December 9, 2018
24th Annual Humpy's Big Fish Homebrew Competition - Anchorage, Alaska
This is an AHA/BJCP Sanctioned Competition.
Entry Fee: There is no cash entry fee for members of the Great Northern Brewers Club. Entries must be include their recipes.This competition is open to all recognized styles of beer and cider.
Number of bottles required: For beers 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.
Entry Deadline: Entries should be dropped off on Saturday, November24th from 12:00 - 4:00 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 (via private carrier only) please contact the organizer of information regarding the deadline and shipping location
Judged categories: All BJCP/AHA recognized categories of beer, mead and cider are allowed.Judging: Judging will take place on December 9 starting at 10:00 a.m. at SubZero Bistro & Microlounge room at Humpy's Great Alaskan Ale House (612 F Street).
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 brewed by Midnight Sun.
For more information regarding the main competition or if anybody interested in judging at this competition please contact the Peter Hall at alaskabrewer@gmail.com.
Pictures and Summaries of Previous Events:
Below is a listing of beer-related events taking place in Alaska during 2018. 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 2018
January 19 & 20
Great Alaska Beer & Barley Wine Festival - Anchorage, Alaska
February 17
Frozen RiverFest - Soldotna, Alaska
February 18 - April 29
Beer Tasting and Palette Training Class - Anchorage, Alaska
March 4
Fur Rondy Homebrew Competition - Anchorage, Alaska
April 21
Taste of Alaska Beer Festival - Fairbanks, Alaska
May 5
Zymurgist Borealis National Homebrew Day Celebration/Big Brew - Fairbanks, Alaska
May 25 & 26
Great Alaska Craft Beer & Homebrew Festival - Haines, Alaska
July 14
E.T. Barnette Homebrew Competition - Fox, Alaska
July 14 - Cancelled
Golden Days Beer Fest - Fox, Alaska - Cancelled
July 28
The Culmination Beer Festival - Anchorage, Alaska
August 4
Downriver Beer Festival - Fairbanks, Alaska
August 11
Kenai Peninsula Beer Festival - Soldotna, Alaska
Early September
Alaska Crafted Festival - Anchorage, Alaska
September 15
Talkeetna Beer Festival - Talkeetna, Alaska
September 22
Capital Brewfest - Juneau, Alaska
September 22
Zymurgist Borealis Septemberfest - Fairbanks, Alaska
September 29
HooDoo ChooChoo - On a train traveling from Fairbanks-Nenana-Fairbanks, Alaska
September 28-30 - Cancelled
Oktoberfest and Home Brew Competition - Valdez, Alaska - Cancelled
October 5
Eagle River Brewfest - Eagle River, Alaska
October 5
Alaskan Homebrew Competition - Juneau, Alaska
October 6
Great Alaska Beer Train - On a train traveling from Anchorage- Portage-Anchorage, Alaska
October 7
Anchor Town Invitational Homebrew Competition - Anchorage, Alaska
October 27
Mighty Matanuska Boo Fest - Palmer, Alaska
November 10
Beers by the Bay - Seward, Alaska
December 9
Humpy's Big Fish Homebrew Competition - Anchorage, Alaska
The Following Events are for the Year 2019
January 18 & 19
Great Alaska Beer & Barley Wine Festival - 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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