Thanks for the post, Chris! More details are posted below. If you guys can organize your entries, I am sure we can arrange a meetup before the event if no one can make it up that day!
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The Dubois County Suds Club is holding its fifth annual home-brew contest during the Strassenfest on Saturday, August 4, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The contest will again be held at Snaps (1115 Main St., Jasper).
The public is invited to enter the contest, which will be judged live by a panel of beer connoisseurs.
Brewers can enter their beers in six categories this year - light, amber, hoppy, dark, wheat and specialty beer.
Use BJCP guidelines for guidance when choosing a category (category descriptions can be found at
www.bjcp.org/2008styles/catdex.php).
Examples of light beers are light ales and lagers (BJCP categories 1, 2, 6a-c, 7b). Amber beers range from Oktoberfests to nut brown ales to Irish reds (3, 4, 5a-c, 7a, 7c, 9, 10b-c, 11). Any beer that showcases hops should be entered in the hoppy category (8, 10a, 14). The wheat category is reserved for any beer containing wheat or rye (6d, 15). Examples of darkbeers are stouts and porters (12, 13, 19). Examples of specialty beers would be sour beers, Belgian beers, fruit beers, beers with spices or oak-aged beers (16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23).
Certificates will be given for first, second and third place in each of the categories. A special "Best of Show" award will be given to the judge's favorite beer of the day, chosen from the six first-place winners.
Two 12 oz. bottles or a 22 oz. bottle or larger is required to enter. The bottles should be unmarked if possible.
The cost to enter is $2 per entry.
Entry forms can be downloaded from
www.jasperstrassenfest.org/events/Saturday.
Entries should be dropped off between 10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. on the day of the contest at Snaps. Please bring exact change if possible. Checks can be written to the Dubois Co. Suds Club.
Arrangements to submit bottles early can be made by calling 630-8433 or sending an email to
jrumbach@hotmail.com.
