to the notes provided for each drop-off location. There could be earlier deadlines for some drop-off locations listed, particular hours when entries are accepted, certain individuals to leave your entries with, etc. All entrants are responsible for reading the information provided by the organizers for each drop-off location.