20 20 ALAMEDA COUNTY FAIR
HOMEBREW COMPETITION Presented by: Draught Board Home Brew Club
Entry Deadline: Monday, April 13 Paper Entry
Midnight, Thursday April 16 Online Entry
Enter Online at: alamedbabo.fairmanager.com Bottle Labels
BAY AREA BREW OFF HOMEBREW COMPETITION Alameda County Fair Homebrew Competition Coordinator BABO@DraughtBoard.org
Thank you to our Homebrew Competition Sponsors!
More Beer! – San Leandro HopTech - Dublin Oak Barrel Winecraft - Berkeley Lodi Wine Lab - Lodi More Beer! – Los Altos Beer and Wine Maker’s of America – San Jose More Beer! – Concord GrogTag.com Porky's Pizza Palace
ALL STATE and LOCAL RULES APPLY BJCP Sanctioned Competition SEE CONTENTS FOR JUDGING STANDARDS
ENTRY FEE:
$10.00 per online entry at alamedbabo.fairmanager.com o
On-line registration and fees must be completed by midnight, Thursday April 1 6 , 20 20 .
$1 2 per paper entry
Paper entries and fees must be post marked or delivered to the Alameda County Fair Exhibit office by Monday April 1 3 , 20 20 . (No late paper entries will be accepted). Make checks payable to ‘ Alameda County Fair Association’ . The $ 2 premium covers manual handling of the paper entries.
No entry fee for the label competition!
BOTTLE LABELS CLICK HERE
ENTRY DROP OFF LOCATIONS
Monday April 6 to Thursday April 1 6
MORE BEER San Leandro Showroom www.morebeer.com 2315 Verna Court San Leandro, CA 94577 510-351-3517
Mon - Fri 10:00am to 6:00pm Sat & Sun 10:00am to 5:00pm
Monday April 6 to Thursday April 1 6
OAK BARREL WINECRAFT www.oakbarrel.com 1443 San Pablo Avenue Berkeley, CA 94702 510-849-0400 HopTech www.hoptech.com 6398 Dougherty Rd #7 & 8 Dublin, CA 94568 925-875-0246
Mon - Fri 10:00am to 6:00pm Sat 10:00am to 5:00pm Sun Closed
Mon 10:00 am to 7 :00pm Tue & Wed - Closed Thurs- Fri 10:00am to 7:00pm
Monday April 6 to Thursday April 1 6
Sat 10:00am to 4:00pm Sun 10:00am to 2:00pm
Monday April 6 to Thursday April 1 6
Lodi Wine Labs www.lodiwinelabs.com 710 S Beckman Rd Lodi, CA 95240 209-339-1990
Mon - Wed 9:00am to 5:00pm Thurs 9:00am to 6:00pm Fri 9:00am to 5:00pm Sat & Sun - Closed
Mon - Fri 10:00am to 6:00pm Sat & Sun 10:00am to 5:00pm
Monday April 6 to Thursday April 1 6
MORE BEER Los Altos Showroom www.morebeer.com 991 N. San Antonio Road Los Altos, CA 94022 650-949-2739
C losed Monday Tues - Fri 11:00am to 6:00pm Sat & Sun 11:00am to 3:00pm
Monday April 6 to Thursday April 1 6
BEER and WINE MAKERS of AMERICA www.beerandwinemakers.com
755 E. Brokaw Road San Jose, CA 95112 408-441-0880
Mon - Fri 9:00am to 6:00pm Sat & Sun 10:00am to 5:00pm
MORE BEER Concord 955 Detroit Ave, Unit G Concord, CA 94518 925-771-7107
Monday April 6 to Thursday April 1 6
Alameda County Fairgrounds 4501 Pleasanton Avenue Pleasanton, CA 94566
Saturday April 18
10:00am to noon
DEPARTMENT RULES
1. ENTRY REGISTRATION: a. All homebrew entries must be pre-registered with fees paid via either: Online Entry by midnight Thursday April 1 6 at www.alamedbabo.fairmanager.com or Paper entries must be postmarked by Monday April 1 3 at the Alameda County Fair Exhibits Office. 2. DELIVERY: a. Bottle entries may be shipped or hand-delivered to the More Beer San Leandro Showroom by the end of business Thursday April 1 6 . b. Bottle entries MUST BE hand-delivered to all other locations (therefore not shipped) by an hour before their end of business Thursday April 1 6 . c. Bottle entries may be dropped off to the fairgrounds from 10AM until noon on Saturday April 18 . No entries will be accepted after noon Saturday April 18 . 3. LIMITATIONS: a. Competition is open to all homebrewers over 21 years of age on April 18 , 20 20 . Each exhibitor is limited to one entry per BJCP Subcategory, b. Fair Management and/or competition organizer may consolidate classes into suitable flights, if warranted, due to low number of entries in a class (ie. BJCP category). 4. BOTTLING: a. Each exhibitor must submit a minimum of THREE, clean, unmarked bottles, which are free of any identifying markings, in 12 oz bottles only. Due to the inconvenience of handling, no other bottles will be accepted. NIP bottles (6oz- 8oz) will be accepted in the strong ale, mead and barley wine categories. b. Each bottle must have a label attached including entrant name, division, class (spelled out), and fair assigned entry number. Printing the computer generated label online at: BABO LABEL LINK. c. PLEASE review the 2015 BJCP style guidelines at www.BJCP.org. d. Special attention should be given to any Entry Instructions noted in the category and subcategory so your brew will be entered and judged according to the proper style. e. Each entry qualifies for the homebrew label design competition. See DIVISION 415 for details to enter the homebrew label design competition. f. The competition organizer reserves the right to disqualify entries not meeting the documented rules. g. Entries become the property of the Alameda County Fair and will not be returned. It is not against any Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms regulations or federal laws to ship your entries via privately owned shipping company for analytical purposes. It is illegal, however, to ship alcoholic beverages via the U.S. Postal Service. 5. JUDGING: a. This homebrew competition uses the American system of judging. b. Beers will be ranked against one another to identify one 1 st , 2 nd and 3 rd place entry in each flight. c. Judges will evaluate entries against the 2015 BJCP Guideline at www.BJCP.org . d. Judges will be experienced and BJCP ranked. Judges’ decision is final. e. Judging will be closed to exhibitors. Results will not be given by phone. 6. DISPLAY: a. Homebrew will be displayed in the Agriculture Building (Q) for the duration of the Fair.
