IN 2 DAYS, STATE FAIR ONLINE REGISTRATION STARTS JULY 18! Entries accepted at drop-off sites, Aug. 2 - 10, 2007 The registration/drop-off deadline for the MINNESOTA STATE FAIR HOMEBREW COMPETITION is Friday, August 10, 2007. This is a fun, local competition for MINNESOTA home brewers only. There are 20 medal categories this year, so 60 medals will be awarded, plus an awesome "Best of Show" large rosette. NEW this year!: $100- 1st place, $75- 2nd place, $50- 3rd place BOS gift certificates (Sponsored by Midwest Homebrewing. Thanks, Midwest!) You may enter in any BJCP Beer, Mead or Cider category and you may enter one beer per BJCP sub-category. VOLUNTEER FOR THE CONTEST! The competition IS growing! The competition is also looking for volunteers to help judge or steward at the judging on Friday, August 17, 2007 AND Saturday, August 18, 2007. EVERYONE is welcome - we 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 and steward! 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 volunteer, judge, steward: Minnesota State Fair Homebrew Competition website http://www.mnbrewers.com/events/mnfair/ BEST-OF-SHOW and AWARDS CEREMONY VOLUNTEERS WILL BE NEEDED! The Awards Ceremony and Best-of-Show judging will occur on Saturday, August 25, 2007 at the Creative Activities Building Annex, outside the Creative Activities Building while the State Fair. Come on by to see who won, or better yet, volunteer to help the contest and the beer clubs promote homebrewing! and... PEDALPUB is going to be in the Minnesota State Fair Parade on Saturday, August 25, 2007. Come out and support Minnesota homebrewing. *NEW* KSTP-TV, 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS will be filming the first round judging and the awards ceremony. They are also interested in interviewing some brewers. (More on this a little later..) Please pass this along to our homebrew friends!! I've tried to pass this to other MN clubs if anyone belongs to another list(s) and doesn't see this post, please cross-post. Here are the clubs: Boreal Brewers, Blue Ox Brewers Society, Buffalo Ridge Brewers, Brewers In Chaos, Cloudy Town Brewers, Cross River Alliance of Zymurgists, Grin and Brew It, Headwaters Homebrew Club, Jack Of All Brews, Men of our Wort, Minnesota Mashers, Minnesota Timberworts, Mobius Microbrewers, Northern Ale Stars, Northern Lagers, Northern Lights 'N Stouts, Rosemount Homebrewers Guild, Rum River Wort Hogs, South Metro Wort Mongers, St Paul Homebrewers Club, Three Rivers United Brewers, Up North Brewing Club and Yeasty Boy Homebrew Club. To sign up to help volunteer, judge, steward: Minnesota State Fair Homebrew Competition website http://www.mnbrewers.com/events/mnfair/ If you have ANY questions or comments, please email me. I'd be more than happy to help. Regards, Sean P. Hewitt 2007 Minnesota State Fair Homebrew Competition Organizer