BEERFEST 2015 comp moves to the Royal George Hotel in Kyneton

[manticle]

You could try emailing comp organisers to see if they'll make an exception but 330 mL bottles have been squeezed out as they tend to be a bit annoying. Been a big push to get rid of them for a while.

 

[jimmy_jangles]

any idea when any comps in NSW are on?

 

[Yob]

reading the competition guidelines, it states :

2. One bottle per entry (750ml preferred) with a minimum of 500 ml beer.

so I can't enter 2 X330ml bottles of my imperial stout?

someone say it ain't so........

No.. It's a nightmare to steward. Rules is rules

 

[Yob]

Can you imagine trying to organise a comp where 2 bottles = 1 entry? Those bottles once collected don't necessarily stay together and to find a single bottle among hundreds is a bleedin nightmare

 

[Yob]

Less than 500ml entries will not be presented to judges..

Stewards however, will greatly appreciate your efforts

 

[jc64]

Less than 500ml entries will not be presented to judges..

Stewards however, will greatly appreciate your efforts

Or will they......

 

[bronson]

Hi, just curious as to what category I would enter an amber ale in.

I have an American brown ale and an amber ale which I'm wanting to enter.

DONT MAKE ME CHOOSE!!!!!!!!!!! :icon_drool2:
thanks
B

(I realise this is not a site comp but surely someone here is a member of Melbourne brewers)

 

[bronson]

whoa I went a bit heavy on the bold text.
I wasn't yelling.... maybe the choosing part

 

[nathanvonbeerenstein]

hi all, first time using Compmaster, how am i to go about dropping my beers off at a collection point?
say for instance i drop the beers off that have been entered and paid for via compmaster at the brewers den in boronia, what documentation etc do i need to attach to the bottles?
thanks

 

[Yob]

Print the entry barcode and fix to bottle, cover it in tape or clear contact

 

[fcmcg]

Is there no saison category ?

 

[mxd]

no, I thought I'll throw it in as a blond

 

[fcmcg]

yeah but its not a blond...its a saison..lol

 

[nathanvonbeerenstein]

righto, should have looked harder! thanks Yob!

 

[Lawfo]

Hi guy’s
Not knowing much about competitions, but shouldn’t you be influenced by the AABC or BJCP categorisation of styles?

I don’t know any competition lately that has a wit in 2 catagories and a saison in none (in Belgians)?

It’s not too late to clarify, so you can avoid none entry or misentry, it may help with entry#...

 

[manticle]

The judging guidelines for each style are aabc. Categorisation changes according to manageability and other factors each year but style guidelines are and always have been aabc/bjcp.

The wit issue is an error that has been addressed earlier. Not sure why no saison this year - might be to do with proximity of Yarra Valley Brewers Belgian Beerfest comp.

 

[Yob]

Probably, it's why there is no IPA, MM are doing one of those so was omitted from the comp.

 

[Lawfo]

Thanks for the quick response and clarifying, Comp Sec's are gold!!!!!!!

 

[Grainer]

If you make a mistake on the entry can you go back in and change it?? how is this changed.. in addition can you delete an entry??

 

[Yob]

****, dunno mate.

 

[Grainer]

emailed compmaster and Melbourne Brewers.. guess I will have to wait and see if they make the changes required...also got overcharged for most of my entries.

 

[Yob]

Hope you mentioned it in your email?

 

[Yob]

No Specialty?

My raspberry RIS is going to be out of place in Stouts...

 

[WarmerBeer]

No Specialty?

My raspberry RIS is going to be out of place in Stouts...

Save it up for VicBrew, that's the only state comp has the manpower available to judge such a wide-ranging set of "styles".

Plus, your beer will have had an additional 6 months of aging by then, FTW!

 

[manticle]

Beerfest ran a spec category last year as a tester. Got a good number of entries (as opposed to a number of good entries? Oh shame on me) but I'm not privy as to why the committee elected not to run it again. Probably just about managing the comp, especially on new premises.

 

[NealK]

Anybody else having problems with compmaster? I keep getting an error when I click on the competition.
user warning: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MariaDB server version for the right syntax to use near 'AND `uid`=' at line 1 query: SELECT COUNT(*) as num from `specialaccess` where `compinstid`= AND `uid`=; in /webroot/c/o/compm001/compmaster.com.au/www/sites/all/modules/CompMaster/compmaster_core/core_database.inc on line 246.

 

[manticle]

Email andy davison.

 

[Yob]

Think he's away in the states currently..

I got that and I just went back to the home tab then back through to add the second entry.

 

[manticle]

Did he leave anyone else the keys to the city so to speak? Be good to have a second contact in times like these.

 

[Yob]

Richard I think, I'll shoot him an email