Shamrock Open XIV

March 14, 2009

Sanctioned Competition Program (SCP) Registered

http://www.bjcp.org/compcenter.php

Registration is open January 31 - February 28

Please register to Judge or Steward online, click HERE (the same form is used for beer registration).

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Our fearless Competition leaders (left click on their name to send an email)

Competition Organizer - Brad Vincent
Judge Director - Mike Weiss
Steward Director / Cellarmaster - Brian Sico
Registrar - Kevin Thorngren
Raffle Director - Todd Wenzel

Entry Deadline

Registration begins January 31, 2009.
Entry registration will be accepted through Saturday, February 28, 2009 We require all entries to be completed Online, click HERE (same form is used for beer, Judge, and Steward registration). All entries must be entered by that date in order to be eligible for judging.

Entries may be hand carried/dropped off at American Brewmaster, 3021-5 Stoneybrook Dr. Raleigh, (919)-850-0095 up to 5 pm on Saturday February 28th, no exceptions anything left at AB after that date and time will not be eligible for judging. There will be no further pick-up before the competition. Registered entries that are shipped need to be received at the alternate address no later than February 28th.
Entries can be shipped for delivery to American Brewmaster.or the alternate address (see addresses below).
Pre-registered entries will be accepted at the CARBOY meeting on Wednesday February 25th.
Out-of-town judges and stewards who are not members of CARBOY may drop-off their own entries at the competition provided:all of their entries were on-line registered by the 2/28 deadline; and payment was sent in-full by that deadline; and they arrive with their own entries exclusively at the competition on 3/14 between 7:30-8:00 a.m. Regrettably, due to timing constraints this special courtesy cannot be extended to other entrants or entries (i.e. those who are not judging or stewarding). Please note the time as delays in receipt of entries affect the start time of the competition.
Late arrivals will be disqualified.
No-shows will not receive a refund.
There will be no out-of-town pickup this year. All entries must be shipped, dropped off at the CARBOY meeting, dropped off at one of the approved locations, or out-of-town judges and stewards may bring their own entries on the day of the competition.

Entries should be shipped to:

Shamrock Open
c/o American Brewmaster
3021-5 Stoneybrook Dr.
Raleigh, NC 27604

Alternate Address:

Shamrock Open
c/o Dave Buning
212 Excalibur Court
Cary, NC 27513

Should consist of two (2) bottles, each with a completed bottle ID form attached by a rubber band, and accompanied by a completed entry form and payment.

Bottle Labels

Entry fee

$6 for each entry up to 8 entries; $9 for each entry above 8 entries.
For example, A person sending 5 entries will pay 5*$6 = $30
A person sending 10 entries will pay 8*$6 + 2*$9 = $66
No limit on entries. Please enclose a single check for the total fees made payable to "CARBOY"

Bottles

Each bottle must be plain glass, brown or green, 10 to 16 ounces in volume, and crown capped. Bottles and caps must be free of anything which is sufficiently unique that it could identify a brewer to a judge. This may include raised lettering, labels, unique bottle shapes or the like. No swing-top bottles. Bottle caps should have any distinguishing marks completely blacked out. (Use of brown, long-neck, 12 oz. bottles is encouraged but not required.) Bottles not meeting these guidelines will be disqualified, and ineligible for award. (They may be judged at the discretion of the competition organizers.) NOTE: Reusable containers, including "Carbonator" type devices CAN NOT be returned.

Judging

Please register to Judge or Steward online.

Judging will take place at BB&Y Restaurant at 9 am on Saturday, March 14.
Every effort will be made to have all entries judged by qualified participants in the Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP).

BB&Y Restaurant is located on the first floor of the Caswell Building at 3700 National Drive, in the Glenwood Place (formerly known as Koger Center) off Glenwood Avenue in west Raleigh (Glenwood Ave exit off 440, towards Raleigh/away from Crabtree Valley Mall). Map to BB&Y

Apprentice judges are welcome and will be paired with experienced judges.
Judges and stewards will be our guests for lunch.
Those wishing to judge or steward should contact the Judge Director or Steward Director (respectively, see below).
Judge and steward experience points will be reported to the BJCP.
Judges and stewards are expected to arrive not later than 8:30 am.
Some categories may be condensed with categories of similar style for determining 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners, at the organizers' discretion.
Conversely, categories in which a large number of entries are received in each of several sub-categories may be expanded to determine ribbon winners and Best of Show entries.
Bagels, coffee and juice will be served for breakfast. Sandwiches, chips, salads, beer, and soft drinks will be available for lunch.

Prizes

1st, 2nd & 3rd place beers in each category will receive a ribbon. 1st, 2nd & 3rd place
Best of Show beers will receive a Best of Show ribbon.

Carolinas Brewer of the Year

This is the first competition in the series leading to the 2009 Carolinas Brewer of the Year award. The others being (in chronological order), the U.S. Open sponsored by the Carolina Brewmasters (May ??), Alcohol Through Fermentation (ATF) May Mead Madness (May ??), the DEA Challenge sponsored by the Down East Alers (June ??), the Blue Ridge Brew Off hosted by the Mountain Ale and Lager Tasters' (September ??), the TRUB Open sponsored by the TRiangle's Unabashed homeBrewers (??), the Battleground Brewers Guild's Skirmish in the Triad (November ??), and the Palmetto State Brewers' Open sponsored by the Palmetto State Brewers (December ??). Carolinas Brewer of the Year is awarded to the Carolinas homebrewer who receives the greatest number of points, earned by placing in the participating annual Carolina competitions. Contact the Shamrock organizers for more information or click here to view the CBoY rules.