MBO 2008

11^th Annual Mountain Brewer Open, July 26^th 2008


GHHA Home 2008 Mountain Brewer Open Enter your Beers Register to Judge/Steward Pay for your Entries MBO Schedule 2008 Directions SPONSORS 2008 GHHA Sierra Nevada ?? SPONSORS 2007 Homebrew Digest GHHA Sierra Nevada Larado's Steak & Seafood SPONSORS 2006 BlenkoGlass GHHA Saad's Market Grape & Grainery Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Safety Supply Fresh Hops Laredo Steak & Seafood Chili Willi's Gardner's Refridgeration Past Contest Results History of MBO 2007 MBO Results 2006 MBO Results 2005 MBO Results 2004 MBO Results 2003 MBO Results Area Hotels Raddison Holiday Inn Ramada Super 8	The Greater Huntington Homebrewers Association is proud to host the 2008 Mountain Brewer Open Homebrew Contest. This years event will be held at St Clouds Commons, Huntington, WV on Saturday July 26^th 2008. GHHA BREWFEST will follow the homebrew contest. Last year, the Homebrew contest drew 187 entries from 22 states. All entries will be judged according to the 2008 BJCP guidelines. Medallions will be awarded to the 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd place beers in each category. In addition a best of show trophy will be awarded to the top entry. Meads, ciders & braggots will compete in their own best-of-show judging. Entries will be accepted July 10^th - July 20^th, 2008. The fee is $5/entry, 2 bottles per entry. Beers should be entered on-line using the Homebrew Competition Wizard MBO Entry. The Competition Wizard guides you through the entry process and assists in entering the beer into the correct category. The Competition Wizard will also generate bottle labels and provide a tracking number for the beer. The label must be attached to the bottles with a rubber band. These labels contain brewer information and will be removed before the Judges see the bottle. Entry fees can be paid by check (made out to Greater Huntington Homebrewers Association/GHHA) or credit card payments through PAYPAL. Ship entries to GHHA, Trinity Episcopal Church, 520 11th Street, Huntington, WV 25701 . Judges and volunteers should also sign up using the Homebrew Competition Wizard MBO Judges/Stewards. Note this is a BJCP certified competition. BJCP judges and GHHA members will be given preferential assignments. This is a moderately large competion with 20 separate flights that will be judged. YOU will only be garuenteed a judging spot if you register to judge and you recieve confirmation from the judge coordinator that you have been assigned. GHHA Label contest will be back for its fourth year ($2/entry). Labels will be displayed at the GHHA BREWFEST with attendees voting for a people’s choice award. In addition, a special set of judges will award prizes to the top labels. For ease of viewing, labels can be blown up to maximum size of 5x7" (bottle size lables will also be accepted). Judging will begin at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday July 26^th, 2008. All BJCP certified judges will receive free admission to the GHHA BREWFEST. Awards will be presented Saturday night. Depending on the number of entries and qualified judges, judging of the Meads, Ciders and Braggots maybe moved to the first week of August. Both Raddison and Holiday Inn hotels are located in downtown Huntington, WV. If you have any questions contact David Zalewski at zalew@msn.com (606-921-6357).