Mt Hope Homebrew comp

**Warrior** · 04-08-2009, 02:02 PM

An Historic Estate Featuring Spectacular Entertainment on the Grounds of the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire

The BrewFest Homebrew Competition will be part of the first session of the first annual BrewFest at Mount Hope. The Homebrew Competition will give homebrewers the chance to show off their brews among a festival of 35 professional breweries. This competition is AHA/BJCP sanctioned and will follow the 2008 BJCP Style Guidelines. The Best of Show award will give homebrewers the chance to work with a professional brewer to make a batch of their winning recipe for sampling at the 2010 BrewFest.
This honor also makes their brew eligible for entry into the GABF Pro-Am Competition.
Best of Luck to All!

Questions? Contact Teresa Centini, Teresa@parenfaire.com

Homebrewers Competition

homebrewer_99 · 04-08-2009, 04:40 PM

I've been to the Ren Faire, but that was in the '80s...

flyangler18 · 04-08-2009, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by homebrewer_99

I've been to the Ren Faire, but that was in the '80s...

Bill, you've been everywhere.

Thanks for posting this up, Mike. I'll definitely have a few things to enter.

**Warrior** · 04-08-2009, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by flyangler18

Bill, you've been everywhere.

Thanks for posting this up, Mike. I'll definitely have a few things to enter.

Yes he has, he gets around all over this country

homebrewer_99 · 04-08-2009, 07:29 PM

So far this year I've been with Warrior in York and in Detriot with Revvy and crew (in Jan), Jacksonville, FL in Feb, Seattle/Tacoma 2 weeks ago and NJ next week...where's it all end? At the raising of a beer mug I tell you!!!

**Warrior** · 04-09-2009, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by homebrewer_99

So far this year I've been with Warrior in York and in Detriot with Revvy and crew (in Jan), Jacksonville, FL in Feb, Seattle/Tacoma 2 weeks ago and NJ next week...where's it all end? At the raising of a beer mug I tell you!!!

BTW next time you are in York, I have a Sticke Alt I'd like you to try. I'm enjoying it very much and need to bottle the next carboy as it is running low!

flyangler18 · 04-09-2009, 12:34 AM

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Originally Posted by homebrewer_99

So far this year I've been with Warrior in York and in Detriot with Revvy and crew (in Jan), Jacksonville, FL in Feb, Seattle/Tacoma 2 weeks ago and NJ next week...where's it all end? At the raising of a beer mug I tell you!!!

There's a couple of us in Hanover that wouldn't mind tipping a few with you.

homebrewer_99 · 04-09-2009, 04:43 AM

I'll DEFINITELY keep you all in mind next time I'm in York...

**Warrior** · 04-28-2009, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by flyangler18

Bill, you've been everywhere.

Thanks for posting this up, Mike. I'll definitely have a few things to enter.

Just bumping this thread. Are many people here going to enter the Mt. Hope comp?

**Warrior** · 05-10-2009, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Warrior

An Historic Estate Featuring Spectacular Entertainment on the Grounds of the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire

The BrewFest Homebrew Competition will be part of the first session of the first annual BrewFest at Mount Hope. The Homebrew Competition will give homebrewers the chance to show off their brews among a festival of 35 professional breweries. This competition is AHA/BJCP sanctioned and will follow the 2008 BJCP Style Guidelines. The Best of Show award will give homebrewers the chance to work with a professional brewer to make a batch of their winning recipe for sampling at the 2010 BrewFest.
This honor also makes their brew eligible for entry into the GABF Pro-Am Competition.
Best of Luck to All!

Questions? Contact Teresa Centini, Teresa@parenfaire.com

Homebrewers Competition

The 1st Mt. Hope homebrew comp went very well. Considering that there was only six weeks notice, we still had 49 entries. We had ten judges including two Grand Masters judges Gordon Strong and Dave Houseman from the BJCP. B.O.S. went to Dave Manning from Berwyn, Pa for a Baltic Porter. 2nd place was Jim Williams from Jackson N.J. for a Roggenbier . 3rd was Jacob Poot from Coopersburg, Pa for an American IPA. I want to thank Chris Clair and Chad Rieker for their help in organizing my first running of a homebrew comp. I also want to thank all the other judges and stewards who made this comp possible. They all came together on short notice and made this comp happen. I expect quite a few more entries next year.

This was my first time at the Mt. Hope Fair grounds and they have quite a neat set up there. Weather turned out great and the Microbrew Fest went very well. The nice thing is that they have about 35 acres which to spread the brewfest around. It was nice having a very large open area to sample the beers from the different breweries.

Warrior