AWARDS
a Special rosettes awarded for 1 st , 2 nd , and 3 rd in each class.
b Best of Show $ 75 gift certificate from HopTech . c G ift certificates will be awarded to 1 st place entries with highest average scores from our sponsors:
* MORE BEER – Los Altos, CA * OAKBARREL – Berkeley, CA * BEER AND WINE MAKERS – San Jose, CA * HOPTECH – Dublin, CA * MORE BEER - Concord, CA
SPECIAL AWARDS
ALAMEDA COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION Rosettes: Beer – Best of Show, along with 1 st , 2 nd & 3 rd place per Class
Cash Awards Per CLASS
1st
2nd
3rd
$5
$4
$3
HOMEBREW DIVISION 405 BJCP Beer Styles Categories correspond to Fair Class Number For detailed beer descriptions, see http://www.bjcp.org
Class 1. STANDARD AMERICAN BEER 1A. American Light Lager 1B. American Lager 1C. Cream Ale 1D. American Wheat Beer Class 2.INTERNATIONAL LAGER 2A. International Pale Lager 2B. International Amber Lager 2C. International Dark Lager
8B. Schwarzbier
Class 9. STRONG EUROPEAN BEER 9A. Doppelbock 9B. Eisbock 9C. Baltic Porter Class 10. GERMAN WHEAT BEER 10A. Weissbier 10B. Dunkles Weissbier 10C. Weizenbock
Class 3. CZECH LAGER 3A. Czech Pale Lager 3B. Czech Premium Pale Lager
Class 11. BRITISH BITTER 11A. Ordinary Bitter 11B. Best Bitter 11C. Strong Bitter
3C. Czech Amber Lager 3D. Czech Dark Lager
Class 4. PALE MALTY EUROPEAN LAGER 4A. Munich Helles 4B. Festbier 4C. Helles Bock Class 5. PALE BITTER EUROPEAN BEER 5A. German Leichtbier 5B. Kölsch 5C. German Helles Exportbier 5D. German Pils Class 6. AMBER MALTY EUROPEAN LAGER 6A. Märzen 6B. Rauchbier 6C. Dunkles Bock Class 7. AMBER BITTER EUROPEAN BEER 7A. Vienna Lager 7B. Altbier 7C. Kellerbier
Class 12. PALE COMMONWEALTH BEER 12A. British Golden Ale 12B. Australian Sparkling Ale 12C. English IPA Class 13. BROWN BRITISH BEER 13A. Dark Mild 13B. British Brown Ale 13C. English Porter
Class 14. SCOTTISH ALE 14A. Scottish Light 14B. Scottish Heavy 14C. Scottish Export Class 15.IRISH BEER 15A. Irish Red Ale 15B. Irish Stout 15C. Irish Extra Stout
Class 16. DARK BRITISH BEER 16A. Sweet Stout
16B. Oatmeal Stout 16C. Tropical Stout 16D. Foreign Extra Stout
Class 8. DARK EUROPEAN LAGER 8A. Munich Dunkel
HOMEBREW DIVISION 405 BJCP Beer Styles Categories correspond to Fair Class Number For detailed beer descriptions, see http://www.bjcp.org
Class 17. STRONG BRITISH ALE 17A. British Strong Ale 17B. Old Ale 17C. Wee Heavy 17D. English Barleywine Class 18. PALE AMERICAN ALE 18A. Blonde Ale 18B. American Pale Ale Class 19. AMBER & BROWN AMERICAN 19A. American Amber Ale 19B. California Common 19C. American Brown Ale
Class 25. STRONG BELGIAN ALE 25A. Belgian Blond Ale 25B. Saison 25C. Belgian Golden Strong Ale Class 26. TRAPPIST ALE 26A. Trappist Single 26B. Belgian Dubbel 26C. Belgian Tripel 26D. Belgian Dark Strong Ale
Class 27. HISTORICAL BEER
Class 28. AMERICAN WILD ALE 28A. Brett Beer 28B. Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer 28C. Wild Specialty Beer
Class 20. AMERICAN PORTER AND STOUT
20A. American Porter 20B. American Stout 20C. Imperial Stout Class 21.IPA 21A. American IPA 21B. Specialty IPA
Class 29. FRUIT BEER 29A. Fruit Beer 29B. Fruit and Spice Beer 29C. Specialty Fruit Beer
Classs 30. SPICED BEER 30A. Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
30B. Autumn Seasonal Beer 30C. Winter Seasonal Beer
Class 22. STRONG AMERICAN ALE 22A. Double IPA
22B. American Strong Ale 22C. American Barleywine 22D. Wheatwine
Class 31. ALTERNATIVE FERMENTABLES 31A. Alternative Grain Beer 31B. Alternative Sugar Beer Class 32. SMOKED BEER 32A. Classic Style Smoked Beer 32B. Specialty Smoked Beer Class 33. WOOD BEER 33A. Wood-Aged Beer 33B. Specialty Wood-Aged Beer
