From FOAM Cup, in Oklahoma -
FOAM Cup is the fifth competition of seven in the High Plains Brewer of the
Year contest. You win points in each of the competitions towards that end.
Our contest, the Upper Mississippi Mash-Out is the first one. I'd highly
encourage everyone to enter!
- Al
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FOAM Cup Reminder, Prizes Update, High Plains Brewer of the Year
The entry window for FOAM Cup 2006 is fast approaching. FOAM Cup is an
AHA/BJCP Sanctioned Competition. We are currently accepting entries
September 1-15, 2006, and we will judge September 22 and 23. Our on-line
registration system is up and running now and it is easier to use than ever
this year. Visit the FOAM web site at <http://www.alemakers.com/>
www.alemakers.com , and click on the FOAM Cup link. Get the rules and all
of the information there too. FOAM is very happy to have the High Gravity
Homebrew and Winemaking shop in Tulsa as primary sponsor and shipping
destination for FOAM Cup 2006. Check them out at
<http://www.highgravitybrew.com/>
www.highgravitybrew.com .
Our list of sponsors and prizes has continued to grow. We will award custom
cast FOAM Cup medallions for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in every category.
High Gravity is donating a Shirron plate chiller for the BOS beer brewer and
12 pounds of quality honey for the BOS mead maker. We also have lined up
several other excellent sponsors, all of them donating great prizes. See
the current sponsors list on the FOAM web site. We will award special
prizes for the Best Extract Beer, Best All-grain Beer, and Best Beer from a
New Brewer. The homebrew club scoring the most points will be FOAM Cup
Champion.
FOAM Cup is one of seven regional competitions that make up the High Plains
Brewer of the Year circuit. FOAM Cup points will count toward the 2006 High
Plains Brewer of the Year. You can learn more about the High Plains
competition at <http://www.kcbiermeisters.org/NewHighplains.htm>
www.kcbiermeistersorg/NewHighplains.htm .
Questions? Want to judge? Please send an E-mail message to Organizer Jeff
Pursley, <mailto:philosopher@alemakers.com> philosopher(a)alemakers.com .