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Hi QLD Brewers,
The time for getting your entries in for the QABC is nearing! The QABC is the qualifying competition for entry into the Australian Amateur Brewing Competition (AABC), to be held this year in Perth.
Judging for the QABC will take place on Saturday, 9 September at the Prince Alfred Hotel, 170 Brisbane Road Booval. Close off date for entry will be Saturday 26 August at either Craftbrewer, Brewers Choice, Ipswich Brew Co or National Homebrew stores.
The 20 categories (18 beers, and one cider and one mead) have changed this year, and the descriptions can be found on the AABC web site www.aabc.org.au Please note that these are now using the new BJCP guidelines.
Due to the rapid growth of the competition and the pressure that is being placed on the number of judges and cool room storage required, a limit of 5 has been introduced on the number of entries per brewer, and a cap on the number of entries in each category has been set at 48. This has been designed to enable more brewers to participate without substantially increasing the total number of beers to be judged.
An online registration system will be used for both bottle registration and for judges/stewards and will go live shortly. This should enable us to make the judging sheets available much earlier.
The cost of entry will be $6 per entry, paid online as part of the registration process. (The separate registration fee per brewer has been scrapped).
Brewers need only submit one bottle per entry. However, brewers need to have a second bottle available, as if they come in the top 3, they will be asked to forward their second bottle to the organisers, who will arrange refrigerated shipment to Perth, and pay the AABC entrance fee ($10).
In addition, we will need volunteers to assist with judging and stewarding. We aim to have at least one BJCP qualified judge for every category, but we will still need a second judge for each category. The Prince Alfred Hotel is close to the Booval railway station and has plenty of parking. A quality lunch will be provided to all judges and stewards. The plan is to judge the entire competition on the Saturday which will require a minimum of 46 judges and 10-12 stewards, so your assistance is essential! If you would like to volunteer, please register using the online registration for which there will be a link on our web site www.qabc.org.au once it has been activated.
Cheers
Stephen Wharton
The time for getting your entries in for the QABC is nearing! The QABC is the qualifying competition for entry into the Australian Amateur Brewing Competition (AABC), to be held this year in Perth.
Judging for the QABC will take place on Saturday, 9 September at the Prince Alfred Hotel, 170 Brisbane Road Booval. Close off date for entry will be Saturday 26 August at either Craftbrewer, Brewers Choice, Ipswich Brew Co or National Homebrew stores.
The 20 categories (18 beers, and one cider and one mead) have changed this year, and the descriptions can be found on the AABC web site www.aabc.org.au Please note that these are now using the new BJCP guidelines.
Due to the rapid growth of the competition and the pressure that is being placed on the number of judges and cool room storage required, a limit of 5 has been introduced on the number of entries per brewer, and a cap on the number of entries in each category has been set at 48. This has been designed to enable more brewers to participate without substantially increasing the total number of beers to be judged.
An online registration system will be used for both bottle registration and for judges/stewards and will go live shortly. This should enable us to make the judging sheets available much earlier.
The cost of entry will be $6 per entry, paid online as part of the registration process. (The separate registration fee per brewer has been scrapped).
Brewers need only submit one bottle per entry. However, brewers need to have a second bottle available, as if they come in the top 3, they will be asked to forward their second bottle to the organisers, who will arrange refrigerated shipment to Perth, and pay the AABC entrance fee ($10).
In addition, we will need volunteers to assist with judging and stewarding. We aim to have at least one BJCP qualified judge for every category, but we will still need a second judge for each category. The Prince Alfred Hotel is close to the Booval railway station and has plenty of parking. A quality lunch will be provided to all judges and stewards. The plan is to judge the entire competition on the Saturday which will require a minimum of 46 judges and 10-12 stewards, so your assistance is essential! If you would like to volunteer, please register using the online registration for which there will be a link on our web site www.qabc.org.au once it has been activated.
Cheers
Stephen Wharton
