Registration for nationals is now up!

Get 'em in, people. Only 750 entries per region this year...
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Registration is here:
NHC Entry Form

Is anyone else having trouble registering?

I'm getting a "FAILED" message. Hmmmmm....

I just added four beers to it.

Dude said:

Is anyone else having trouble registering?

I'm getting a "FAILED" message. Hmmmmm....

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Yeah, getting the same FAILED message here. Dammit.

I did have trouble and I messed around a bit and the next time I tried it went through. Don't know what I did on the final attempt that finally worked.

I got my entry in now. I have a feeling the 750 per region are going to go fast--don't procrastinate!!!!

This got me off my lazy butt and I'm now an AHA member. Entered my Vienna Lager...which isn't even ready yet.

Dude, I still can't get my registration to go through.

So if you enter, how do you get your beer there with all the shipping restrictions? Do you have to be there?

flyangler18,
I registered for the AHA yesterday morning and they e-mailed me a payment confirmation (i.e. reciept) but no AHA Member Number. So I called AHA and got Janis Gross and she said to enter your registration date in mmyy and that will work...it did. Then an hour later or so Janis e-mailed my AHA Member Number.

EDIT: that may have been mmddyy...can't remember.

SpanishCastleAle said:

flyangler18,
I registered for the AHA yesterday morning and they e-mailed me a payment confirmation (i.e. reciept) but no AHA Member Number. So I called AHA and got Janis Gross and she said to enter your registration date in mmyy and that will work...it did. Then an hour later or so Janis e-mailed my AHA Member Number.

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I'm already an AHA member, but I'm having difficulty entering beers via the online form. Or am I misunderstanding what you are telling me?

planenut,
Take a look at the rules...it's in there. It says it is illegal to ship alcohol via USPS but it's not illegal to ship via a private carrier like UPS/Fed Ex.

Flyangler18,
There must be some other problem then...I was just relaying my exp of doing it if you had just registered/paid for your AHA membership. I figure there may be others like me that registered for the AHA just before trying to enter a beer. Should have known you were already a member.

I can't get the form to work for me either.

FAIL!

ohiobrewtus said:

I can't get the form to work for me either.

FAIL!

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Kyle, apparently we're retards.

Give Janis a call (bottom of the webpage linked in op)...she was very helpful. It may be something on their end that they haven't been informed about yet.

SpanishCastleAle said:

Give Janis a call (bottom of the webpage linked in op)...she was very helpful. It may be something on their end that they haven't been informed about yet.

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When I registered mine, I had just renewed my AHA membership. I emailed Janis and she got back to me within a couple of hours. So if you don't want to call you can always just email.

It is too bad the form isn't working for you guys. I am sure they'll work out the kinks on that.

I looks like Jamil built the registration site so I emailed him about it. Hopefully he'll have it taken care of soon.

ohiobrewtus said:

I looks like Jamil built the registration site so I emailed him about it. Hopefully he'll have it taken care of soon.

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I just did the same thing, hopefully the error is corrected shortly.

Hmmmm... I browsed somewhere else, then went back and it worked. Weird.

Well I'll be damned....just worked for me too!

5 beers entered. :rockin:

5 here too.

14c, 12c, 16d, 19a, 23.

I didn't realize that it cost $5 more per entry if you're not an AHA member. Enter 5+ beers and you can offset the price of a 1 year membership with the money you save on your entries.

If you're reading this thinking about entering beer(s) and aren't an AHA member, what are you waiting for?

Yep OhioBrewtus,
That was me to a tee.

I don't plan for competitions. If I have something around when it comes time for one, I'll enter it. I am entering 4 to the nationals because that's all I have around. In fact, two of them aren't even done yet and I'm just hoping they're ready.

carnevoodoo said:

I don't plan for competitions. If I have something around when it comes time for one, I'll enter it. I am entering 4 to the nationals because that's all I have around. In fact, two of them aren't even done yet and I'm just hoping they're ready.

