Received: from srvr20.engin.umich.edu (root at srvr20.engin.umich.edu [141.213.75.22]) by srvr5.engin.umich.edu (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id BAA26949 for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2000 01:05:40 -0500 (EST) Received: from synchro.com (cccox.ne.mediaone.net [24.218.136.73]) by srvr20.engin.umich.edu (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with SMTP id BAA27575 for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2000 01:05:39 -0500 (EST) From: "JudgeNet - the beer judge digest" To: "Digest Recipients" Reply-To: "JudgeNet - the beer judge digest" Subject: Digest for the period 02/11/00 - 02/12/00 Message-ID: Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 01:02:53 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="Next_Part_SYNC7633156683" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Hops: 1 Status: RO --Next_Part_SYNC7633156683 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Table of contents ------------------------------------------------------ MCAB 2 Registration Information (RBoland at aol.com) Comp Q's (John Varady) --Next_Part_SYNC7633156683 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-Path: Received: from imo-d07.mx.aol.com ([205.188.157.39]) by synchro.com with SMTP (Mailtraq/1.1.4.1073) id SYNC76091550E3 for judge at synchro.com; Fri, 11 Feb 2000 01:32:11 -0500 Received: from RBoland at aol.com by imo-d07.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v25.3.) id u.9.1f5a61a (6092) for ; Fri, 11 Feb 2000 01:31:53 -0500 (EST) From: RBoland at aol.com Reply-To: "JudgeNet - the beer judge digest" Errors-To: judge-owner at synchro.com Sender: judge at synchro.com Message-ID: <9.1f5a61a.25d506d8 at aol.com> Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 01:31:52 EST Subject: MCAB 2 Registration Information To: JudgeNet - the beer judge digest MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) X-Hops: 3 X-POST-MessageClass: 10; Mailing List Message To quote Rob Moline, "The More I Know About Beer, The More I Realize I Need To Know More About Beer". Here's your chance to act on that philosophy, learn a lot more about beer, and have a great time at MCAB in St. Louis. What is MCAB? The Masters Championship of Amateur Brewing (MCAB) is a grassroots amateur brewing championship. The format of the MCAB is a small, invitational "champions' championship," where the very best amateur brewers compete head to head in the some of the most competitive styles, under ideal conditions, and with the highest quality judging. Eleven of the most prestigious local competitions in the United States and Canada have been selected as MCAB Qualifying Events. First place winners in eighteen selected Qualifying Styles at each Qualifying Event receive an invitation to enter the MCAB in that style. The MCAB is sponsored by Brewing News, the Home Wine and Beer Trade Association, the Home Brew Digest, and the Foam Rangers Homebrew Club of Houston. What's happening in St. Louis? The Second Annual Masters Championship of Amateur Brewing and Technical Conference (MCAB2) will be held in St. Louis, MO March 24, 25, and 26. MCAB2 is hosted by the St. Louis Brews. In addition to judging the best homebrewed beers from the US and Canada, MCAB2 will include a pub crawl of St. Louis microbreweries, a technical conference featuring some of the best brewers in the nation, a can't-miss award party, and a private tour of the Anheuser-Busch pilot brewery. The St. Louis Brews are also busy brewing a variety of great beers, including real ales, for the event. The Technical Conference Preliminary Agenda is presented below and is linked to the registration page (see below). Why should you attend MCAB2? MCAB2 will bring together the best homebrewers and those that want to become the best at a low cost, high quality technical conference featuring speakers who made the hobby what it is and those that will help carry it forward. The informal aspects, though, may be the best part of it all. MCAB2's small size provides an unequaled opportunity for the attendees to meet each other, learn from each other, expand their homebrewing networks, and have a good time. You should be part of it, and I hope you will be able to join us. If you don't think you can make it, please reconsider what you will be missing! What is the cost? There is a $50 fee for attending MCAB2. What you get for your registration is pub crawl transportation (and a free beer here and there), technical conference (including lunch and refreshment breaks), awards party (including dinner), an MCAB2 pint glass (if you're inclined to taste a homebrew or two), door prizes (including a bag of Moravian Pils malt) and a private tour of the Anheuser-Busch