The Skagit County Fair is bringing back its annual homebrew competition.  The Anacortes Brewery / Rockfish Grill plans to commercially brew the winning beer.

The competition is open to all BJCP Beer styles.  To keep it simple this first year, we are planning to bin the entries as follows:

1. American Pale Ales
2. India Pale Ales
3. Light Ales
4. Amber Ales
5. Dark Ales
6. Lagers – Light, Amber and Dark
7. Other Beer (Specialty, Fruit, Smoked, etc…)

Entries will be accepted until 5 August.

Judging will take place at the Balefire Pub in Everett at 10am on Saturday, August 7th.

I am not expecting more than 20 or 30 entries, so entrants should have pretty good odds to get a beer commercially brewed.

I will be collecting entries at Beerstock this weekend.  Or folks can drop them off at Homebrew Heaven or NW Brewers Supply.

Rules and flyer attached.  These may also be found at:

www.skagitfair.com

Cheers, 

Mark Tanner

206-321-6567

Skagit County Fair Homebrew Competition

7 August 2010 

What:  A homebrew competition sponsored by the Skagit County Fair.

When:  August 7, 2010 (Entries Due 19 July – 5 August 2010).  BOS winner & Brewers Choice Awards will be announced at the Skagit County Fair immediately following the Beer Judging Workshop (approx 2 pm) on Saturday, August 14.

Where:  Judging starts at 10 am on Saturday, August 7, 2010 at Balefire Pub, 1801 Hewitt Ave. Everett, WA 98201, (425) 374-7248

Eligibility:  Anyone over 21 may enter.  Beers must be entered under the name of all brewers who helped.  Beers brewed in commercial facilities are ineligible.

Entry Fee:  $5 per entry.   Make checks payable to Upper Cellar.

Entry Requirements:  Bottles must be free of labels or other identifying marks.  Two 10 to 16 oz. brown or green crown capped bottles are required for each entry.  No swing tops, please.  A bottle label form must be attached to each bottle with a rubber band.  No tape, please.  All entries become the property of the Skagit County Fair.  You can print BJCP bottle labels at: http://www.bjcp.org/docs/SCP_BottleID.pdf

Categories:  The 2008 BJCP Style Guidelines will be followed.  Only one entry per subcategory per brewer - strictly enforced!  Multiple entries in the same subcategory will be disqualified.  The competition committee reserves the right to combined (or expand) categories based on number of entries.  All possible efforts will be made to combine similar styles.  All brews in combined categories will be judged according to the style entered.  Beers will be binned in the following categories:

1. American Pale Ales
2. India Pale Ales
3. Light Ales
4. Amber Ales
5. Dark Ales
6. Lagers – Light, Amber and Dark
7. Other Beer (Specialty, Fruit, Smoked, etc…)

Deadline:  Ship or deliver your entries so as to arrive between July 19th and August 5th.  Entries will also be accepted at the Annual BEERSTOCK Event (see link below) event July 24^th in Arlington, WA (See Mark Tanner at the judging sessions).

Drop Off Locations:  Entries may be dropped off in person at any of the following until August 5th:

1) Homebrew Heaven, 9109 Evergreen Way, Everett, WA 98204, (425) 355-8865

2) Northwest Brewers Supply, 1006 6^th Street, Anacortes, WA 98221, (360) 293-0424 

3) BEERSTOCK Event, 24 July, 2 pm, Arlington, WA - http://www.wahomebrewers.org/news/296-beerstock-5060-2

** You must have a check or money order attached to one of your entries made out to Upper Cellar.  The drop-off locations will NOT accept payment for entries.

Shipping:  You may pack your entries well and ship to:

Skagit County Fair HBC, c/o Mark Tanner, 1324 Bonnie View Acres Rd, Oak Harbor, WA  98277

Awards:  Awards will be given for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in each qualifying category and for 1st, 2nd and 3rd BOS.  

• The Brewery Selection winner: will get to brew their award-winning recipe at the Anacortes Brewery 
• Commercial-scale adaptation of winning recipe will be subject to the brewery’s discretion.  Anacortes brewery retains the flexibility to choose the winning beer based on private concerns (marketability, balance to existing beer line, etc.)

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