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Another Bluebonnet Brewoff in the books. We've had record entries and record attendance. Thank you everyone for your participation and for making this event a success.
Winners will be posted later today and scoresheets and wards will be in the mail within the next couple of days. We appreciate your patience during this time.
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Online registration is complete. If you have not registered yet, you will be able to do so on Friday and Saturday at the event. See you there!
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For those that have been waiting to the last minute to turn in entries, the time is here. Entries are due by this Thursday, February 25th. If the entries are not dropped off by then, you will have to get them to our login site on Saturday morning.
Also, we need you to reserve your hotel rooms as soon as possible. We have a quota we need to meet so please do not delay.
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One of the changes you will notice on our online registration is how we are handling the pub crawls. Instead of signing up for your bus at the last minute, we are having you select your bus during the registration process. If you pay before the start of the Bluebonnet, you will have a seat reserved for you on the bus you select. We have route information posted here:
Fort Worth Route
Dallas Route
North Dallas Route
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Online registration and entries are up and running. Check the link at the top of our home page to access our registration system.
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There has been a delay in getting online registration up as scheduled. Look for registration to come online the evening of January 18th.
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Our website is back and Bluebonnet 2010 information has been posted. Online registration and entries will be posted in the near future. Stay tuned.
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This year we've setup a Twitter feed for the Bluebonnet Brewoff.
If you want to follow status updates you can subscribe to the feed.
http://twitter.com/bb_brewoff
We will be updating the awards as they are given out live on Twitter next Saturday 3/21.
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Online registration for this year's Bluebonnet Brewoff is complete. If you still need to register, you may do so at the event.
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The online entry form has been shut down. You may still register for the event.
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The online entry system will be closing on Thursday, February 26 around 10:00 PM Central time. Be sure to get all of your entries logged into the system by that time.
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This years event will be held at the Westin DFW North, located at W. John Carpenter Freeway, in Irving TX. Our room rate for the event is $92.00 per night, for reservations call 888–627-8617 and ask for the Bluebonnet Brew-off rate or online at BLUEBONNET BREW-OFF. Please note that room reservations must be made by March 5, 2009 in order to guarantee the group rate!
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The Bluebonnet Brew-off planning commitee has set the competition dates for the 2009 Bluebonnet Brew-off. The dates are as follows:
1/1/2009 - 2/26/2009 - Accepting Entries
3/7/2009 - 3/8/2009 - Judging
3/14/2009 - 3/15/2009 - Judging
3/20/2009 - 3/21/2009 - Bluebonnet Brew-off 2009
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Online registration for the 2008 Bluebonnet Brew-off is complete. You can still register at the Hotel. Hope everyone has a great time at this years event.
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Online registration for the Bluebonnet Brewoff will be closed on Friday, March 21st around mid-day. This will give us time to pre-package items that were ordered online. If you don't make it here in time for online registration, you can still register at the event.
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Hurry up and submit your competition entries before time is up. On-line entry form will be disabled on Friday, February 29th at approximately 8:00pm. If this is a problem, let me know so we can make arrangements. The on-line registration will still be active so you will still be able to register for the event
Also, this note from our Director
While you are at the Bluebonnet website registering your beers, you can also reserve a room for the event at the Bluebonnet room rate of $89 a night. This room rate will be in effect until March 3rd. After the 3rd, we cannot guarantee this room rate. Looking at the regular hotel website, they are listing the rooms at $109 - 129 a night so we are getting a decent reduction in price for the rooms (so I highly advise getting a reservation in place).
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On-line registration will be activated later this week, so be watching this site. An announcement will be posted here when it is up and running.
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Please be sure to register for the hotel online or by phone before March 3rd. They are putting a strict deadline on us and won't guarantee the room rate of $89 after that day.
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All the details for the Bluebonnet Brew-off 2008 have been posted. You can find the details on the event, rules, registration and style guidelines under the Bluebonnet 2008 link from the main menu on the left. Or CLICK HERE for the details
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The Bluebonnet Brew-off planning commitee has set the competition dates for the 2008 Bluebonnet Brew-off. The dates are as follows:
2/18/2008 - 2/29/2008 - Accepting Entries
3/8/2008 - 3/9/2008 - Judging
3/15/2008 - 3/16/2008 - Judging
3/28/2008 - 3/29/2008 - Bluebonnet Brew-off 2008
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The winners are now posted for the 2007 edition of the Bluebonnet Brew-off. We would like to thank all the people that entered beer and came out and made it a great event. We had 1100 entries this year and about 400 people attended Friday nights Festivities.
