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Competitive Brewing

Page history last edited by Chris Rafalik 12 years ago

 

 

Why We Brew What We Brew

 

Some people brew for the sheer joy they get out of making their own beer, others brew so that they can create the exact style of beer they enjoy, yet others brew to enter beers into one of the many homebrew competitions.  

 

The Bay Area Mashtronauts exist to support brewing in every facet.  This page is the repository for all information pertaining to competitive brewing.

 

BJCP Style Guidelines

Beer entered into a homebrew competition is judged against known style guidelines.  These guidelines are managed by the Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP).  These guidelines specifically detail each beer's aroma, appearance, flavor, mouthfeel, and overall impression.  Commercial examples are also given for each style.  They also have a program of training and certifying beer judges.

 

BJCP Course Documents

This link will take you the the BAM Beer Judge Certification Program Library that contains the compilaton of documents used by BAM instructors and students in teaching and studying for the BJCP Certified Judge class and Exam.

 

BJCP Exams in the Houston Area

We are very fortunate this year to have two BJCP Exams in the Houston area.  BAM is hosting its first BJCP exam on March 9th, 2011 at B&S Brewers Guild at 9;00 AM.  The classes for the BAM exam will start on Saturday January 13th, 2011.  They will be held at B&S Brewers Guild every Saturday afternoon starting at 4:00 PM. The class notes will be contained in the BAM BJCP 2011 Class Folder in the BAM Library. There will be a second BJCP exam held by the Foam Rangers in October (Date TBD), 2011. When we have more details, we will add them.  Taking either of these classes is one of the best ways available for a home brewer to become a better homebrewer

 

Lone Star Circuit

Since the Bay Area Mashtronauts is a Texas based club, it only makes sense that the vast majority of our beers are entered into Texas homebrew competitions.  These competitions are organized into the Lonestar Circuit.

 

Nuts and Bolts Competition

Nuts and Bolts is the Bay Area Mashtronauts intra-club brewing competition.  While not available to non-members and not AHA certified, Nuts and Bolts is for something more important - Bragging rights!

 

 

General Timing of the Lone Star Circuit Competitions  

Competitions & Links to Homepage Sponsoring Club(s) and Location City
Competition/ Awards Date

Entries Due By

Bluebonnet Brew-Off Cap and Hare, Knights of the Brown Bottle (KOBB), North Texas Homebrewers Association (NTHBA), and the Red River Brewers, Ft. Worth
March 25-26, 2011 Feb 25, 2011

Alamo

City Cerveza Fest

Bexar Brewers Homebrew Club , San Antonio

April 29-30, 2011  Aor 2, 2011
Celtic Brew-Off Knights of the Brown Bottle, Arlington June 4th, 2011
May 12th, 2010
Big Batch Brew Bash KGB, Houston May 6, 2011
May 14, 2011
Lunar Rendezbrew Bay Area Mashtronauts, Seabrook Aug 4th, 2012
July 9th, 2011
Limbo Challenge

North Texas Homebrewers Assosciation, Dallas

 

Aug 28, 2010
Jul 16 - Aug 6
Cactus Challenge Ale-ian Society, Lubbock
Sept 2011(Dates are tentative) Sept 2011

Dixie Cup

Foam Rangers, Houston October, 2011(Dates are tentative) Sept, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AHA/BJCP Sanctioned Events

There are many, many more homebrew contests across the country during the year.  Some specialized only on a specific style of beverage, like mead.   The vast majority are more general and are opened to all the recognized styles of beer, mead and cider.  Some are built around special events, like National Homebrew Day on the first Saturday in May or the Great American Beer Festival, this year at the end of September in Denver, Colorado.  All you have to do is enter them and ship your entry on time!  This is the link to the list of all the currently recognized American Homebrewers Association (AHA) / BJCP sanctioned events.  Don't let it intimidate you.  It's just a list of events for tasting homebrew in other parts of the country.

 

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