Subject: Digest for the period 3/11/2003 - 3/12/2003 Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 01:05:09 -0500 Table of contents ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Egg in Beer (Richard Stueven) 2. 10th Annual BUZZ Off Home Brew Competition (Christopher Clair) 3. 10th Annual BUZZ Off Home Brew Competition (David Houseman) 4. 9th Annual Boston Homebrew Competition RESULTS! (John B. Doherty) 5. National Homebrew Competition (Gary Glass) 6. 2003 Maltose Falcons Mayfaire (aka the 24th) (Beechum, Drew) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Richard Stueven Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 09:37:23 -0600 Subject: Egg in Beer According to Evan "The Word Detective" Morris: http://www.word-detective.com/042702.html#egginbeer Dear Word Detective: I know what it means, or, rather, like the caterpillar, I know what I mean it to mean, but I have been unable to find the root or original use of "egg in your beer," usually used in the phrase "What do you want? Egg in your beer?" Since I used it at the office my boss has been hounding me for the meaning or derivation. This is game we play, and I have been able to come up with the meanings of most odd phrases I use, but this one stymies me. -- Virginia Klipstein, Glenside, PA. Playing word origin games with your boss, eh? You must have nerves of steel. The first time I met the publisher of one of my books, he shook my hand and announced rather forcefully that he disagreed with my explanation of "the whole nine yards." Knowing that this man held my immediate financial future in the palm of his wealthy and powerful hand, I nonetheless stood my ground, drew myself up to my full five-foot-six, and fearlessly declared, "Me too." "What do you want? Egg in your beer?" is usually used to mean "What more do you want? You already have it good. Why are you complaining?" and has always struck me as a very odd phrase because it implies that having egg in one's beer is a good and desirable thing. I don't particularly care for beer, but I did serve time at Ohio State University (where Beer Studies is a popular major) and I never once noticed my roommates dumping eggs in their Budweisers (although, come to think of it, maybe that was why they kept a chicken in the shower). In any case, to cut to the chase, "What do you want? Egg in your beer?" seems to have appeared as a catch phrase sometime in the early 20th century, but only really became popular when it was adopted by G.I.s during World War II. One theory about the phrase is that at one time such a concoction might have been considered an aphrodisiac. More likely, I think, is simply the fact that both eggs and beer were once (especially in wartime) not nearly as easily obtainable as they are now, so "wanting egg in your beer" would have been a good metaphor for wishing for more good fortune than was reasonable. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Christopher Clair Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 14:25:40 -0500 Subject: 10th Annual BUZZ Off Home Brew Competition Brewers Unlimited Zany Zymurgists (BUZZ) is proud to announce that the 2003 BUZZ Off home brew competition will be held on Saturday, June 7th at Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant in West Chester, PA. For another year we will be a qualifying event for the prestigious Masters Championship of Amateur Brewing (MCAB) as well as the Delaware Valley Homebrewer of the Year. All BJCP recognized styles including meads and ciders are eligible for entry. For complete details and forms, please visit the BUZZ web site at http://hbd.org/buzz. Entries will be accepted between May 12 and June 1. For drop off and mail in locations please refer to the BUZZ web site. Please, do not send entries to Iron Hill. BJCP Judges and stewards will be needed. If you are interested please contact me or another committee member (contact information can be found on the web site). All judges must be BJCP certified. Good luck and cheers! Christopher Clair buzz`at`netreach.net http://hbd.org/buzz "The mouth of a perfectly happy man is filled with beer." - Ancient Egyptian Wisdom, 2200 B.C. ********************************************************************** * JudgeNet - the beer judge digest * * Send plain text only, no HTML, MIME, encoded text or attachments * * Send subscription requests & changes to judge-request`at`synchro.com * ********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: David Houseman Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 15:27:32 -0500 Subject: 10th Annual BUZZ Off Home Brew Competition Brewers Unlimited Zany Zymurgists (BUZZ) is proud to announce that the 2003 BUZZ Off home brew competition will be held on Saturday, June 7th at Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant in West Chester, PA. For another year we will be a qualifying event for the prestigious Masters Championship of Amateur Brewing (MCAB) as well as the Delaware Valley Homebrewer of the Year. All BJCP recognized styles including meads and ciders are eligible for entry. For complete details and forms, please visit the BUZZ web site at http://hbd.org/buzz. Entries will be accepted between May 12 and June 1. For drop off and mail in locations