September 25, 2010
Celestial Meads Equinox Mead Competition -
Anchorage, Alaska
This is a AHA/BJCP Sanctioned Competition.
Entry Fee: There is no monetary entry fee. A recipe is required, however.
Number of Bottles Required: Two 10-14 oz. bottles or one (two for sparkling meads) 750 ml bottle(s) per entry.
Entry Deadline: Entries will be accepted from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Friday September 24.
Shipped entries must arrive no later than 7:30 p.m. on September 24th!
Shipping/Drop off location:
Celestial Meads
600 W. 58th Avenue, Suite B
Anchorage, Alaska 99518
Judging: Juding will take place on September 25 from 12:00-3:00 p.m. at Celestial Meads.
The Best of Show winning mead will brewed commerically by Celestial Meads. That is, of course, if it is possible and/or practical to brew this mead on a commerical scale.
For more information contact Breck Tostevin at (907) 884-1819 or keegan@gci.net.
September 25, 2010
Zymurgist Borealis Septemberfest - Fairbanks, Alaska
The Zymurgist Borealis Homebrew
Club will meet on Saturday, September 25 at the Chena Pump Campgrounds.
The festivities will start at about
noon.
There will be a potluck of good
food and, of course, plenty of great beer to sample. This event is free
to anybody interested in learning about homebrewing. The meeting will
take place rain or snow or shine.
For more information contact Scott
Stihler at stihlerunits@mosquitobytes.com or (907) 474-2138.
9th Annual Great Alaska Beer Train - On an Alaska Railroad
train traveling from Anchorage to Portage and back
Space is limited! Reservations are
required.
Time: The train departs Anchorage
at 4:00 p.m. and returns at 8:30 p.m.
Location: The train departs from
the Alaska Railroad Depot (411W. 1st Avenue).
Cost: $159 per person ( must be at
least 21 years of age). Included with the price of admission is, of course,
the ride of the train, plus an assortment of appetizers prepared by the
Glacier Brewhouse paired with six, 1/2 pints of Glacier Brewhouse beers.
Additional beers are available for purchase.
Tickets may purchased from
the Alaska Railroad Depot as well as the Glacier Brewhouse (737 W. 5th
Avenue) or by calling (800) 544-0552 or (907) 265-3494. Payment is due at the time of booking and all sales are final.
October 29, 2010
Southeast Alaska's Autumn Pour Homebrew Competition -
Juneau, Alaska
This is a AHA/BJCP Sanctioned Competition.
All BJCP
recognized categories of beer, cider and mead are allowed. For a complete
listing of the recognized style guidelines as well as Entry and Bottle
ID Forms please go to the following URL: http://www.bjcp.org.
Entry Fee: $5.00 per entry for the first entry and $3.00 per entry for additional entries. For example, seven entries would come to $23.00 ($5.00 for the first two entries and $3.00 per entry for the remaining five.
Number of Bottles: Please submit two 12 oz. bottles (with attached Bottle ID forms).
Entry Deadline: Entries must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 27 at the Juneau location and no later than 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 21 at the Anchorage location.
Shipping/Drop off location (Juneau):
Alaskan Brewing and Bottling Company
5429 Shaune Drive
Juneau, Alaska 99801
Drop off location (Anchorage):
Arctic Brewing Supply
8401 Sandalwood Place
Anchorage, Alaska 99507
Judging: Judging will take place
on Friday, October 29 starting at 5:00 p.m. at the Alaskan Brewing
and Bottling Company.
Winners will be announced at an Award Ceremony on Saturday, October 30th, held at some local "watering hole (to be announced).
For additional information please contact Steve Pierce at pierce.steve@gci.net or (907) 586-6771.
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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 |
April 3 |
Snow
Goose Breakup Homebrew Competition - Anchorage, Alaska |
April 17
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Taste of Alaska Beer Festival - Fairbanks, AK |
May 1 |
Zymurgist
Borealis National Homebrew Day Celebration/Big Brew - Fairbanks,
Alaska |
May 8 |
Goblets of Gold Mead Competition - Homer, Alaska |
May 28 & 29 |
Great Alaska Craft
Beer & Homebrew Festival - Haines, Alaska |
July 17 |
Golden Days Beer Fest - Fox, Alaska |
July 31 |
E.T.
Barnette Homebrew Competition - Fox, Alaska |
August 7 |
Ketchikan CHARR Summer
Beer Festival - Ketchikan, Alaska |
August 15 |
Anchor Town Invitational Homebrew Competition - Anchorage, Alaska |
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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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