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- The Pacific Brewers Cup is an AHA-sanctioned
homebrew competition open to all homebrewers.
- An entry is a set of three (3) bottles from a single batch of beer, mead or cider.
The bottles must be made of clear, green or brown glass, and be free from labels,
excessive dirt and identifying marks. All bottles must be filled within an inch and a
half of the top, and be capped with a metal crown cap. The caps must be plain gold- or
silver-colored, or be completely blacked out with a black permanent marker. Swing-type
caps are not permitted. All bottles must be between 10 and 14 ounces in volume, with
the exception of Barleywine, Imperial Stout, and Mead, which may be submitted in bottles
as small as 6 ounces. An entry that excessively gushes from more than one bottle will be
disqualified.
- An entry may not be brewed, fermented or bottled using commercial equipment.
- An entrant is the one or more people submitting an entry. Member(s) of an entrant
must have actively contributed to brewing, fermenting, and bottling an entry. Every
member must be at least 21 years of age. An entrant may not be an entire brew club.
Competition staff, judges and stewards are permitted to be entrants.
- The official style guidelines for this competition are the
Beer Judge Certification
Program (BJCP) Guide to Beer Styles for Home Brew Beer Competitions, dated 2004.
These guidelines can be found at www.bjcp.org,
with links from the PBC 2007 web site at
lbhb.org/pbc/.
Every entry must be declared a particular category and
subcategory according to these guidelines. Under no circumstances will competition
organizers, staff, or judges categorize entries.
- No member of an entrant may submit another entry of the same subcategory, whether
as an individual entrant, a member of the same entrant, or a member of another entrant.
- Every entry must be submitted with a completed entry form and a bottle identification
label attached to each bottle with a rubber band. Using glue or tape to secure the
labels to the bottles will disqualify an entry. Entry forms and all three bottle labels
for a single entry must have the same information on them.
- The entry form must list the following information for entries in the categories
specified:
- For subcategory 20C (Fruit Lambic-Style Ale), the entrant must
specify the type of fruit used in making the entry.
- For category 21 (Fruit Beer), the entrant must specify the
underlying beer style as well as the type of fruit(s) used.
- For category 22 (Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer), the entrant must specify
the underlying beer style as well as the type of spice, herb(s) or vegetable(s)
used.
- If an entry in subcategory 23B (Other Smoked Beer) is based on a
classic style (e.g., smoked robust porter), then the specific classic style
(e.g., robust porter) must be identified.
- For entries in category 24 (Specialty/Experimental/Historical),
the brewer must specify the underlying beer style as well as the type of unique
ingredients used, process utilized or historical beer style being brewed.
For historical styles that may not be known to all beer judges, the brewer may
provide a copy of the text of references to these beers as an aid to the
judges.
- For entries in categories 25 (Mead) and 26 (Cider), entrants
must specify whether the entry is still or sparkling, and must also indicate
whether the mead/cider is dry, semi-sweet (medium) or sweet.
- For entries in subcategory 25B (Varietal Honey Traditional
Mead), the brewer must name the varietal honey.
- Entries may be registered online via the form on the Pacific Brewers Cup 2007 web
site at
lbhb.org/pbc/entryform.htm. Online registration eliminates the need to
submit a paper entry form and will automatically generate bottle identification labels.
- The entry fee is $6.00 for each entry. Make checks payable to the Long Beach Homebrewers
- A panel of at least two judges will judge each entry according to the category in
which it was entered. No judge will be assigned to a category for which they are
entrants. First, second, and third prizes will be awarded in each category, however
the competition organizers reserve the right to combine categories for the purposes
of awards if fewer than five entries are received in a given category. Only entries
rated "Good" or above (a score of at least 21) will be awarded places and prizes.
All contestants will receive the score sheets with judges' comments for their entries.
- All entries become the property of the Long Beach Homebrewers and will not be
returned. Any questions or disputes will be settled by the competition organizers,
and all decisions are final.
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