THE MINNESOTA STATE FAIR HOMEBREW COMPETITION! If your email was in the CC: section - please pass this along to your homebrew friends!! STATE FAIR REGISTRATION ENDS AUG 12! The registration deadline for the MINNESOTA STATE FAIR HOMEBREW COMPETITION is coming up on Friday, August 12, 2005. This is a fun, local competition for MINNESOTA home brewers only, and tends to be a lot smaller than the Mash-Out, so your chances of winning are that much better. There are 15 medal categories, so 45 medals will be awarded, plus a "Best of Show" medal. You may enter in any BJCP Beer, Mead or Cider category, and you may enter one beer per BJCP sub-category. To enter your beers: http://www.mnbrewers.com/events/mnfair/ VOLUNTEER AT THE CONTEST! The competition is also looking for volunteers to help judge or steward at the judging on Saturday, August 20, 2005. EVERYONE is welcome - they will pair novice judges with more experienced judges. If you're thinking that you'd like to find out what beer judging is all about, or if you're thinking of taking the Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP) exam prep class this fall, come out and judge! You will get retro-credit for your judging once you take the BJCP test. If you're too shy to judge, you can "Steward", which involves helping the judges. To sign up to help judge or steward: http://www.mnbrewers.com/events/mnfair/ BEST-OF-SHOW and AWARDS CEREMONY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! The Awards Ceremony and Best-of-Show judging will occur on Saturday, August 27, 2005 at 11am at the Creative Activities Building Annex, outside the Creative Activities Building while the fair is going on. Come on by to see who won, or better yet, volunteer to help the conteset and the beer clubs promote homebrewing! To sign up to help at the Awards Ceremony: http://www.mnbrewers.com/events/mnfair/ = Al ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Electronic Privacy Notice. This e-mail, and any attachments, contains information that is, or may be, covered by electronic communications privacy laws, and is also confidential and proprietary in nature. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you are legally prohibited from retaining, using, copying, distributing, or otherwise disclosing this information in any manner. Instead, please reply to the sender that you have received this communication in error, and then immediately delete it. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. ==============================================================================