Homebrewers of Philadelphia and Suburbs
(HOPS)
Presents
Best of Philly Homebrew Competition
A BJCP Sanctioned Event
(23rd in a Series)
Saturday, November 10, 2007 9:30 am
Hosted by: Homebrewers of Philadelphia and Suburbs
Location:
Nodding Head Brewery & Restaurant
1516 Sansom St
Philadelphia, PA
This is an opportunity for you to have your homemade beer evaluated by
BJCP qualified judges. Awards will be given for winning beers in all
categories, Best of Show Beer (1-23), and Best of Show Mead/Cider (24-28). Beer
evaluation forms will be e-mailed back to all contestants shortly after
the competition. Anyone wanting a paper copy can pick them up at Home Sweet Homebrew
a week after the event.
If you have any questions, call Home Sweet Homebrew or send
e-mail.
Competition Guidelines and Entry Requirements
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The competition is open to all homebrewers.
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The fee is $7 for each entry.
Checks or money orders must be made payable to
HOPS. No cash or credit cards will be accepted.
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Entries may be dropped off at any of the locations listed below.
Dates when entries will be accepted are also listed.
All mailed entries should be sent to the
Home Sweet Homebrew location.
They must be addressed as "HOPS BOPS, c/o Home Sweet Homebrew" to
ensure that the packages do not get misplaced by accident.
If you are mailing your entry please package carefully and do not use USPS.
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Entries must be registered online by Nov. 1st, but may be hand delivered or
shipped to Home Sweet Homebrew up to the Friday before
the competition.
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Judges may bring their entries the day of the competition only if
they have registered them online before the drop-off deadline.
Anyone who does so accepts the status of their beer's temperature
and/or haze due to bottle shake up.
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TWO (12-16oz) bottles per entry.
Brown preferred, green accepted, clear discouraged.
Bottles must be free of labels or identifying marks.
Grolsh-type wire swing tops are not acceptable.
Printed crown caps must be blacked out.
An online-generated
bottle ID form
must be attached to each bottle with a rubber band.
No glue or tape please.
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Beer/cider/mead will be judged according to the category it was entered in.
Please consult the
BJCP Style Guidelines.
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The competition organizers reserve the right to collapse categories as
he/she deems appropriate.
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All entries become property of HOPS. No entries will be returned.
Only home-brewed (not commercial or commercially assisted) beers
may be entered (must conform to AHA guidelines for homebrew).
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Entries that do not follow these guidelines and entry requirements
will be disqualified.
Disqualified entries may be judged but are not eligible for any of the
awards.
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Any questions or disputes that arise during the competition will be
settled by the competition organizers with all decisions being final.
Entries accepted from 10/15/2007 to 11/01/2007 at all locations.
Remember
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Two Bottles of correct size without identifying marks.
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Online generated Bottle ID forms attached to each bottle with a rubber band.
Parking information for Nodding Head
The parking lot at 24th and Sansom is $6 on Saturdays (credit card only).
Do not park
in the schoolyard lots just west of 22nd--You will get towed. There
may be some free on-street parking around the school west of 22nd.
Note to those driving in: It's a big city with big city parking
rules. Pay attention to the signs--No whining.
Public transportation is an excellent
alternative.
Public transit is also an option if you would like to park free by
Boathouse Row/Azalea Garden behind the Art Museum or along certain
stretches of Pennsylvania Ave, in front of the Parkway House and
between Spring Garden & 22nd, is not timed parking. The Route 48
Bus runs along Pennsylvania Ave (the big street by the big
apartment buildings) and goes down Market St. two blocks away from
Sansom & Nodding Head. Cash fare is $2.00, exact change, they do
take dollar bills.
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