Souther Star Brewing wants your beer!

Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:23 am

From http://www.southernstarbrewery.com/SSBNews.asp.
Attention all home brewers!


Southern Star Brewing is having a best of show competition (without the actual show). The winning recipe will be brewed here with the winner and be released as our fall seasonal. The beer will also be entered into the 2009 GABF Pro-Am competition.
As always, there are a few rules:

Great American Beer Festival rules dictate that to be eligible for the Pro-Am, the home brewer MUST be an American Home brewer Association member. Fortunately, Saint Arnold Brewing Company is hosting an AHA rally on 2/15/09, so if you are not a member, you can easily become one at this fun filled event. Check out further details at: http://www.SaintArnold.com/

Entries Must be greater than 5% ABV. Our license does not allow us to make weak beer.

Entries must be ready to drink within 2 months after brewing. If you brew a giant, it must mellow fast.

Entries must be "All Grain" batches.

Entry must be able to be replicated on our system (i.e. no decoction or weird ingredient prep). We are capable of step infusion. Single step infusion preferred.

Entries cannot be from blended batches. See above rule.

There is no entry fee. Enter as many beers as you want. Style is open. Judges are invited to enter.

You must submit at least 6 bottles of each entry along with the recipe(we will keep the recipe private unless you state otherwise).

Entry deadline is MAY 2ND


Entries will be judged on a 2 round basis that may extend to three rounds by Houston area Homebrew illuminati (or as many of them as we can round up/convince to do this).
Keep in mind our existing beer styles, as we are looking to diversify.
Good luck and we look forward to drinking...err, judging your entries!
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Re: Souther Star Brewing wants your beer!

Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:56 am

Dirk McLargeHuge wrote:Entries Must be greater than 5% ABV. Our license does not allow us to make weak beer.
Huh. That seems like kind of an odd law.
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Wed Feb 04, 2009 9:24 am

Pseudolus. wrote:
Dirk McLargeHuge wrote:Entries Must be greater than 5% ABV. Our license does not allow us to make weak beer.
Huh. That seems like kind of an odd law.

I don't pretend to understand the intricacies of Texas liquor laws, but, anything over 4% cannot be labeled "beer". Anything over 4% is called an "ale" for tax purposes. I'm sure it has something to do with that.
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Wed Feb 04, 2009 9:28 am

This is a great contest... a guy from my local club won it two years ago (Chris Bowen with Allentown/Bethlehem Brewworks)... I think the rules say it has to be a homebrew which has won a medal at a competition, so having the competition to qualify is a great way to do it.
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Wed Feb 04, 2009 10:31 am

Not to be a downer, but there is no way your friend could have won it two years ago. This contest is brand new and the brewery is celebrating their one year anniversary here soon... :D

This is one of our new breweries here in Houston (Conroe... North Houston). They are solid guys and they make some great beer. For the record, they already have an Imperial Stout, Blonde, Rauchbier and Pale Ale, so don't enter those.

I'm thinking of brewing a weizenbock...
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Wed Feb 04, 2009 10:49 am

Thirsty Mallard wrote:Not to be a downer, but there is no way your friend could have won it two years ago. This contest is brand new and the brewery is celebrating their one year anniversary here soon... :D

He was talking about the GABF pro-am.
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Wed Feb 04, 2009 11:00 am

Thirsty Mallard wrote:Not to be a downer, but there is no way your friend could have won it two years ago. This contest is brand new and the brewery is celebrating their one year anniversary here soon... :D

This is one of our new breweries here in Houston (Conroe... North Houston). They are solid guys and they make some great beer. For the record, they already have an Imperial Stout, Blonde, Rauchbier and Pale Ale, so don't enter those.

I'm thinking of brewing a weizenbock...

I got a pretty swell amber. . .
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Wed Feb 04, 2009 11:17 am

Correct... the GABF Pro-Am 2007

http://www.lehighvalleyhomebrewers.org/ ... .php?t=323

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Thirsty Mallard wrote:Not to be a downer, but there is no way your friend could have won it two years ago. This contest is brand new and the brewery is celebrating their one year anniversary here soon... :D

He was talking about the GABF pro-am.
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