please refer to the BUZZ web site. Please, do not send entries to Iron Hill. BJCP Judges and stewards will be needed. If you are interested please contact me or another committee member (contact information can be found on the web site). All judges must be BJCP certified. Good luck and cheers! Christopher Clair buzz`at`netreach.net http://hbd.org/buzz "The mouth of a perfectly happy man is filled with beer." - Ancient Egyptian Wisdom, 2200 B.C. ********************************************************************** * JudgeNet - the beer judge digest * * Send plain text only, no HTML, MIME, encoded text or attachments * * Send subscription requests & changes to judge-request`at`synchro.com * ********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: John B. Doherty Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 08:07:21 -0800 (PST) Subject: 9th Annual Boston Homebrew Competition RESULTS! The Boston Wort Processors Homebrew Club is pleased to announce the results of the 9th Annual Boston Homebrew Competition, held last Saturday, March 8th at the Watch City Brewing Company in Waltham MA. A total of 386 entries made by 108 brewers from 13 states representing 22 homebrew clubs, spanning all 26 BJCP categories were judged by 54 judges with the assistance of 24 stewards. Congratulations to the Boston Wort Processors' own Jim Dexter of Acton, MA for his Best of Show winning Northern German Pilsner. Runner-Up Best of Show was an India Pale Ale brewed by Geoff McNally from Tiverton, RI of the South Shore Brew Club. This is the Geoff's 3rd "Top-2" Best of Show finish at BHC in the last 3 years! Second Runner-Up Best of Show went to Fran Malo from Leominster, MA of the F.O.A.M. homebrew club for his Dopplebock. The Brewmaster's Choice Award, selected from the BOS table by Watch City Brewing Company's Head Brewer Aaron Mateychuk, went to a Historical Category Baltic Porter brewed by Paul Zocco from Andover, CT of the Hop River Brewers homebrew club. Paul has accepted the invitation to return to Watch City to brew a brewpub sized batch of the Baltic Porter later this year! Also announced at this year's Boston Homebrew Competition were the final standings in the 2002 New England Homebrewer of the Year Circuit. Successfully defending their 2001 title, The BHC9 host Boston Wort Processors were named the 2002 New England Homebrew Club of the Year. This award is based on the top 5 performing individual brewers in each New England club. The aforementioned BHC9 Best of Show winner, Jim Dexter, was crowned as the 2002 New England Homebrewer of the Year for having amassed the most points in the 24 BJCP beer categories in three area competitions during 2002. The also aforementioned BHC9 Brewmaster's Choice Award winner, Paul Zocco of Andover, CT, was named the 2002 Runner Up for New England Homebrewer of the Year, and was also crowned as the 2002 New England Mead Maker of the Year as well as the 2002 New England Cider Maker of the Year. Your humble author of this message, and the defending 2001 New England Homebrewer of the Year, was awarded the 2nd Runner Up prize in the 2002 New England Homebrewer of the Year standings. A complete list of category winners from the 9th Annual Boston Homebrew Competition (1st place beers in categories 1-20 also qualify for MCAB6 in 2004) can be found on our website at: http://www.wort.org/BHC/winners03.html Tremendous thanks to all who entered, judged and otherwise supported the Boston Homebrew Competition. We look forward to your continued support! Watch for our 10th Anniversary Boston Homebrew Competition coming in February/March 2004! Cheers, John Doherty BHC9 Head Organizer Boston Wort Processors __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ ********************************************************************** * JudgeNet - the beer judge digest * * Send plain text only, no HTML, MIME, encoded text or attachments * * Send subscription requests & changes to judge-request`at`synchro.com * ********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Gary Glass Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 15:31:03 -0700 Subject: National Homebrew Competition Hey Everyone, The entry deadline for the First Round of the American Homebrewers Association's 25th Annual National Homebrew Competition (NHC) is quickly approaching, so get ready to send in those entries! Last year we had 3,074 entries, once again making the NHC by far the world's largest homebrew competition! We expect even more entries this year. Due to the growing number of entries, we've added a new "East" region based in Cleveland, OH. Entry Deadline: April 9-18 Judging: April 25-27 See http://www.beertown.org/events/nhc/index.html for details, entry forms, site map, etc. We Need Judges and Stewards! If you are interested in judging, contact the judge coordinators listed at http://www.beertown.org/events/nhc/judging.html. For entries advancing to the Second Round of the competition, judging and awards ceremony will take place at the AHA National Homebrewers Conference in Chicago, June 19-21, 2003. For details on the conference, see http://www.beertown.org/events/hbc/index.html. Once again, the Ninkasi Award winner (for the winningest brewer in the second round of the