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The Year at a Glance


February 6, 2010

Fur Rendezvous Homebrew Competition - Anchorage, Alaska

This is a BJCP Sanctioned competition.

All recognized BJCP styles of beer, mead and cider will be accepted.

Entry Fee: $3.00 per entry (please make checks out to the Great Northern Brewers Club). Also fill out and enclose a National Homebrew Competition entry/recipe form for each entry following the most current BJCP/AHA style guidelines. Forms and BJCP style information are available at http://www.bjcp.org.

Bottles per Entry: Three 12 oz. bottles (mead and ciders may use three 12 oz. bottles or one 750 ml bottle)

Entry Deadline: Entries may be dropped off on Friday, February 5 at in the basement of Snow Goose Restaurant (717 West 3rd Avenue) from 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. If you are unable to drop off entries at this time please contact the organizer and make other arrangements.

Shipping Entries: Entries may be shipped via private carrier (e.g. UPS, DHL, FedEx etc.) to:
Sleeping Lady Brewery
Fur Rondy HBC
717 West 3rd Avenue
Anchorage, AK 99501

If entries are shipped please contact the organizer so he will be sure to retrieve your paperwork from the brewery on February 5th.

Judging: Judging will take place on Saturday, February 6th at the Snow Goose Restaurant starting at 10:00 a.m.

Note that this year there will be two Best of Shows. There will be a Best of Show for beers and a Best of Show for mead/cider.

For more information contact Dennis Sessler at sessak@mtaonline.net.


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

3. European Amber Lager

A. Vienna Lager
B. Oktoberfest

4. Dark Lager

A. Dark American Lager
B. Munich Dunkel
C. Schwarzbier (Black Beer)


6. Light Hybrid Beer

A. Cream Ale
B. Blonde Ale
C. Kölsch
D. American Wheat or Rye Beer

 

16. Belgian and French Ale

A. Witbier
B. Belgian Pale Ale
C. Saison
D. Bi
ère de Garde
E. Belgian Specialty Ale

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 12:00-6:00 p.m.

Judging: Will take place on Saturday, April 3 starting at 10:00 a.m. at the basement of the Snow Goose Restaurant.

Recipe and Bottle ID forms may be found at: http://www.bjcp.org/compcenter.php.

For more information please contact Dan Bosch or Steve Schmitt at Ira Edwards at skibosch@gmail.com and sschmitt@alaska.com respectively.


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 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.

For more information contact Scott Stihler at stihlerunits@mosquitobytes.com or 474-2138.



Pictures and Summaries of Previous Events:

1999 E.T. Barnette Homebrew Competition

2000 E.T. Barnette Homebrew Competition

2001 E.T. Barnette Homebrew Competition

2002 E.T. Barnette Homebrew Competition

2003 E.T. Barnette Homebrew Competition

2004 E.T. Barnette Homebrew Competition

2005 E.T. Barnette Homebrew Competition

2006 E.T. Barnette Homebrew Competition

2007 E.T. Barnette Homebrew Competition

2008 E.T. Barnette Homebrew Competition

2009 E.T. Barnette Homebrew Competition

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Zymurgist Borealis Septemberfest 2000

Zymurgist Borealis Septemberfest 2001

Zymurgist Borealis Septemberfest 2002

Zymurgist Borealis Septemberfest 2003

Zymurgist Borealis Septemberfest 2004

Zymurgist Borealis Septemberfest 2005

Zymurgist Borealis Septemberfest 2006

Zymurgist Borealis Septemberfest 2007

Zymurgist Borealis Septemberfest 2008

Zymurgist Borealis Septemberfest 2009



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

April 3

Snow Goose Breakup Homebrew Competition - Anchorage, Alaska

May 1

Zymurgist Borealis National Homebrew Day Celebration/Big Brew - Fairbanks, Alaska

May 21 & 22

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*

Mid-July

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

Southeast Alaska's Autumn Pour Homebrew Competition - Juneau, Alaska

Late September

Equinox Mead Competition - Anchorage, Alaska

September 25?elated

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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