Category: Competitions

Post from our Competition Coordinator

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Congratulations to the March COC …..

winners…

Joshua Walton & Randy Grogan for their Imperial Stout, Mark Rendon and his Irish Stout and David Bierschenk with a Irish Stout.

Shout out to the judges, Jimmy Orkin, Mike Grover, Matt Parulis, Terry Olinger 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 May, registration will open May 1st and close the day of the May club meeting.

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Bluebonnet Homebrew Showcase Beer signup list for 3/18

A signup list has been create for NTHBA beers that will be on tap at the Bluebonnet Homebrew Showcase on Saturday night. If you have volunteered to bring a beer to put on our kegerator, please signup at the following link.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17HDj86uAcQZ79lMkYYIo4V0ybWY-y0LTZH6AAWMyBwo/edit?usp=sharing

NTHBA will have our 12 tap kegerator on site to serve homebrew from our members. Our goal is to have as many of our taps filled with high quality beers as possible. Your contribution does not need to be a full keg, partial or smaller (2.5 or 1.75 gallon) kegs are fine. Our kegerator is setup for ball lock kegs. Please indicate in the signup list what style keg you are bringing so we can accommodate if you have a keg that is not ball lock.

Thanks for all those that are contributing. If you have any questions, please contact me, Terry Olinger, at 214-310-2494.

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March COC entries due Tuesday March 14, 2023

Reminder, the March Club Only Competition (COC) registration closes at 5pm tomorrow, March 14th and your entries of 2 bottles need to be turned in at the club meeting at Four Bullets Brewery 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]

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March COC Registration Is Now Open

The March COC registration is now open and will close March 14th at 5pm.

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

Entries (2 bottles) are due at the March club meeting at Four Bullets Brewery on March 14th.

Full Brewer Royal / COC rules can be found at https://nthba.org/brewer-royale/

And for anyone who does not enter, please consider being a judge, no experience needed and you get to drink free beer !

Any questions, ping me at mailto:[email protected]

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Homebrew Showcase Beer Needed!

Bluebonnet is rapidly approaching and one of the events is the Homebrew Showcase which takes place on Saturday night 3/18. Homebrew clubs attending the event will set up booths and serve homebrew from their club members, Last year NTHBA had 9 different beers on tap, including the 2nd place best of show, Petite Saison. Immediately after the awards ceremony, attendees will have the opportunity to sample and evaluate home brew from some of the region’s best amateur brewers, and cast their vote for which home brew club makes the best beer.

NTHBA will have our 12 tap kegerator on site to serve beer from our members. Our goal is to have as many of our taps filled with as many beers as possible. It does not need to be a full keg, partial or smaller (2.5 or 1.75 gallon) kegs are fine.

If you have a beer that you are willing to put on tap, please let us know as soon as possible by contacting [email protected] . Please include what style beer you will be providing and what size. Our kegerator is setup for ball lock kegs. Please let me know if you have pin lock kegs so we can accomodate.

2022 Bluebonnet NTHBA Homebrew Showcas
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Bluebonnet Judging the Last Weekend

Bluebonnet judging is almost done. There are 7 medal categories remaining.

North Texas Homebrew Supply has 2 medal categories and Mike Grover has 3 medal categories.

NumberNameLocationTime
64Scottish and Irish AleNTHBSFriday 3/3 7pm
60German Wheat BeerGroverFriday 3/3 7pm
59Strong European BeerNTHBSSaturday 3/4 9am
57Amber Bitter European BeerGroverSaturday 3/4 9am
89Traditional MeadGroverSaturday 3/4 1pm
Remain Dallas Medal Categories

Please come out and help with this final push to finish judging the 2023 Bluebonnet Brew-Off.

Please indicated your availability in the BCOEM system located here https://bcoem.bluebonnetbrewoff.org/

Also send an email to Mike Grover at [email protected]

There will be more requests as we close in on the Awards Event but for now let’s get the judging completed.

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Bluebonnet Brew-Off Login on Saturday

The Bluebonnet Brew-Off Login is this Saturday, the 4th. Please come help if you can.

The process involves unpacking entries, putting stickers on the bottles and sorting the entries into boxes. Then an audit step and the boxes go home with the Site Hosts. It goes pretty fast but it takes a few people.

We have been asked to get some folks there early so we can be actively logging in entries by 9am. Several of us will be getting there at 8am.

Login is at: Peace Lutheran Church, 941 W Bedford Euless Rd, Hurst, TX 76053

It is a chance to hang out with members of other clubs in the area. Come join us!

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And we have winners ……

Of the January COC (did you really think you won the lottery ?)

Congratulations to Marcio Fazzani with his Old Ale, Terry Olinger with a Ordinary Bitter and Mark Rendon with his English Porter.

Special thanks to Steve Eppelman and James Smith for judging and extra thanks to Smitty for allowing us to take over his place for few hours. Reminder you collect Brewer Royale points for being a COC judge.

You can see the full results over at https://coc.nthba.org and download your score sheets.

Thanks again to all who entered and can’t wait to see the entries for the March COC. Reregistration will open March 1st and close at 5pm March 14th (day of the club meeting).

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Bluebonnet Brew-off Information

Hopefully, you have already registered your beers with the Bluebonnet as tables are filling fast.

If you are planning on attending the event, buy your tickets soon. Prices go after this week. VIP tickets are still available, but they will go fast. The pub crawl busses are also filling. Don’t Wait! https://bluebonnetbrewoff.org/

If you plan on volunteering to pour at either the Big Thirsty or at the Homebrew Showcase, you will need to have a TABC Sellers/Servers license. If you need to get a license, they take about two hours and there are several on-line training companies. Prices are generally around $8-$10. This link is to the TABC’s list of on-line training providers, shop around for the best deal: https://www.tabc.texas.gov/services/tabc-certification/tabc-certification-schools/ The Bluebonnet will reimburse your tuition.