Class 23. EUROPEAN SOUR ALE 23A. Berliner Weisse 23B. Flanders Red Ale 23C. Oud Bruin
23D. Lambic 23E. Gueuze 23F. Fruit Lambic
Class 24. BELGIAN ALE 24A. Witbier 24B. Belgian Pale Ale 24C. Bière de Garde
Class 34. SPECIALTY BEER 34A. Clone Beer
34B. Mixed-Style Beer 34C. Experimental Beer
HOMEBREW DIVISION 405 BJCP Beer Styles Categories correspond to Fair Class Number For detailed beer descriptions, see http://www.bjcp.org
Class X. LOCAL STYLES X1. Dorada Pampeana X2. IPA Argenta X3. Italian Grape Ale
Class M4. SPECIALTY MEAD M4A. Braggot M4B. Historical Mead M4C. Experimental Mead Class C1. STANDARD CIDER AND PERRY C1A. New World Cider
Class M1. TRADITIONAL MEAD M1A. Dry Mead M1B. Semi-Sweet Mead M1C. Sweet Mead
C1B. English Cider C1C. French Cider
Class M2. FRUIT MEAD M2A. Cyser M2B. Pyment M2C. Berry Mead M2D. Stone Fruit Mead M2E. Melomel
C1D. New World Perry C1E. Traditional Perry
Class C2. SPECIALTY CIDER AND PERRY
C2A. New England Cider C2B. Cider with Other Fruit C2C. Applewine C2D. Ice Cider C2E. Cider with Herbs/Spices C2F. Specialty Cider/Perry
Class M3. SPICED MEAD M3A. Fruit and Spice Mead M3B. Spice, Herb or Vegetable Mead
DIVISION 415 – HOMEBREW LABEL DESIGN
ENTRY REGISTRATION: a Although homebrew artwork entries are free of charge, they must be pre-registered via either: - Online Entry by Midnight, Thursday, April 1 6 at www.alamedbabo.fairmanager.com or - Paper entries postmarked by Monday April 1 3 at the Alameda County Fair Exhibits Office. DELIVERY: Like HOMEBREW above. a Prepared Homebrew Label Design entries (described below) maybe shipped or hand-delivered to the More Beer San Leandro Showroom by the end of business Thursday April 1 6 . b Homebrew Label entries MUST BE hand-delivered to all other locations (therefore not shipped) by an hour before their end of business Thursday April 1 6 . c Homebrew Label entries may be dropped off to the fairgrounds from 10AM until noon April 18 . No entries will be accepted after noon on Saturday April 18 . PREPARING BOTTLE ENTRIES: a For each Homebrew Label Design entry, submit one empty, clean, standard, brown, 12 ounce, long neck bottle with the HOMEBREW LABEL DESIGN neatly affixed to the bottle. b Due to the inconvenience of handling, no other bottles will be accepted. c Attach an entry label via rubber band, preferably printing the computer generated label online at: Beer Labels . Otherwise, this label should uniquely identify the entry including entrant name, assigned fair entry number, division 415, class ('1' or '2' as defined below). Please spell out the class name. This label will be used by fair staff to track HOMEBREW LABEL DESIGN entries. d Entries become the property of the Alameda County Fair and will not be returned. JUDGING: a Homebrew label designs must reflect good taste. b Judging criteria will be based on an exhibitor’s creativity and originality. c Judges will be looking for an “ attention grabber ” that elicits further investigation based on use of color, design and composition. d Judges’ decision is final. Judging will be closed to exhibitors. e Results will not be given by phone. DISPLAY: HOMEBREW LABELS will be displayed in the Agriculture Building (Q) for the duration of the Fair. AWARDS: Special rosettes awarded for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in each class. Class 1. Fair Theme Label, " Road to Summer 2020 " Class 2 . Best Homebrew Bottle Label LIMITATIONS: a Only 3 HOMEBREW LABEL DESIGNS per class will be accepted.
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