competition) will be taking home a stainless steel conical fermenter, compliments of Beer, Beer, & More Beer. Also, for AHA members, don't forget to vote in the AHA Board of Advisors election! Ballots will be accepted through April 1. We have an excellent line up of candidates this year. You can vote online at http://www.beertown.org/homebrewing/election.html. Okay, one last thing. Once again, Lallemand, makers of Danstar yeast, is offering one lucky AHA member a full-paid scholarship to attend the Siebel Institute of Technology's Concise Course in Brewing Technology. See http://www.beertown.org/homebrewing/scholarship.html for contest details. Cheers & Good Luck in the Competition! Gary Gary Glass, Project Coordinator Association of Brewers 888-U-CAN-BREW (303) 447-0816 x 121 gary`at`aob.org www.beertown.org Join the American Homebrewers Association today at http://www.beertown.org/homebrewing/membership.html. Check out the new AHA Pub Discount Program, http://www.beertown.org/homebrewing/pubs.html! Get your entries in for the 25th Annual AHA National Homebrew Competition, entries due April 9-18, 2003 see http://www.beertown.org/events/nhc/index.html for details. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.459 / Virus Database: 258 - Release Date: 2/25/2003 ********************************************************************** * JudgeNet - the beer judge digest * * Send plain text only, no HTML, MIME, encoded text or attachments * * Send subscription requests & changes to judge-request`at`synchro.com * ********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Beechum, Drew Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 19:25:48 -0800 (PST) Subject: 2003 Maltose Falcons Mayfaire (aka the 24th) Brewers, The Maltose Falcons are happy to announce the arrival of the 24th Annual Maltose Falcons Mayfaire This year's new style addition should be welcome to all the hopheads, the vaunted Double IPA! (See the full guidelines at our website.) The BOS Winner will receive a statuette of the famous bird, "Hashell Dammit!" Entries are due between April 1st and April 17th. 3 bottles and $6 per entry Results of this competition are used in the Sierra Nevada California Homebrew of the Year Award. Full details and online entry at http://www.maltosefalcons.com/ Good Luck! ********************************************************************** * JudgeNet - the beer judge digest * * Send plain text only, no HTML, MIME, encoded text or attachments * * Send subscription requests & changes to judge-request`at`synchro.com * ********************************************************************** Subject: Digest for the period 3/11/2003 - 3/12/2003 Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 01:05:09 -0500 Table of contents ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Egg in Beer (Richard Stueven) 2. 10th Annual BUZZ Off Home Brew Competition (Christopher Clair) 3. 10th Annual BUZZ Off Home Brew Competition (David Houseman) 4. 9th Annual Boston Homebrew Competition RESULTS! (John B. Doherty) 5. National Homebrew Competition (Gary Glass) 6. 2003 Maltose Falcons Mayfaire (aka the 24th) (Beechum, Drew) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Richard Stueven Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 09:37:23 -0600 Subject: Egg in Beer According to Evan "The Word Detective" Morris: http://www.word-detective.com/042702.html#egginbeer Dear Word Detective: I know what it means, or, rather, like the caterpillar, I know what I mean it to mean, but I have been unable to find the root or original use of "egg in your beer," usually used in the phrase "What do you want? Egg in your beer?" Since I used it at the office my boss has been hounding me for the meaning or derivation. This is game we play, and I have been able to come up with the meanings of most odd phrases I use, but this one stymies me. -- Virginia Klipstein, Glenside, PA. Playing word origin games with your boss, eh? You must have nerves of steel. The first time I met the publisher of one of my books, he shook my hand and announced rather forcefully that he disagreed with my explanation of "the whole nine yards." Knowing that this man held my immediate financial future in the palm of his wealthy and powerful hand, I nonetheless stood my ground, drew myself up to my full five-foot-six, and fearlessly declared, "Me too." "What do you want? Egg in your beer?" is usually used to mean "What more do you want? You already have it good. Why are you complaining?" and has always struck me as a very odd phrase because it implies that having egg in one's beer is a good and desirable thing. I don't particularly care for beer, but I did serve time at Ohio State University (where Beer Studies is a popular major) and I never once noticed my roommates dumping eggs in their Budweisers (although, come to think of it, maybe that was why they kept a chicken in the shower). In any case, to cut to the chase, "What do you want? Egg in your beer?" seems to have appeared as a catch phrase sometime in the early 20th century, but only really became popular when it was adopted by G.I.s during World War II. One theory about the phrase is that at one time such a concoction might have been considered an aphrodisiac. More likely, I think, is simply the fact that both eggs and beer were once (especially in wartime) not nearly as easily obtainable as they are now, so "wanting egg in your beer" would have been a good metaphor for wishing for more good fortune than was reasonable. