Club Only Competition 2008-2009

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Overview

The Club-Only Competition program offers AHA Registered Homebrew Clubs an opportunity to compete nationwide with other homebrew clubs. Each competition concentrates attention on a specific style of beer or mead, giving clubs the opportunity to educate their members in these styles by focusing on them at club meetings or tasting events.

Each Club-Only Competition is sponsored by the AHA, and co-organized and judged by selected homebrew clubs nationwide. This also gives clubs a chance to learn more about homebrew competitions, beer evaluation, and judging procedures.

If a club’s entry places in any of the six Club-Only Competitions that are held on an August to May cycle, the club earns points towards the AHA Homebrew Club of the Year award on a twelve-eight-four basis for first, second and third places respectively. Additional points can be earned on a six-four-two basis for first, second and third places respectively in the first and second rounds of the National Homebrew Competition.

Complete rules and competition schedule can be found : AHA Club-Only Competition

ASH program

The ASH board would like to continue participation in this program. Quite a few of the larger and more famous clubs across the country take part in the competition and it would be quite impressive to have ASH ranked with them. A list of the club winners for 2008-2009 can be found at this link : Club Winners

Since the first entry in the 2009-2010 competition schedule is looming, we intend to hold a small competition akin to the homebrew of the month contest to determine the best representative for the ASH entry. One of the beers in the contest is a big beer and another is a lager that will take a bit of time to ferment and mature so start brewing the these beers now. For the contest 3 bottles are required. One beer to sample and, from the winner, two beers to be shipped to the contest. A filled out recipe form with bottle if forms is also needed. ASH will pay the entry fee and the shipping for all winning entries.


Status

2009 - 2010 American Homebrewers Association Club-Only Competition Schedule

  • August 2008
    • Amber Hybrid Beers
      • Entries collected and shipped. Alan Pederson-Giles's Alt Beer was selected as the ASH representative.
      • Entry deadline is Wednesday, August 19, 2009. Judging will be held Sunday, August 23, 2009.
      • Hosted by Ryan Thomas and KROC (Keg Ran Out Club) of Broomfield, CO, this competition covers BJCP Category 7 beer styles.
  • September/October 2008
    • European Amber Lagers
      • Entries collected and shipped. Dan Teff's Vienna Lager was selected as the ASH representative.
      • Entries are due October 9, 2009. Judging will be held Saturday, October 17, 2009
      • Hosted by Angela Cottingham and the Jayhops of Kansas City, MO, this competition covers BJCP Category 3 beer styles
  • November/December 2008
    • Belgian Strong Ale
      • Entries are due November 27, 2009. Judging will be held Saturday, December 5, 2009.
      • Hosted by Nelson Crowle and the Dunedin Brewers Guild (DBG) of Clearwater, FL, this competition covers BJCP Category 18 styles.
  • January/February 2009
    • The Session Challenge – English Brown Ales
      • Entry deadline is Tuesday, February 16, 2010. Judging will be held Saturday, February 20, 2010.
      • Hosted by Tim Hayner and the Impaling Alers of Kent, WA, this competition covers BJCP Category Category 11 beer styles.
  • March/April 2009
    • American Ales
      • Dates TBD
      • Hosted by Bill Lynch and the Carolina Brewmasters of Charlotte, NC, this competition covers BJCP Category Category 10 styles.
  • May 2009
    • Extract Beers
      • Entries are due Saturday, May 1, 2010. Judging will be held Saturday, May 22, 2010.
      • Hosted by Ric Cunningham and the Niagra Association of Homebrewers of Buffalo, NY, this competition covers all BJCP beer Categories (1-23)
      • Extract must make up more than 50% of the fermentables.

2008 - 2009 American Homebrewers Association Club-Only Competition Schedule

  • August 2008
    • Mead
      • Entry represented by Ron Kloth's Cherry Melomel
  • September/October 2008
    • Imperial Anything
      • Entry represented by Ben Conner's 'Strongbone' Imperial Brown Ale
  • November/December 2008
    • Celebration of the Hop (IPA)
      • No entries recieved. Apparently no hopheads had beer?
  • January/February 2009
    • Belgian & French Ales
      • Entry represented by Mik HeerBrandt's Wit
  • March/April 2009
    • Beers with OG > 1.080
      • Entry represented by Dave Schollmeyer's DoppelMaerzen
  • May 2009
    • Extract Beers
      • Entry represented by Alan Pedersen-Giles's Belgian Pale Ale

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