Congratulations to the Foam Rangers for winning Club of the Year, Richard Dobson for Homebrewer of the Year, Jonathan Goudy for Best Of Show Beer, and Chris Owen for Best of Show Mead/Cider.
Thanks
Bluebonnet Brew-off 2007 Committee
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If your club wants to reserve a room for the infamous "Room Crawl" at the event hotel Friday night you must let me know ASAP so you can get a prime spot assigned in the reserved area. I will be the one who designates your room number once I get confirmation of your reservation. Call the Hotel to reserve the room in the name of your hosting brew club at 972-399-1010. There will be an extra charge of $25 to have the furniture removed to make room for guests and/or bars, props, beer, etc. You must specify this extra service or it won't happen. Next call to let me know you have reserved a spot so I can assign your room number at 972-606-4856.
Jim Grady
Director Bluebonnet Brew-off 2007
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Online registration for the 2007 edition of the Bluebonnet Brew-off is complete. You can still register at the Hotel. Hope everyone has a great time at this years event.
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The Online Entry Registratoin will be shut down at 10:00 pm Friday Feb 23. You will still be able to register for the event until Sunday March 18.
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We are pleased to announce the Keynote speaker for this year’s Bluebonnet banquet will be Mr. Grant Wood of Boston Beer Company, makers of the world famous line of Samuel Adams craft beers. For the Friday night Keynote speech the topic this year will be "An Aggie in the Hallertau - Brewing from San Antonio to Bavaria and Back". Grant will talk about his brewing experience and career development and the different breweries he has brewed in for Boston Beer, as well as a couple of special beer experiences he’s had along the way.
On the Saturday Technical session, the topic will be “The Right Stuff - Select the Right Ingredients for Great Beer Flavor”. The theme of this topic will be Formulation, Flavor and the Influences of Raw Materials on Beer Quality. Grant will talk about his work with different Barley varieties, hop selection, spice selection, and some about yeast and other ingredients. This relates to every beer in their extensive line-up from ‘Sam Adams Light’ to ‘Utopias’.
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Reminder, the hotel has set a deadline of March 1, 2007 for Bluebonnet guaranteed rates and availability. Please call the Clarion Hotel and confirm your reservations now at 972-399-1010 confirmation #100296. It is possible you can still get a room after this date, however the unused rooms after this deadline revert back to the hotel for sale to the general public. We typically sell out our block every year so don't delay!
Jim Grady
Director Bluebonnet Brew-off 2007
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The Clarion is located at 4440 W. Airport Freeway on the eastbound outer road to Hwy 183 at Esters Rd. exit. Its time to make your room reservations for the 2007 Bluebonnet event. Please use the following numbers when making your room reservations to insure you get our group rates and so that the group gets proper credit for your stay. Call the hotel at their Dallas local number, DO NOT USE the nationwide booking numbers or register online as we will not get proper credit. Call 972-399-1010. Mention the Bluebonnet Brewoff group rate and confirmation number #100296. Cheers Jim Grady Director
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Online registration for the 2007 Bluebonnet Brew-off is now open. Full details are under the Bluebonnet 2007 link from the main menu. Any questions can be directed to bbadmin@bluebonnetbrewoff.com.
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We are having some technical issues with the web hosting site at the moment. This is keeping me from activating the online registration system. I am hopeful this will be resolved shortly.
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All the details for the Bluebonnet Brew-off 2007 have been posted. You can find the details on the event, rules, registration and style guidelines under the Bluebonnet 2007 link from the main menu on the left. Or CLICK HERE for the details.
Online Registration will be up within the week.
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(Blast, I had a mistake on the dates. This time its correct. Please take note of the correct event dates)
Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Please take note of the venue and date changes for the 21st Annual Bluebonnet Brew-off. We will be back to the Clarion Hotel, DFW South (formerly the Holiday Inn Select) on Hwy 183. The weekend of the event has slipped to March 23rd & 24th. This gets us away from any conflict with St. Patrick's Day. More details on the room rates, etc., will be posted in the coming weeks. Mark your calendar now, you don't want to miss this event!
