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The four grapes showcase a host of brilliant flavours of bright fruit, excellent structure and a long finish. Viognier from Chile gives apricots, blossoms and stone fruit. Chenin Blanc from California gives a wonderful melony-honeyed aroma with hints of apple. Gewürztraminer from Washington contributes lychee, rose petals and floral notes, and Muscat from Australia’s Murray-Darling Valley gives wonderful grapey notes with dried fruit and hints of orange peel.
Full-bodied yet supple.
SWEETNESS: Off-Dry BODY: Medium-full ALCOHOL: 11.5%*
This classic blend showcases the depth and ripeness of these intense grapes. Cabernet Sauvignon’s classic character of
blackberry, currants, black cherry and cedar blend seamlessly with the densely packed berry, chocolate, espresso and pepper characters of Shiraz, with a hint of earthiness. As it ages it will show ever more blackberry along with plum and a hint of tobacco leading to rich vanilla and toasty-smoky notes.
SWEETNESS: Dry BODY: Full ALCOHOL: 14.5%*
The three grapes make a unique wine of elegance, power and delicacy: crisp, but honeyed, with aromas of apricot, orange blossoms, herbal tea and melons give way to a medium body and a long rich finish of floral notes. The depth and complexity of this white wine make it an excellent partner with richly flavoured foods: curries, Satay, and South-Asian dishes, along with creamy or buttery sauces and soups.
SWEETNESS: Dry BODY: Medium ALCOHOL: 13%*
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An AHA/BJCP sanctioned competition, is the world’s largest international beer competition recognizing the most outstanding homebrewed beer, mead, and cider produced by amateur brewers worldwide.
Online registration begins January 27th and will close February 2nd.
For Columbus folk, entries can be shipped to, or dropped off at, the nearest sponsored location.
Location: Zanesville, OH
Shipping/ Drop off Address:
Weasel Boy Brewing Company, LLC
126 Muskingum Avenue, Suite E
Zanesville, OH 43701
Contact: Frank Barickman
OPEN TO AHA MEMBERS ONLY!!!
Registration will be open only to AHA members this year. Members will need to know their member number and the email address associated with their membership in order to register. Registrants will want to be sure their contact information, including email, address and phone number, is up to date on their member record prior to registering, as this is the information that will be used for their competition registration. Member contact information can be found by logging in to HomebrewersAssociation.org. (Members experiencing difficulties logging into the website may contact AHA Member Services atinfo@brewersassociation.org for assistance.)
During the open registration period, AHA members can access the online NHC registration form via HomebrewersAssociation.org. Registrants will need to provide their member number and email associated with their membership. Registrants will need to indicate how many entries they would like to submit to the competition, up to a maximum of six entries.
Registration for this year’s AHA National Homebrew Competition (NHC) will be different than previous years. To avoid the time-sensitive nature of the first come, first served model of past years, the 2014 competition will have an open registration period from Monday, January 27 through Sunday, February 2, during which members of the American Homebrewers Association can register for the competition. The time at which registration is submitted will have no influence on registrants, so there is no need to sign up as soon as registration opens, nor any value to waiting until the last minute.
The AHA will notify registrants of their entry status by email between Monday, February 10 and Wednesday, February 19. Upon notification, registrants will have three days to pay for the entries that were accepted into the competition. Payments will be taken and processed via credit card through the online competition system. Entrants can also update/edit their entries (though they will not be able to add or delete any entries) once notified that their entries have been accepted into the competition.
Failure to pay within three days of notification will result in dismissal from the 2014 competition and could be grounds for disqualification from the 2015 competition.
The entry fees for 2014 are $14 per entry.
Once payment on accepted entries has been made, entrants can then print bottle labels. Entries should be shipped to arrive, or dropped off, at their designated shipping location March 10-17. Judging will take place in late March and in April, depending on the judge center.
Credit: http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/competitions/
national-homebrew-competition/competition-information/
Contact: Frank Barickman at fbarickm@gmail.com
Source: http://whatweredrinking.blogspot.com/2013/03/sodz-british-beer-fest-judging.html
Start brewing NOW for the 11th annual SODZ British Beerfest Competition.
February 15th 2014, judging will start @ 9 a.m.
Seventh Son Brewing
1101 N 4th St
Columbus, OH Columbus, Ohio 43201
The competition is open to all non-commercial, home-produced beers, meads and ciders. Please enter as many categories and as often as you wish. Competition organizers, sponsors, judges, and stewards may enter the competition but will not be permitted to judge or steward any category that they have entries in.
All entries must be pre-registered online by Saturday, February 8, 2014 at 1:00 PM, EST. Registration Site
Please print out the completed entry sheet (or ProMash competition form), fold so your name appears on the front, and attach it to the beer bottles with a rubber band. Include entry fee or receipt from online payment (fold within label if you like). Two bottles per entry are required. Unlabeled bottles from 10 to 24 oz. will be accepted, but please use 12 oz bottles if possible.
$7 for first entry, $5 per additional entry. You may send a check with your entry or pay online through PayPal. More information is available at the registration site.
Credit: http://www.sodz.org/bbf-info/
Contact: Competition Coordinator, Will Shiel
at vice.president@sodz.org
or by phone (585) 281-3999.
