The new year brings with it a new competitive brewing season and judging on past year experience, EHG members need little cajoling to enter competitions, but this year brings with it a new incentive with our introduction of the Canadian Homebrewer of the Year. Starting with March in Montreal, brewers will be able to score points towards the Canadian Homebrewer of the Year Award throughout the year. In addition to MIM, the Great Canadian Homebrew Competition in April, the Aurora Brewing Challenge in June and All About Ales in November will be the recognized competitions for this award. Another competition may still be added.

Full rules for Canadian Homebrewer of the Year will be posted on the CABA website www.realbeer.com/caba by the time this newsletter is published but essentially brewers will score points based on their best
three results in each competition. The competition is open to all brewers who are residents of Canada. You don't have to be a member of CABA, but if you want to Make a run for the title, it makes sense to
join as most competitions have a $3 difference in entry fees between CABA and non-CABA members, plus you'll get all the benefits of CABA membership including a subscription to a good magazine.

Winning and being named Canadian Homebrewer of the Year will obviously be a great honor for that individual, but CABA's main objective is to recognize accomplishment in homebrewing. We will
therefore award those brewers who achieve predetermined point totals with certificates of merit.

March-in-Montreal entry deadline is fast approaching as all entries must be received in Montreal by March 17th. The classes for MIM are Continental Lager, Pale Ale, Brown Ale, Porter, Stout, Specialty, Belgian
– Extra Strength and Belgian -Sour. For a full set of rules see: http://www.realbeer.com/caba/pdfs/MIM01.pdf.

Following March in Montreal, the next event on the competition calendar is the Great Canadian Homebrew Competition with an entry deadline of April 21. As this is the Canadian qualifier for the American
Homebrew Association's National Homebrew Competition a full range of styles will be included in this competition. Details to follow soon.

I'm writing to let you know that the Urban Knaves of Grain is hosting our Third Annual Drunk Monk Challenge on March 24th at Two Brothers' Brewing Co. in Warrenville, IL. It'll be the 1st competition on the 2001 Midwest The Worthouse News January, 2001 Homebrewer of the Year schedule, as well as one of the Qualifying Events for MCAB IV. I'm sending along a listing - I was wondering if you could disseminate this info to the club over there - also, I'd like to extend an invite to you folks over there, in case you have the time, to come on over and partake in some UKG hospitality. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to write me back or call (630) 378-4694, or contact the links that are in the listing below.

3/24/00

The Drunk Monk Challenge, Warrenville, IL

AHA Sanctioned Competition, MWHBOY and MCAB IV Qualifying event Sponsored by the Urban Knaves of Grain. Entries due 3/17/00. Entry fee: $6/1st entry, $4 ea./2 or more entries. Contact Joe Formanek at (630) 378-4694 (home) e-mail: Jformanek griffithlabs com, or see the UKG homepage at http://www.sgu.net/ukg

Thanks!

Joe Formanek

Urban Knaves of Grain