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From: Midwinter Competition Committee <midwinterhbc@beerbarons.org>
To: alboyce@comcast.net
Sent: Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:41:12 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: Judge Request for Midwinter Homebrew Competition
The Beer Barons of Milwaukee are looking for volunteers (judges and stewards) for the Midwinter Homebrew Competition the weekend of February 17th and 18th. We are expecting 600-700 entries, so there is plenty of need for help. Our mantra for the competition is to create a high quality competition by providing a beer geek weekend in Milwaukee to ensure we have plenty of quality judges. See below info for info about what we have planned. Please visit the competition website to register and more info about the competition: www.midwinterhbc.beerbarons.org.
Judging will be on Friday, February 17th and Saturday, February 18th. There will be 4 sessions on Friday and 3 sessions plus the BOS on Saturday.
Location: Once again the judging will be located upstairs at the Milwaukee Ale House (downtown Milwaukee location), but in a larger area.
Meals: Friday lunch and dinner as well as Saturday lunch will be provided to volunteers from the session prior to the meal.
Brewery Tour: There is a private brewery tour planned at the Milwaukee Brewing Co. for anyone who volunteers for the 3 early sessions on Friday.
Volunteer�s reception: There will be a private volunteer�s reception in the basement bar of the Milwaukee Ale House after the last judging session on Friday for volunteers only. There will be munchies and beer provided (1/4 barrel of barrel aged Baltic porter from MKE Brewing Co. and two 1/6th barrels of Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale).
Speakers: There will be presentations during the lunch breaks on both Friday and Saturday. Details being finalized but it as of now we are planning to have Curt Stock discuss judging meads with one or two sample meads to practice judging during the Friday lunch break. The Saturday lunch break will consist be a panel of brewmasters from local Milwaukee microbreweries. It�s looking very likely we will have someone from a cooperage to talk about wood and wood barrels used for brewing during the volunteer�s reception Friday evening.
Awards Ceremony: There will be an awards ceremony open to the public in the main bar of the Milwaukee Ale House at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Score sheets and medals will be available there once all winners are announced.
Hotels: A discounted block of rooms will be reserved for volunteers (cost under $75 per night).
Shuttle buses: There will be shuttle busses for transportation between hotel and judging location and for all events not at Milwuakee Ale House. Still being worked on is a shuttle for a bar tour Saturday night after the awards ceremony.
Glasses: We will also be providing each volunteer a commemorative Guiness pub glass with the Midwinter Homebrew Competition logo and glass sponsors logo.
The Midwinter Beer Festival is Sunday, February 19th. A limited number of discounted tickets (non-transferable) are available for the volunteers. Please contact us to reserve tickets at: midwinterhbc@beerbarons.org.
Please pass this on to anyone else who may be interested. Any questions that aren�t answered in this email or on our website (www.midwinterhbc.beerbarons.org) can be sent to: midwinterhbc@beerbarons.org.
Midwinter Homebrew Competition Committee
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