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Bluebonnet Brew-off Website Back in Business! Kudos go out to webmaster Mark Wedge who has resurected the website from the ashes of juvenile mischief. That's right folks, for those who did not know the past several weeks the website was totally destroyed by unknown hackers. Must have been under-age wine snobs or something...who would do that to a site dedicated to Beer and homebrewing? Be sure and watch this site in the next few weeks for the updated event information.
Cheers!
Jim Grady
Director Bluebonnet Brew-off 2007
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The winners are now posted for the 2006 edition of the Bluebonnet Brew-off. We would like to thank all the people that entered beer and came out and made it a great event. We had 1187 entries this year and one of our biggest turnouts for the event, about 450 people attended Friday nights festivities.
Thanks
Bluebonnet Brew-off 2006 Committee
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The online registration for the 2006 Bluebonnet Brew-off will be closing Thursday March 9 at 7:00 pm. If you plan on attending please have your registration complete by then. If not you will still be able to register at the event.
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A new record for the total entries for the Bluebonnet Brew-off. This year we have 1187 entries. The entry counts for the top 10 entering clubs are listed below:
202 - Foam Rangers
191 - The Cap and Hare Homebrew Club
154 - North Texas Homebrewers Association
83 - Knights of the Brown Bottle
62 - Bay Area Mashtronauts
57 - High Plains Draughters
39 - Austin Zealots
37 - Kuykendahl Gran Brewers
27 - Ale-ians Society
23 - Red River Brewers
Thanks to all the entrants and good luck. First round judging starts this weekend.
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First Round judging for the Bluebonnet Brew-off 2006 starts this weekend. We can use the help of all judges and stewards that can make it to the first round judging this weekend (even if it is just for a flight or two). Lunch will be provided. Judging will occur from 9AM-5PM on March 4 & 5 at the following locations:
FORT WORTH
Coors Distribution Center
2550 McMillian Parkway
Ft. Worth, TX 76137-5001 | DALLAS
Andrews Distributing Co. of North Texas
2601 Cockrell Ave.
Dallas, TX 75215-2510 |
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The online entry registration system will be shut down this evening Friday February 24 at 9:00 pm. If you plan on using the system to register your entries please have them completed by the deadline. You will still be able to register to attend the event.
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Welcome to the 2006 Bluebonnet Brew-off ! All the details for the Bluebonnet Brew-off 2006 have been posted. You can find the details on the event, rules, registration and style guidelines under the Bluebonnet 2006 link from the main menu on the left. Or CLICK HERE for the details.
This years event will be held at the Holiday Inn DFW North,located at 4441 Hwy 114 at Esters Blvd, in Irving TX. Our room rate for the event is $69.00 per night, for reservations call (800) 423-0908 or (972) 929-8181 and ask for the Bluebonnet Brew-off rate.
We are pleased to announce our keynote speaker for the 2006 Bluebonnet will be Randy Mosher. Randy is the author of Radical Brewing and The Brewer's Companion, and is active in the Chicago Beer Society, the American Homebrewers Association, and the Association of Brewers. Randy has lectured at the AHA National Homebrewers Conference in Chicago, as well as other locations across the country, and has taught courses at the Siebel Institute.
The 2006 Bluebonnet Brew-off will again have our famous Pub Crawl with participants driven by bus to pubs of the route directors choice. We expect everyone will have a great time and enjoy the Pub Crawl outing.
Our annual Room Crawl will again show the excitement each club can bring with their own style of room decoration and bar / pub design.
I look forward to meeting each of you, and hope everyone has a great time at the 2006 Bluebonnet Brew-off.
Dennis Evans
2006 Bluebonnet Brewoff, Director.
Important Dates
Feb 2006
13-17 Accepting early entries
18-24 Late entries accepted
Mar 2006
4-5 1st Round Judging
11-12 1st Round Judging
17-18 Bluebonnet Brew off 2006
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Here are the winners for the Bluebonnet Brew-off 2005. Please check back later for the permanent winners display as well as pictures.
Best of Show Beer
1st Place Dean Domec - Old Ale
2nd Place Clyde Allen - Belgian Strong Dark
3rd Place Charlie Milan - Baltic Porter
Best of Show Mead/Cider
Kelly Harris - Common Perry
Homebrewer of the Year
Dennis Evans
Homebrew Club of the Year
Foam Rangers
Mueller Brown Quality Award
Bay Area Mashtronauts
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The online registration for the 2005 Bluebonnet Brew-off will be closing Wednesday March 9 at 7:00 pm. If you plan on attending please have your registration complete by then. If not you will be able to register at the event.
