Subject: Digest for the period 8/24/2007 - 8/25/2007 Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 01:03:30 -0400 Table of contents ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Annual Fossils Porter Competition: (TashFam`at`aol.com) 2. Valhalla mead only competition (David Houseman) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: TashFam`at`aol.com Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 21:43:26 EDT Subject: Annual Fossils Porter Competition: Annual Fossils Porter Competition: Here is some information about the upcoming FOSSILS Porter Competition taking place November 10, 2007. Judging will start at 2:00 PM. The rules are simple: Two 12 ounce unmarked long neck bottles (stay away from embossed bottles and scrape the label off), for each entry. Multiple entries from the same brewer are acceptable. The bottle caps must be plain or blacked out. We will be following the 2004 BJCP Guidelines for Porter. The beer must be one of the following: 12A Brown Porter, 12B Robust Porter, 12C Baltic Porter or Speciality 23 (Porter only). All entries must be turned in to me on or before Nov. 8, 2007. I (Ed Tash) will be at RichO's on the 8th to collect entries. Entries may be sent to RichO's (see address below), but they must be received by the 8th. If you have a conflict and are unable to get your entry to me on time, contact Ed Tash at _portercompetition`at`fossils.org_ (mailto:portercompetition@fossils.org) . We'll try to work it out. Mailing Address Rich O's Public House Attention: Fossils Porter Competition, 3312 Plaza Drive New Albany, IN 47150 ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: David Houseman Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:26:58 -0400 Subject: Valhalla mead only competition Got Mead? Prepare to enter and judge the Third Annual Valhalla - The Meading of Life mead-only competition, October 20, 2007, at the Iron Hill Restaurant and Brewery in West Chester, PA. All mead styles from the BJCP 2004 Style Guidelines will be judged. Entries are due by October 13th. Mail entries (2-12oz bottles or 1-750ml bottle or the equivalent) can be sent to Home Sweet Homebrew (www.homesweethomebrew.com). Drop off locations locally at Home Sweet Homebrew, Keystone Homebrew Supply, Iron Hill West Chester, Brew Your Own Beer-Winemaking Too!, and Wine, Barley & Hops Homebrew Supply. Additional information can be found at www.valhalla-mead.com. Contact Suzanne McMurphy (mcmurphy`at`sas.upenn.edu) or Tim Ackerson (Theimann`at`verizon.net) for answers to questions about this competition. Judges are also sought and should contact David Houseman (david.houseman`at`verizon.net) to judge this event. Judges should be at Iron Hill West Chester by 9:00 am. Directions can be found at www.ironhillbrewery.com. Dave Houseman ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ***** 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