Entry Deadline: August 2, 1997

B. A $3 fee will be charged for each entry

C. Two bottles per entry must be submitted. All bottles must be AT LEAST 12 oz and be made of brown glass. All labels must be removed. The bottles may not have any distinctive, raised lettering or painted markings. Any markings on bottle caps shall be completely obscured using a black marker.. No PLASTIC or swing-type Grölsch bottles will be accepted. Entrants cannot enter more than one beer per subclass.

D. Completed registration form must be attached to each bottle.

Products of commercial breweries/meaderies in New Mexico may only be entered in the commercial division. Any beer/mead that is not a product of a commercial brewery/meadery and has been made by either a professional or amateur brewer in New Mexico may be entered in the amateur division.

Deadline for entries is Saturday, August 2, 1997. Entries may be taken to Victor's Grape Arbor, 2436 San Mateo Place NE or Bootlegger’s Supply, 6300 San Mateo NE #D-1 in Albuquerque. Entry forms will be available at the entry sites. Out of town entries may be mailed to: Bootlegger’s Supply, 6300 San Mateo NE #D-1, Albuquerque, NM 87109. All entries received shall become the property of the ProAm Committee.

Judging will take place Friday through Sunday August 15-17, 1997. Results of the competition will be announced the first day of the Fair, September 5, 1997. Ribbons for Best of Category and Best of Show winners will be on display in the Agriculture (Bolack) Building. Judges comments, score sheets and place awards for entrants from the Albuquerque area may be picked up at the Dukes of Ale meeting in September (ask at entry sites for place and time). All unclaimed score sheets and awards will be available at the entry sites following the end of the State Fair. Out-of-town entrants will have their results mailed after the end of the State Fair.

The AHA/BJCP 50 point scoring system will be employed to judge beers in the first round of judging. Some classes may be grouped together to provide a uniform number of entries judged in each flight. Medal awards will be given based an entry’s placement (1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd) in those groups. Gold, Silver and Bronze medals will be awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners, respectively, provided a minimum score of 35 for Gold, 30 for Silver or 25 for Bronze is achieved. In addition, ribbons for Best of Category and Best of Show will be awarded. Certificates will be awarded to each entry provided a minimum score of 25 is achieved. Additional prizes may also be awarded.

Contact: Brian Ausderau, 616 Camino Espanol NW, Albuquerque, NM 87107 Ph: 345-4362 (home) 828-6342 (work) email: trapdoor@swcp.com

A complete list of style guidelines and entry forms are available on the World Wide Web at http://www.swcp.com/~aaron/beer/nmsf_proam.html