Judging in Milwaukee on Feb 21-22. - Al -----Original Message----- From: Midwinter Judge Coordinator [mailto:bjoas22=gmail.com@mail171.us4.mcsv.net] On Behalf Of Midwinter Judge Coordinator Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2014 1:48 PM To: =?utf-8?Q??= Subject: 2014 Midwinter Homebrew Competition Call for Judges Good afternoon judges, Registration is open for the 2014 Midwinter Homebrew Competition in Delafield [Milwaukee], WI with judging on February 21st and 22nd. Registration can be done online at: www.MidwinterHBC.com. One note, besides the Friday and Saturday sessions, there are sessions for Tuesday and Wednesday evening. These are potential sessions to be used if needed (to keep flights smaller). If only one is needed we will pick which ever has more judges so if available for both but only want to judge a max of one of these nights sign up for both. If we do need both I'll contact everyone signed up and verify they are actually available both nights. The Midwinter competition has grown to the current limit of 800 entries using a philosophy that if a high quality competition is created brewers will want to enter[Inside info: last year we hit the 800 limit and as of the 4th day registration has been open we are 1/3 of the way to the limit again]. Achieving this high quality is done by having 2 recognized or higher BJCP judges judge each entry and maintaining an average of 6-7 beers judged by each pair of judges per session as well as having a brewers choice commercial beer ramp-up and new for this year, a mead makers choice commercial mead ramp-up plus very cool customer medals (and $1500 in gift cards) for category winners with BOS and ramp-up winners receiving barrel heads. Attracting the judges necessary is done by many interesting/educational activities to go along with the small flight sizes, organized flow of event, good food and of course the socializing with judges of various rank and areas. This year there are a lot of exciting events planned for the volunteers. Check out the Volunteer Info page on the website for details, but here is a summary: - Lunch provided with presentations both Friday and Saturday: Filling out better scoresheets on Friday and Cider Making and Sensory Analysis by the Cider Master from Orchard Cider. - A Friday night beer and mead pairing dinner complete with 4 courses, each paired with both a mead from Moonlight Meadery and a beer. This is open to the public with seats costing $55, but the first 40 volunteers that sign up will get $20 reimbursed after they work their 3rd session. - A Friday night volunteers reception (for volunteers only) featuring a Goose Island Sour Beer Barrel presentation. - A commemorative Midwinter Homebrew Competition glass - A Saturday evening awards ceremony open to the public, featuring a presentation by Gordon Strong (and he may just come to do some judging also) I hope to see everyone there. Please contact me if you have any questions. Brian Joas Midwinter HBC Judge Coordinator ============================================== Unsubscribe alboyce(a)comcast.net from this list: http://midwinterhbc.us3.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=ddb9bc9eccc74d2dfd9b4…