AHA National Homebrew Competition

Jonathan- Do we have a drop-off date for entries going to the national homebrew competition yet? I see that April 9-18 is the deadline. - Al ---------------------------------------------------------------- From: Gary Glass [mailto:gary@aob.org] Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 3:53 PM Subject: AHA National Homebrew Competition It's Good To Be Royalty! Will you be crowned Homebrewer of the Year this year? Not if you don't enter the AHA's 25th Annual National Homebrew Competition this April. Show us what you've got against more than 3000 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 AHA National Homebrew Competition. Just think how great it will feel when you and your fellow club members are standing at the podium to accept the Homebrew Club of the Year trophy this year. The competition has been fierce the last few years. Now is your chance to show the rest of the homebrewing world just what your club is made of! April 9-18 is the entry deadline for the First Round of the AHA National Homebrew Competition, so get ready to send in those entries! AHA members receive a $4 discount off the fees for each entry. Last year we had 3,074 entries, once again making the AHA's 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 AHA 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 from AHA members 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 Association of Brewers 888-U-CAN-BREW (303) 447-0816 x 121 mailto:gary@aob.org www.beertown.org