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Attention all brewers. I have enlarged the room block at the Holiday Inn Select as we have blown the lid off the original block. If you need to book a room, please get it done before it fills up. I stated earlier that rooms would be no problem, but it's starting to look tight. Call reservations at 972-929-8181 and ask for the Bluebonnet rate of $69. Don't miss the greatest show on earth.
Richard Dobson
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First Round judging for the Bluebonnet Brew-off 2005 starts this weekend. We can use the help of all judges and stewards that can make it to the first round judging this weekend (even if it is just for a flight or two). Lunch will be provided. Judging will occur from 9AM-5PM on March 5 & 6 at the following locations:
FORT WORTH
Coors Distribution Center
2550 McMillian Parkway
Ft. Worth, TX 76137-5001 | DALLAS
Andrews Distributing Co. of North Texas
2601 Cockrell Ave.
Dallas, TX 75215-2510 |
We have a total of 1163 entries for this years competition. The following is a list of the top 5 clubs entering this year:
Foam Rangers - 189 entries
North Texas Homebrewers Association - 181 entries
The Cap and Hare Homebrew Club - 167 entries
Knights of the Brown Bottle - 90 entries
Bay Are Mashtronauts - 72 entries.
Good Luck to all Entrants.
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The online entry registration system will be shut down on Friday February 24 at 10:00 pm. If you plan on using the system to register your entries please have them completed by the deadline. You will still be able to register to attend the event.
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There were some server issues today that affected the online registration. If you filled out the registration/entry forms and received blank screens upon submitting them then please resubmit them as the problems have been fixed. Sorry for the inconveinence.
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The Online Registration for the Bluebonnet Brew-off 2005 is now open. You will find the details under the Bluebonnet 2005 Information.
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Due to a ruptured water main beneath the Clarion Hotel, we have relocated to the Holiday Inn Select DFW North
4441 Hwy 114 & Esters Blvd
Irving, TX 75063
phone 972-929-8181
fax 972-815-0262
If you have already booked a room, your reservation will be directly transferred to the Holiday Inn Select. There is no need to rebook. For those of you who have not yet made a reservation, please call or fax the Holiday Inn Select to reserve your room. Be sure to ask for the Bluebonnet Brew-Off group rate of $69.
Call reservations 972-929-8181
Fax 972-815-0262
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The Irving Rambler has published an article on the 2004 edition of the Bluebonnet Brew-off (We made the front page). You can check it out HERE.
Note: The article is in pdf format. You will need Adobe Acrobat to read it.
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The photo gallery for the 2004 edition of the Bluebonnet Brew-off is now open. Have upload pictures of the winners, entry check in, room crawl, and judging. Will be posting more pictures as they become available. The direct link to the photo gallery is HERE.
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The winners are now posted for the 2004 edition of the Bluebonnet Brew-off. We would like to thank all the people that entered beer and came out and made it a great event. We had 990 entries this year and our biggest turnout for the event, about 450 people attended Friday nights festivities. Please check back over the next few weeks to see new items that will be posted. Will have pictures of the winners along with pictures of the event.
Thanks
Bluebonnet Brew-off 2004 Committee
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Thanks for all that entered and attended the 18th edition of the Bluebonnet Brew-off. All the winners will be posted Tuesday, March 22. The scoresheets that were not picked up on Sunday morning at the event will be mailed out sometime this week. Hope everyone enjoyed themselves.
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OK guys....the hotel WILL remove beds from the room crawl room on a request basis only. Fee is $25 billed to the room. All other furniture will remain. I need to know in the next 3 days or so, to satisfy the engineering staff there. Contact me with your yes or no, on bed removal. No need to call the hotel directly - I will handle it for you as we plot the Room Crawl arrangement. Once again, keep in mind that hotel staff members will be on the judging committee. Please don't damage walls, etc while decorating. The competition is going to be stiff. Let the games begin!!!!
Richard Dobson
hoghvn@cooke.net
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The online registration for the Bluebonnet Brew-off events will be ending Wednesday March 10. If you plan on pre registering please have that completed by then. If you miss the deadline you will still be able to register at the event.
