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Rules
of the Competition
Questions or Comments? Email hoppy@prairiehomebrewers.org
ELIGIBILITY
The Hoppy Halloween Challenge is open to any homebrewer from within the
United States. Affiliation of entrants with AHA is NOT
a requirement. Contestants will be considered as an individual
entrant on the basis of person's name appearing on the
registration form. Combinations of brewers should appear in the
same order on all entries. Applicable entry fees and entry
limitations shall apply.
A homebrewer may not use homebrewing facilities other than their
own, unless brewed with the help of the owner of those other homebrewing
facilities. Furthermore, in this case, the beer must be entered
under the name of all brewers who helped. Beers brewed in
commercially licensed facilities, brew on premise, whether for
commercial research or production, or for any other purpose, are ineligible.
Beer entries will be judged in classes and subcategories listed
under the Hoppy Halloween Beer
Categories.
Some categories may be combined for judging purposes due to lack
of entries in those categories. Each entry should be
entered according to the latest AHA/BJCP style guidelines.
Entries must be referred to by category and subcategory letter.
HOW and WHAT to
ENTER
Entry Fees:
Entry fees for this competition are $7.00
per entry. All checks should be made payable to
the PHC Competition Committee.
Registration:
You may register your beers online from the link on the main
Hoppy Halloween page and print out your registration form and
Bottle ID forms from there.
If you do not register online, please fill out a 2009
Entry Form and send it in with your beer plus use these Bottle
ID Forms.
Entry Requirements:
For the
competition, homebrewing competitors must enter two bottles
for each beer entered.
Bottles must be 10 to 16 ounce glass
or plastic of ANY style and clean and free of any labels (inked,
paper, or otherwise). Entrants are encouraged to use brown,
long-neck bottles for maximum protection from light and breakage.
Use a rubber band to attach bottle label form to each bottle. The
use of tape or glue to attach forms is not acceptable.
Soft drink or other printed crowned
caps are acceptable; however, they need to be blacked-out with a
black marking pen to assure anonymity in all judging
situations.
Only 1 ENTRY per Sub-Category will be
allowed except in categories 20, 21, 25C, 26A, 26C only if the entries
are VERY obviously not the same beer or mead.
If the entries are determined that they may be the same,
then both will be disqualified.
By submitting an entry to this competition,
brewers agree to provide a recipe if requested. A recipe is requested for
all entries in the Halloween Theme Category.
All entry fees, names of competitor, address, phone number,
Class and Subcategory entered must accompany entries when
submitted. No entries will be returned whether received late or
otherwise. All entries become property of the Prairie Homebrewing
Companions Competition Committee.
Use official registration forms (or copies) when possible
though other registration forms such as ProMash will be accepted.
Beers will be disqualified for entry requirements infractions.
These entries may still be judged but will be ineligible for
awards or prizes.
WHERE and WHEN
to ENTER
Ship your entries early to arrive between
October 3rd and
October 16th, 2009. Entries will be refrigerated upon receipt, thus helping to
preserve the quality that we receive them in. Sorry, we cannot
make any exceptions. Entries accompanied with fees and
registration information may be dropped off by 8:00pm Friday, October
16th, 2009:
The PHC % Lori Gundberg
914 10th St S.
Fargo, ND 58103
(701) 235-9330
lori@prairiehomebrewers.org
Halloween Theme Beers:
Beers for this category only will
be accepted up to 6:00 PM, Friday October 23rd. Please
contact the registrar above if you plan to enter a beer after the
normal end date of October 16th so we know your beer is coming.
Out-of-State Entries:
Please send deliveries to the
address above. It is legal to ship your entries via UPS or air
freight. The Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Division of the
Internal Revenue Service says it's legal. Usually you will be
asked the contents of the package; your reply should be:
"Bottles, but they are double-boxed and padded well."
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PACK YOUR ENTRIES WELL!
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Line the inside of your carton
with a plastic trash bag.
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Partition and pack each bottle with
adequate packaging material.
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Clearly state "GLASS-FRAGILE.
THIS SIDE UP" on the package.
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Your package of NON-PERISHABLE
FOOD should weigh less than 40 pounds.
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It is not necessary to
state specific contents of your package of non-perishable food.
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Send entries as soon as possible.
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Every year we receive broken bottles, do what you can to make sure
it is not your bottles that arrive broken. If a single
bottle is broken, it will still be judged and is eligible to win
its category but will not be eligible for the Best of Show award
due to the lack of a second bottle.
JUDGING
Judging will be done in open sessions from October
19th thru October 24th, as needed. In the first round, each judge
will score 5 to 10 entries on one Class or Subcategory, selecting
the best three. The second round consists of all those beers
selected in the first round. In this round a group of judges
scores each beer in one class. The winner in each class will then
be judged with that winner being named Best of Show. More than one judge will
evaluate every first round entry. Entries will be chilled and
stored properly and appropriately for the style. All decisions of
the judges and competition organizer are final. Winners will be
announced at the Hoppy Halloween Awards Banquet on Saturday, October
24th, 2009. All winners will be notified and every reasonable effort
will be made to return score sheets and judges' comments to all
entrants. Results will also be found on this web site.
AWARDS and
PRIZES
There will be medals awarded for first, second, and third place
in all categories. A minimum of 25 points must be obtained to
receive a medal. Prizes will be awarded to beers placing 1st, 2nd,
or 3rd in their category, Best of Show Beer, Best of Show
Mead/Cider,
Best Halloween Theme beer plus random non-winning entries will
receive 'door prizes'.
In addition the Great Pumpkin Award
will be given to the homebrewer with the most points in this
competition, accumulated as 6 points for
1st, 3 points for 2nd, 1 point for 3rd.
In case of a tie, tie breaks will be determined at the
discretion of the competition coordinator.
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