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Christopher Clair Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 14:25:40 -0500 Subject: 10th Annual BUZZ Off Home Brew Competition Brewers Unlimited Zany Zymurgists (BUZZ) is proud to announce that the 2003 BUZZ Off home brew competition will be held on Saturday, June 7th at Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant in West Chester, PA. For another year we will be a qualifying event for the prestigious Masters Championship of Amateur Brewing (MCAB) as well as the Delaware Valley Homebrewer of the Year. All BJCP recognized styles including meads and ciders are eligible for entry. For complete details and forms, please visit the BUZZ web site at http://hbd.org/buzz. Entries will be accepted between May 12 and June 1. For drop off and mail in locations please refer to the BUZZ web site. Please, do not send entries to Iron Hill. BJCP Judges and stewards will be needed. If you are interested please contact me or another committee member (contact information can be found on the web site). All judges must be BJCP certified. Good luck and cheers! Christopher Clair buzz`at`netreach.net http://hbd.org/buzz "The mouth of a perfectly happy man is filled with beer." - Ancient Egyptian Wisdom, 2200 B.C. ********************************************************************** * JudgeNet - the beer judge digest * * Send plain text only, no HTML, MIME, encoded text or attachments * * Send subscription requests & changes to judge-request`at`synchro.com * ********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: David Houseman Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 15:27:32 -0500 Subject: 10th Annual BUZZ Off Home Brew Competition Brewers Unlimited Zany Zymurgists (BUZZ) is proud to announce that the 2003 BUZZ Off home brew competition will be held on Saturday, June 7th at Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant in West Chester, PA. For another year we will be a qualifying event for the prestigious Masters Championship of Amateur Brewing (MCAB) as well as the Delaware Valley Homebrewer of the Year. All BJCP recognized styles including meads and ciders are eligible for entry. For complete details and forms, please visit the BUZZ web site at http://hbd.org/buzz. Entries will be accepted between May 12 and June 1. For drop off and mail in locations please refer to the BUZZ web site. Please, do not send entries to Iron Hill. BJCP Judges and stewards will be needed. If you are interested please contact me or another committee member (contact information can be found on the web site). All judges must be BJCP certified. Good luck and cheers! Christopher Clair buzz`at`netreach.net http://hbd.org/buzz "The mouth of a perfectly happy man is filled with beer." - Ancient Egyptian Wisdom, 2200 B.C. ********************************************************************** * JudgeNet - the beer judge digest * * Send plain text only, no HTML, MIME, encoded text or attachments * * Send subscription requests & changes to judge-request`at`synchro.com * ********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: John B. Doherty Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 08:07:21 -0800 (PST) Subject: 9th Annual Boston Homebrew Competition RESULTS! The Boston Wort Processors Homebrew Club is pleased to announce the results of the 9th Annual Boston Homebrew Competition, held last Saturday, March 8th at the Watch City Brewing Company in Waltham MA. A total of 386 entries made by 108 brewers from 13 states representing 22 homebrew clubs, spanning all 26 BJCP categories were judged by 54 judges with the assistance of 24 stewards. Congratulations to the Boston Wort Processors' own Jim Dexter of Acton, MA for his Best of Show winning Northern German Pilsner. Runner-Up Best of Show was an India Pale Ale brewed by Geoff McNally from Tiverton, RI of the South Shore Brew Club. This is the Geoff's 3rd "Top-2" Best of Show finish at BHC in the last 3 years! Second Runner-Up Best of Show went to Fran Malo from Leominster, MA of the F.O.A.M. homebrew club for his Dopplebock. The Brewmaster's Choice Award, selected from the BOS table by Watch City Brewing Company's Head Brewer Aaron Mateychuk, went to a Historical Category Baltic Porter brewed by Paul Zocco from Andover, CT of the Hop River Brewers homebrew club. Paul has accepted the invitation to return to Watch City to brew a brewpub sized batch of the Baltic Porter later this year! Also announced at this year's Boston Homebrew Competition were the final standings in the 2002 New England Homebrewer of the Year Circuit. Successfully defending their 2001 title, The BHC9 host Boston Wort Processors were named the 2002 New England Homebrew Club of the Year. This award is based on the top 5 performing individual brewers in each New England club. The aforementioned BHC9 Best of Show winner, Jim Dexter, was crowned as the 2002 New England Homebrewer of the Year for having amassed the most points in the 