2015 Brewnosers homebrew comp?

anewton · Post by **anewton** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 10:21 pm

RossBee wrote:
anewton wrote:
Only worry about special ingredients that the judges should be aware of, like what fruit is in your fruit beer. Full recipe is more important later if you win and someone is making a commercial copy as your prize.
Too funny, someone has a sense of humor, love it (most of our wines are fruit wines - all 22 of them).

So, submit recipe with the bottles or only "after I win"?

I think you missed something.

In others news, I'd prefer to keep this thread for organization issues. There is another in the competition section for other questions.http://brewnosers.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=8010

CartoonCod · Post by **CartoonCod** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 11:10 pm

For what it's worth, at all the competitions I've judged at the recipes haven't been included. We judge them blind.

GuingesRock · Post by **GuingesRock** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 6:12 am

Awesome poster!!! I'd like one for my beer room wall.

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anewton · Post by **anewton** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 12:25 pm

Jon, can you send the poster to the other clubs?

Sponsorship letters are going out now. If you have any suggestions post them here and I'll add them to my list. And yes, I emailed Dave.

anewton · Post by **anewton** » Mon Mar 16, 2015 9:06 pm

What are some of the best/coolest prizes you've seen at other competitions? I've been looking around, but I'd like to hear what you've seen as well.

Post by **Jimmy** » Mon Mar 16, 2015 9:11 pm

Pretty sure OBK did a conical fermenter for one of the comps

gm- · Post by **gm-** » Mon Mar 16, 2015 9:29 pm

anewton wrote:Jon, can you send the poster to the other clubs?

Sponsorship letters are going out now. If you have any suggestions post them here and I'll add them to my list. And yes, I emailed Dave.

Yup, it is on my to-do list for tomorrow.

Post by **RubberToe** » Mon Mar 16, 2015 9:40 pm

Typical prizes for medalists include things such as: t-shirts, small bags of hops, dry yeast packets, wyeast voucher to bring to retailer, bottle openers, small kegging or brewing accessories

I've received all of those things. I've seen fermenters, small bags of specialty malts, and a bunch of other stuff you can immagine. Gift cards too, and those are cheap to ship.

Halifax_Jeff · Post by **Halifax_Jeff** » Mon Mar 16, 2015 10:41 pm

My brother mocked up a couple competition logos. What do you think?

Post by **Jimmy** » Mon Mar 16, 2015 10:44 pm

I saw one of those on twitter the other day - they look awesome!

Post by **Jimmy** » Mon Mar 16, 2015 10:48 pm

Definitely think that should be implemented as the competition logo

mcgster · Post by **mcgster** » Mon Mar 16, 2015 10:50 pm

Those look awesome!

CorneliusAlphonse · Post by **CorneliusAlphonse** » Mon Mar 16, 2015 10:57 pm

Yep I quite like those

GuingesRock · Post by **GuingesRock** » Tue Mar 17, 2015 5:53 am

I like the last one best. They look exciting (which is good).

ALES are sending 1L growlers to every medal winner this year: http://www.alesclub.com/2015/2015-ales-open-update/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I have mostly got T-shirts, gift certificates, glassware. One certificate was a Beersmith passcode, which I thought was nice. I PMd it to a new member on here and they got a free BeerSmith (I already had one). You nearly always get a Whitelabs 50% off a vial of yeast gift certificate, and often get Whitelabs yeast posters.

GuingesRock · Post by **GuingesRock** » Thu Mar 19, 2015 10:56 am

I just got a nice email from Dave at the Ales Comp. I thought I would pass it along as it has some relevance to our competition.

Not a pest at all. My responses may not always be immediate as we have 5 month old twins and schedules are a thing of the past.

Most definitely you can enter just the one bottle. It just means if it wins gold it won't go to BOS. You aren't the first to ask.

Good luck with your competition. They are a lot of work. But rewarding. Last year we took over from those who'd been involved for some time and it was an eye opener. Much more prepared for what it takes this year.

I saw on Twitter a while back that you guys had held a BJCP course so I assume that was to be able to facilitate your competition. At the time I invited your judges/club to come out and judge (only half jokingly). Know we always welcome help and observers to share ideas and find new ways to do what we've always been doing. We've found it to be a good way to build relationships with other clubs and with craft breweries (with us it spans 3 provinces).

Anyway. Thanks again for your questions. Talk soon.

mcgster · Post by **mcgster** » Thu Mar 19, 2015 11:00 am

So we can send just 1 bottle not 2 as the rules say... that would certainly save some money on shipping.

GuingesRock · Post by **GuingesRock** » Thu Mar 19, 2015 11:19 am

you forfeit BOS round though.

Jayme · Post by **Jayme** » Thu Mar 19, 2015 2:19 pm

You also run the risk of having a bad bottle. While judging, I have already requested a second bottle of something to find the first had an isolated cleaning issue and could continue judging the beer.

gm- · Post by **gm-** » Thu Mar 19, 2015 2:27 pm

I have sent out notices to:

Canadian Homebrewers Forum
ALES
Cowtown Yeast Wrangles
BrewVic
MontreAlers
Members of Barleyment
Vanbrewers

Any more suggestions?

anewton · Post by **anewton** » Thu Mar 19, 2015 3:01 pm

gm- wrote:I have sent out notices to:

Canadian Homebrewers Forum
ALES
Cowtown Yeast Wrangles
BrewVic
MontreAlers

Any more suggestions?

Thanks Jon.

Entries are coming in daily, and we're officially the largest homebrew competition in Atlantic Canada with 119 entries.

Sponsorship request letters are still going out. The responses so far have been positive which should make for a great assortment of prizes for each category.

OldMalt · Post by **OldMalt** » Thu Mar 19, 2015 3:59 pm

I've be slow to help here, what tasks still need doing or would you like to unload (pre competition)

Post by **chalmers** » Thu Mar 19, 2015 4:21 pm

GuingesRock wrote:you forfeit BOS round though.

And the backup in case of damage in shipping.

But yes, if we receive only one bottle, we'll probably contact you to be sure you meant to do that, but will not disqualify you.

mcgster · Post by **mcgster** » Thu Mar 19, 2015 4:28 pm

That is awesome though. I may send two of some beer but some beer that i don't think would be a competitor for the BOS but i would love feedback on, i may only send one. They can still win in the category just not in the BOS correct?

Post by **chalmers** » Thu Mar 19, 2015 4:38 pm

mcgster wrote:That is awesome though. I may send two of some beer but some beer that i don't think would be a competitor for the BOS but i would love feedback on, i may only send one. They can still win in the category just not in the BOS correct?

You've got it!

mcgster · Post by **mcgster** » Thu Mar 19, 2015 5:15 pm

Awesome Chris,

That would save me a significant amount of money i think. Money i can use to brew more beer

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