Hark fellow homebrewers!

Registration for Byggvir's Big Beer Cup, (The Minnesota Renaissance Festival homebrew competition,) is still open!  The registration deadline is coming quick:  September 12th at www.rennfestbeercup.com.   In the past we have had around 150 entries, but for the fifth annual competition our goal is 200, so help us out!

This is a limited category competition, so check the accepted categories on the website.  We are looking for styles from the British Isles, Belgium, Germany, etc.  We also love meads and ciders!  We have some great prizes for entrants and volunteers: Best Of Show and runners-up will get special Renaissance Festival goblets as well as gift certificates to local homebrew stores.  There is a special category and prize for Historic beers: so put one of them in this year!  If you have questions about whether an entry will fit, shoot me an e-mail from the website.

Drop off sites are at Northern Brewer (St. Paul, MN,) Midwest Homebrew Supplies (St. Louis Park, MN,) and StillH20 (Stillwater, MN.)  This competition requires 2 brown unlabeled 12 ounce bottles.  Print out labels with your entries online and affix with a rubber band to each bottle.  Payment online via PayPal is recommended. 

We also need help with judging and stewarding!  If you can help out, please fill out the volunteer section on the website.  We will be judging Saturday Sept 24 and Sunday Sept 25 at the MN Renaissance Festival grounds.  Volunteering ahead of time will get you free entry to the Festival and a sweet shirt.  You may come in costume if you have one, otherwise you need to wear your (Free!) shirt during judging.  There will be some Harriet Brewing beers on tap as well as some homebrews, but lunch is not provided (get yourself a turkey leg!)  This has always been one of my favorite competitions to volunteer at because it encourages new judges and stewards to get involved, and to learn from more experienced judges.

This year Jack Of All Brews and the Minnesota Homebrewers Association are bringing the fun, and want to see you there. Get registered and we'll see you at the Festival!  Friend us on Facebook too for more pictures and updates.  

Eric Wentling

Organizer

President Jack Of All Brews