WINTERFEST 1998 HOMEBREW COMPETITION

Details

Get your kettles cooking and your fermenters fermenting, it's time for another Las Vegas Winterfest. This years contest will be held at the North Las Vegas Elks Lodge located at 2939 Van Der Meer on January 18, 1998. Last years event brought in over 300 entries and this year promises to be even larger. This contest will be B.J.C.P. sanctioned using current 1997 A.H.A. guidelines.

We will need judges and stewards, if you are interested please call Steve Mac Millan @ (702) 435-5816. For any other information please contact contest organizer Ralph Goodman @ (702) 642-9215 or assistant organizer Steve Mac Millan.

RULES

This contest is open to any homebrewer. Commercial or brew on premises beers are not allowed. Entries must be three 10-14 oz. brown or green plain bottles with no labels or identifying marks and caps blackened out or plain. No swing top type bottles please. Entries must have bottle labels attached by rubber band (no tape please). Entry fees are $4.00 per entry. As in past contests there will be a maximum entry fee of $50.00 with no limit on the number of entries. Please send entries together with completely filled out recipe form and entry fee check (made payable to Steve Mac Millan) to:

UNION POWER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
C/O Steve Mac Millan
4415 Andrews Street
North Las Vegas, NV 89031

We recommend UPS shipping labeled non-perishable this side up. Entries must be shipped to arrive by January 14, 1998. For hand carried entries please contact contest organizers.

Judging will be held January 18, 1998 at 10:00 AM. Judging will consist of pairs of judges utilizing standard A.H.A. score sheets. First place entries will be placed into groups and judged by different judges with one entry from each group advancing to the best of show round.

As in past Winterfests attractive ribbons will be awarded to all 1 st, 2nd and 3rd place entries that achieve a minimum score of 25 points. Special ribbons will also be given to best of show qualifiers, as well as best of show, runner up and third place best of show awards. For the second straight year the Home Brewery of Sierra Vista Arizona will provide a $100.00 gift certificate to the best of show winner. If you are interested in sponsoring prizes or categories please feel free to contact the organizers. We at the Southern Nevada Ale Fermenters Union (SNAFU) look forward to your participation in this years event. Thank-you and good luck.

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