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We can use the help of all judges and stewards that can make it to the first round judging this weekend (even if it is just for a flight or two). Lunch will be provided. Judging will occur from 9AM-5PM on March 6 & 7 at the following locations:
FORT WORTH
Coors Distribution Center
2550 McMillian Parkway
Ft. Worth, TX 76137-5001 | DALLAS
Andrews Distributing Co. of North Texas
2601 Cockrell Ave.
Dallas, TX 75215-2510 |
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We are no longer accepting homebrew entries. We have processed all entries received and are preparing them for judging. Although the entry deadline is up we will still accept online registration for the event as well as label entry submissions. If you plan on registering for the event online then please have that completed by Wednesday March 10, 2004. We will not be accepting any online registrations after that time. You will still be able to sign up in person at the event.
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Room crawl rooms are filling up. If you have not registered to host a room and plan to do so please contact Richard Dobson. You can contact Richard at hoghvn@cooke.net. This is quickly becoming the most popular event at the Bluebonnet so don't miss the opportunity to host a room. We already have commitments for the following clubs.
| Cowtown Cappers | W.O.R.T.S. | | High Plains Draughters | NTHBA | | Red River Brewers | Knights of the Brown Bottle | | NET Hoppers | Aleian Society | | FOAM Rangers | |
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If you do not see your name on the list and have registered for a Room Crawl room please let Richard know that you have the room reserved so he can add you to the list.
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Hotel Room Reservation Form
Here is the Hotel Reservation form that needs to be used to book your room for the Bluebonnet Brew-off. This reservation form can be used to book Bluebonnet rooms directly with the Holiday Inn. Either your Personal Room and/or a Room Crawl room can be booked with this form.
It can be handled one of three ways.
1. You can print this form and mail it to the Holiday Inn via US mail.
2. You can fax it to the Hotel Care Of % Kathy Phelps at 972-790-8476
3. You can fill it out and email it to kathy.phelps@ihrco.com.
If it is intended to be a Room Crawl room please email Richard Dobson stating that you have booked a Room Crawl room. His email is hoghvn@cooke.net. Richard is the Room Crawl coordinator and will be working with the hotel on spacing and arrangement of the Room Crawl layout. Any special requests should be made through him.
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Room crawl rooms are filling up. If you have not registered and plan to do so please contact Richard Dobson. You can contact Richard at hoghvn@cooke.net. This is one of the most popular events at the Bluebonnet so don't miss out.
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The Bluebonnet Brew-off planning commitee has set the competition dates for the 2004 Bluebonnet Brew-off. The dates are as follows:
2/16/2004 - 2/21/2004 - Accepting Early Entries
2/22/2004 - 2/28/2004 - Accepting Late Entries
3/19/2004 - 3/20/2004 - Bluebonnet Brew-off 2004
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The pictures of the winners for the 2003 Bluebonnet Brew-off are now up in the Photo Galleries. Direct link to the winners.
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We have now started a Recipe Archive of winning beers from the Bluebonnet Brew-off. If you have won a 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place in the Bluebonnet Brew-off we invite you to submit your winning recipe to the archives. You can submit your recipe by going to the recipe archive and clicking on the [Submit Recipe] link The recipe will be reviewed and then added to the archive.
Thanks
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| Congratulations go to Steve Haney of the North Texas Homebrewers Association for winning the Bluebonnet Brew-off Best of Show Beer. This entitiles Steve to brew his winning beer at the Big Buck Brewery and Steakhouse in Grapevine, TX. His beer will be served there as a seasonal offering. Pictured with Steve is Raymond Plasek, assistant brewer at Big Buck. |  |
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The winners are now posted for the 2003 edition of the Bluebonnet Brew-off. I would like to thank all the people that came out and made it a great event. Please check back over the next week to see new items that will be posted. Will have pictures of the winners along with pictures of the event. Also will be posting more details and entry breakdowns.
Thanks
Mark A. Wedge
Director Bluebonnet Brew-off 2003
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Online registration for the Bluebonnet Brew-off is now over. If you are still wanting to attend the event you will be able to register in person at the event.
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I will be giving the room assignment for the room crawl to the hotel today. Please call the hotel and pay for them either tonight or Wednesday during the day as the deadline for us to get credit for the rooms is Wednesday 3/12.
We are a little light right now on the room crawl. Here are the clubs
W.O.R.T.S
High Plains Draughters
NTHBA
Red River Brewres
KOBB
NET Hoppers
Foam Rangers
Cowtown Cappers
Ale-ians
Thanks for participating and we are looking for a good time. If you have any questions about the room please email me and I will find out the answer.
