Bay de Noc Brew-Off Competition  

Who is eligible to participate
The competition is open to any homebrewer from within the United States. Affiliation of entrants with American Homebrewers Association is NOT a requirement. Contestants will be considered as an individual entrant on the basis of person's name appearing on the registration form. Combinations of brewers should appear in the same order on all entries. Applicable entry fees and entry limitations shall apply.

Homebrewers may not use homebrewing facilities other than their own, unless brewed with the help of the owner of other homebrewing facilities. Furthermore, in this case, the beer must be entered under the name of all brewers who helped. Beers brewed in commercially licensed facilities, brew on premise, whether for commercial research or production, or for any other purpose, are ineligible. Please submit your beers by category and subcategory using the 2008 BJCP style guidelines. Categories may be altered at the head judges discretion if a small number of entries are recieved.


How and what to enter


Entry Fees: Entry fees for this competition are $5.00 per entry. All checks should be made payable to the Bay de Noc Brewers and sent with your entries and your registration form to Steve Soderman, 8441 North P.11 Drive, Gladstone MI 49837.

Entry Requirements: Bottles must be 10 to 16 ounce glass or plastic of ANY style and clean and free of any labels (inked, paper, or otherwise). Entrants are encouraged to use brown, long-neck bottles for maximum protection from light and breakage. Use a rubber band to attach bottle label form to each bottle. The use of tape or glue to attach forms is not acceptable. For the competition, homebrewing competitors must enter two bottles for each entry. Soft drink or other printed crowned caps are acceptable; however, they need to be blacked-out with a black marking pen to assure anonymity in all judging situations. There is no limit on how many beers you can submit per category. Please, only one entry per sub-category.

All entry fees, names of competitor, address, phone number, Category entered must accompany entries when submitted. No entries will be returned whether received late or otherwise. All entries become property of the Bay de Noc Brewers Competition Committee.

Use official registration forms (or copies) and bottle ID forms here. when possible though other registration forms such as ProMash will be accepted. This is a beer-only competition. We will not be judging mead this year.

Beers will be disqualified for entry requirements infractions. These entries may still be judged (unless a shipping infraction has occured) but will be ineligible for awards or prizes. You will still receive your score sheets.


Where and when to enter

Drop off your entries early with a deadline of 8/2/14. See below for drop-off locations. Entries will be refrigerated upon receipt, thus helping to preserve the quality that we receive them in. No entries will be accepted after 8/2/14. Sorry, we cannot make any exceptions.

Shipping Entries: Please send deliveries to Steve Soderman, 8441 North P.11 Drive, Gladstone MI 49837. It is legal to ship your entries via UPS, FedEx Ground or air freight. The Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Division of the Internal Revenue Service says it's legal. Usually you will be asked the contents of the package; your reply should be: "Bottles, but they are double-boxed and padded well." DO NOT send entries via US Postal Services. It is illegal to ship via USPS and your entry will not be judged. Do not ship your beer to our drop-off points

PACK YOUR ENTRIES WELL: Line the inside of your carton with a plastic trash bag. Partition and pack each bottle with adequate packaging material. Clearly state "GLASS-FRAGILE. THIS SIDE UP" on the package. Your package of NON-PERISHABLE FOOD should weigh less than 40 pounds. It is not necessary to state specific contents of your package of non-perishable food. Send entries as soon as possible. No late entries will be accepted.


Drop-Off Points:

Contact Ben Harris at president @ baydenocbrewers.org to coordinate a drop-off

Judging

Judging will be done in open sessions on 8/9, as needed. In the first round, the judges will judge each category, selecting the best three. The second round consists of all the 1st place beers selected in the first round. The winner will be named best of show. More than one judge will evaluate every first round entry. Entries will be chilled and stored properly and appropriately. All decisions of the judges and competition organizer are final. All winners will be notified and every reasonable effort will be made to return score sheets and judges' comments to all entrants. Results will also be found on this
website.

If you would like to judge, you can register by sending an e-mail to
president@baydenocbrewers.org or president@baydenocbrewers.org

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