Peninsula Fermentation Society

08/30/2026

We are only a couple weeks away from the 2nd annual Peninsula Fermentation Society All-American Homebrew competition.

Registration is open through September 11th, with drop off and shipping opening tomorrow, August 31st.

Judging will take place at on September 19th at Rainy Daze Brewing in Poulsbo, WA.

We will be utilizing electronic scoresheets this year.

Please go to our registration page to enter and/or sign up to judge or steward. If you are local to western Washington, please consider signing up to judger or steward. https://pfsamericanhbc.brewingcompetitions.com/

Drop off and shipped entries will be accepted until the close of business on September 10th for drop off, and the end of day on the 11th for shipping.

Awards will be held on Sunday, September 20th at 1 PM at Rainy Daze Brewing in Poulsbo. We will have a ton of prizes for winners present as well as door prizes that will be raffled off during the ceremony, courtesy of our sponsors.

08/27/2026

The next society meeting is this coming Tuesday, September 1st. We will be discussing How to Judge, discussing 21B: Specialty IPA’s, and judging 27B: Kentucky Common. We will be meeting at at 6:30PM.

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08/24/2026

We had a decent turnout for the August society meeting this month at Moment Brewing. We discussed the BJCP Mead Scoresheets, discussed 16C: Tropical Stout, and evaluated Meads - BJCP categories 1-4 for the this month.

We had three great meads to evaluate this month created by society members. In 3rd place - Phil and Jacob with their Chai Mead (M3B), in 2nd - Lou with his Peach Mead (M2D), and in 1st - also Lou, with his Peach Habenaro Mead (M4C).

Please join us on September 1st at Moment Brewing for our discussion on How to Judge and our style discussion on 21B: Specialty IPAs, and our Ferment-to-Style evaluation of 27B: Kentucky Common.

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08/04/2026

The next society meeting is this coming Tuesday, August 4thth. We will be discussing BJCP Mead Scoresheets, discussing 16C: Tropical Stout, and judging Meads - BJCP Categories 1-4. We will be meeting at Moment Brewing at 6:30PM.

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07/31/2026

Proudly announcing the 2nd annual Peninsula Fermentation Society All-American Homebrew competition.

Registration is open August 1st through September 11th.
Judging will take place at on September 19th at Rainy Daze Brewing in Poulsbo, WA.

We will be utilizing electronic scoresheets this year.

Please go to our registration page to enter and/or sign up to judge or steward. https://pfsamericanhbc.brewingcompetitions.com/

Drop off and shipped entries will be accepted from August 31st, until the close of business on September 10th for drop off, and the end of day on the 11th for shipping.

Awards will be held on Sunday, September 20th at 1 PM at Rainy Daze Brewing in Poulsbo. We will have a ton of prizes for winners present as well as door prizes that will be raffled off during the ceremony, courtesy of our sponsors. The plan is the live stream the awards, but no guarantees.

07/02/2026

The next society meeting is this coming Tuesday, July 7th. We will be discussing Hops, discussing 27B: Kentucky Common, and judging BOS: SAME RECIPE CHALLENGE - 1C: Cream Ale. We will be meeting at Moment Brewing at 6:30PM.

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06/09/2026

We had a decent turnout for the June society meeting last week at . We discussed the BJCP Cider Scoresheets, discussed 1D: American Wheat, and evaluated Ciders - BJCP categories 1-4 for the this month.

We had four great ciders to evaluate this month created by society members. In 3rd place - Stuart with a Common Cider (C1A), in 2nd - also Stuard with an English Cider (C1C), and in 1st - Phil and Jacob with their Applewine (C3B).

Please join us on July 7th at Moment Brewing for our discussion on Hops and our style discussion on 27B: Kentucky Common, and our Ferment-to-Style evaluation of our Same Recipe Challenge: 1C: Cream Ale.

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05/27/2026

Peninsula Fermentation Society Logo Gear is now available! Please see the link below to the email that went out earlier this week.

The file provided contains the information for Logo shirts and Hoodies that we are working on an initial order for. There are Work shirt, T-shirt, Pullover and Zip up hoodie options as well as color and Black and White logo's. We are keeping the colors basic for the first order however there will be...

05/27/2026

The next society meeting is this coming Tuesday, June 6th. We will be discussing how to complete a BJCP Cider Scoresheet, discussing 1D: American Wheat, and judging Ciders - BJCP Categories 1-4 using the BJCP Cider scoresheets. We will be meeting at Moment Brewing at 6:30PM.

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05/13/2026

We had a decent turnout for the May society meeting last week at Moment Brewing. We discussed Hop Water, discussed 1C: Cream Ale for our upcoming Same Recipe Challenge, and evaluated Category2: MX style International Lagers for the this month. Additionally, we were able to hand out a few awards.

We had seven phenomenal Mexican style lagers created by our society members. In 3rd place - Glenn and Sarafina with a Pale Mexican Lager, in 2nd - Phil with a Dark Mexican Lager, and in 1st - Dave with an Amber Mexican Lager.

Please join us on June 2nd at Moment Brewing for our discussion on BJCP Cider Scoresheets and our style discussion on 1D: American Wheat, and our Ferment-to-Style evaluation of Cider - BJCP Categories C1-C4.

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