14th Annual E.T. Barnette Homebrew Competition

I received this competition announcement from a home-brewing buddy of mine in Fairbanks:

Dear West Sound Brewers,

Announcing the 14th Annual E.T. Barnette Homebrew Competition!

This is a AHA/BJCP sanctioned competition.

The grand prize for Best of Show is a certified check for $500!!!

Great prizes and custom medals will also be awarded to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners of each of the seven judged categories. Also we generally have random prizes that go to...whoever.

Since shipping for this event is a bit more expensive than elsewhere we try to at least partially compensate the entrants for the added shipping costs by 
giving away nice prizes. Last year every entrant received over an ounce of  
whole hops, a bottle of Homebrew Hot Sauce, a bottle opener, and at least two t-shirts plus a zip-close bag containing coasters, labels and other promotional materials.

The seven categories that will be judged are: European Amber Lager (3A-B); English Pale Ale (8A-C), American Ale (10A-C), Porter (12A-C), Stout (13A-F), IPA (14A-C) and Fruit/Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer (20 & 21A).

Entries will be accepted: July 12 - July 28, 2010

Entry fees: Submit three 12-16 oz brown or green crown capped bottles and a check or money order for $5.00 in U.S. funds per entry.

Judging: Judging will take place on Saturday, July 31st.

Location: Fox, Alaska (a small mining community ~10 miles north of Fairbanks)

Note that several homebrew clubs ship their entries together in a single box thereby cutting down the per entrant shipping cost.

More information as well as Entry and Bottle ID forms may be found at the following URL: 
http://www.mosquitobytes.com/Den/Beer/Events/Events.html

Should you have any questions or are interesting in judging contact Scott Stihler at stihlerunits@mosquitobytes.com or (907) 474-2138.

We hope to see entries from your club in this year's competition!

Cheers,

Scott & Chérie Stihler
Fairbanks, Alaska