Edmonton Homebrewers Guild First Annual Brew House Brew-Off

February 21-22, 2004. Entries due Feb 13, 2004.

The Edmonton Homebrewer’s Guild in co-operation with Southside Brew Crew and Harvest Brewing Co. are having the first annual contest for the Best Brew House Brewer!

The competition brochure and entry form can be printed and downloaded from the EHG website, http://www.ehg.ca. A copy of the brochure is also included with this month’s newsletter email. Encourage any homebrewing friends and neighbours to enter the competition.

Lethbridge – competition is set for 6 March 2004. No details yet, probably a two bottle entry this year.

Regina – the AHA has awarded the Regina Ales the first round site for Canada in their national competition. Date has yet to be set but probably in mid-April.

Edmonton – Aurora Brewing Competition, 3-5 June 2004. In addition, it will also be the:

First Annual Western Confederation of Brew Clubs Conference.

Plans are underway for the now evolving Western Confederation of Brew Clubs first annual conference in conjunction with the ABC on Saturday, June 5, 2004

Tentative schedule at this time:

• Organizational meeting/luncheon of the Western Confederation pf Brew Clubs
• Conference presentations Saturday afternoon
  • BCJP Exam preparation
  • Sanitation techniques (tentative)
  • Quality brewing with Brew House kits (tentative)
• Saturday evening dinner BBQ with keynote speaker and ABC awards ceremony

It’s going to be one hell of a party. Details will follow in upcoming newsletters. Membership participation is going to be required to help pull off this dream.

Calgary – date not set yet but these people are committed. They are almost certainly going to go to a two-bottle entry format. The popular Lawn Mower beer event is promised to make a comeback.