pilot brewery. $28 of the entry fee is food, paid directly to the providers. The rest pays for the facility and other expenses. We're working closely with the restaurants to establish the menus. You're gonna love it! The Brews break even at one hundred attendees, so don't worry that your fee is lining some fat cat's pocket! How do you register? You can register on-line on the St. Louis Brews website, http://www.stlbrews.org. Please contact the organizers (see below) if you would like hard copy entry materials mailed to you. What if you want to judge? We need experienced judges. Please contact the organizers if you would like to judge or steward at MCAB2. Where is MCAB2 being held, and where can you stay while you're in St. Louis? MCAB2 will be held at the Hampton Inn Union Station, 2211 Market Street, St. Louis, MO 63130, phone: 314-241-3200. A block of rooms is being held for us at a discounted rate. Please mention the Masters Championship of Amateur Brewing when you make your reservation. We ask that those coming from out of town stay at the Hampton Inn; we're getting the meeting rooms for free if we fill our block of rooms. The Hampton Inn is on the western edge of downtown, two blocks from both the oldest and the youngest St. Louis microbreweries. Union Station, two blocks east, is a restored masterpiece of turn of the (last) century railroad station architecture that was the busiest station in the country during the 1940's. Where can you find additional information? Visit the St. Louis Brews and MCAB websites, http://www.stlbrews.org and http://www.hbd.org/mcab, or contact Bob Boland at president at stlbrews.org, 313-654-6170 (w), or 314-725-6668 (h). Tentative Agenda Second Annual Masters Championship of Amateur Brewing March 24-26, 2000 Friday, March 24, 2000 Qualifying Entries Judging Hospitality Room (And maybe a brewing topic) Pub Crawl of Four to Six St. Louis Microbreweries Saturday, March 25, 2000 Qualifying Entries Judging Homebrewing Conference A History of St. Louis Brewing, From Homebrewer to Megabrewer to Homebrewer Again - Henry Herbst Optimal Yeast Propagation - George Fix The Applicability of High Gravity Brewing to Home Brewers - Steve Michalak, Anheuser-Busch Specialty Brewing Group Explaining the Science Behind the Art (Open Forum) - Steve Michalak, Anheuser-Busch Specialty Brewing Group and Others Reflections On The Craft of Homebrewing As We Move Into The New Millennium (Open Forum) - Dave Miller, George Fix, Byron Burch, Rande Reed, Alberta Rager, and Others. Cellarmanship and Real Ale for the Homebrewer - Keith Reding, St. Louis Brews Happy Hour and Tastings of Real Ale, Unique, and Pre-Prohibition American Styles Dinner, Awards Presentation, Party, And Raffle Sunday, March 25, 2000 Private Tour of Anheuser-Busch Pilot Brewery --Next_Part_SYNC7633156683 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-Path: Received: from mail.netaxs.com ([207.8.186.26]) by synchro.com with SMTP (Mailtraq/1.1.4.1073) id SYNC7620155918 for judge at synchro.com; Fri, 11 Feb 2000 12:18:35 -0500 Received: from boneyard (chestnut1-51.slip.netaxs.com [207.8.210.51]) by mail.netaxs.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with SMTP id MAA05956 for ; Fri, 11 Feb 2000 12:18:31 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 12:18:31 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <2.2.16.20000211121639.0f9fbb88 at pop.netaddress.com> X-Sender: rust1d at pop.netaddress.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.2 (16), Cornell Modified Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: JudgeNet - the beer judge digest From: John Varady Reply-To: "JudgeNet - the beer judge digest" Errors-To: judge-owner at synchro.com Sender: judge at synchro.com Subject: Comp Q's X-Hops: 3 X-POST-MessageClass: 10; Mailing List Message I was sending beers off to some competitions this week (Boston & Brooklyn) and I was disappointed to find out that both of these competitions only allow a brewer to enter one brew per subcategory. This bums me out because I have two Pilsners that I would like to have evaluated side by side. I want feedback as to which is better and wanted some unbiased opinions (although last weekends blue-ribbon gives me some indication). Can any competition organizers out there explain why this rule is in place? If the primary purpose of a competition is to provide feedback to a brewer, then the rule makes no sense. If the primary purpose is to hand out ribbons, then I can see why it is so. John John Varady The HomeBrew Recipe Calculating Program Boneyard Brewing Custom Neon Beer Signs For Home Brewers Glenside, PA Get More Information At: rust1d at usa.net http://www.netaxs.com/~vectorsys/varady --Next_Part_SYNC7633156683-- Received: