Build Your Empire!
The AHA's club only competition for September/October 2008 is Imperial Anything. To make the deadline, everyone should begin brewing NOW (or, if you have a cellared big beer, save at least three or four for the September deadline).
The way it could work would be this:
- The club's members bring their Imperial beers to the September Rock Hoppers meeting.
- Everyone in attendance tastes and judges each beer.
- A winner is decided.
- That winner's beer is sent to Michigan to be judged there.
- If our club member's brew places, we get points toward Brew Club of the Year!
Entries are due 10/11/08 and judging will be held 10/18/08. Entry fee $7 (make checks payable to AHA).
Here's the lowdown:
Entry Shipping:
Sherwood Brewing Co.
45689 Hayes Road
Shelby Township, MI 48315
Attn: Sept/Oct 2008 AHA COC
Hosted by Fred Bonjour and the Clinton River Association of Fermenting Trendsetters (C.R.A.F.T.) of Macomb Township, MI, this competition covers any beer style that has been imperialized. Entries will be judged to BJCP Category 23 Specialty Beer, so entrants must include information about what they have done. The competition is not about the biggest beer, it is about a bigger beer done right.
Entries MAY specify the base beer style, and MUST state the original gravity (OG), final gravity (FG), and the type of imperialization (ABV, IBU, etc.).
Note: Beer styles that are imperial by nature (Dopplebock, Eisbock, Strong Scotch Ale, Russian Imperial Stout, Imperial IPA, Belgian Dark Strong Ales, and English and American Barleywines) MUST have OG = 1.100 or greater, and ABV = 10% or greater.
For more information, contact Fred Bonjour at homebrew@wideopenwest.com.
