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judge-digest             Wednesday, 8 January 1997     Volume 01 : Number 1365

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 RE:  Another Pro competition
 Judges for War of the Worts
 commercial competition
 Belgian Blockbuster
 1997 Moon Madness Competition

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From: jdecarlo at mail04.mitre.org (John A. DeCarlo)
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 97 07:38:16 -0500
Subject: RE:  Another Pro competition

George_De_Piro at berlex.com writes:
     
>     David Houseman suggests another professional competition because of 
>     problems with the GABF.  Isn't that what the WBC was supposed to do?

ROTFL!  Whew!  Boy, I haven't had such a good laugh in awhile.  Thanks, George.
 No one else I know has the imagination to compare such a poorly run exercise
to benefit only one company and no entrants with a real competition!

John DeCarlo, jdecarlo at juno.com


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From: folsom at ix.netcom.com (Alan Folsom)
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 06:01:35 -0800
Subject: Judges for War of the Worts

Judges (and entries!) are still needed for the second annual War of the 
Worts competition, Saturday, January 18th.  WOTW is in Lahaska, near 
New Hope, PA on Rt. 202, and is only an hour or so from New York City, 
a half hour from Philadelphia, and maybe 2 1/2 hours from the Baltimore 
area.  There is a very nice shopping area adjacent for significant 
others who, for some reason, don't want to spend all day in a brew pub.

For further information contact me:
    Al Folsom   folsom at ix.netcom.com    (212) 343-6851
or to register to judge, our judge coordinator:
    Rich Rosowski   richroso at msn.com    (212) 674-1278

Thanks,

Al Folsom

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From: "Bryan L. Gros" <grosbl at ctrvax.Vanderbilt.Edu>
Date: Tue, 07 Jan 1997 08:18:54 -0600 (CST)
Subject: commercial competition

Dave writes:
>I've received comments from a couple micro/brewpub brewers who have
>problems with the GABF for various reasons and therefore do not enter. 
>I seem to recall a number of comments here or HBD that were negative as
>well.  This seemed to suggest that there might be room for an additional
>competition managed as a well run home-brew competition to the same
>rules, procedures and using the same AHA/BJCP style definitions as
>home-brewer competition.  Only this competition would be open to only
>professional brewers (who we normally exclude). ...

I like this idea as well, and Martin brought up some good points yesterday.

It has been suggested in the past that North America needs a CAMRA-type
organization to independently comment on micros and brewpubs.  As 
Martin said, there are plenty of breweries putting out mediocre beers (or
worse) and giving them names which mislead (intentionally or not) the
consumer.  

This kind of competition would be one way to assess the quality of
the beer a brewer is producing.  The beers wouldn't need to be "in
style", as creativity is a good thing.  But lactic beer, as I've had at one
local brewpub, is a bad thing.

while in practice, keeping this kind of thing up to date may prove to be
impossible (as the author of "On Tap" apparently found out), it would be
nice to know that (for example), there are xx brewpubs in Boston, but two
received four stars from yy organization.

Something to ponder...

          - Bryan
            grosbl at ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu
            Nashville, TN


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From: MaltyDog at aol.com
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 16:53:45 -0500
Subject: Belgian Blockbuster

I never heard the results of the Belgian Blockbuster Club-only contest of
last month. Does anyone have them? Can they post them here, or send them to
me?

Thanks

Bill Coleman
MaltyDog at aol.com

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From: "Mark S. Johnston" <msjohnst at talon.net>
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 07:25:56 -0500
Subject: 1997 Moon Madness Competition

The 1997 Moon Madness Competition is seeking BJCP judges and stewards for
the Sixth Annual Moon Madness Homebrew Competition, to be held March 8,
1997, at The Market House Pub, Fourth and Cherry Streets, Reading, PA.
Apprentice and Novice judges are welcome and will be teamed with more
experienced judges. 

The pub and the Pretzel City Brewing Company are separate operations both
occupying a turn-of-the-century Market House attached to Widow Finney's
Restaurant -- the oldest standing building in Reading, PA. The original
wood and stone structure has been left exposed on the inside, and the pub
has been decorated with memorabilia of Reading's brewing history. The
brewery boasts a customized JV Northwest system and about six different
beers currently available on draft or in bottles. It's only been open
since July, 1996, and already plans on quadrupling its capacity within the
year.

Judges and Stewards are requested to fill out a Judge Registration Form
and return it by February 26, 1997, to:
		Mark Johnston			
		RD2  Box 2519-1
		Route 222
		Fleetwood, PA  19522
		(610)-777-6170
		msjohnst at talon.net

Judges and Stewards for this competition will receive a commemorative
T-shirt, as well as lunch, courtesy of Brew Ha Ha and The Market House
Pub. Pretzel City Brewing Company will also provide some beer for the
lunch, and Head Brewer Scott Baver will provide a tour of the brewery
during the lunch break. Judges and Stewards are requested to arrive by
9:15 AM. Judging will begin at 10:00. Real glasses will be used this year
as in previous Moon Madness competitions.

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