WAHA Notional 2013 Calendar

Washington has a lot of exciting events already scheduled for 2013. Start planning ahead now to optimize your brewing, learning, and celebrating! If you know of other large events that your club may be involved in that affect the community, please let us know!

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS DOCUMENT IS CREATED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND NOT UPDATED.  CONSULT THE WAHA CALENDAR (ABOVE) FOR THE MOST UP TO DATE LISTINGS. 

Items in Bold are events with significant WAHA contributions

Items in Normal font are Washington area homebrew events

Items in Grey are other important beer related events

January

-          Strange Brewfest – End of January

February

-          Belgian Fest

-          GEBL Hop Madness – WHOTY – Feb 2^th, entries due Jan 29^st

-          Bert Grant Competition

-          COTY Selection

-          Golden Mash Paddle Selection

-          JBLM Homebrew Competition – Feb 17^th, entries due Feb 15^th

-          Joint Base Lewis McChord Brewfest – Feb 22^nd        

March

-          Seattle Area BJCP Exam (written and tasting) – March 16^th

-          Cask Festival – Late March

April

-          First Round Judging Clinic in Advance of NHC

-          First Round NHC Judging – Seattle (April 6th)

-          Parkway Tavern Am-Pro Competition

-          Joint Cascade Brewers Cup and Puget Sound Pro-Am – WHOTY – April 27th

May

-          Big Brew – May 4^th

-          WAHA Educational Speaker – Munton’s - May 13th

-          Seattle Beer Week

-          Washington Brewers Awards Judging

June

-          Washington Brewers Festival – June 14^th-16^th

-          National Homebrewers Conference – June 27^st-29^th

July

-          Seattle International Beer Festival – early July

-          Best of the Bay – WHOTY 

-         Beerstock 5060-4 - July 20th

-          Cowlitz County Fair – middle to end of July

-          Bremerton Summer Brewfest

August

-          Evergreen State Fair Competition – WHOTY

-          Yakima BJCP Exam – date TBD

-          Western Washington Fair (old Puyallup, new Washington State Fair)

-          Chelan County Fair

-          Benton Franklin Fair

-          Grant County Fair

-          Skagit County Fair

-          Everett Craft Beer Festival

September

-          Tacoma Craft Beer Festival

-          Scottish and Irish Ale Highlander Challenge – WHOTY?

-          Hops and Brew School

-          Fresh Hop Competition and Festival

October

-          Great American Beer Festival – Oct 10^th – Oct 12^th

-          Spokane Oktoberfest

-          HOPS/WAHA Apple Press (towards beginning)

-          Seattle Area BJCP Exam – date TBD

-          Snohomish Brew Festival

-          X-Brew Homebrew Competition

-          Snohomish Brewfest – Oct 27^th

November

-          Novembeerfest Competition – WHOTY – November 2^nd

-          Teach a Friend to Brew Day – November 2^nd

December

-          Winter Beer Festival ~ early Dec

-          Golden Mash Paddle Nomination Period

TBD

-          Washington Mead & Cider Cup – WHOTY