Competition Corner
Mark Tumarkin (El Jefe Major)
It would be great to see Hogtown Brewers entering in more competitions. Hopefully, these calendars will help get you interested and give you the information necessary to schedule your brewing so that your beers will be in their best condition at the right time for your selected competitions. If you are planning to enter a competition, please let us know . Then if several people are entering the same competition, we can package and ship together to lower the cost.
Starting out is a link to the BJCP for the style guidelines, entry forms, etc. Following that are some links to Competition Calendars on the Web. Check these out to find information on upcoming Homebrew Competitions. There is also info on the AHA Club-Only Competition schedule and our own Hogtown Brewers monthly competitions (which are timed to allow our winning brewers to ship their brews to the corresponding AHA Club-Only competitions). Check out the website for the MCAB (Masters Championship of Amateur Brewing, probably the most prestigious of all homebrew competitions, despite the fact that it is a very new program. Then I have given contact info for some selected competitions; mostly regional or some larger national competitions, that have caught my eye.
This is just a start on this Competition page -- unfortunately, the HBD server is still down so the links to the HBD competition calendar and the MCAB arenıt functioning at the moment. But check them later on. Also, please let us know if you find any good contests or web sites that should be listed here.
Porter! Club-Only Competition ----------------------------- Hosted by Capitol Brewers Judging: 10/9/99 (Entries due October 4) Ship to: Homebrew Heaven, 1292 12th St. SE Salem, OR 97302 Winter Warmer Club-Only Competition ----------------------------------- Hosted by Niagara Association of Homebrewers, Niagara Falls, NY AHA Category 10. English- and Scottich-Style Strong Ale (Early December) Hogtown Brewers Beer of the Month 1999 Competitions --------------------------------------------------- April - Pale Ale May - Open June - German Wheat July - Fruit Beer August - Brown Ale September - Porter October Vienna, Marzen, Octoberfest November - Winter Warmers December - Stout Masters Championship of Amateur Brewing --------------------------------------- MCAB homepage http://hbd.org/mcab/
Dixie Cup Houston, TX 10/23/99
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Deadline 10/15/99
Contact Wayne A. Smith 713-723-6586 was@rice.edu
Meadilenium III Winter Park, FL 1/29/00
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Deadline 1/25/99
Contact Ron Bach 407-696-2738 bachian@juno.com
Florida State Fair Homebrew Tampa FL 2/19/00
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Deadline 2/12/99 $5 entry
Contact Jeff Gladish 813-238-0403 813-874-0937
http://tampabaybeers.org JeffNGladish@ij.net
Sunshine Challenge Orlando, FL 5/19-21/00
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Deadline 4/24-5/8; $6 entry
Contact Ron Bach 407-696-2738 bachian@juno.com
http://www.cfhb.org
16th Annual Dixie Cup in Huston, Tx Oct 20-23, 1999
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Deadline Oct 9 Fee $6
Late Deadline Oct 15 Fee $10
Contact David Cato dcato@neosoft.com
http://www.foamrangers.com