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Heh, I'm the opposite. I brewed 2 beers for NHC '09 before NHC '08 even happened.

ohiobrewtus said:

Heh, I'm the opposite. I brewed 2 beers for NHC '09 before NHC '08 even happened.

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What'd you make. I'm assuming big beers or sours or something. In the grand scene of things, I haven't been brewing very long, and my goal isn't to win, but to make myself happy. Typically I get the best feedback from my friends who are snobs like me, and so I don't need competitions. I've entered a few to make sure they weren't lying. But since I have a couple around this year, I thought I'd give it a go.

FAILED for me too

I do it for the feedback...I'm taking sandpaper to my skin right now in preparation.

"You can't handle the truth!" probably applies to me here.

I know it's kinda off topic, but I noticed that JZ is the one who made the site. If you click email webmaster, it is to [email protected].

No wonder he has 2 Ninkasis, he helps run the damn thing.

Successfully registered for IPA, ESB, fruit beer, and sweet stout:rockin:

I read somewhere around here that there were occasions where folks had points deducted (or at least thought they did) because they had bottled from a keg and didn't leave hardly any headspace. I guess there was no 'pffffft' when they opened the bottle or something.

Is there any truth to this? Should I mention in the comments that it was keg-carbed and then bottled?

I remember seeing that too. When I have filled bottles from the keg, I usually get just enough foam to push out any air (the foam bubbles are full to CO2) but still leave proper headspace once it settles down.

I must admit I still haven't perfected bottling from kegs. I can get a carbed beer but I haven't gotten it perfect yet. My best bottles-from-keg have very little headspace though.

Ok, I got six entries in. Man, I hate bottling! Good luck everybody.

This was one of my better attempts at bottling from a keg, I must be getting better.

I examined one of my bottles of cream ale today and I must say I'm surprised to see a layer of something, be it yeast, protien, whatever, at the bottom of the bottle. I know I didn't filter, but still, that beer was pouring flawlessly clear. I didn't think there was anything in it to settle.

SpanishCastleAle said:

I read somewhere around here that there were occasions where folks had points deducted (or at least thought they did) because they had bottled from a keg and didn't leave hardly any headspace. I guess there was no 'pffffft' when they opened the bottle or something.

Is there any truth to this? Should I mention in the comments that it was keg-carbed and then bottled?

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I have heard people say that they got dinged for improper fill level. I also bottle from keg, but I haven't had a fill level issue at all since I got my Blichmann Beer Gun. AFAIK, that thing is worth every penny that I spent on it and more.

ohiobrewtus said:

I have heard people say that they got dinged for improper fill level. I also bottle from keg, but I haven't had a fill level issue at all since I got my Blichmann Beer Gun. AFAIK, that thing is worth every penny that I spent on it and more.

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Fill level should be noted in the "Bottle Inspection" section but should not affect scoring. If I got a score sheet back and it was clear that points were deducted because of improper fill, I would bring it to the attention of the Judge Director.

Coastarine said:

This was one of my better attempts at bottling from a keg, I must be getting better.

I examined one of my bottles of cream ale today and I must say I'm surprised to see a layer of something, be it yeast, protien, whatever, at the bottom of the bottle. I know I didn't filter, but still, that beer was pouring flawlessly clear. I didn't think there was anything in it to settle.

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"Beer will appear clear to the naked eye with a concentration of 10,000 parts per milimeter yeast cells in solution" From Mr. Papazian himself.

ohiobrewtus said:

I have heard people say that they got dinged for improper fill level. I also bottle from keg, but I haven't had a fill level issue at all since I got my Blichmann Beer Gun. AFAIK, that thing is worth every penny that I spent on it and more.

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+1. The design allows for a perfect bottle fill. I really dig mine.

carnevoodoo said:

+1. The design allows for a perfect bottle fill. I really dig mine.

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I've never used one, does it fill the bottle to the top like a bottling wand and leave headspace when removed? If so then the headspace has oxygen in it. My method of a tiny bit of foam to purge the air doesn't. Just sayin. imperfect bottle filling.