from srvr20.engin.umich.edu (root at srvr20.engin.umich.edu [141.213.75.22]) by srvr5.engin.umich.edu (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id BAA26949 for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2000 01:05:40 -0500 (EST) Received: from synchro.com (cccox.ne.mediaone.net [24.218.136.73]) by srvr20.engin.umich.edu (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with SMTP id BAA27575 for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2000 01:05:39 -0500 (EST) From: "JudgeNet - the beer judge digest" To: "Digest Recipients" Reply-To: "JudgeNet - the beer judge digest" Subject: Digest for the period 02/11/00 - 02/12/00 Message-ID: Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2000 01:02:53 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="Next_Part_SYNC7633156683" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Hops: 1 Status: RO --Next_Part_SYNC7633156683 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Table of contents ------------------------------------------------------ MCAB 2 Registration Information (RBoland at aol.com) Comp Q's (John Varady) --Next_Part_SYNC7633156683 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-Path: Received: from imo-d07.mx.aol.com ([205.188.157.39]) by synchro.com with SMTP (Mailtraq/1.1.4.1073) id SYNC76091550E3 for judge at synchro.com; Fri, 11 Feb 2000 01:32:11 -0500 Received: from RBoland at aol.com by imo-d07.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v25.3.) id u.9.1f5a61a (6092) for ; Fri, 11 Feb 2000 01:31:53 -0500 (EST) From: RBoland at aol.com Reply-To: "JudgeNet - the beer judge digest" Errors-To: judge-owner at synchro.com Sender: judge at synchro.com Message-ID: <9.1f5a61a.25d506d8 at aol.com> Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 01:31:52 EST Subject: MCAB 2 Registration Information To: JudgeNet - the beer judge digest MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) X-Hops: 3 X-POST-MessageClass: 10; Mailing List Message To quote Rob Moline, "The More I Know About Beer, The More I Realize I Need To Know More About Beer". Here's your chance to act on that philosophy, learn a lot more about beer, and have a great time at MCAB in St. Louis. What is MCAB? The Masters Championship of Amateur Brewing (MCAB) is a grassroots amateur brewing championship. The format of the MCAB is a small, invitational "champions' championship," where the very best amateur brewers compete head to head in the some of the most competitive styles, under ideal conditions, and with the highest quality judging. Eleven of the most prestigious local competitions in the United States and Canada have been selected as MCAB Qualifying Events. First place winners in eighteen selected Qualifying Styles at each Qualifying Event receive an invitation to enter the MCAB in that style. The MCAB is sponsored by Brewing News, the Home Wine and Beer Trade Association, the Home Brew Digest, and the Foam Rangers Homebrew Club of Houston. What's happening in St. Louis? The Second Annual Masters Championship of Amateur Brewing and Technical Conference (MCAB2) will be held in St. Louis, MO March 24, 25, and 26. MCAB2 is hosted by the St. Louis Brews. In addition to judging the best homebrewed beers from the US and Canada, MCAB2 will include a pub crawl of St. Louis microbreweries, a technical conference featuring some of the best brewers in the nation, a can't-miss award party, and a private tour of the Anheuser-Busch pilot brewery. The St. Louis Brews are also busy brewing a variety of great beers, including real ales, for the event. The Technical Conference Preliminary Agenda is presented below and is linked to the registration page (see below). Why should you attend MCAB2? MCAB2 will bring together the best homebrewers and those that want to become the best at a low cost, high quality technical conference featuring speakers who made the hobby what it is and those that will help carry it forward. The informal aspects, though, may be the best part of it all. MCAB2's small size provides an unequaled opportunity for the attendees to meet each other, learn from each other, expand their homebrewing networks, and have a good time. You should be part of it, and I hope you will be able to join us. If you don't think you can make it, please reconsider what you will be missing! What is the cost? There is a $50 fee for attending MCAB2. What you get for your registration is pub crawl transportation (and a free beer here and there), technical conference (including lunch and refreshment breaks), awards party (including dinner), an MCAB2 pint glass (if you're inclined to taste a homebrew or two), door prizes (including a bag of Moravian Pils malt) and a private tour of the Anheuser-Busch