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UK National Homebrew Competition 2013 - Oxford

Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 3:10 pm
by alikocho
The UK National Homebrew Competition for 2013 will take place on the weekend of 14/15 September in Oxford.

The location has been chosen as it seemed that the competition needed to move from Bristol after being held there for the last two years, there was a group of people who are willing to act as local coordinators, and it is relatively more accessible for the concentrations of UK BJCP judges we have at present.

There will be several rule changes this year in order to deal with an anticipated large number of entries and based on the experience of last year:

All beer must have been dropped off or received by mail by the closing date. Judges and Stewards will NOT be able to bring entries on the day.

Brewers may enter ONE beer per subcategory (you may still enter multiple beers in a category - i.e. entering 14A, 14B and 14C is allowed. Entering more than one beer in 8B is not).

Registration is open at http://www.nationalhomebrewcompetition.org.uk

Re: UK National Homebrew Competition 2013 - Oxford

Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 10:42 am
by I_used_to_brew
£22 for a train ticket if you book in advance :)

Anyone planning on going?

Re: UK National Homebrew Competition 2013 - Oxford

Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 10:55 am
by Bimster
Ali,

Is this likely to be on both days or just one? Can you let us know the details (when you know) so we can sort out transport etc.

Cheers.

Re: UK National Homebrew Competition 2013 - Oxford

Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 12:15 pm
by Taz Ales
I'm up for judging. Putting it the diary now to make sure I don't double book anything.

Re: UK National Homebrew Competition 2013 - Oxford

Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 12:56 pm
by alikocho
Bimster wrote:Ali,

Is this likely to be on both days or just one? Can you let us know the details (when you know) so we can sort out transport etc.

Cheers.
I'll let you know when we have this straightened out. In many ways it would be easiest to have a one day affair, but the volume of beer vs available judges might mean that 2 days is easier.

Re: UK National Homebrew Competition 2013 - Oxford

Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 11:08 am
by alikocho
Registration now open....

Re: UK National Homebrew Competition 2013 - Oxford

Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 4:20 pm
by alikocho
Note the changes for this year. All have been made to make the competition more manageable and the day more enjoyable for all.


Brewers may enter ONE beer per subcategory (you may still enter multiple beers in a category - i.e. entering 14A, 14B and 14C is allowed. Entering more than one beer in 8B is not). This applies to all categories EXCEPT 23 (Specialty Beer), where brewers may enter NO MORE THAN THREE beers.

The custom category of New Zealand Pale Ales will not be offered this year. NZPAs should be entered as APAs, and judges will be instructed not to mark down for non-US hop usage.

The entry window closes TWO WEEKS before the competition, and ALL beer must be in the week before (and local drop-offs need to get it to the main site prior to the day). No beer to be entered in the competition may be brought on the day by judges or stewards.

Entries are limited to 500. Once 500 entries have been reached, no further entries can be registered. We expect to hit this cap fairly quickly.

Re: UK National Homebrew Competition 2013 - Oxford

Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 2:09 pm
by alikocho
Less than three months to go!

The venue is set, and there are details on the competition site.

Entries are coming in, but remember that there is a cap of 500 entries and that your entries are only guaranteed if they have been paid for (the system will keep collecting "unconfirmed" entries).

I'm already excited!

Re: UK National Homebrew Competition 2013 - Oxford

Posted: Sun Sep 01, 2013 7:23 pm
by alikocho
Entries are now closed (although some still need paying).

442 entries with 201 participants.

Categories will run as follows:

Light Lagers and Pilsner - 9 entries
Amber and Dark Lagers - 12 entries
Bock - 6 entries
Light and Amber Hybrids 22 entries
English Pale Ale - 29 entries
American Ale - 34 entries
English Brown Ale; Scottish and Irish Ale - 14 entries
Porter - 30 entries
Stout - 47 entries
IPA - 52 entries
German Wheat and Rye Beers - 15 entries
Belgian and French Ale - 47 entries
Sour Ales and Fruit Beers -10 entries
Belgian Strong Ales - 25 entries
Strong Ales - 24 entries
Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer - 14 entries
Smoke and Wood-aged beer - 18 entries
Specialty Beer - 34 entries