Indiana Brewer's Cup 2008 Competition

Dwayne_Delaney · Post by **Dwayne_Delaney** » Tue May 20, 2008 9:24 pm

Sorry, I thought that someone had already posted the information and the link.

Link: www.brewerscup.org

Information:
Entries accepted from June 14th through June 28th
Judging on Friday, July 11th and Saturday, July 12th
The Brewers Cup announces several changes for the 2008 competition:

Homebrewer of the Year Award recognizes brewers who prove their brewing expertise by earning the most points at the Brewers Cup.
What is going to take to win this award? Expertise in several styles and lots of brewing! Winners will receive 3 points for first place, 2 for second and 1 for third place with a bonus of 5 points for best of show. The winner will receive a trophy and a beautiful 15 gallon Blichmann Boilermaker pot! The mill has it that prolific brewers, Bill Ballinger, Mike Pearson and Mark Schiess are revving up their brew pots!

The formula for Indiana Homebrew Club of the Year has been changed to a simpler formula. Club members must declare their club affiliation on their entry forms. The club with the most points will have bragging rights for a year and have the club name added to the Homebrew Club of the Year Trophy.

Point Formula for the Indiana Homebrew Club of the Year:

* 5 points for Best of Show
* 3 points for first place
* 2 points for second place
* 1 point for first place

Special Category 24, Unhopped Beer

Don · Post by **Don** » Sat May 31, 2008 9:32 pm

I was reading through the rules in the Homebrewer section and I have a question about part of #4.

4. Each entry must consist of 3 bottles, 12 ounce...............................
and must be completely free of paper labels, raised-glass, and/or inked brand-name lettering. ...................

My question is what do they mean by raised-glass?

A lot of my beers are bottles in old Samuel Adams bottles and it has their Logo on the bottle in raised letters.

Do I have to re-bottle my beer to enter it?

Thanks
Don

JohnD · Post by **JohnD** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 8:19 am

Don,I think the rules must be pretty rigid about raised glass. I was a steward last year at the competition and I don't remember seeing ANY bottles w/any thing other than plain glass.

Don · Post by **Don** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 12:07 pm

Thats what I need to know. Now I have to transfer some beer and in the future make sure I keep several in the plain bottles and drink the others.

Thanks
Don

jefrey3 · Post by **jefrey3** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 8:23 pm

We have had bottles with raised letters before. We were told to note it on the form, but the beer was not disqualified.

To be sure, rebottle if it is not too much trouble.i

Don · Post by **Don** » Mon Jun 02, 2008 9:46 pm

I still have some in the keg so it won't be a problem for my Bitter and Lager, but I have a Oktoberfest that is 8 month old and a Bavarian HefeWeizen that is 5+ month in the bottle and the kegs are empty.
I'm afraid, if I rebottle, I will, loose the carbonation in the Oktoberfest and loose the settled yeast in my Bavarian HefeWeizen.

Dwayne_Delaney · Post by **Dwayne_Delaney** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 5:45 am

2008 Indiana State Fair Brewers Cup

Entries Accepted June 10th - 28th Brewers from across the state are gathering their best beers to enter in this year's Indiana State Fair Brewers Cup. The prizes are great--ribbons to adorn the brewery, gift certificates at homebrew shops and liquor stores, dinners at Indiana breweries, respect of other brewers and the chance to call yourself, an award-winning brewer!
Entries should be shipped to or hand carried to either of the following locations between June 10th and 28th:
Crown Liquors11640 Brooks School RoadFishers, Indiana 46031317-595-5877
Great Fermentations of Indiana5127 East 65th StreetIndianapolis, IN 46220317-257-9463(We will accept early entries from brewers attending the Brew BQ June 7th) Click here for Brewers Cup online entry for Dept 118 (available June 14-28th) You can find the paper entry form here Follow this link for the guidelines Link: www.brewerscup.org

What's New at the 2008 Brewers Cup?

Homebrewer of the Year Award - presented to the homebrewer who wins the most points at this year's competition. Points are earned by winning best of show, first, second or third place. Walk away from the competition with the title, a trophy and a 15 gallon Blichmann Boilermaker pot!

Dinners with Winners - Four lucky first place winners will meet the brewer, take a tour and have dinner at an Indiana brewery. This is a chance to get to see the pro side of brewing. Priceless prize but dinner is valued at $50.

Dinner with Winner Hosts
Ted Miller at Brugge hosts the winner of Category 18 Belgian Strong Ales
Jon Meyers at Powerhouse hosts the winner of Category 15 German Wheat and Rye Beers
John Template at Half Moon hosts the winner of Category 7, Porters
Greg Emig at Lafayette Brewing hosts the winner of Category 7 Amber Hybrid Beers
For more updates, check out www.brewerscup.org

See the Brewers Cup from the Inside Volunteer to help steward at the Brewers Cup and see the competition unfold from cellar to judging to tabulation. We need stewards to help check in entries, organize the cellar, and to make the entire competition function on competition day. If you are interested in stewarding, please contact the Chief Steward, John Morrical at jmorrica@sbcglobal.net.

Should you have any questions, please contact:
Anita Johnson, Brewers Cup Organizer
brewerscup@indianastatefair.com

Dwayne_Delaney · Post by **Dwayne_Delaney** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 9:41 am

Don wrote:I was reading through the rules in the Homebrewer section and I have a question about part of #4.

4. Each entry must consist of 3 bottles, 12 ounce...............................
and must be completely free of paper labels, raised-glass, and/or inked brand-name lettering. ...................

