28 Mar
2003
28 Mar
'03
2:56 p.m.
It's Good To Be Royalty!
Will you be crowned Homebrewer of the Year this year?
Not if you don't enter the American Homebrewers Association (AHA)
25th Annual 2003 National Homebrew Competition this April.
First Round ENTRY DEADLINE: April 9-18, 2003
> AL'S COMMENTS:
> Jonathan Crist is collecting entries from our club to be sent
> to the first round AHA Nationals. You only need to enter ONE
> BOTTLE, (except for cider - you need 3), if you advance in
> the beer or mead categories you'll have to come up with 3
> more bottles before the National Conference.
>
> Jonathan says he can do it for $1 per bottle shipping!!
> Jonathan is collecting the entries twice:
> April 1-2, 7-10pm at Harwell's in Shakopee
> April 3, 6-10pm at next week's BJCP class at Rick Oftel's house.
>
> Entry Fees are $12 per entry for NON-AHA members, or $8 per
> entry for AHA members, payable to the "AHA".
> Entry: http://www.beertown.org/events/nhc/pdf/nhc03_entry.pdf
> Rules: http://www.beertown.org/events/nhc/pdf/03rules_regs.pdf
> Styles: http://www.beertown.org/events/nhc/pdf/NHC_STYLE_GUIDE.pdf
>
> It's NEVER been this easy to enter, and remember, if you
> don't enter, you CAN'T WIN!
*As an AHA member, you'll receive a $4 discount on your entry fee.
So get ready to send in those entries!
Show us what you've got against more than 3,000 of
the best homebrews from around the globe!
Are you in a homebrew club?
Club members earn points towards the
Homebrew Club of the Year with every ribbon and medal
they take in the National Homebrew Competition.
Will you and your fellow club members be standing at
the podium to accept the Homebrew Club of the Year trophy
this year?
Last year we had 3,074 entries, once again making the
NHC by far the world's largest and most prestigious homebrew competition!
We expect even more entries this year. Due to the growing
number of entries, we've added a new "East" region based in
Cleveland, OH, bringing the total number of regional
competitions to nine.
Judging will be held April 25-27, May 2-4.
See http://www.beertown.org/events/nhc/index.html for details,
entry forms,site map, etc.
We Need Judges and Stewards! If you are interested in judging, contact the
judge coordinators listed at
http://www.beertown.org/events/nhc/judging.html.
This competition is AHA Sanctioned and BJCP registered, so
all judges and stewards earn BJCP points for participating.
For entries advancing to the Second Round of the competition,
judging and awards ceremony will take place at the
AHA National Homebrewers Conference in Chicago, June 19-21, 2003.
For details on the conference, see
http://www.beertown.org/events/hbc/index.html.
The NHC's Ninkasi Award winner (for the winningest brewer in the Second
Round
of the competition)
will be taking home a stainless steel conical fermenter,
compliments of Beer, Beer, & More Beer.
Also don't forget to vote in the AHA Board of Advisors election! Ballots
will be accepted through Tuesday, April 1. We have an excellent line up of
candidates this year. By voting you can earn
an additional entry into the AHA's Lallemand Scholarship drawing,
see below for more on the contest.
Go to http://www.beertown.org/homebrewing/election.html to vote online, or
send in the ballot found on page 13 of the
March/April 2003 Zymurgy.
Once again, Lallemand, makers of Danstar yeast, is offering
one lucky AHA member a full-paid scholarship to attend the
Siebel Institute of Technology's Concise Course in Brewing
Technology.
See http://www.beertown.org/homebrewing/scholarship.html for
contest details.
Cheers & Good Luck in the Competition!
Gary Glass, Project Coordinator
American Homebrewers Association
888-U-CAN-BREW
(303) 447-0816 x 121
gary(a)aob.org
www.beertown.org