Cowtown Yeast Wranglers Annual Roundup 2013

[Tony L]

Looks like a deadline is established, but nothing official on their site yet. Here is part of a notice there.

As announced at the January meeting, the deadline for this year's Homebrew Roundup is February 15, 2013. Please stay tuned for complete competition details and regulations, which will be coming out in the next week. For those of you who participated in last year's Roundup, expect no real changes to the rules of the competition. As soon as the competition website is updated and prepared for this year's competition,

[canuck]

I'm not familar with last year's roundup......any generals details/rules on it Tony?

[Tony L]

Much the same as any other in the west. They have ( I think ) on-line registration, with all BJCP styles accepted and any points awarded goes to the point system of http://www.canadianbreweroftheyear.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;.

I'll post any updates when I see them on their site.

[Tony L]

OK this is it

http://yeastwranglers.brewcompetition.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[RubberToe]

Lol they fucked up the dates.

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[Tony L]

Lol they fucked up the dates.
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Where.

[CorneliusAlphonse]

they look fine to me too.

good luck to all entering!

[RubberToe]

Lol I swear it said open Feb 25 close Feb 15 before, hah! Whateva, OK might be crazy. I'm gonna enter a stupid amount of brews though.

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[Tony L]

I'm gonna enter a stupid amount of brews though.

Good to hear. Hope you do well.

[sleepyjamie]

Anyone wanna combine entries and save on shipping?

[Tony L]

So who besides Rob, Jamie and myself are entering?

I also entered the Werthogs comp.

[mr x]

I can never get organized enough to do these things. I love seeing the rest of you doing it though. Good luck!

[Tony L]

I can never get organized enough to do these things. I love seeing the rest of you doing it though. Good luck!

The big pain is paying for shipping and misery loves company, so I like to see others sharing in my pain

But I do love entering competitions. Most of the time I get good feedback, especially with the judges from the western competitions.

[RubberToe]

Argh, the deadline is next Friday for this one. I bottled a bunch on Tues night and will be doing some more tonight so I can pack and send off Friday morning.

Tony, who are you using to ship? What do you say is in the box, etc? Marked as fragile?

With it being February and all, is it possible that the contents will freeze?

[Tony L]

[quote="RubberToe"
Tony, who are you using to ship? What do you say is in the box, etc? Marked as fragile?

With it being February and all, is it possible that the contents will freeze?[/quote]

I went with UPS ground.. still cost me $45 or so. I mark it as yeast samples when using UPS. When I use Canada post ( which
the competition organizers don't recommend for delivery purposes ) nothing is necessary to write in. Just make sure it
is packed well in a plastic bag to contain breaks. I use a styrofoam lined box and pack each bottle with bubble wrap and
place that in a garbage bag and tie the bag. I haven't had one break yet.
As for freezing... who knows what abuse our entries take when it leaves our hands. Probably why local entries do better than ones
sent to them. At least theirs aren't shook to shit when it is delivered to them.

[berley]

I fully intended on submitting a few beers to the Roundup, but then life got in the way... and I got lazy.

I may try to get a couple in the Werthogs comp.

[Tony L]

I may try to get a couple in the Werthogs comp.

Your time for that one is getting short also.

[RubberToe]

I have 7 entries packed up ready to go. This is a lot of work!

[Jayme]

I'm going to try and get one ready tonight. How many bottles are required? I can't find that info on the page anywhere.

[berley]

2 bottles, labels attached by rubber band.

[RubberToe]

I have 7 entries packed up ready to go. This is a lot of work!

15x10x8.5 box weighing 20 lbs using FedEX 3 day Express Saver shipping cost $70.

[chalmers]

Ouch on that shipping price!
Not sure if it matters, but I always send packages on Monday, so they're not sitting in a frozen (or v. hot) warehouse/truck/outside over the weekend.

Good luck to everyone!

[Tony L]

Ouch on that shipping price!
!

I don't consider that bad at all. They really gouge us here on the rock.

[canuck]

I sent off a couple of bottles last week. Best of luck to everyone, it would be great to see a bunch of Brewnoser names in the end!

[Jayme]

I didn't enter in the end. Only really had one beer we could sent, and didn't think it is medal worthy. I didn't think feedback alone is worth the price of entry/shipping.