My question is what do they mean by raised-glass?

A lot of my beers are bottles in old Samuel Adams bottles and it has their Logo on the bottle in raised letters.

Do I have to re-bottle my beer to enter it?

Thanks
Don

When I dropped off the beers at Great Fermentations in Indy Saturday, the guy that took the beers made a point of asking if any of the bottles had "raised lettering like Sam Adams" and said that it would disqualify the beer.

Don · Post by **Don** » Mon Jun 09, 2008 7:17 pm

Thanks

Dwayne_Delaney · Post by **Dwayne_Delaney** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:04 pm

Latest from Brewer's Cup:

Indiana State Fair Brewers Cup 2008
Entry Deadline Approaching

The deadline for entering the Indiana State Fair Brewers Brewers Cup Logo
Cup is this Saturday, June 28th. Sorry no late entries will be accepted, no matter how much you plead.

You may enter online with a credit card (or by paper entry and a check. Be certain to print a copy of your online entry form to include with your entries.

You may ship or hand carry your entries to either of the following cellaring locations. Both locations will have cold storage.

Crown Liquors
Attn ISF Brewers Cup
11640 Brooks School Road
Fishers, IN 46031
317-595-5877

Great Fermentations of Indiana
Att ISF Brewers Cup
5127 East 65th Street
Indianapolis, IN 46220
31-257-9463

Online Entry Form Here
http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001JI63_J1lU5ce ... Ft-RuymQ==

Guidelines Here
http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001JI63_J1lU5dx ... s5iZroGeo=

Paper Entry Form Here
http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001JI63_J1lU5ev ... rQs84Luss=

Good Luck and see you at the Awards Reception on July 12th at 6 PM.
Brewers Cup LogoLiz Laughlin's Kolsch
2007 Pro Best of Show

Liz Laughlin, brewmaster at Rock Bottom College Park in Indianapolis won the 2007 Indiana State Fair Brewers Cup Best of Show, surprisingly with a Kolsch. It was surprising even to Liz because pale, delicate styles like Kolsch usually get swept aside early in the Best of Show round of judging in favor of bigger more robust styles. In fact Liz knows as well as anyone because in 1998 she won Best of Show in an Oregon competition as a homebrewer with a Barleywine.

Originally from Cape Cod, Liz attended college across the country at the University of Oregon ("Go Ducks!") majoring in Environmental studies. She was inspired to brew by discovering her brothers old brewing equipment in the garage, finding a "moldy copy of Charlie Papazian's Complete Joy of Homebrewing and after that I was hooked". She immersed herself into the Oregon homebrewing community, became BJCP qualified, and started hanging around Steelhead Brewing in Eugene asking questions and picking the brain of Jamie Floyd, then Steelhead's brewer. An assistant brewers position later opened up and she was hired, starting her on her professional journey. Later she was hired at the Portland Rock Bottom and worked under Van Havig. She states, "I learned a whole lot from those two guys, especially being picky about cleanliness in the brewery". In fact, the pixyish Liz feels her petite size helps her keep her brewery meticulously clean, because she can easily get under the vessels and she even climbs inside the brew kettle to clean it.

Self proclaimed "artsy", she loves the "art and science of brewing", enjoying the challenge of brewing the complete gamut of styles. Her brewing "inspiration" is Tonya Cornett, at Bend Brewing in Bend, OR (a Marion, IN native who started her brewing career at Oaken Barrel in Greenwood, IN) who was recently named Small Brewery Brewer of the Year by Draft Magazine. Liz loves to play golf and enjoys other outdoor sports like snowboarding and fly fishing. Since she has been a 'Hoosier' she has become Colts fan.

Liz's 2008 Kolsch has already been brewed and will go on tap July 10th. It will also be on tap at the Awards Reception at the Brewers Cup.

Anita Johnson
Brewers Cup Organizer
brewerscup@indianastatefair.com
317-257-9463

Kenny Lucas · Post by **Kenny Lucas** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:00 pm

For the first time in about 4 years, I won't be able to make the event (dammit). Is anyone from the club going up there so that they can bring back our homebrew club of the year award?

Chris Norrick · Post by **Chris Norrick** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:02 pm

I was just on Brewercup.org looking for info on the traditional awards banquet as I wanted to invite my uncle. I seen this:

Beer Dinner Saturday Evening

We are planning a beer dinner for Saturday evening to give judges, stewards and entrants a location to meet after the competition. Stay tuned for more details.

I'm not sure what this means.

Kenny Lucas · Post by **Kenny Lucas** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:05 pm

I assume this is the usual reception held after the judging in the same building.

Chris Norrick · Post by **Chris Norrick** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 8:53 am

Indeed. I just got confirmation from Anita that the tickets are held at the door.

Chris Norrick · Post by **Chris Norrick** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 6:09 pm

We had five members attend the judging and awards ceremony this year. Jim Dipple, John Dipple, Dwayne Delaney, Jack Frey, and myself. All of us were stewards except for Jack who judged. We all worked all three sessions, one Friday night and two on Saturday.

Entries were way up this year. A 20-something percent increase over last year. Well over 800 entries. It kept the stewards very busy pulling, sorting, and delivering all those beers.

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At the awards ceremony Saturday night, Dwayne took a third place for a ...crap I can't remember, you'll have to fill it in Dwayne; and Jack took a first for the schwartzbier Blacklight! Way to go! Give these guys a hand!

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Everyone should consider heading up next year. It's a really great time.