IMPORTANT
There are two important changes from previous years:
- This year we will only accept online entries.
- Bottles much have the official entry labels (printed as part of the online entry process) attached to them.
All other entries will be disqualified!
Eligibility
- Anyone of legal age may enter.
- Beers must be entered under the name of all brewers who helped.
- Beers brewed in commercial facilities are ineligible.
- Shipped entries must be received by January 13th, 2011.
- Late entries will not be accepted.
Entry Fee
- $8 per entry.
- Entries may pay via personal check or Google Checkout (see below).
- Checks (if any) must be made payable to: Upper Mississippi Mash-Out.
Entry Requirements
Mead, Cider, Eis Anything
- Brewers may enter multiple entries in the mead, cider, and Eis Anything categories.
- Each entry must be unique.
- Only one (1) 10-14 oz. bottle is required for each entry in the Eis Anything category.
NOTE: Multiple Entry Sub-Categories
- For 2012, the following categories allow entrants to enter more than one beer per subcategory:
- 16e - Belgian Specialty Ale
- 17f - Sour Ale - Fruit Lambic
- 20 - Fruit Beer
- 21a - Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
- 21b - Christmas/Winter Specialty Spiced Beer
- 22b - Other Smoked Beer
- 22c - Wood-Aged Beer
- 23 - Specialty Beer
- 24 - Traditional Mead
- 25 - Melomel (Fruit Mead)
- 26 - Other Mead
- 27 - Standard Cider and Perry
- 28 - Specialty Cider and Perry
- Two (2) 10-14 oz. bottles are required for each entry.
Other Categories
- Brewers are limited to one entry per sub-category.
- Two (2) 10-14 oz. bottles are required for each entry.
All Categories
- Print your labels prior to the end of the entry deadline.
- Attach one label to each bottle using a rubber band ONLY.
- Include your check or print your Google payment confirmation and include it with your entries.
- Print your Google checkout cart and include it with your entries.
- Bottles must be free of labels or other identifying marks.
- Specialty bottle are allowed only with explicit permission. Contact
info@mashout.org for
further information if necessary.
- All entries MUST be registered ONLINE - no paper entries allowed. (Please contact the
webmaster if you have problems with the registration database.)
General Notes
- The 2008 BJCP style categories are available at the
BJCP site.
- All 2008 BJCP categories of Beer, Mead, And Cider will be accepted, PLUS
the Mash-Out Special Categorie: eis-anything.
- The competition committee reserves the right to combine or split categories based on number of entries.
- All possible effort will be made to combine similar styles.
- All brews in combined categories will be judged according to the style they were originally entered in.
- A minimum of 20 categories will be established for judging and awards.
- In the first round, each judge will score 5-10 entries selecting the best three.
- If a second round is necessary, the second round will consist of the top three entries selected in
the first round.
- All entries will be evaluated by more than one judge.
- Entries will be chilled and stored properly and appropriately for the style.
- Entries will be disqualified for rules infractions. These entries will be judged if possible,
but not eligible for awards and prizes.
- All decisions of the judges and competition committee are final.
- All entries become the property of the Upper Mississippi Mash-Out. No entries will be returned for any reason.
