January 26, 2012
Beer Judge Certification Program Examination - Juneau, Alaska
Time: Probably 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Location: Alaskan Brewing and Bottling Company (5429 Shaune Drive).
Cost: $50.00 ($30.00
for retakes) - Prepayment is required.
Description of Examination: This is a three-hour closed book examination and consists of two sections:
an essay section and a beer judging section. The essay section accounts for 70% of the total exam score and consists
of ten detailed essay questions. Nine of these questions pertain to brewing
ingredients, the brewing process, the various beer styles and their history
as well as the identification of off-flavors and their sources. The tenth
question is regarding the BJCP with emphasis on how judges earn points and
advance. Periodically the essay portion of the examination is paused so
that a beer may be judged. Once the beer is judged and commented upon, the
essay portion of the examination is once again resumed until the next beer
is to be judged. A total of four beers are judged in this way. The tasting portion of the exam comprises the remaining 30% of the exam score.
For retakes one can take the entire exam or just the essay section or just the tasting section of the exam. If only one section of the exam is taken the allowed time is adjusted accordingly.
For more information regarding the
BJCP, examination and competition schedules and a BJCP examination study
guide (a different study guide than the one used in the short course)
go to the following URL: http://www.bjcp.org.
Note that space is limited; the BJCP now limits the number of people taking the examination at a specific locality to only 12.
For additional information about the examination please contact Ann Metcalfe at ametcalfe@alaskanbeer.com or call (907) 780-5866 (day) or (907) 321-3686 (evening).
February 11, 2012
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: There is no entry fee for current members of the Great Northern Brewers Club. Otherwise it is $5.00 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, February10 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 10th.
Judging: Judging will take place on
Saturday, February 11th at the Snow Goose Restaurant starting at 10:00 a.m.
Note that there will be two Best of Shows. There will be a Best of Show for beers and a Best of Show for mead/cider.
Folks from Kassiks Kenai Brew Stop will be at the competition. A winning, not necessarily the Best of Show beer, will be selected to brew commercially at their brewery. Note that this beer will be eligible for entry in the Great American Beer Festival Pro-Am Competition held in September 2012 or 2013 held in Denver, Colorado.
For more information contact Dennis Sessler at sessak@mtaonline.net.
April 8, 2012
Beer Judge Certification Program Examination - Anchorage, Alaska
Time: To be arranged.
Location: To be arranged but it most likely will be given at Café Amsterdam (530 East Benson #3.)
Cost: $50.00 ($30.00
for retakes) - Prepayment is required.
Description of Examination: This is a three-hour closed book examination and consists of two sections:
an essay section and a beer judging section. The essay section accounts for 70% of the total exam score and consists
of ten detailed essay questions. Nine of these questions pertain to brewing
ingredients, the brewing process, the various beer styles and their history
as well as the identification of off-flavors and their sources. The tenth
question is regarding the BJCP with emphasis on how judges earn points and
advance. Periodically the essay portion of the examination is paused so
that a beer may be judged. Once the beer is judged and commented upon, the
essay portion of the examination is once again resumed until the next beer
is to be judged. A total of four beers are judged in this way. The tasting portion of the exam comprises the remaining 30% of the exam score.
For retakes one can take the entire exam or just the essay section or just the tasting section of the exam. If only one section of the exam is taken the allowed time is adjusted accordingly.
For more information regarding the
BJCP, examination and competition schedules and a BJCP examination study
guide (a different study guide than the one used in the short course)
go to the following URL: http://www.bjcp.org.
Note that space is limited; the BJCP now limits the number of people taking the examination at a specific locality to only 12.
For more information about this BJCP
examination contact Dennis
Urban at (907) 244-7498 or dlurban@gci.net.
May 5, 2012
Zymurgist Borealis National Homebrew Day/Big Brew Celebration - Fairbanks,
Alaska
The Zymurgist Borealis Homebrew Club will meet on
Saturday, May 5 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.
The meeting will
take place rain or snow or shine.
September 22, 2012
Zymurgist Borealis Septemberfest - Fairbanks, Alaska
The Zymurgist Borealis Homebrew
Club will meet on Saturday, September 22 at the Chena Pump Campgrounds.
The festivities will start at around noon or so.
There will be a potluck of good
food and, of course, plenty of great beer/mead to sample. This event is free
to anybody interested in learning about homebrewing. No riff- raff please. ;-)
The meeting will
take place rain or snow or shine.
For more information contact Scott
Stihler at stihlerunits@mosquitobytes.com or (907) 474-2138.
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Below
is a listing of beer-related events taking place in Alaska during 2012.
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 2012 |
January 20 & 21 |
Great Alaska Beer & Barley Wine Festival - Anchorage, Alaska |
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March 30-April 1
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Talkeetna Beer Trippin' - Talkeetna, Alaska |
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Late March or Early April |
Snow
Goose Breakup Homebrew Competition - Anchorage, Alaska |
Mid-Late April
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Taste of Alaska Beer Festival - Fairbanks, AK |
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Mid-May |
Goblets of Gold Mead Competition - Homer, Alaska |
May 25 & 26 |
Great Alaska Craft
Beer & Homebrew Festival - Haines, Alaska |
Mid-July |
Golden Days Beer Fest - Fox, Alaska |
Mid-Late July |
E.T.
Barnette Homebrew Competition - Fox, Alaska |
Mid-August |
Kenai Peninsula Beer Festival - Soldotna, Alaska |
Late August |
Anchor Town Invitational Homebrew Competition - Anchorage, Alaska |
Mid-September |
Celestial Meads Equinox Mead Competition - Anchorage, Alaska |
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October 6 |
Great Alaska Beer
Train - On a train traveling from Anchorage to Portage, Alaska |
Mid-October |
Eagle River Brew Fest - Eagle River, Alaska |
Mid-Late October
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Southeast Alaska's Autumn Pour Homebrew
Competition - Juneau, Alaska |
Late November or Early December |
Humpy's Big Fish Homebrew Competition - Anchorage, Alaska |
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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