ALES Open 2015 - Deadline April 2nd

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Re: ALES Open 2015 - Deadline April 2nd

Post by RubberToe » Sat Mar 28, 2015 1:39 pm

GuingesRock wrote:I pulled my entries out of the fridge for packing. I ended up with 14. I suspect a few people may be sending double that. One of the working man has jasmine and the other doesn't (I made a new split batch).
Mark, you remove those labels for competition, right?
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Re: ALES Open 2015 - Deadline April 2nd

Post by GuingesRock » Sat Mar 28, 2015 2:21 pm

:) yes. They are printed on removable re-usable paper. It's a lot of work. I've been at it for 4 hours, bottling a few bottles of the latest two batches, removing labels, putting on comp labels and double checking, bubble wrap, packing. I haven't even gone online to print the shipping labels yet. It's no fun sending that many. :(
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Re: ALES Open 2015 - Deadline April 2nd

Post by mcgster » Sat Mar 28, 2015 2:35 pm

Who do you ship through? Do you just do everything online and drop the package off.

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Post by GuingesRock » Sat Mar 28, 2015 3:03 pm

I just did that. I have a FedEx account and get quite a discount. Enter online, print labels and schedule a pick up from my office. I just found out one good thing. It isn't any more expensive to ship 2 boxes than 1, it just goes by weight. You enter number of boxes and it prints two labels marked #1 of 2, and #2 of 2. One label for each box. Makes sense because there is one pickup and one delivery for the two boxes.
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Re: ALES Open 2015 - Deadline April 2nd

Post by GuingesRock » Sat Mar 28, 2015 3:05 pm

All you need to set up a fedex account is a credit card number. They bill your card a couple of weeks after you ship.
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Post by mcgster » Sat Mar 28, 2015 3:11 pm

I'll look into that tonight. I used to get an awesome discount working since the company i worked for was affiliated with one of the shipping companies.. sadly thats gone now lol

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Re: ALES Open 2015 - Deadline April 2nd

Post by amartin » Sun Mar 29, 2015 11:51 am

I'll have to get an account for the next comp, but it's not in the budget for this one, not after paying for the NCM order, the Spalt I bought, and the upcoming NZ hop group buy. On the plus side, making new hoppy beers!

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Re: ALES Open 2015 - Deadline April 2nd

Post by GuingesRock » Sun Mar 29, 2015 12:28 pm

Looks like it's just you and I again Mark. Best of British. This is a tough one. :cheers2:
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Re: ALES Open 2015 - Deadline April 2nd

Post by mcgster » Sun Mar 29, 2015 1:09 pm

I hope my new brews get some good feedback!

I tried signing up for a fedex account but it appears to be done right now i'll give it a few hours and take a crack tonight.

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Re: ALES Open 2015 - Deadline April 2nd

Post by mcgster » Mon Mar 30, 2015 3:49 pm

That was painful, shipped it out this morning via Canada Post and even though i didn't send all my entries it was 80$... thank goodness the next comp is the BN comp!

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Re: ALES Open 2015 - Deadline April 2nd

Post by GuingesRock » Mon Mar 30, 2015 4:13 pm

Been twittering. Jared just drove the Winnipeg entries down there. He's been getting sloshed at the Bushwakker today. :)
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Re: ALES Open 2015 - Deadline April 2nd

Post by GuingesRock » Fri Apr 03, 2015 5:49 am

676 entries: https://www.facebook.com/TheBushwakker/ ... 2900726736" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: ALES Open 2015 - Deadline April 2nd

Post by Martin » Sun Apr 12, 2015 5:32 pm

Winners have been posted

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Congrats to Mark McGraw & Mark Pennell on your medals!

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Post by LeafMan66_67 » Sun Apr 12, 2015 5:42 pm

Great showing by both Marks and David Martin. Congrats guys.
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Re: ALES Open 2015 - Deadline April 2nd

Post by RubberToe » Sun Apr 12, 2015 5:59 pm

Wicked. Nice showing, congrats all.

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Re: ALES Open 2015 - Deadline April 2nd

Post by amartin » Sun Apr 12, 2015 7:01 pm

Yeah Dave and Mark McGraw! Also, GRock if you're still around!

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Re: ALES Open 2015 - Deadline April 2nd

Post by mcgster » Sun Apr 12, 2015 9:15 pm

Thanks guys, it was nice to medal with a couple new beer. I look forward to seeing the feedback on my ones that didn't medal, it was a tough competition. Congrats Mark and Dave!

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Re: ALES Open 2015 - Deadline April 2nd

Post by chalmers » Sun Apr 12, 2015 9:24 pm

Congratulations on the medals, Mark, Mark and Dave.

Dave, glad to see you medal for the Robust Porter, almost a repeat Gold!

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Re: ALES Open 2015 - Deadline April 2nd

Post by mr x » Sun Apr 12, 2015 9:32 pm

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Re: ALES Open 2015 - Deadline April 2nd

Post by Keith » Mon Apr 13, 2015 8:07 am

Congrats!
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Re: ALES Open 2015 - Deadline April 2nd

Post by akr71 » Mon Apr 13, 2015 9:21 am

Congrats guys!
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