Subject: Digest for the period 2/2/2007 - 2/3/2007 Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2007 01:02:00 -0500 Table of contents ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. New Homebrew Competition Site (Mike Besser) 2. Re: Packaging of entries (Mike Dixon) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Mike Besser Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 08:44:30 -0800 Subject: New Homebrew Competition Site There is a new up-to-date homebrew competition information website out on the web. www.BrewDad.com Come check us out as we update all the information as soon as it becomes available. If you're listing a competition on the AHA site, come to ours and list with us also. We try to make it easy for the one entering competitions to find all the needed forms for both entering, labeling, and judging. This is all FREE. So, come check us out and see what we have for homebrew competition information. We have competition forms that have all the competitions listed by month and then they are full of useful information on entering, shipping, and important dates of when the brews are due and who to contact for judging or stewarding. We also have a calendar section that lists the date of the competition and the last day the competition is taking entries; this is important for most that ship their brews. We also have detailed instructions of how to ship your beers. Come check us out. Relax have a Homebrew, Mike www.BrewDad.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Mike Dixon Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2007 06:36:01 -0500 Subject: Re: Packaging of entries There is no standard for shipping a few bottles. I have found that using the large diameter bubble wrap cushions the bottles better than the small bubble wrap. If you can keep the bottles from clinking and from moving around, that would be best. Also the bottles seem to travel best upright rather than on their side. A friend sent me a few bottles in a small styrofoam cooler with the bottles wrapped in bubble wrap and laid at an angle. The cooler would hold three bottles in that manner very securely. He simply taped the cooler shut and sent it. When I fill a package for shipment I put each bottle into a ziplock, wrap that in bubble wrap, and place into a box lined with a garbage bag. If something breaks then at least it will not leak. If it leaks with UPS it is trashed most of the time, FedEx will sometimes repackage and deliver, and I have not broken anything with DHL which I have been using for the last year and a half without incident. Basically if you are not comfortable dropping the package onto the floor from chest height, you have not packaged the bottles correctly. Cheers, Mike Dixon BJCP National Wake Forest, NC ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ***** 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