Dave Dixon
ddreaded@dd26943.com
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All of the flights for first round have been judged. We had a tremendous amount of people show up to help out. There will be no judging next weekend (Saturday 3/15 - Sunday 3/16). Thanks go out to all the people that showed up and judged, stewarded, and helped with the paperwork.
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If you are planning on staying at the hotel during the Bluebonnet Brew-off and have not made your reservations please do so at this time. We would like for you to make your reservations by Wednesday March 12 for planning purposes. The hotel details are as follows:
Holiday Inn Select
Dallas/FT Worth Airport South
4440 W. Airport Freeway
Irving, TX 75062
Reservations: 1-800-360-2242
Telephone: 1-972-399-1010
Special room rates of $67.00 night have been set aside for the Bluebonnet Brew-off. When calling to make reservations you need to mention that you are with the Bluebonnet Brew-off.
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We can use the help of all judges and stewards that can make it to the first round judging this weekend (even if it is just for a flight or two). Lunch will be provided. Judging will occur from 9AM-5PM on March 8 & 9 at the following locations:
FORT WORTH
Coors Distribution Center
2550 McMillian Parkway
Ft. Worth, TX 76137-5001 | DALLAS
Willow Distributing
2601 Cockrell Ave.
Dallas, TX 75215-2510 |
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We are no longer accepting entries. We have processed all entries received and are preparing them for judging. Although the entry deadline is up we will still accept online registration for the event as well as label entry submissions. If you plan on registering for the event online then please have that completed by Sunday March 16, 2003. We will not be accepting any online registrations after that time. You will still be able to sign up in person at the event.
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Room crawl rooms are filling up. If you have not registered and plan to do so please contact Dave Dixon. You can contact Dave at ddreaded@dd26943.com. This is one of the most popular events at the Bluebonnet so don't miss out. We already have commitments for the following clubs.
| KGB | W.O.R.T.S. | | High Plains Draughters | NTHBA | | Red River Brewers | Knights of the Brown Bottle | | NET Hoppers | Foam Rangers | | Cowtown Cappers | |
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There will be a new event held at this year's Bluebonnet Brew-off. For those that do not go on the Pub Crawl we will have a hospitality room available during that time. The hospitality room will be called Gidgets, Gadgets, and Gizmos. In the room we will have all manner of homebrewing equipment and displays. Also there will be homebrew. The focus of the hospitatlity room is sharing ideas on equipment and procedures with other brewers. If you would like to display something or donate some homebrew please contact Bryan Cruce at bmc0001@unt.edu. Bryan is the brain child of this event and will be coordinating the displays.
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The following list show the planned routes for the Bluebonnet Brew-off 2003 Pub Crawl.
| Green Bus - Arlington Route
O'Dwyers Irish Pub
Fox & Hound
Flying Saucer
Humperdink's
| Red Bus - Addison Route
Humperdink's
The Londoner
Flying Saucer
Sherlocks Baker Street Pub
| Blue Bus - Dallas Route
Gingerman
The Old Monk
The Barley House
Two Rows
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The 2003 edition of the Bluebonnet Brewoff is fast approaching and we would like to encourage you to participate. The Bluebonnet Brewoff is the largest single site homebrewing competition in the United States. It follows that we need a large number of judges at all skill levels. As a 5-time Bluebonnet participant I can honestly say that the quality of the judging has been the single most important factor in the quality of the competition overall.
First round judging will occur from 9AM-5PM on March 8 & 9 at two locations:
FORT WORTH
Coors Distribution Center
2550 McMillian Parkway
Ft. Worth, TX 76137-5001 | DALLAS
Willow Distributing
2601 Cockrell Ave.
Dallas, TX 75215-2510 |
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There will be a change to the way the Best of Show is awarded at the Bluebonnet Brew-off this year. We will now have 2 categories for the Best of Show. We will have Best of Show Beer and award a 1st, 2nd, and a 3rd place. We will add the category for Best of Show Mead/Cider and award a 1st place. The winner of the Best of Show beer will get to brew their winning brew at Big Buck Brewery and Steakhouse in Grapevine, TX and have it servered there as a seasonal specialty.
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New Sponsors for the Best of Show.
