Subject: Digest for the period 2/10/2007 - 2/11/2007 Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 01:03:47 -0500 Table of contents ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. 3rd Annual Homebrew Fair 3/17 - Call for Evaluators (Jon Tobey) 2. packaging, again (Bob Paolino) 3. Lost messages (Chuck Cox) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jon Tobey Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 15:12:12 -0800 (PST) Subject: 3rd Annual Homebrew Fair 3/17 - Call for Evaluators The Homebrew Fair March 17, 1-5 PM 2007 Phinney Ridge Neighborhood Association www.homebrewfair.com Good for What Ails Your Ales We would like to invite you to the 3rd annual Homebrew Fair on March 17, 1-5 PM at the Phinney Neighborhood Center: 6532 Phinney Ave. N Seattle WA 98103 (206) 783-2244 The goal of the Homebrew Fair is to close the loop between evaluators and brewers, by providing direct feedback and analysis on every beer after they have been scored to the BJCP score sheet. As a result, it is a great educational medium for both the evaluators and the entrants. The event is BJCP sanctioned, and we will continue lobbying to get CEP points. The last two years have been run-away successes, but only because of the support from local BJCP judges, professional brewers, writers, and others who have shown up to evaluate the beers. Last year we were the second biggest judging event in the state. We sincerely hope that you can join us this year for another great event! Recent conversations with sponsors have shown an interest in growing this out to a true “homebrew fair” where we can both evaluate and share our beers. Hopefully, if we can promote one more successful event, this could happen as soon as this summer. For organizational purposes, please register at: http://www.homebrewfair.com/text/registration.html Or RSVP to me by email or phone below. Thank you, Jon Tobey jontobey`at`yahoo.com (425) 373-6064 Jon Tobey Ideastream 425-373-6064 "Battles are won by the remnants of armies." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Bob Paolino Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 11:46:20 -0500 Subject: packaging, again Dion Hollenbeck wrote on Tue, 06 Feb 2007 09:27:09 -0700: ...I buy a 14" tall box [snip] ...I buy several 3" cardboard mailing tubes and cut > them to 14" long, one section for every bottle. I then put two > garbage bags, one inside the other, inside the box. Each bottle is > wrapped in enough bubble wrap to make it snug in a mailing > tube. Each mailing tube has a wad of crumpled newspaper [snip] > The advantage of the mailing tubes is that, being cylinders, a > crushing force is going to have a VERY hard time doing any damage to > a set of cylinders. And, the tubes being held off from [snip] Yes, I bet that damage is rather unlikely, but I wonder if it's overkill. I've not had any problem with the method I described, and I would argue that my method is somewhat more "sustainable." Everything I use (except the zipper plastic bag for the paperwork, something I do but forgot to mention until Dion referred to it) is reused material. Look at his description... mostly newly purchased materials getting a first and possibly only use. I use a shipping box that has already been used, I use foam trays that most people immediately consign to the landfill (because of the bother or that a particular municipality doesn't take for recycling), I use newspaper, I use used plastic grocery bags instead of purchased garbage bags, I use a six pack carrier to divide the newspaper wrapped bottles rather than bubble wrap... you get the idea, reduce, reuse, recycle.... Both our methods get the bottles to their destination, but mine creates less new garbage. (Of course, in either case, the bottles are reused :-) ) > The paperwork (check and entry forms) is put in a > ziplok bag (I forgot to mention that I do this, too. So not _everything_ in my packing method is reused material ;-) ) > the sides > with newspaper, will prevent any side blows from contacting the > tubes. And, of course, it the unthinkable happens, the garbage bags > will hopefully contain any spills, and prevent the package from being > opened until it gets to the competition. > > regards, > dion > > -- > Dion Hollenbeck > Email: hollen`at`woodsprite.com Home Page: http://www.woodsprite.com > Brewing Page: http://hbd.org/hollen Toys: 98 4Runner, 86 4x4 PU > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ***** 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 > > > Now go have a beer, Bob Paolino "Are Canadians just Americans who carry hockey sticks instead of guns, or is there more to it than that?" --"This Canadian Existence" Wisconsin Public Radio ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign X against HTML e-mail: / \ Friends don't send friends HTML-bloated messages! 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