VICBREW 2016

[GalBrew]

I honestly don't see why it is so hard to do online entries. Brewing beer at home is a far more complex task than using the Internet to enter said beer in a competition.

 

[DU99]

:icon_offtopic: People have to remember not everyone owns a computer or has online banking faclities/credit card....i am not knocking the online process..

 

[GalBrew]

:icon_offtopic: People have to remember not everyone owns a computer or has online banking faclities/credit card....i am not knocking the online process..

People are free to not partake in using computers and the web. They just have to accept that they have let the world pass them by and will not be able to access certain things. Like with all technological changes, Luddites at some point will just have to adapt or miss out.

 

[Curly79]

Cheers Martin, I just volunteered for stewarding on Sunday (All day hopefully!)

Good work Neal. That makes 3 or 4 new volunteers I think. 6 or 7 to go

 

[Yob]

Not going to get an old dog to learn new tricks now, even if I can prove to them that their neural pathways can make new connections and learn stuff! Resistance is all they are comfortable with. However, I do see the sense in leaving a manual option open. For accessibility's sake, online only will always disadvantage some.

and the flipside of that coin is offline entries disadvantage the organisers who ultimately have to do it for them anyway, so whichever side you look at, someone is getting a raw deal.. the future lies not with manual entries and where do you draw the line? Has to be somewhere and we did it for Beerfest, personally I was happier to get home an hour earlier than would have otherwise been the case to see the kids...

 

[MartinOC]

Thanks for everyone's input. I'm gonna sound like a scratched record here (does anyone of Gen-Y remember vinyl??).

I'll reiterate: Vicbrew is getting bigger every year. With that, comes an ever-increasing workload for the organising Committee. None of us is getting any younger & with no new-blood stepping-up to take-on the workload (apart from Adam & Mort), it's just going to get harder to co-ordinate. HINT GUYS!!!

Vicbrew does NOT run itself - it relies on the ongoing commitment of a handful of hard-core nutters that love doing what they do in the interests of the homebrewing community. Without us, nothing will happen. Without new blood, it won't continue. HINT GUYS!!

Believe me, the decisions we ultimately took for 2016 were VERY hotly debated over many hours (& beers ), email exchanges & personal conversations. Some contentious suggestions (ie. to limit entry numbers, category sizes etc.) took a long time to thrash-out in the interests of EVERYONE, not individuals & the smooth running of the competition . Ultimately, something has to give - one of those was online entries.

In every other way possible, we've looked at ways to make the biggest homebrew competition in the Southern Hemisphere work for YOU.

Work WITH us on this by embracing the changes that HAD to be made. Volunteer to judge & Steward for the comp. (yes, I deliberately used lower-case "j" & upper-case "S" . It's my role & focus within the Committee).

Everyone works together, everyone benefits.

 

[MartinOC]

Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.

Albert Schweitzer - 1875-1965 - Theologian and Physician

 

[droid]

Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light. Albert Schweitzer - 1875-1965 - Theologian and Physician

Man I read that as Albert Schwartzbier - i need an early night

 

[WarmerBeer]

Have volunteered to help Steward on the Sunday.

Might pre-organise a day of annual leave for the Monday. Just in case.

 

[Blind Dog]

Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.

Albert Schweitzer - 1875-1965 - Theologian and Physician

You're going to start sounding like that clever brewing bloke if you're not careful

 

[droid]

Hi there, another question:

I have entered a Dunkles Bock but there is no Dunkles Bock in the drop down box.
The choice is amber/dark Lager
or
Strong Dark Lager>6%

ive entered a Marzen in the amber/dark lager cat and note that Munich Dunkle is in that section...but my Dunkles Bock is 7.16% so have entered as a Dopplebock in the >6% section??

it looks like Dunkles Bock can float between the two - what say yee? - I can cancel the entry as I haven't paid yet and put it in with my marzen but would rather enter it as a >6% + Dunkles Bock in the strong section

 

[MartinOC]

ive entered a Marzen in the amber/dark lager cat and note that Munich Dunkle is in that section...but my Dunkles Bock is 7.16% so have entered as a Dopplebock in the >6% section??

it looks like Dunkles Bock can float between the two - what say yee? - I can cancel the entry as I haven't paid yet and put it in with my marzen but would rather enter it as a >6% + Dunkles Bock in the strong section

All good. You've made the right choices. The ABV is a bigger determinant of where it should go, rather than the colour. Bear in mind that the Committee has the right to reallocate a beer to a more appropriate section if it feels that beer has been incorrectly entered, so it would've been put into the >6% arena anyway.

 

[droid]

Thanks Martin you're a champ.

I think I've managed to corale? Landon Moss to help out at Vicbrew, he volunteered at Gabs, I'll see him Thursday to see if he has committed to one of the days to help.

cheers eh

 

[Yob]

Is he on the list as a newbie?

 

[droid]

We shall put him on if/when we get confirm eh

we'd be half way then cuz

 

[droid]

I sent him to the vicbrew site but now I cant see the form for helping on the site now. Anyway I'll ask him tomorrow and sort it.

 

[Nullnvoid]

Just entered my first competition. That's exciting

 

[Nullnvoid]

I sent him to the vicbrew site but now I cant see the form for helping on the site now. Anyway I'll ask him tomorrow and sort it.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScDL6qu4LZk48qEsDYjdpDAZf1829D7kKFsf5XjVEECd5dvFQ/viewform?c=0&w=1

There was a link on Yob's post #32 further up

 

[timmi9191]

Another steward/judge popping his cherry if help still required.

Is that 10 yet?

 

[Curly79]

That makes 4 or 5? I think there's another 5 or 6 lurking. Just biding their time so mants can get a cheap flight.