New subject: 17th Annual Domras Cup Mead Competition - Savannah, GA - Feb 7 - a call for Judges & Entries

15 Jan 2015

Want to judge meads in Savannah, GA?
- Al
From: Stovall, Chris [mailto:stovall.c@thomasandhutton.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2015 9:43 AM
To: Stovall, Chris
Subject: 17th Annual Domras Cup Mead Competition - Savannah, GA - Feb 7 - a
call for Judges & Entries
Hello Southeastern Judges & Mead Judges-
Second call (appears the first is still lost in cyberspace) for Judges &
Entries for the 17th Annual Domras Cup Mead Competition
When:                  . Competition Date: Saturday, February 7, 2015. 9:00
a.m. Judges/Stewards on site by 8:30 a.m.
. Entry window: January 1, 2015 to January 27, 2015.
Where:                Captain Butler's Retreat,  115 Penrose Dr, Savannah,
GA 31410 on Whitemarsh Island (fantastic venue on the marsh)
                                Post-party and Oyster Roast/Low Country Boil
begins ~ 2:30 p.m. (immediately after BOS meads are judged), ending time is
up to you
Why join us?
We can use certified judges and mead aficionados for judging and stewarding.
We have a number of local BJCP-certified mead judges, but always need help.
For those wanting to learn more about mead judging, this is a great
competition to attend.  We'll try to pair you up with one of our experienced
mead judges.  Each volunteer will get an etched Domras wine tasting glass
and look for some of our new SBL "crimp-less" bottle openers to be available
as well. Drawings for a door prize or two will be in order. Bagels, etc.
will be available before we start and snacks in between. Immediately
following judging, we hold our epic post-party and oyster roast that is an
event not to be missed, so if interested in helping to judge or steward,
please sign up on the registration page and/or email me and come join us. We
generally try to finish in one round though a few folks may have to do two
small rounds (we strive for no more than 10-12 total meads per judge). BOS
will coincide with the beginning of the after-party with results announced
shortly thereafter.
Michael Fairbrother, of Moonlight Meadery, will be joining us once again to
showcase some meads as well as provide some expert evaluations,
Why enter?
You still have two weeks to enter.  The cost is just $7 first entry and $6
each additional entry. Any size bottle is acceptable (meads will be served
"blind" by our experienced stewards to allow for non-standard bottle
shipments). We know your mead is a precious thing. You can send any number
of bottles you want, but we do recommend a minimum of one 750ml, two of
anything smaller, and two if carbonated to ensure a fresh bottle for the BOS
round. Three are recommended for the "Other Fruit Mead" category due to a
likely MiniBOS round.  Ship early and we will get conditioned quickly so
they are ready for competition day.  Ribbons and lots of great mead-centric
prizes from the Savannah Bee Company (can you say 100 lbs of regional
honey!), commercial meadery products, and Savannah Homebrew Shop will be
provided to winners.
At this point we don't have plans for remote drop-off locations where our
club members would pick up.  If entries are registered and paid for and at
proper condition, however, we can accept the entries the morning of the
competition (or better yet on Friday) if someone is planning to come judge
from an outside area. We'll leave that up to each club to arrange. Just let
us know in advance about any special arrangements needed.
For more information please visit the SBL website at
http://www.savannahbrewers.com/domrascup.php . The direct link to Domras Cup
on-line registration page is http://domras.homebrewcomp.com
For lodging, there are no hotels on Whitemarsh Island, which is 6-9 minutes
east of downtown Savannah.  A cheaper option is the Baymont Inn 2 miles west
of downtown.  The area is industrial but the hotel is nice and clean, and
$85. Here is some info from Trip Advisor:
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g60814-d563256-Reviews-Baymont_Inn_S
uites_Savannah_West-Savannah_Georgia.html .  There are nicer (and pricier)
hotels downtown in the $150-200 range with easier access to downtown
activities.  More hotels on Trip Advisor:
http://www.tripadvisor.com/HACSearch?geo=60814
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tDay=3&outMonth=02%2F2013&searchAll=false#02,1356966317053,map:-1,rad:S10mi,
sponsors:ABEST_WESTERN,mc:S32.0934254135425|-81.12779751281736,mz:-13>
&inDay=1&inMonth=02%2F2013&outDay=3&outMonth=02%2F2013&searchAll=false#02,13
56966317053,map:-1,rad:S10mi,sponsors:ABEST_WESTERN,mc:S32.0934254135425|-81
.12779751281736,mz:-13
We are only the second longest-running, not nearly the biggest or most
prestigious, but we make a claim to be the funnest mead-only competition in
the world!  Come join us!
Cheers,
Chris Stovall
stovallchris(a)yahoo.com

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