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waterkc
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So Eric,

What is the next thing we should be brewing for competition? I know you were going to get a list together so we could start working on them.

"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and loose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. - Abraham Lincoln.
Tap 1 -Strong-Ale 10.6%ABV
Tap 2 -Oktoberfest 5.2%ABV
Tap 3 -Holiday

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Club Competitions
IPA (Category 14)
Club Judging would be next meeting and we would need to send it off sometime that week to get it there on time. Entries are due November 19 to November 28, 2008.

Belgian & French Ales (Category 16)
Entries are due January 9, 2009, we would be club judging for this beer at the December meeting.

Beers with OG > 1.080
Entries are due in March. Club Judging would be in February. Here are the following classes allowed. (5C, 5D, 9E, 12C, 13F, 14C, 15C, 16C, 16D, 16E, 18C, 18D, 18E, 19A, 19B, 19C, 20, 21, 22B, 22C, 23)

Extract beers
Entries are due May 2, 2009. Club judging in April. Classes 1-23, fermentables must be at least 50% extract.

Individual Competitions

America's Finest City Homebrew Competition
Feb 20 – 21 2009. Most likely need to have beer ready by the 14th. This is a Quaff event. I took Brewing Machine last year (most medals in comp).

2009 National Homebrew Competition
Deadline is April ish, so start brewing those beers that need to condition now.

So Cal Homebrew Competition
(Sponsered by the HopHeads, IE Brewers) This is in July/June ish

San Diego County Fair
This is in July/June ish

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Also keep in mind that there are hundreds of competitions each year that you can enter throughout the country. To view this list go to
http://www.beertown.org/homebrewing/calendar/events.aspx

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So you all going to enter right?!?!?!?

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I know I am working on a schedule of regular brewing. The only way I am going to be able to brew is to plan for it.

I am going to make a couple of big extract batches just to have some beer and to take some to my dept holiday party.