Subject: Digest for the period 3/8/2006 - 3/9/2006 Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2006 01:07:04 -0500 Table of contents ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Judges for 1st Round Eastern Regionals - AHA NHC ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: David Houseman Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 21:06:06 -0500 Subject: Judges for 1st Round Eastern Regionals - AHA NHC A number of judges have contacted me to judge the 1st Round of the 2006 AHA National Homebrew Competition in Philadelphia. But we need MANY more. So if you haven't done so already, please contact me to judge the Eastern Regional that will be held in Philadelphia, at the HRIM Academic Bistro of Drexel University on Friday night and Saturday, April 28th and 29th. You don't have to be an high ranking judge with lots of experience to judge this event (although we'll certainly take those as well). We'll match less experienced with the more experienced judges -- it's a great forum to gain experience. Friday judging, for those that are local or wish to come in the night before, will commence at 7:00pm. Pizza and beer will be available from 6:15 until 7:00. Saturday judging will commence at 9:00am and proceed with up to three sessions of judging. Lunch will be served as well as a beer and hors d'oeuvre reception just after judging. The Reception will also be a BYO affair, so feel free to bring your own homebrew to share but we'll have plenty of other beer there as well. For those that can stay around, there will be a hosted pub crawl by the knowledgeable George Hummel from Home Sweet Homebrew and Mid-Atlantic Brewing News. The Drexel University Academic Bistro is within a few minutes walk of Philadelphia's 30th Street Station, the main hub for local commuter trains, subways and Amtrak's Northeast Corridor trains from Boston to Washington. Upon exiting the 30th Street Station, proceed West on Market Street to 33rd Street. Turn Right and go to the Academic Building on the Northeast Corner of 33rd & Arch Streets. The Academic Bistro is on the Sixth floor. There is parking available on the street (watch time turnover and meters). Free on-street parking is available on 32nd Street, North of Powelton. Google or Yahoo! MAPS for driving directions to this location. So plan to visit Philadelphia, judge some beer, drink more beer and have a great time with old friends. For those of you from out of town, the Best Western Center City at 22nd & Pennsylvania, next to the Parkway and the museums, is the cheapest. Otherwise there are hotels around the University of Pennsylvania and Drexel Campuses. Center City is also nearby. This could make the weekend a family affair. This weekend will also see Philadelphia host the Penn Relays, so if you want a hotel reservation, get those in very soon. Parking will also be at a premium, so do consider public transportation as your best option. Contact David Houseman, judge coordinator, at david.houseman`at`verizon.net to reserve your judging assignment. Let him know what categories you cannot judge, prefer to judge and prefer not to judge. Let him know whether you can judge Friday, Saturday or both. Contact Nancy or George at Home Sweet Homebrew (www.homesweethomebrew.com) if you have other questions or need help with hotels. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ***** 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