_____ From: sphbc(a)googlegroups.com [mailto:sphbc@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Adam Stern Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 1:32 AM To: sphbc(a)googlegroups.com; mba(a)thebarn.com Cc: ckirkman(a)theonion.com Subject: [sphbc] 2007 Onion Homebrew Competition Celebrate Minnesota's Heritage: Brew Beer! Do you follow in the footsteps of Minnesota's first bootleggers at Fort Snelling? If so, bring us your home brew to compete in The 2007 Onion Home Brew Competition. The winning Best of Show brewer will receive three cool prizes: An autographed copy of The Land of Amber Waters: The History of Brewing in Minnesota by Doug Hoverson. This book chronicles the rich brewing traditions of Minnesota from 1849 to today and includes over 300 native breweries. 10 cases of beer from Minnesota breweries, including: Summit Brewing Gluek's Brewing August Schell Brewery Grainbelt Premium Brau Brother's Brewery Town Hall Brewery Great Waters Brewing Co. The Herkimer Flat Earth Brewery A $50 gift certificate from Northern Brewer. This is a BJCP certified competition, using the 2004 BJCP Style Guidelines (available at <http://www.bjcp.org/index.php> BJCP http://www.bjcp.org/index.php) Judging and awards ceremony will occur Tuesday, December 18, 2007, from 6 pm until midnight, at the Town Hall Brewery in Minneapolis (1430 Washington Ave. S). BEER ONLY, NO MEAD OR CIDER!!! All 23 BJCP categories of Beer will be accepted, however no mead or cider will be accepted or judged. Entries accepted between December 1 and December 13, 2007; NO LATE ENTRIES! Volunteers for judging and stewarding will be accepted between December 1 and December 13, 2007. Online registration for entries and volunteers can be found at the link at http://www.mnbrewers.com/, beginning Dec. 1, 2007. Beers should be dropped off or shipped to: 2007 Onion Homebrew Competition <http://www.theonion.com/content/contact_us> The Onion 212 3rd Ave. North, #445 Minneapolis, MN 55401 $2 fee per entry. ONE (1) entry per subcategory per brewer. TWO (2) 10-14 oz. bottles are required for each entry. No swing tops allowed. Printed crown caps must be blacked-out with a permanent marker to assure anonymity of all entries. Plastic bottles are OK. Bottles must be free of labels or other identifying marks including formed-in-glass brands or logos. One (1) entry form must be filled out and submitted WITH EACH entry. A Bottle ID Form must be attached to each bottle with a rubber band. No tape, please! Bottle ID forms will be generated at registration. Anyone of legal age may enter. Beers must be entered under the names of all brewers who helped. Beers brewed in commercial facilities are ineligible. The competition committee reserves the right to combine or split categories based on number of entries. All possible effort will be made to combine similar styles. All brews in combined categories will be judged according to the style they were originally entered in. All entries become the property of The Onion. No entries will be returned for any reason. Questions or comments? Contact competition coordinator Adam Stern at (651) 298-0600 or adam_stern(a)hotmail.com. _____ You keep typing, we keep giving. Download Messenger and join the i'm Initiative now. Join <http://im.live.com/messenger/im/home/?source=CRM_WL_joinnow> in! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SPHBC" group. To post to this group, send email to sphbc(a)googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sphbc-unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sphbc?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---