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Great Divide Big Beer Competition - Entry Window

Great Divide Brewing Company
2nd Annual Big Beer Homebrew Competition
Great Divide Brewing Company of Denver, Colorado is hosting its Second
Annual Big Beer Homebrew Competition.  Great Divide employees will be
judging the entries based on appearance, body, aroma, taste, and overall
drinkability.  Official awards ceremony will take place on Friday, June 5th,
2009 at 6:00 pm in the Great Divide Tap Room.
Prizes will be awarded for first, second, and third place.  The brewers of
all three winning beers will receive an official certificate of merit as
well as their choice of any one case of Great Divide beer.  First and second
place brewers will be awarded a fifty-dollar gift certificate
redeemable in the Great Divide taproom for merchandise or beer.  The brewer
of the first place entry will also be given the opportunity to assist in the
brewing of one 50-barrel batch of Great Divide beer.

Eight Seconds of Froth
Start: 05/09/2009 12:00 pm
End: 05/09/2009 8:30 pm

Be sure to sign up and enter your brews on the tracking sheet.

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The High Plains Drafters Homebrew Club of Cheyenne, Wyoming cordially invite you to enter Wyoming's oldest sanctioned homebrew competition - Eight Seconds of Froth.

Homebrew entries will be evaluated by experienced judges at Eight Seconds of Froth. The number of Categories will be determined after all of the entries are received. Awards will be given to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place entries in each Category, as well as for a Best of Show. This year's competition will be held in Cheyenne, Wyoming at a place yet to be detemined. Discussions are also underway for the possibility of a winning entry to be brewed and entered in this year's GABF Pro-Am competition. To be eligible for this honor, be sure to include your AHA membership status with your entry as only AHA members at the time of brewing are allowed to enter the Pro-Am.

Homebrew Competition Rules
The Competition is open to amateur homebrewers age 21 or older. All entries must be handcrafted products, containing ingredients available to the general public, and made using private equipment by hobbyist brewers (i.e., no use of commercial facilities or Brew on Premises operations, supplies, etc.!).

Categories
Each beer, mead or cider will be judged according to the 2008 BJCP guidelines. Beers of similar styles will be grouped together to allow for manageable judging sessions and reasonable competition. Best beers in each Category will be judged in a final round to determine the Best of Show Beer.

Fifth Annual Brew-Ha-Ha
Start: 05/09/2009 3:00 pm
End: 05/09/2009 9:00 pm

Fifth Annual Brew-Ha-Ha - May 9, 2009!! 

FLASH - We have made "The Big Time!!"  check out Denver Post Columnist John Morrissey's review of the 2008 event, and then his follow-up article . . . . .. the BHH is amongst the top four beer festivals in Colorado!!  Wow!  Wait until this year's event!  Click here to read John's review of our event, and to see his top picks for Colorado's best brew festivals!!  The fifth annual event will be held Saturday, May 9, 2009.  We will  featured 18 of the state's top brewers (plus a pair of national microbrewers!!), as well as more top-notch stand-up comedians who will travel to Cañon City for the show!  We'll have craft beer tasting from the best brewers from around Colorado from 3 to 6 p.m.  Our stand-up comedians will keep the crowd rolling during the beer tasting session!  And at 6 p.m., the fabulous "Atomic Fireballs, featuring Carlos Crull and Johnny Watson," playing blues, jump and swing music to some jazz and country!  It will again be one of the best parties in Southern Colorado - to celebrate the art of making craft beer!  Click here to see a photo of our three terrific comedians from 2007 - Bob Meddles, Clay Ratliff and Kevin Ladd - who gave the afternoon the full "Ha-Ha" that made it happen!

Click here for the 2009 Brew-Ha-Ha event poster!

Please support the following fine brewers who will be here for the Fifth Annual Brew-Ha-Ha:  
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