Subject: Digest for the period 2/11/2006 - 2/12/2006 Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 01:03:55 -0500 Table of contents ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Homebrew Fair! 3/25 Call for judges, lecturers, and entrants ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jon Tobey Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 09:32:45 -0800 (PST) Subject: Homebrew Fair! 3/25 Call for judges, lecturers, and entrants What ails your ales? The second annual Homebrew Fair is taking place in Seattle on March 25. The Homebrew Fair brings together all of the local clubs, vendors, and judges for socializing, lectures, and competition. The competition is run to the BJCP style guidelines, but is unique that after the 2-person team of evaluators score the beer, they discuss it one-on-one with the brewer. This rich feedback forum helps both the brewers and the judges improve their skills. Last year, it was the largest one-day competition in the state and was sucessful beyond our wildest dreams, mostly due to the number of people that showed up to help us evaluate beers. We need judges and experienced brewers! Even if you are just thinking about taking the test, this is a great opportunity, as we pair inexperienced judges with "mentors" and the feedback from the brewers is like real-time test experience. It's also much more rewarding to actually meet the person and get their appreciation face-to-face. We would sincerely appreciate anybody who would like to come evaluate, lecture, or just hob-nob. This year Brouwer's Cafe is hosting the post-event party where we can continue to enjoy and discuss our passion for things fermentable. And really, that's what it is all about - the passion. Please visit the site www.homebrewfair.com for sign-up and more information. (Please pre-register so we can order the correct amounts of swag for the evaluators, we are making a concerted effort this year to reward your efforts.) Jon Tobey Ideastream 360-793-8831 "Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking about them." - Alfred Whitehead ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ***** Important Subscriber Information ***** To post a message to JudgeNet, send it to judge`at`synchro.com. Send plain text only, no HTML, MIME, encoded text or attachments. Make sure you use a meaningful subject. Quote only as much material as is needed for context. To manage your subscription, go to http://synchro.com/judge/subscriptions.html or send an email to judge-request`at`synchro.com with the subject: help judge. JudgeNet is also available as an NNTP newsgroup, go to news://news.synchro.com/synchro.judge