2009 Fugetaboutit Homebrew Competition

OFFICIAL RULES

When:

Entries will be accepted from Monday, November 9th, 2009 through Monday, November 30th, 2009. Out-of-town judges may hand deliver their entries on the day of the contest (December 12, 2009 8:00 AM), but they must be pre-registered by November 30th, 2009.

Competition Location:

Terminal Brewhouse 

No. 6 14th St

Chattanooga, TN 37408

423-752-8090

Where to Ship:

Barley Mob Brewers

c/o Tony Giannasi

2214 Mourning Dove Lane 

Signal Mountain, TN 37377

Shipping:

BATF regulations and Federal laws allow you to ship your entries for analytical purposes. Shipping clerks usually will not know this and will sometimes return the package if informed the contents contain alcoholic beverages. If you need assistance in documenting shipping policies contact the American Homebrewers Association (allow time to receive information). The United States Postal Service does not allow shipping alcohol, therefore a private carrier (Fed-Ex or UPS) must be used.

Shipping Address:

Barley Mob Brewers

c/o Tony Giannasi

2214 Mourning Dove Lane

Signal Mountain, TN 37377

Packing:

Pack you entries well. Please refer to, "How to Pack your Beer" in Zymurgy Spring 1991 (Vol 14 No. 1) or see this website.

Sanction:

This competition is an AHA/BJCP sanctioned Competition.

ELIGIBILITY AND CATEGORIES

1. Eligibility:

Contestants will be considered as an individual entrant on the basis of the person's name appearing on the registration form (Brewer). The organizer, registrar, judge director and assistant registrars may enter, but steps will be taken to ensure anonymity of entries. No judge may judge a category they have entered.

2. The "Brewery":

Homebrewers may not use homebrewing facilities other than their own unless brewed with the help of the owner of the homebrewing facilities. Furthermore, the Beer must be entered under the names of all brewers who helped. This is a homebrew contest, beers brewed in commercially licensed facilities or brew-on-premises, whether for commercial research or production or any other purposes are ineligible.

3. Entry Limitations:

Contestants are limited to one entry in any one sub-category. The same brewer's or co-brewers name can not appear on more than one beer entered into a subcategory. For example, if John Smith enters a barley wine he can not have another barley wine entry even if the second entry has Sue Jones as a co-brewer. In the event that an entrant violates this rule all the entries with that brewer's name associated with them in the subcategory will be disqualified.

4. Entrant's Responsibilities:

It is the sole responsibility of the entrant to complete all registration and entry forms, enclosed proper entry fees, and designate the proper category and subcategory in which they want their entry to be judged. Under no circumstances will the registrar or judges reclassify an entry. The Homebrew Competition Wizard will help guide entrants to the best category/sub-category for thier entry.

5. Classification of Categories:

Entries will be judged in categories and subcategories listed in the Beer Style Descriptions from the 2008 Beer Judge Certification Program Style Guidelines and entries will be referred to by category NUMBER and subcategory LETTER. Judges will be provided pertanint information about the entry, but will not be given the identity of the brewer. Judging is to be annonomious. Beers will be judged in the category and subcategory listed on the entry form by the entrant. The Homebrew Competition Wizard will help guide entrants to the correct categories.

6. Judging:

Judging will take place on Saturday, December 12th, 2009

First flight of judging will begin at 8:00 AM

Second flight of beer of judging will begin at 2:00 PM

Best of Show judging will follow the completion of the first and second round. Judges for the Best of Show round are reserved for members of the Beer Judge Certification Program. Special Guest judges may be appointed by the FHC committee.

7. Awards / Prizes:

First, second, and third place in each category will receive a medal. Best-of-Show Prizes will be award for the Beer categories.

The FHC Prize/Awards Committee is soliciting additional prizes from our sponsors. Donated prizes will be awarded to the top three beers in the individual categories.

8. Categories:

We will be using the 2008 guidelines from the Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP). Just use the BJCP Category and subcategory number on the entry form and bottle labels.

Official BJCP Style Guidelines

Beer entrees will be a assigned a judging flight based on the entered category. Depending on the number of entries, categories and/or sub-categories may be combined into a single flight. Each beer will be judged according to the style guideline for the category it was entered. The final flight selections will be the determined by the FHC Committee.

9. Competition Organizer:

If you have any questions contact Tony Giannasi via the Contact Page or call 423-762-8741.