7th Annual Dukes of Ale Spring Thing
Beer & Mead Competition
A BJCP Sanctioned Event
Entry Deadline: March 1, 1997
Judging: March 14-16, 1997
See Style Guide for description
of categories, classes, and subclasses.
Remember that for centain styles, the brewer must
specify special ingredients and procedures.
- Indicate fruit, vegetable, herb and/or spice used
- Indicate heat level of chili: mild, hot, very hot
For Meads, entrant must specify the following:
- variety of honey (Clover, Alfalfa, Orange Blossom, Mesquite, Wildflower, etc.)
- strength (hydromel: OG < 1.080, standard: 1.080 < OG < 1.120, sack: OG > 1.120)
- sweetness (dry: FG < 1.010, medium: 1.010 < FG < 1.025, sweet: FG > 1.025)
- carbonation (still: slight effervescence is acceptable, sparkling: strong effervescence and tingly mouthfeel) level on all meads.
- Fruited, herbed, and malted meads must specify fruit, herb, or malt type.
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
- All entries must be made in the home. Beer/mead made at a commercial brewery/meadery or Brew on Premises is not eligible for entry.
- A $3 fee will be charged for each entry
- 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 Grlsch bottles will be accepted. Entrants cannot enter more than one beer per subclass.
- Completed registration form must be attached to each bottle.
HOW TO ENTER
Deadline for entries is Saturday, March 1, 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
or Alewife, 1314 Rufina Circle, Ste A-6 in Santa Fe.
Entry forms will be available at the entry sites.
All entries received shall become the property of the Dukes of Ale.
JUDGING
Judging will take place Friday through Sunday, March 14-16, 1997.
Potential judges should call Jeff Graves at (505) 884-4335 home.
BJCP judges are especially welcome.
Potential stewards should call Sheryl Campbell at 294-4610.
An awards ceremony will take place at the April Dukes of Ale meeting
(ask at entry sites for time & place).
Judges comments, score sheets and awards for entrants will be available
for pick up at that time.
All unclaimed score sheets and awards will be available at the entry
sites after the meeting.
Out-of-state entrants will have their results and awards mailed after
the awards ceremony.
AWARDS
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 more uniform number of
entries judged in each flight.
Medal awards will be given based an entry's placement (1st, 2nd, 3rd)
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
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/spring_thing.html