The medals go to …….

For the penultimate COC of ’23 the competition was close with 10 entries in 10 different styles. After much discussion the judges, Amanda Garland, James “Smitty” Smith, David Jones and the esteemed Bill Lawrence, selected Heath Garth and his Marzen for the Bronze, Steve Littel picked up the Silver for his Wesissbier, and Marcio Fazzani took home the Gold with his Catharina Sour.

You can see the results over at coc.nthba.org and download your score sheet.

Thanks to North Texas Homebrew Supply for allowing us to use their store for few hours and Terry Olinger for staying late.

Reminder you collect Brewer Royale points for being a COC judge.

Thanks again to all who entered, the last COC of the year will be in November, registration will open November 1st and close the day of the November club meeting (COC takes place on the odd numbered months).

Cheers John,

[email protected]

Reminder, September COC entries due September 12th

Reminder, the September Club Only Competition (COC) registration closes this Tuesday, September 12th at 5pm and your entries of 2 bottles need to be turned in at the club meeting at North Texas Home Brew Supply this Tuesday evening. If you can’t make the meeting, please reach out to me and we can make other arrangements.

You can register your entry and print off labels at coc.nthba.org

Full Brewer Royale / COC rules can be found at nthba.org/brewer-royale

And for anyone who did not enter, please consider being a judge, no experience needed, and best of all you get to drink free beer (you can register on the COC site)

Any questions, ping me at [email protected]

Limbo – Judging

Hello everyone, Happy Friday

This is a reminder that we will start judging the Limbo entries tonight, and continue on Saturday and Sunday.

Judge Location: 2008 Glen Meadow Ct, Richardson, TX, 75081

Dates / Times

Friday, 8/4 – 7PM

Saturday 8/5 – 9AM and 1PM

Sunday 8/6 – 11AM and 1PM

We still need judges, so if you are willing and available to judge this weekend, please just show up even if you have not registered so our Limbo Data Guy will take care of that!!

Thanks for all of you that already registered for judging, and we will see you starting tonight!

Saude,

Marcio

Limbo Challenge Registration Ending and Login

I am writing the Blog post for Bill Lawrence so I will attempt to pontificate in the style of Bill.

Limbo registration, entry editing and printing will close at 11:55pm this Friday. Finalize your entries and print your paperwork before entry closes.

Entry Login: Login will be at North Texas Homebrew Supply, 17811 Davenport Rd Suite 11, Dallas, TX 75252, on Saturday the 29th at 5pm. You are welcome to bring your entries to login no later than 6pm. No experience needed. We could use some tables to if you have a 6 foot fold up table, we could use it during login.

We need judges. Judging starts on Friday August 4th. Marcio has been talking to folks about judging. We currently have 15 judges in the BCOEM system. That is a good start but we can always use a few more judges. If you have not signed up to judge, please go to: https://limbocomp.org/bcoem/index.php?section=register&go=judge and register yourself. If you already have a login from entering, go to Edit Account Info and set your self as a judge and enter your availability.

If you have any questions you can contact Bill at [email protected]

Drum roll please ………………..

Last night Harry Anderson, Jason Garland, David Bierschenk and Terry Olinger judged nine very good beers that spanned nine different styles and after spirted discussions the gold went to Doug Hicks with his Berliner Weisse, the sliver went to Rob Edger with his Red IPA, and a bronze was awarded to Mark Rendon for his American Lager.

You can see the results over at coc.nthba.org and download your score sheet.

Thanks to North Texas Homebrew Supply for allowing us their store for few hours.

Reminder you collect Brewer Royale points for being a COC judge.

Thanks again to all who entered, the next COC will be in September, registration will open September 1st and close the day of the September club meeting (COC takes place on the odd numbered months).

Cheers !

Reminder, July COC entries due July 11th

Reminder, the July Club Only Competition (COC) registration closes this Tuesday, July 11th at 5pm and your entries of 2 bottles need to be turned in at the club meeting at North Texas Home Brew Supply this Tuesday evening. If you can’t make the meeting, please reach out to me and we can make other arrangements.

You can register your entry and print off labels at coc.nthba.org

Full Brewer Royale / COC rules can be found at nthba.org/brewer-royale

And for anyone who did not enter, please consider being a judge, no experience needed, and best of all you get to drink free beer (you can register on the COC site)

Any questions, ping me at [email protected]

Limbo Challenge is Filling Up

The Limbo Challenge is filling up fast. There are 234 entries out of a maximum of 300.

Three Medal Categories are already full.

Register and pay for your entries now if you are going to enter.

July COC Registration is Open

This is a friendly reminder that the registration period for the July COC is open now. You can register at this site: https://coc.nthba.org.

Registration closed at 5:00pm on the 11th, the day of the club meeting at North Texas Homebrew Supply. Entries are due at the club meeting unless prior arrangements are made with John.

And the May COC winners …….

Are Jimmy Orkin in first place with a Kellerbier appropriately name Mark Rendon as second place goes to the real Mark Rendon with his Pre-Prohibition Porter and third place was awarded to James “Smitty” Smith with this Pale Ale.

Thanks again to Jason Garland, Matt Parulis Mike Grover, and Walter Hodges for judging and North Texas Homebrew Supply for allowing us their store for few hours.

Reminder you collect Brewer Royale points for being a COC judge.

You can see the results over at coc.nthba.org and download your score sheet.

Thanks again to all who entered, the next COC will be in July, registration will open July 1st and close the day of the July club meeting (COC takes place on the odd numbered months)

Cheers !