Beer and Sweat Keg Only Competition-August 15

[Chris Norrick]

I just wanted to send out this announcement for the 2009 Beer and
Sweat Keg Only competition hosted by the Bloatarian Brewing League
in Cincinnati. Please forward this information to your club members
or include it in your newsletter or club website if possible.

Who: The Bloatarian Brewing League
What: 2009 Beer and Sweat Keg Only Homebrew Competition
When: Noon Saturday August 15th
Where: The Drawbridge Inn, Fort Mitchell, KY, 41017
Deadline: Midnight Monday August 4th
Registration: http://www.beerandsweat.org
Contact: ray@bloatarian.org or darryl@bloatarian.org

Beer & Sweat is the world's largest keg only homebrew competition by
volume! The 2008 event boasted 244 entries. The competition takes
place Saturday afternoon ending with the Best of Show judging and
finally the awards ceremony in the evening. Once the awards have
been given, the biggest homebrewed party that you may ever
experience continues well into the evening

It is highly recommended that you book a room at the Drawbridge Inn
so that you don’t have to worry about getting home. Not to mention
that we need to satisfy our room quota in order to get the necessary
discounts on the meeting spaces. Visit http://www.beerandsweat.org for
hotel reservation information. If you decide not to book a room at
the hotel, then you need to make arrangements to have a designated
driver with you or to drop you off and pick you up.

All entries are required to be in kegs and must contain a minimum of
5 liters (1.3 gallons) of tasty brew. All entries must be
pre-registered online at http://www.beerandsweat.org. Competition
categories are defined by the 2008 BJCP Style Guidelines. Meads and
ciders are welcomed but are not eligible for Best of Show. There is
also a special category for soda (soda entries are FREE). Entry
fees for the competition are determined as follows:

I am entering my beer in the competition: Your paid registration
will get you an official Beer and Sweat sample glass and wristband.
If you are bringing any guests to the competition please refer to
the non-entrant instructions. $5 for your first keg, $4 for your
second, $3 for your third through tenth, and $0 for each keg over
ten. For example, if you are entering three kegs, your entry fee
will be $12. If you enter 9 kegs, your entry fee will be $30. If you
enter 19 kegs, your entry fee will be $33.


I am a Judge or a Steward: Your official Beer and Sweat sample glass
and wristband are gifts for your efforts.


I am NOT entering beer in the competition, and I am NOT a judge or a
steward: If you intend on sampling entries you will need to purchase
an official Beer & Sweat sample glass for $20. If you would like to
listen to the band and sample soda, you will receive a free
Designated Driver wrist band.

Hope to see you in August
Darryl Dieckman
Senior Web Monkey in Training and Competition Registrar

[SkyBrew]

I was talking with other Homebrewers at the Indiana Brewers Cup this weekend and a lot of people were talking about the Beer And Sweat Competition in Cinncinati.. Its a Keg only competition, there are 302 kegs in the competition this year. I am interested in participating in this competition next year. According to the website, they opened up for entries Wednesday June 12th, and had reached their max 300 kegs by Thursday morning June 13th..

Here is the website with info:
http://beerandsweat.brewcomp.com/

I think in the past we avoided this competition because it sometimes conflicted with SWIRCA but this year it is Saturday August 17th. It would have been awesome to get a keg of our barrel aged old ale in there.