April 3, 2010
Snow Goose Breakup Homebrew Competition - Anchorage, Alaska
This is an AHA/BJCP sanctioned competition.
The styles for this year's competition will be limited to six categories which are shown in the table below.=
1. Light Lager
A. Lite American Lager
B. Standard American Lager
C. Premium American Lager
D. Munich Helles
E. Dortmunder Export
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3. European Amber Lager
A. Vienna Lager
B. Oktoberfest
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4. Dark Lager
A. Dark American Lager
B. Munich Dunkel
C. Schwarzbier (Black Beer)
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6. Light Hybrid Beer
A. Cream Ale
B. Blonde Ale
C. Kölsch
D. American Wheat or Rye Beer
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16. Belgian and French Ale
A. Witbier
B. Belgian Pale Ale
C. Saison
D. Bière de Garde
E. Belgian Specialty Ale
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Brewers Challenge - Noir Wit (Black Belgian Witbier)* |
*This beer should exhibit the flavor and aroma characteristics of a typical Belgian Witbier (16A) but be dark in color.
Brewers Choice Award: One of the category winners (not necessarily the B.O.S.) will be brewed at the Sleeping Lady and served this summer. This beer must be a quick turn around beer. That is to say, it must be able go from the kettle to the tap fairly quickly. The pretty much restricts this award going to an ale. The first tapping of the Brewers Choice beer will be on May 15!
Entry Fee: There is not
a monetary entry fee. A recipe for each entry is required along with the appropriate forms completed.
Number of bottles required: Three 10-16 oz. bottles.
Entries should be dropped off at:
Sleeping Lady Brewing Company
717 West 3rd Avenue
Anchorage, Alaska 99501
(907) 277-7716
Entry Deadline: Entries may be dropped
off at the brewery on Friday, April 2 from 11:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Judging: Will take place on Saturday,
April 3 starting at 10:00 a.m. at the basement of the Snow Goose Restaurant.
For more information please contact
Dan Bosch or Steve Schmitt at Ira Edwards at skibosch@gmail.com and sschmitt@alaska.com respectively.
April 17, 2010
5th Annual Taste of Alaska Beer Festival - Fairbanks,
Alaska
All attendees must be at least 21 years of age to attend.
Location:
The Pub - UAF's Wood Center
505 Yukon Drive
Fairbanks, AK 99775
Time: 7:00-10:00 p.m.
Cost: $25.00
Description: This event is dedicated to breweries in Alaska. Attendees will have to opportunity to sample beer from breweries throughout the state. With admittance one will receive tasting place and reasonable number of sample tickets. In the past, they've given out ten or so tickets. Additional tickets will not be sold because of the fairly large number of tickets provided initially. I will update this information with specifics with respect to the number of tickets and breweries attending if and when I receive them.
For additional information contact Heather Kraemer, the Pub Manager, at (907) 474-7805 or hrkraemer@alaska.edu/fypub@uaf.edu.
May 1, 2010
Zymurgist Borealis National Homebrew Day/Big Brew Celebration - Fairbanks,
Alaska
The Zymurgist Borealis Homebrew Club will meet on
Saturday, May 1 starting at about noon off of Chena Pump Road at the Chena Pump Campgrounds.
Come and join us in our celebration of National Homebrew
Day in which we commemorate the legalization of homebrewing. The Cranston Bill (introduced by Senator Alan Cranston of California) called for the legalization of homebrewing on the federal level. It was signed into law on February 1, 1979 by President "Jimmy" Carter.
There will be a a potluck and, of course, homebrew/mead to sample.
Pictures and Summaries of Previous Events:
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Below
is a listing of beer-related events taking place in Alaska during 2010.
Upcoming events for which I have information are listed above and the
details are given there. The dates of several of the events listed below
may not be known at present (or at least not known to me). This information
will be updated when I have more details. Most events listed here are
annual events and although the exact dates may vary from year to year
the approximate dates are correct and can be used as a guide to the
remainder of the year as well as next year.
The
Following Events are for the Year 2010 |
January 15 & 16 |
Great Alaska Beer & Barley Wine Festival - Anchorage, Alaska |
February 6 |
Fur Rendezvous Homebrew Competition - Anchorage, Alaska |
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May 28 & 29 |
Great Alaska Craft
Beer & Homebrew Festival - Haines, Alaska |
Late May |
Goblets of Gold Mead Competition - Homer, Alaska |
Early June* |
BJCP
Examination is given - Juneau, Alaska* |
July 17? |
E.T.
Barnette Homebrew Competition - Fox, Alaska |
Mid-Late July |
Golden Days Beer Fest - Fox, Alaska |
Late July or Early August |
Beer Tasting aboard the Riverboat Discovery II - Fairbanks, Alaska |
Early August |
Summer
Beer Festival - Ketchikan, Alaska |
Early August |
Anchor Town Invitational Homebrew Competition - Anchorage, Alaska |
Mid-September
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Southeast Alaska's Autumn Pour Homebrew
Competition - Juneau, Alaska |
Late September |
Equinox Mead Competition - Anchorage, Alaska |
September 25? |
Zymurgist
Borealis Septemberfest - Fairbanks, Alaska |
Early October |
Great Alaska Beer
Train - On a train traveling from Anchorage to Portage, Alaska |
Late November or Early December |
Humpy's Big Fish Homebrew Competition - Anchorage, Alaska |
*Alaskan Brewing also has a preparatory course for the BJCP examination which begins in February.
If you have any information regarding a beer related event that should be listed in this calendar please contact Scott Stihler at stihlerunits@mosquitobytes.com or (907) 474-2138.
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