This year's style is 6D - American Wheat or Rye.
The competition is open now, beers are due November 24th (either at the brewery, or at the Halifax droppoint). The judging will take place that weekend.
All of the judging will be done by BJCP-certified judges. We'll have three tables of judges, each judging a third of the entries. Each table will put forward a favourite beer or two to the Best-of-Show, where BOS judges will pick the best 6D entry. BOS judges will be a subset of the judging panel, probably 5 judges.
The winning brewer will be invited to brew their beer at Big Spruce, for launching at the Local Connection Craft Beer and Local Food Event January 15th, 2015, and wide release thereafter. Our own TimGr won this competition last year with his "Tim's Dirty (Grain) IPA"
I don't know the finer details, but here is what I'm guessing based on last year:
One entry per person
$25 per entry (will get you an exclusive t-shirt)
Registration in advance (mainly to confirm shirt size)
Four bottles of beer are required
First and Second Runners-Up will be announced, and win some schwag.
Now, get brewing!
(Judges, expect an email from me shortly
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I just got a silver for an American Wheat. I wonder if I am allowed to enter this year after last year's rant.