Big Buck Brewery and Steakhouse in Grapevine, TX is sponsoring the Best of Show at this years Bluebonnet Brew-off. The brewer of the highest placing beer in the Best of Show category will win the opportunity to brew his/her recipe at Big Buck. The beer will be sold at Big Buck as one of the seasonal offerings. More details to follow. |  |
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Online registration is now available for the 2003 Bluebonnet Brew-off. You register and create your bottle information and label forms online. Go to the Registration / Entry Information on the main 2003 Bluebonnet Brew-off page or go directly by Clicking Here.
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The Room Crawl for the 2003 edition of the Bluebonnet Brew-off is on!. Special arrangements have been made with the hotel to have a block of rooms saved only for the Room Crawl. In order to book a club room for the Room Crawl you must coordinate with Dave Dixon. Do not call the hotel for your club room!!! You can contact Dave at ddreaded@dd26943.com.
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A new category has been added to the Styles accepted this year. It is category 29 and it is for New Entrants.
29. New Entrants
First-time Bluebonnet Brew-off entrants may place one beer, mead, or cider entry in this category. Please enter the style from the above style guidelines and any special ingredients of the entry onto the Entry Form.
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The 2003 Bluebonnet Brew-off information section is almost complete. You can check out the event information, rules, and styles for the competition. Registation and Entry information along with online registation will be complete this weekend. You can check it out her 2003 Bluebonnet Brew-off Information. Will post news when registation information is available.
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Bluebonnet Brew-off LocationHoliday Inn Select
Dallas/FT Worth Airport South
4440 W. Airport Freeway
Irving, TX 75062
Reservations: 1-800-360-2242
Telephone: 1-972-399-1010
Special room rates of $67.00 night have been set aside for the Bluebonnet Brew-off. When calling to make reservations you need to mention that you are with the Bluebonnet Brew-off. |  |
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The keynote speaker for the Bluebonnet Brew-off 2003 has been determined. It is with the Bluebonnet Brew-off committee's great pleasure to announce that Dr. Chris White from White Labs, Inc. will be the keynote speaker. Chris will give the keynote speech at the friday night dinner and also give a technical talk on saturday morning.
Chris White gained a passion for fermentation studies as an undergraduate student at UC Davis. He 'accidentally' enrolled in Dr. Michael Lewis' Brewing & Malting Science course, and soon after began brewing at home. Chris went on to earn a Ph.D. in biochemistry from UC San Diego, and soon
after decided to follow his passion for brewing science.
Chris founded White Labs, Inc. in 1995, in order to manufacture and supply yeast to the growing American brewing industry. White Labs, Inc. is now a major supplier of yeast to the worlds fermentation industry.
Chris White is currently the president of White Labs, Inc., and is a lecturer in the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department at the University of California, San Diego. He is also part owner of Cold Creek Publishing Co., producer of 'BrewMaster, The Craft Beer Game' and 'The Craft Beer Quarterly'. Chris is a member of the American Society for Brewing Chemists and the Master Brewers Association of America, and judges at many national competitions, including the Great American Beer Festival and the World Beer Cup. |  |
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The Bluebonnet Brew-off planning commitee has set the competition dates for the 2003 Bluebonnet Brew-off. The dates are as follows:
2/14/2003 - 2/21/2003 - Accepting Early Entries
2/24/2003 - 2/28/2003 - Accepting Late Entries
3/21/2003 - 3/22/2002 - Bluebonnet Brew-off 2003
To see all of the dates for the 2003 Bluebonnet Brew-off please see the Calendar of Events.
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The Bluebonnet Brew-off Bookstore has opened. In association with Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble Books you can purchase brewing books. Each purchase from the Bookstore will help support the Bluebonnet Brew-off.
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Thanks to Club President, Molly Gilbert and the Red River Brewers for particpating in the past Bluebonnet Brew-offs. Now they have stepped up to the plate and joined in the Committee efforts for planning and event production. The 2003 Bluebonnet Brew-off now with 5 particpating clubs from North Texas, expects to put on the greatest Single Site Competition yet!
Past Director
Steve Wesstrom
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The Bluebonnet Brew-off has a new website http://www.bluebonnetbrewoff.com. Have a look around and see what you think. This will be the definitive site to find out information about the Bluebonnet Brew-off. We will be adding functionality over the next few weeks so hang with us. If you have any comments/ideas please don't hesitate to send them our way. Just use the Feeback link from the main menu.
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