[FCBrewClub] 12th Annual 8 Seconds of Froth-judges/stewards

[WindyWY at aol.com]

Here's the update I promised.   

It's been a busy weekend--picking up entries, logging in those entries, AHA 
Big Brews on Saturday (Ft Collins) and Sunday (Cheyenne) and now labeling all 
the entries and staging them by category!

This year we received a total of 125 entries--the majority of which came from 
Front Range Brewers!   This makes this competition are club's second largest 
competition in 12 years!   Thankyou all for your support.

The competition Registrar passed on the following comment that four of the 
major Front Range brewclubs responded in great numbers to the call for entries.  
 All these clubs had entries totalling in double digits and all are 
definitely in the running for the Ace of Clubs Competition.   However, remember, the 
points awarded for the number entries are only one of three phases of the total 
points.   Points will also be awarded for each judge and steward.   Most 
important will be the points awarded for 1st, 2nd & 3rd places (12 categories) and 
BOS beer.

Judging will be on this Saturday, 13 May 2006, and will be held at the 
Cheyenne Country Club located at 800 Stinner Rd, in Cheyenne WY.   Judging sessions 
will begin at 9:30 am.   Please try to arrive NLT 9:00 am so that we can get 
everyone checked in, make any necessary adjustments to our judging assignments 
and put our stewards to work. 

Lunch will be provided to all judges and stewards who work both the morning 
and afternoon sessions.   An awards ceremony will be held immediately following 
the completion of judging at the Country Club.    This should be around 5:00 
to 5:30 pm on Saturday and everyone is welcome for this part of the event.

Directions:   Take I-25 North to exit 11 (Randall/Pershing exit).   Stay in 
middle lane at stop light.   Continue north   across Randall/Pershing on the 
frontage road (Hynds) which parallels I-25 about 1 mile (past Frontier Park on 
your right) to Stinner Rd (the overpass over I-25 on your left).   

Or take I-25 North to exit 12 (Central Ave).   Turn right on Central and head 
east.   Take the first right past the Governor's Mansion about 1/2 mile down 
the road on Kennedy Rd.   Turn right on Kennedy Rd and follow it about 1/2 
mile (through the stop sign to the right) to Stinner Rd (the overpass over I-25 
to your right). 

I'm sending this email to everyone who confirmed their participation, as well 
as, to a few participants at previous competitions and the websites of the 
major front range homebrew clubs.   Therefore, you might receive more than one 
copy of this email.

One final comment.   Serveral of you have already provided a hardcopy of our 
judge/steward registration/waiver form.   Everyone will be required to fill 
out/sign the waiver form prior to participation this Saturday.   I've provided a 
link to that form below so that you could fill it ahead of time and either 
email it our bring it with you Saturday morning--this would simplify / expedite 
your checkin at the event:       http://www.bbriggs.vcn.com/8secjudg.html


I've also provided a link to the BJCP website     http://www.bjcp.org     
This website has a lot of helpful information on beer styles, judging/judge 
instructions etc which might be of assistance for newer judges.

We still have room for more judges.   If you would like to help please email 
me ASAP and I'll put you on my list.

If you have any questions, please email me or give me a call.


Brian Mertz
Judge Coordinator
windywy at aol.com
307 220-7035 cell
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