pilot brewery. $28 of the entry fee is food, paid directly to the providers. The rest pays for the facility and other expenses. We're working closely with the restaurants to establish the menus. You're gonna love it! The Brews break even at one hundred attendees, so don't worry that your fee is lining some fat cat's pocket! How do you register? You can register on-line on the St. Louis Brews website, http://www.stlbrews.org. Please contact the organizers (see below) if you would like hard copy entry materials mailed to you. What if you want to judge? We need experienced judges. Please contact the organizers if you would like to judge or steward at MCAB2. Where is MCAB2 being held, and where can you stay while you're in St. Louis? MCAB2 will be held at the Hampton Inn Union Station, 2211 Market Street, St. Louis, MO 63130, phone: 314-241-3200. A block of rooms is being held for us at a discounted rate. Please mention the Masters Championship of Amateur Brewing when you make your reservation. We ask that those coming from out of town stay at the Hampton Inn; we're getting the meeting rooms for free if we fill our block of rooms. The Hampton Inn is on the western edge of downtown, two blocks from both the oldest and the youngest St. Louis microbreweries. Union Station, two blocks east, is a restored masterpiece of turn of the (last) century railroad station architecture that was the busiest station in the country during the 1940's. Where can you find additional information? Visit the St. Louis Brews and MCAB websites, http://www.stlbrews.org and http://www.hbd.org/mcab, or contact Bob Boland at president at stlbrews.org, 313-654-6170 (w), or 314-725-6668 (h). Tentative Agenda Second Annual Masters Championship of Amateur Brewing March 24-26, 2000 Friday, March 24, 2000 Qualifying Entries Judging Hospitality Room (And maybe a brewing topic) Pub Crawl of Four to Six St. Louis Microbreweries Saturday, March 25, 2000 Qualifying Entries Judging Homebrewing Conference A History of St. Louis Brewing, From Homebrewer to Megabrewer to Homebrewer Again - Henry Herbst Optimal Yeast Propagation - George Fix The Applicability of High Gravity Brewing to Home Brewers - Steve Michalak, Anheuser-Busch Specialty Brewing Group Explaining the Science Behind the Art (Open Forum) - Steve Michalak, Anheuser-Busch Specialty Brewing Group and Others Reflections On The Craft of Homebrewing As We Move Into The New Millennium (Open Forum) - Dave Miller, George Fix, Byron Burch, Rande Reed, Alberta Rager, and Others. Cellarmanship and Real Ale for the Homebrewer - Keith Reding, St. Louis Brews Happy Hour and Tastings of Real Ale, Unique, and Pre-Prohibition American Styles Dinner, Awards Presentation, Party, And Raffle Sunday, March 25, 2000 Private Tour of Anheuser-Busch Pilot Brewery --Next_Part_SYNC7633156683 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-Path: Received: from mail.netaxs.com ([207.8.186.26]) by synchro.com with SMTP (Mailtraq/1.1.4.1073) id SYNC7620155918 for judge at synchro.com; Fri, 11 Feb 2000 12:18:35 -0500 Received: from boneyard (chestnut1-51.slip.netaxs.com [207.8.210.51]) by mail.netaxs.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with SMTP id MAA05956 for ; Fri, 11 Feb 2000 12:18:31 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 12:18:31 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <2.2.16.20000211121639.0f9fbb88 at pop.netaddress.com> X-Sender: rust1d at pop.netaddress.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.2 (16), Cornell Modified Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: JudgeNet - the beer judge digest From: John Varady Reply-To: "JudgeNet - the beer judge digest" Errors-To: judge-owner at synchro.com Sender: judge at synchro.com Subject: Comp Q's X-Hops: 3 X-POST-MessageClass: 10; Mailing List Message I was sending beers off to some competitions this week (Boston & Brooklyn) and I was disappointed to find out that both of these competitions only allow a brewer to enter one brew per subcategory. This bums me out because I have two Pilsners that I would like to have evaluated side by side. I want feedback as to which is better and wanted some unbiased opinions (although last weekends blue-ribbon gives me some indication). Can any competition organizers out there explain why this rule is in place? If the primary purpose of a competition is to provide feedback to a brewer, then the rule makes no sense. If the primary purpose is to hand out ribbons, then I can see why it is so. John John Varady The HomeBrew Recipe Calculating Program Boneyard Brewing Custom Neon Beer Signs For Home Brewers Glenside, PA Get More Information At: rust1d at usa.net http://www.netaxs.com/~vectorsys/varady --Next_Part_SYNC7633156683--