New subject: State Fair Beer Contest & MHBA in Star Trib!

25 Aug 2003

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
  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!

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