24 BJCP beer categories in three area competitions during 2002. The also aforementioned BHC9 Brewmaster's Choice Award winner, Paul Zocco of Andover, CT, was named the 2002 Runner Up for New England Homebrewer of the Year, and was also crowned as the 2002 New England Mead Maker of the Year as well as the 2002 New England Cider Maker of the Year. Your humble author of this message, and the defending 2001 New England Homebrewer of the Year, was awarded the 2nd Runner Up prize in the 2002 New England Homebrewer of the Year standings. A complete list of category winners from the 9th Annual Boston Homebrew Competition (1st place beers in categories 1-20 also qualify for MCAB6 in 2004) can be found on our website at: http://www.wort.org/BHC/winners03.html Tremendous thanks to all who entered, judged and otherwise supported the Boston Homebrew Competition. We look forward to your continued support! Watch for our 10th Anniversary Boston Homebrew Competition coming in February/March 2004! Cheers, John Doherty BHC9 Head Organizer Boston Wort Processors __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ ********************************************************************** * JudgeNet - the beer judge digest * * Send plain text only, no HTML, MIME, encoded text or attachments * * Send subscription requests & changes to judge-request`at`synchro.com * ********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Gary Glass Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 15:31:03 -0700 Subject: National Homebrew Competition Hey Everyone, The entry deadline for the First Round of the American Homebrewers Association's 25th Annual National Homebrew Competition (NHC) is quickly approaching, so get ready to send in those entries! Last year we had 3,074 entries, once again making the NHC by far the world's largest homebrew competition! We expect even more entries this year. Due to the growing number of entries, we've added a new "East" region based in Cleveland, OH. Entry Deadline: April 9-18 Judging: April 25-27 See http://www.beertown.org/events/nhc/index.html for details, entry forms, site map, etc. We Need Judges and Stewards! If you are interested in judging, contact the judge coordinators listed at http://www.beertown.org/events/nhc/judging.html. For entries advancing to the Second Round of the competition, judging and awards ceremony will take place at the AHA National Homebrewers Conference in Chicago, June 19-21, 2003. For details on the conference, see http://www.beertown.org/events/hbc/index.html. Once again, the Ninkasi Award winner (for the winningest brewer in the second round of the competition) will be taking home a stainless steel conical fermenter, compliments of Beer, Beer, & More Beer. Also, for AHA members, don't forget to vote in the AHA Board of Advisors election! Ballots will be accepted through April 1. We have an excellent line up of candidates this year. You can vote online at http://www.beertown.org/homebrewing/election.html. Okay, one last thing. Once again, Lallemand, makers of Danstar yeast, is offering one lucky AHA member a full-paid scholarship to attend the Siebel Institute of Technology's Concise Course in Brewing Technology. See http://www.beertown.org/homebrewing/scholarship.html for contest details. Cheers & Good Luck in the Competition! Gary Gary Glass, Project Coordinator Association of Brewers 888-U-CAN-BREW (303) 447-0816 x 121 gary`at`aob.org www.beertown.org Join the American Homebrewers Association today at http://www.beertown.org/homebrewing/membership.html. Check out the new AHA Pub Discount Program, http://www.beertown.org/homebrewing/pubs.html! Get your entries in for the 25th Annual AHA National Homebrew Competition, entries due April 9-18, 2003 see http://www.beertown.org/events/nhc/index.html for details. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.459 / Virus Database: 258 - Release Date: 2/25/2003 ********************************************************************** * JudgeNet - the beer judge digest * * Send plain text only, no HTML, MIME, encoded text or attachments * * Send subscription requests & changes to judge-request`at`synchro.com * ********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Beechum, Drew Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 19:25:48 -0800 (PST) Subject: 2003 Maltose Falcons Mayfaire (aka the 24th) Brewers, The Maltose Falcons are happy to announce the arrival of the 24th Annual Maltose Falcons Mayfaire This year's new style addition should be welcome to all the hopheads, the vaunted Double IPA! (See the full guidelines at our website.) The BOS Winner will receive a statuette of the famous bird, "Hashell Dammit!" Entries are due between April 1st and April 17th. 3 bottles and $6 per entry Results of this competition are used in the Sierra Nevada California Homebrew of the Year Award. Full details and online entry at http://www.maltosefalcons.com/ Good Luck! ********************************************************************** * JudgeNet - the beer judge digest * * Send plain text only, no HTML, MIME, encoded text or attachments * * Send subscription requests & changes to judge-request`at`synchro.com * **********************************************************************