25 Aug
2003
25 Aug
'03
11:14 a.m.
May want to check with the River City Roundup people. I think they have
a label contest. See if they have any insight guidelines.
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Piatz [mailto:piatz@cray.com]
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 9:54 AM
To: mba(a)thebarn.com
Subject: Re: State Fair Beer Contest & MHBA in Star Trib!
A good job by the organizers.
An interesting addition to a competition like this might be a label
competition. Since in the BJCP portion of beer judging we want
anonymous bottles the labels could be submitted as a separate thing
(like the Brew Your Own label competition). We could even do larger
than bottle sized so the labels are visible in the display case. We
would have to come up with a few guidelines on how to judge labels, even
more subjective than beer judging.
mark(a)glewwe-castle.com writes:
Congratulations to all! I am hoping it will become an annual event.
Need to work on the display of the beers inside the building. Kind of
dull. Take a look at the display for wines in the
Ag-Hort building.
Awards, Labels, names, etc. improve the attention grabing aspect.
Maybe pour some of the beer into a clear glass for viewing (them brown
long-neck bottles are kind of dull). Also, if it is
MN only - maybe
alter the rules slightly to add points for esthetics - labels,
bottles, etc. - maybe some of the characteristic of the Christmas
"competitition".
Cheers,
Mark
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Steve Piatz piatz(a)cray.com
Cray Inc. 651-605-9049
1340 Mendota Heights Road
Mendota Heights, MN 55120
The Minnesota Home Brewer's
Association's participation in the
Minnesota > State Fair Homebrew
competition got front page write up
(with photos!) in > this Sunday's Metro/State section! It's also
online at: > > http://www.startribune.com/stories/611/4058573.html
The Fair has asked us if we want to make it an annual event!