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INAUGURAL CRAFT BEER HOME BREW CONTEST
WEST COASTER SPONSORS-- West Coaster, a three-year-old craft beer centric newspaper and website operation in San Diego and the Los Angeles basin, today announced the first “Brew Local” home brewing contest.
“Celebrate our vibrant
cornucopia of local ingredients and DIY ethic,” says Ryan Lamb, West Coaster
Executive Editor. “Simply brew a beer, cider, or mead utilizing a local
ingredient. Spices, herbs, vegetables, fruits, and anything else you can dream
up are all fair game. Look to our farmers’ markets, your garden or kitchen for
inspiration.”
Entries will be judged on
how well the base style is crafted and how well the local ingredient works
harmoniously with it.
Contest Rules:
– 2 plain unmarked
bottles per entry.
– $5 fee per entry
payable to West Coaster.
– Submit as many entries
as you want (but we are capping the contest at 50 entries).
– You must tell us what
Southern California ingredient(s) you used and where you sourced them.
– Homebrews only. No commercial
system-made brews may be entered.
– West Coaster staff and
contributors are not allowed to enter this contest.
– Bottle drop-off is at
The Homebrewer between May 4th-11th.
– Read and use the BJCP
2008 Guidelines. Categories that will be accepted in this contest:
16E: Belgian Specialty
17F: Fruit Lambic
20A: Fruit Beer
21A: Spice, Herb, or
Vegetable Beer
21B: Christmas / Winter
Specialty Spiced Beer
23A: Specialty Beer
25B: Pyment
25C: Other Fruit Melomel
26A: Metheglin
25C: Open Category Mead
28B: Fruit Cider
28D: Other Specialty
Cider / Perry
Editor Lamb adds, “We
will have prizes as well as recognition in West
Coaster magazine for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and Runner-Up award winners. Online
entry information is forthcoming… Start Brewing!”
Beer Judge Certification
Program Info:
http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/catdex.php
Download a current copy of West Coaster: www.westcoastersd.com or for the Los Angeles basin go to www.westcoastersocal.com
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