Marquis de Suds 21st Annual Homebrewing Open

Through the determination of our membership and the support of our fellow clubs across western Canada, we are able to bring you the 21st Annual Marquis de Suds Homebrewing Open.

We want to see some clean brewing, keep the bottles filled above the half-way mark, and let the best brewers win.

Rules

Yup, there's rules. We've tried to keep it simple and straightforward, but read them through anyway.

Eligibility

This is a homebrew competition and only "brewed at home" (BAH) beer is eligible. BAH beer refers to beer which has been made in someone's home with home brewing equipment.
In the case of a BOP (brewed on premises) entry, the entrant must have performed all of the following steps: wort preparation (malt and hop additions, boiling, cooling if permitted by the BOP operator), yeast preparation and pitching, and bottling.
Beer made by commercial means or with commercial equipment on commercial property is not eligible and will not be judged. They will, however, be drank.
At this time, we will not be accepting mead, sake and cider entries. We will thankfully drink 'em if you send 'em, we just won't judge them!

Entry Details

Entries will be of 2 standard unmarked 284-355 ml beer bottles or 500 ml PET bottles which are relatively clean and free from identifying marks of any kind.
We would prefer that entries not have any distinguishing packaging characteristics (ie; wire swing top, clear bottles, raised letters, paint, identifiable caps.) as we do not want:
- A beer identifiable with a particular brewer or other sister entries (similar to the reasons for undistinguishable caps below).
- A beer to be inadvertently and unfairly favoured or disfavoured solely on packaging.
The competition coordinator reserves the right to not allow judges to inspect, open or otherwise see your bottles if, in his opinion, the above may occur.
As per above, caps must be either unmarked or blackened out with permanent marker.
No bottles will be returned
Each entry must be accompanied by a complete, legibly printed, entry form.
Attach the completed entry form to all bottles using a rubber band or easily removable table (ie. no glue, insanely sticky or copious amounts of tape or adhesives please).
Ensure the entries are correctly identified by both class and category as per the class and category listing below. Entries not categorized as per these instructions will not be judged.
Entries should be shipped or delivered to:
Entries should arrive no earlier than June 20th and no later than the competition deadline of June 24th.

Cost

A fee of $5 for the first entry and $4 each additional entry is required.
Cheques or money orders should be payable to Mark Fox
Marquis de Suds members first entry is free of charge.

Judging

Judging will take place on the weekend of June 25th and 26th.
Beer will be judged according to the new BJCP style guidelines for the style you indicate.
Every effort will be made to have at least one BJCP certified judges evaluating each beer and care will be taken to provide positive feedback on the beer.
The beers with the highest average scores will be deemed the winners of their respective classes and go on to the Best of Show (BOS) round.
The BOS round will be judged solely by BJCP judges of the highest available caliber.
The competition coordinators reserve the right to combine or split classes as the need presents. If there is less than 3 entries in a subclass, it may be combined. If there is more than 9 entries, that class may be split into further subclasses.

Awards and Other Benefits of Entering

Results will be e-mailed out as soon as possible after the competition
Scoresheets will be mailed back to all participants.
The top three (3) entries of each class will receive a certificate homebrewing pwnage.
Prizes will be awarded to The Best of Show brewer and then to first, second, and third place brewers in each class until we run out of prizes.