Subject: Eighth year of "Queen of BeerWomen's Homebrew" competition.17 Hello Ladies,      As a former entrant into the "Queen of Beer Women's Homebrew" <BR> competition the Hangtown Association of Zymurgy Enthusiasts (HAZE),<BR> Placerville, California, would like to invite you to enter the eighth<BR> year of "Queen of Beer".     This is a BJCP and AHA sanctioned competition. See Zymurgy Winners<BR> Circle article "Queen of Beer" March/April 2005 for an interview with<BR> Annie Johnson as Queen of Beer for 2004.     The Queen of Beer Women's Homebrew Competition is open to all<BR> non-commercial, home brewed beer and meads produced by persons of female<BR> gender. Beer produced by or with the assistance of persons of the male<BR> gender is not eligible.     All 28 of the 2004 BJCP Style categories http://www.bjcp.org/stylecenter.html are open for entry. Depending on the amount of entries, some categories may be combined for Judging. Cost for entering the competition is $6.00 for each entry. All beer entries will be accepted September 17th 2005 through October 9th at the Wine Smith in Placerville. Entries will also be accepted at Northern California Homebrewers Festival (NCHF) on October 8th 2005.  Starting September 10th the QOB Registration Wizard will be available to help you enter your beers into the competition and create bottle labels based on your registration information.  Please visit the QOB web site http://www.hazeclub.org/QOB/QOB.html) for registration.     Judging will be held on Saturday, October 22th, 2005. Ribbons will be awarded for first, second and third place in each category (if point requirements are met). First place winners in each category will have her beer included in the Best of Show, Queen of Beer judging round. Judging is by invitation and any remaining judge slots will be advertised on JudgeNet in October.     Please visit the QOB web site http://www.hazeclub.org/QOB/QOB.html for detailed information not listed here. To contact the QOB coordinator (Steve Seeley) send mail to QOBOrganizer(a)HotMail.com. _________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .