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How Do You Brew / Midnight Oil Brewing "Battle of the Home Brew Clubs" Contest - OFFICIAL RULES
Important Dates
Signup/Registration Open – Feb 1st 2022
Entries Close – March 20th 2022
Beer Arrival Deadline – April 3rd 2022 2:00pm
Judging – Week of April 11thth 2022
Winners Announced – May 7th 2022
General
1. This competition is open to any home brewer over the age of 21.
2. Each person enters as an individual contestant.
4. Each contestant may also name a home brew club that they are affiliated with or enter as “unaffiliated”
5. A contestant may enter up to two (2) entries.
6. The entry fee is per contestant, not per beer entered in the contest.
7. An entry must consist of at least two (2) unmarked 12 oz beer
bottles or 2 unmarked cans per entry.
Entry
8. Entries will ONLY be taken through the Howdoyoubrew.com website. www.howdoyoubrew.com
Entry Fee
9. The fee for entries is $8.00 per brewer.
Submission
10. Beverages must be delivered to HDYB 812 Pencader Drive
(or HDYB 58 Artisan Dr Smyrna) on or before 4:00 p.m. April 3rd 2022.
11. The entry blank for each entry must be completed for each entry.
12. All beer submitted should be marked “HDYB/MOBC Beer Competition.” And have the contest label attached by a rubber band.
Judging
13. Blind judging will be private and completed the week of April 7th 2022. All beverages will be properly chilled prior to judging.
14. All beverages will be judged based on the BJCP Style Guidelines, but please note that this is not an official HBA/BJCP sanctioned event.
15. All beverages will be judged individually, and individual winners will be announced for each beer category.
16. If three or more brewers are affiliated with any homebrew club, the average of top three beers from three separate brewers will be used to determine the champion home brew club.
17. Winners will be announced on May 7th 2022
Categories & Classes
1. Light Beers and Lager (not IPAs ) Eg. pale ale, pilsner, helles, American lagers, kolschs, and cream ales, etc.)
2. Dark Ales and Lagers (not Stouts and Porters) Eg. oktoberfest, vienna, dunkel, schwarzbier, amber ales
3. IPA & Double IPA
4. Stout & Porters (American/English styles)
5. Belgian Style & Wheat Beer (hefeweizen, dunkelweiss, American wheat, Saison, Witbier, Abbey Styles, etc)
6. Sours
7. Other (Eg, Barley Wine, Barrel Aged Beer, Fruit/Herb/Vegetable,
Awards*
All enterents will get:
$10 HDYB Online Store Credit & Judge's Summary
14 - Finalist (the top two finishers in each category) will get:
$20 gift card from MOBC, $10 HDYB Store Credit & Judge's Summary
7 - Medalist (highest rated beer in each category) will get:
HDYB 2022 Gold Medal, $20 Gift Card from MOBC, $10 HDYB Store Credit
& Judge's Summary
1 - Best Beer (Judge's determination of the best beer overall) will get:
Framed HDYB 2022 Gold Medal Award, $20 Gift Card from MOBC, $10 HDYB Store Credit
& Judges Summary
1- Home Brew Club of the Year will get:
Private tour of Imperial Yeast in Philadelphia, Group Brew Day at MOBC, & Ownership (for the year) of the "Battle of the Homebrew Clubs" Golden Keg Award
Store credits and judges comments will be available as soon as possible after the May 7th awards ceremony.
HDYB & MOBC's "Battle of the Home Brew Clubs" CONTEST - BOTTLE TAG Name: ___________________________________________ HOME BREW CLUB AFFILIATION OR N/A: _______________________________
Phone: ___________________________________________
Email: ___________________________________________ Competition Category: _______________________________
AHA/BJCP Category (if know): _________________________ Beer Name: (Optional)________________________________
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HDYB & MOBC's "Battle of the Home Brew Clubs" CONTEST - BOTTLE TAG
Name: ____________________________________________ HOME BREW CLUB AFFILIATION OR N/A: _______________________________
Phone: ___________________________________________
Email: ____________________________________________ Competition Category: _______________________________
AHA/BJCP Category (if know): _________________________ Beer Name: (Optional)________________________________ |
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