Registration has begun for the Indiana Brewer’s Cup at the State Fair. Three bottles per entry will need to be submitted to Sun King Brewery between now and June 22nd along with a $10 entry fee which can be submitted here. Each bottle will need to have a completed bottle ID form affixed to it with a rubber band. Once submitted, each exhibitor will receive two tickets to the Brewers’ Cup Award Reception on Saturday, July 7 at 6:00 pm on the Indiana State Fairgrounds where the results will be announced. Make sure that your bottles are not labeled or caps marked in any way as it may disqualify your entry. For those of you just now bottling, you should still have more than enough time for your entries to condition. Best of luck!
Battle of the Belgians Homebrew Competition
Battle of the Belgians has begun! BIMP’s first all homebrew blind tasting will be held at Great Fermentations on July 28th from 12pm-5pm. Here are the details. All beers need to fall within Category 16 – Belgian and French Ale BJCP Guidelines for style. The first 15 people to register their brews using the Homebrew Competition form are guaranteed a seat in the competition. 3 bombers of homebrew are required per entry. 2 bombers go towards the tasting, and one is set aside for “the pot.” Bombers will be need to be labeled (click here for label sheet), refrigerated, and brought to Great Fermentations by July 28th at 11am for checkin. What makes this event unique is that each participant is also a judge! All beers will be served randomly, and rated on a scale of 1-10. The entry with the highest average score receives a $25 gift card to Great Fermenations, a special blog post on BIMP, and takes home one of every homebrew entered. Once the tasting is over, I’ll post the list of beers in order of when they were served, each individual beer’s score, graphs, and more! Looking forward to seeing you all there. Good luck!
Ommegang Belgian Pale Ale – Erik Howell (sample)
Mikey’s Summer Saison – Michael Mustin
Saison (To Be Named) – Steve Kent
Il Faited Belgian Pale Ale – Erik Howell
Double Aught Belgian Strong Golden Ale – Mike Trueblood
Upland UpCup 2012 Results
UpCup was AWESOME! I’m definitely entering again next year. There were 80+ entries in total, 12 of which were selected for best in show. The event was catered with food from the restaurant, there were multiple brewery tours with Caleb, and of course a great selection of Upland brews. Congrats to Andrew from the Foam Blowers of Indiana for a well deserved win.
Upland Brewing’s UpCup Homebrew Competion
Entries for Upland Brewing’s UpCup Homebrew Competition are due May 12th. Your brews will be judged in accordance with BJCP Style Guidelines by certified beer judges. The winner receives a trophy and also gets to brew their winning recipe with Upland’s head brewer Caleb Staton. This batch will then be served in Bloomington brew pub and Indy’s Upland Tasting Room locations. The winner’s entry will also be entered into the Great American Beer Fest Pro-Am Competition and US Beer Tasting Championship for additional Only one entry will be accepted per brewer.
To enter you’ll need to:
1) BJCP entry form, found at http://www.bjcp.org/docs/SCP_EntryRecipe.pdf. Ingredients and procedure section is not necessary.
2) Each bottle must have a filled out Bottle ID form attached, preferably by rubber band
– Bottle ID form can be found here: http://www.bjcp.org/docs/SCP_BottleID.pdf
3) Make out a $5 check to Upland Brewing Co. for the entry fee. Entry fees will be redistributed to all attending BJCP certified judges who will be evaluating for the day.
4) Send two bottles of your homebrew (including forms and check) to:
Upland Brewing Co.; Attn: Caleb Staton; 350 W. 11th St.; Bloomington, IN 47404.
Good luck to all participants!
2012 Indiana Brewer’s Cup Competition
Information for the 2012 Indiana Brewer’s Cup Competition has just been posted. This annual competition allows homebrewers to showcase their signature beers and have them professionally judged at the Indiana State Fair. This year winning entries will also qualify to be entered into the Masters Championship of Amateur Brewing (MCAB). Official rules and regulations will be posted in May. Entries will be accepted from June 8-22nd at the Sun King Brewing Company.