December 7, 2013
19th Annual Humpy's Big Fish Homebrew Competition - Anchorage, Alaska
This is an AHA/BJCP Sanctioned Competition.
Entry Fee: There is no cash entry fee. Entries must be include their recipes.
Number of bottles required: For beers and sparkling meads and ciders please submit three 12-14 oz. bottles per entry and a complete recipe. Note that for still meads and ciders one may either enter one (two are required for carbonated entries) 22-30 oz. bottle or two 12-14 oz. bottles. No swing top bottles please though they will take them if that is all you have.
Entry Deadline: Entries should be dropped off on Monday, December 2 from 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. at Arctic Brewing Supply. If entries absolutely cannot be dropped off on this day the organizer should be contacted and other arrangements should be made.
Those wishing to ship their entries should do so by private carrier (e.g. UPS, Federal Express etc.) not the U.S. Postal Service. Such entries should be received no later than Monday, December 2.
Drop off/Shipping location:
Arctic Brewing Supply
8401 Sandlewood Place
Anchorage, Alaska 99507
(907) 561-5771
Judged categories: All BJCP/AHA recognized categories of beer, mead and cider are allowed.
Judging: Judging will take place on December 1 from 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. at the SubZero Bistro & Microlounge room at Humpy's Great Alaskan Ale House (612 F Street).
There will be two grand prizes, one for beers and one for meads/ciders.
Grand Prize: The best beer (within reason) will be brewed
by the Midnight Sun Brewing Company. Meads and ciders are not eligible for
this grand prize.
The Best of Show winning entry may not necessarily
receive the grand prize.
It will be up to the brewers at Midnight Sun Brewing to decide whether or
not they can or would like to try to brew the Best of Show winner. Due to
difficulties associated with scaling up, brewing and possibly aging sour,
spice, fruit, herb, vegetable beers the brewers may or may not wish to try
to replicate such a beer. Suffice to say, one of the highest ranking beers
in the competition will be brewed by the good folks at
Midnight Sun Brewing.
The Grand Prize winner MUST be present when their beer is brewed at Midnight Sun. If you do not live in Alaska or are within driving distance of Anchorage you are eligible to win Best of Show but not the Grand Prize of having your beer brewered by Midnight Sun.
For more information regarding the main competition or if anybody interested in judging at this competition please contact the Ross Alridge at artratt@gmail.com.
January 17 & 18, 2014
Great Alaska Beer & Barley Wine Festival - Anchorage, Alaska
Location:
William A. Egan Civic & Convention Center
555 West Fifth Avenue
Anchorage, Alaska 99501
Times:
January 17 at 6:00 - 10:00 p.m. (last pour is at 9:30 p.m.)
January 18 at 2:00 - 5:00 p.m. - Connoisseur Session (last pour is at 4:45 p.m.)
January 18 at 6:00 -10:00 p.m. (last pour is at 9:30 p.m.)
Costs:
Regular sessions: $40.00 per person which includes a 6 oz. commemorative tasting glass, 30 samples, an ID band, and an official program guide.
Connoisseur Session: $50.00 per person which includes a 6 oz. commemorative tasting glass, 30 samples, an ID band, and an official program guide. Breweries are encouraged to bring something special that will be only available during this session.
Tickets are available for purchase at the Sullivan Arena Box Office and online through Ticket Master ( http://www.ticketmaster.com/search?q=Beer+Barley+Wine+Festival). Tickets will also be sold at the door should the sessions not be sold out prior to the event time.
Note that when purchasing tickets through Ticket Master there is an additional "convenience" charge of $9.30 per ticket for the regular sessions and $10.00 per ticket for the Connoisseur Session giving a total of $49.30 and $60.00 per ticket respectively.
Attendees MUST be at least 21 years old - NO EXCEPTIONS!
There will also be a commercial Best Barley Wine
Competition as well as live music.
Snack-type food will be available for purchase.
Proceeds of the regular sessions will benefit the American Diabetes Association. Proceeds from the Connoisseur Session will benefit the Brewers Guild of Alaska.
The promoter of this event is Aurora Productions.
Should you have any questions please contact them at:
Aurora Productions, Inc.
3401 Denali Street, Suite 202B
Anchorage, Alaska 99503
Phone: (907) 562-9911; Fax: (907) 562-9889
info@auroraproductions.net
Volunteers Needed: Volunteers are need to pour beers, hand out glasses and wristbands, help with event programs etc. Note that to pour beer current Techniques of Alcohol Management (TAM®) or Training for Intervention ProcedureS (TIPS) certification is required. For your help you will receive free admission to another session at the festival and a commemorative glass. If you are interested in helping please contact Auroa Productions at info@auroraproductions.net.
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Below
is a listing of beer-related events taking place in Alaska during 2013.
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 2013 |
January 18 & 19 |
Great Alaska Beer & Barley Wine Festival - Anchorage, Alaska |
February 9 |
Fur Rendezvous Homebrew Competition - Anchorage, Alaska |
April 5-7
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Talkeetna Beer Trippin' - Talkeetna, Alaska |
April 13 |
Snow
Goose Breakup Homebrew Competition - Anchorage, Alaska |
April 20 |
The Culmination Beer Festival - Anchorage, AK |
April 27
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Taste of Alaska Beer Festival - Fairbanks, Alaska |
May 4 |
Zymurgist
Borealis National Homebrew Day Celebration/Big Brew - Fairbanks,
Alaska |
May 24 & 25 |
Great Alaska Craft
Beer & Homebrew Festival - Haines, Alaska |
June 17-23 |
Solstice Beer Fest - Healy, Alaska |
July 13 |
Golden Days Beer Fest - Fox, Alaska |
July 20 |
E.T.
Barnette Homebrew Competition - Fox, Alaska |
August 2 & 3 |
Augtoberfest - Healy, Alaska |
August 10 |
Kenai Peninsula Beer Festival - Soldotna, Alaska |
Cancelled this year! |
Anchor Town Invitational Homebrew Competition - Anchorage, Alaska |
September 14 |
Bodega-Fest - Anchorage, Alaska |
September 14 |
Capital Brewfest - Juneau, Alaska |
September 21 |
Zymurgist
Borealis Septemberfest - Fairbanks, Alaska |
September 21 |
Alaska Meadery Equinox Competition - Anchorage, Alaska |
September 28 |
Talkeetna Beer Festival - Talkeetna, Alaska |
October 5 |
Great Alaska Beer
Train - On a train traveling from Anchorage- Portage-Anchorage, Alaska |
October 11
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Eagle River Brew Fest - Eagle River, Alaska |
October 11 & 12 |
Oktoberfest and Home Brew Competition - Valdez, Alaska |
October 18 & 19 |
Mighty Matanuska Brewfest - Palmer, Alaska |
October 26
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Southeast Alaska Autumn Pour - Juneau., Alaska |
November 16 |
Resurrection Bay Conservation Alliance Beer and Wine Tasting - Seward, Alaska |
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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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