Thank you for your interest in the Unity Conflux Competition organized by The Hop Addition, Southampton, UK.

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.

Entry Registration is Open

58 entries have been added to the system as of 12:32, BST, Sunday 26 June, 2022. There is a limit of 80 entries for this competition.

50 paid entries are in the system as of 12:32, BST, Sunday 26 June, 2022. There is a limit of 80 paid entries for this competition.

To add your entries into the system, please proceed through the registration process or log in if you already have an account.

Rules

Welcome to the very first Hop Addition homebrew competition, in conjunction with Unity Brewing Co celebrating the launch of Unity's Conflux recipe kit. This is a friendly homebrew competition, which is not BJCP sanctioned, run by members of The Hop Addition Podcast and Unity Brewing Co.

As this is not a BJCP competition, entries do not need to conform to or will be judged against a specific BJCP style, however your entries must conform to the parameters of the competition given below. These are infact the style parameters of... you guessed it! Unity Conflux. 

EBC Value - 5-15
IBU Value - 10-30
Max ABV - 5%
Yeast - London Ale III, Verdant, New England or a similar US or English Ale Yeast

But here is the twist. The choice of malt, hops and hopping rates (bearing in mind IBU) and adjuncts are up to you, so long as the beer meets the guidelines, you're in with a shout! Fruit is unfortunately not allowed.

Suggested beer styles that loosely fit the parameters are available to select when entering and one should be chosen. This will enable us to at least know what style you have chosen to brew.

The judging will be performed by a panel and will be based around a sampling by the judges where beers will be judged based on taste and appearance. Round winners will be moved to a second round and the winners of that in turn will make the final round. Unfortunately feedback will not be able to be provided to everyone. We will attempt to provide feedback to all final round beers. 

Bottles will not be returned to entrants, and feedback sheets cannot unfortunately be provided to everyone.

This competition is about expression, the design and feel of the beer, the best tasting beer will win, so make it tasty and you're in with a shout.

Styles available for entry:

These can be checked on the info tab of this website.

Key dates:

Friday 29th July 2022
Judging commences approx. 12am
Awards Ceremony - approx. 5pm

Important Deadlines:

Entries must be received no later than the 28th July. Any entries received after this date cannot be guaranteed for entry.

Register online and pay for all entries by end of 30th June 2022
Finalise your entries by 30th June 2022

Entry Cost & Essentials

Entry fee is £5 (plus any PayPal handling fees which are beyond our control) per entry.

Award Categories & prizes

Prizes will be allocated for the top 10 beers.  

Competition Officials

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

• Chris Millington — Competition Director
• Owen Puckett — Competition Director

Sponsors

The Hop Addition is proud to have the following sponsors for the Unity Conflux Competition .

Unity Brewing Co

23-27 Princes St Southampton SO14 5RP

Unity Brewing Co - Southampton finest craft brewery and a gem of the South Coast brewing scene. Very kind hosts for The Hop Addition's first homebrew competition! Check out their website for beer orders and merch. Conflux and Only The Sea are a must try!

The Malt Miller

Unit A2 Faraday Road Dorcan, Swindon SN3 5HQ

The Malt Miller are the premiere homebrew suppliers and a very kind sponsor of the very first Hop Addition homebrew competition. Whatever you need, the guys and girls at TMM will sort you out, everything from Malts to All in One systems, and hops to BBQ rubs, The Malt Miller has it all.

Brew Keg Tap

Unit 8B, St Columb Major Industrial Estate, St Columb Major, England, TR9 6SF

Brew Keg Tap is the premiere kegging and dispense supplier to the homebrew market, they are also sponsors of The Hop Additions first ever homebrew competition. Jonny has kindly agreed to sponsor the competition and will be helping us out with the prizes! What a legend.

Brew Day

Unit 18, Daybrook Business Centre, Sherbrook Rd, Daybrook Nottingham NG5 6AT

Brew-Day are a hombrew supply company in Nottingham, and a kind sponsor of our first homebrew competition.

CrossMyLoof Brew

Scotland!

CrossMyLoof is an ingredients supply company who have kindly agreed to sponsor our first homebrewing competition. They are famous in the homebrewing world for their quick wit, and quicker delivery and dispatch! Steve, Tom, Cammy and Mark will always look after you for malt, hops, yeast and more! Their emails are a thing of legend!

Yakima Chief Hops

Pacific North West, USA

Yakima Chief is one of the biggest names in hop production in the world, and we are excited to welcome them as a sponsor on the Hop Addition's first foray into competitions!

Brew Con

London

The UKs Premier Homebrewing event with a range of leading suppliers and manufacturers showing off their wares as well as talks and seminars from industry professionals and the legendary Brew Con World Series competition.

InkBird

China

Inkbird produce a range of top quality temperature monitoring and control devices that can be utilised to great effect in home brewery systems and beer dispensing.

Muntons

Stowmarket

Muntons are a highly regarded Maltings and manufacturer of malt extract products that include the majority of extract beer kits on the market in the UK.