Rules
If you have any questions regarding the rules for this year, please email
Mike Molloy, ACCF 2008 Coordinator, at accf_2008@att.net.
DOWNLOAD THE 2008 ACCF RULES IN PDF FORMAT
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1. Contest Rules (General)
2. Entry Requirements
3. Entry Limitations
4. Style Guidelines
5. Ancho Pepper Beer Category
6.
Online Entry & Electronic Payment Information
7. Entry Fee
8. Delivery & Receipt of Entries
9. Drop Off Points
10. Packing Instructions
11. Disclaimer
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Official Rules and Entry Requirements
For the Alamo City Cerveza Fest 2008
1. CONTEST RULES
This contest is open to all home brewers. The competition is restricted to non-commercial home-brewed beer. Beers produced on the premises of commercial brewers including brew-on-premises establishments are not eligible. The Alamo City Cerveza Fest (ACCF) is hosted by the Bexar Brewers, and is an AHA/BJCP sanctioned competition and is a part of the Lone Star Circuit. See Style Guidelines for a complete listing of BJCP categories and subcategories, plus the special Pepper Beer category that may be entered in the ACCF.
2. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Each entry for the competition should consist of three bottles. To ensure the anonymity of entrants, bottles must meet the standard AHA National competition requirements. Every bottle must be 10 to 14 ounces in volume, brown glass, and free of raised-glass or inked brand-name lettering and paper labels.
If you submit an entry in BJCP categories 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, 27, or 28, then you may submit those entries in a bottle as small as six and one-half (6.5) ounces (but still cannot be larger than fourteen (14) ounces).
Lettering and graphics on bottle caps must be obliterated with a permanent black marker. Traditional “longneck” style bottles are encouraged, while bottles with Grolsch-type swing tops and unusually shaped bottles are not allowed. Corked bottles meeting the above restrictions are acceptable; however, you must crimp a crown cap over the cork. Bottles not meeting these requirements will be disqualified. Brown bottles are encouraged for maximum protection from light. All bottles must be clean with a properly completed entry label attached by a rubber band. DO NOT TAPE OR GLUE ON BOTTLE LABLES!!
3. ENTRY LIMITATIONS
There is a limit of ONE entry per subcategory.
4. STYLE GUIDELINES
The Alamo City Cerveza Fest will be judging all BJCP beer, mead, and cider styles using the 2008 BJCP style guidelines. The full BJCP category descriptions and specifications are set forth in an extensive document available in downloadable format at http://www.bjcp.org/stylecenter.html . The following is a listing of the BJCP categories and subcategories, as well as our special category 29, Ancho Pepper Beer.
1. LIGHT LAGER
1A Lite American Lager
1B. Standard American Lager
1C. Premium American Lager
1D. Munich Helles
1E. Dortmunder Export
2. PILSNER
2A. German Pilsner (Pils)
2B. Bohemian Pilsener
2C. Classic American Pilsner
3. EUROPEAN AMBER LAGER
3A. Vienna Lager
3B. Oktoberfest/Märzen
4. DARK LAGER
4A. Dark American Lager
4B. Munich Dunkel
4C. Schwarzbier (Black Beer)
5. BOCK
5A. Maibock/Helles Bock
5B. Traditional Bock
5C. Doppelbock
5D. Eisbock
6. LIGHT HYBRID BEER
6A. Cream Ale
6B. Blonde Ale
6C. Kölsch
6D. American Wheat or Rye Beer
7. AMBER HYBRID BEER
7A. North German Altbier
7B. California Common Beer
7C. Düsseldorf Altbier
8. ENGLISH PALE ALE
8A. Standard/Ordinary Bitter
8B. Special/Best/Premium Bitter
8C. Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale)
9. SCOTTISH AND IRISH ALE
9A. Scottish Light 60/-
9B. Scottish Heavy 70/-
9C. Scottish Export 80/-
9D. Irish Red Ale
9E. Strong Scotch Ale
10. AMERICAN ALE
10A. American Pale Ale
10B. American Amber Ale
10C. American Brown Ale
11. ENGLISH BROWN ALE
11A. Mild
11B. Southern English Brown Ale
11C. Northern English Brown Ale
12. PORTER
12A. Brown Porter
12B. Robust Porter
12C. Baltic Porter
13. STOUT
13A. Dry Stout
13B. Sweet Stout
13C. Oatmeal Stout
13D. Foreign Extra Stout
13E. American Stout
13F. Imperial Stout
14. INDIA PALE ALE (IPA)
14A. English IPA
14B. American IPA
14C. Imperial IPA
15. GERMAN WHEAT AND RYE BEER
15A. Weizen/Weissbier
15B. Dunkelweizen
15C. Weizenbock
15D. Roggenbier (German Rye Beer)
16. BELGIAN AND FRENCH ALE
16A. Witbier
16B. Belgian Pale Ale
16C. Saison
16D. Bière de Garde
16E. Belgian Specialty Ale
17. SOUR ALE
17A. Berliner Weisse
17B. Flanders Red Ale
17C. Flanders Brown Ale/Oud Bruin
17D. Straight (Unblended) Lambic
17E. Gueuze
17F. Fruit Lambic
18. BELGIAN STRONG ALE
18A. Belgian Blond Ale
18B. Belgian Dubbel
18C. Belgian Tripel
18D. Belgian Golden Strong Ale
18E. Belgian Dark Strong Ale
19. STRONG ALE
19A. Old Ale
19B. English Barleywine
19C. American Barleywine
20. FRUIT BEER
21. SPICE/HERB/VEGETABLE BEER
21A. Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
21B. Christmas/Winter Specialty Spiced Beer
22. SMOKE-FLAVORED & WOOD-AGED BEER
22A. Classic Rauchbier
22B. Other Smoked Beer
22C. Wood-Aged Beer
23. SPECIALTY BEER
24. TRADITIONAL MEAD
24A. Dry Mead
24B. Semi-Sweet Mead
24C. Sweet Mead
25. MELOMEL (FRUIT MEAD)
25A. Cyser (Apple Melomel)
25B. Pyment (Grape Melomel)
25C. Other Fruit Melomel
26. OTHER MEAD
26A. Metheglin
26B. Braggot
26C. Open Category Mead
27. STANDARD CIDER AND PERRY
27A. Common Cider
27B. English Cider
27C. French Cider
27D. Common Perry
27E. Traditional Perry
28. SPECIALTY CIDER AND PERRY
28A. New England Cider
28B. Fruit Cider
28C. Apple Wine
28D. Other Specialty Cider or Perry
29. ANCHO PEPPER BEER (non-BJCP)
5. ANCHO PEPPER BEER CATEGORY
The ACCF is proud to retain its special pepper beer category as a salute to San Antonio. For 2008, the special pepper category is Ancho Pepper Beer. Beers entered in this category may be of any base style. However, you must state the base beer style when submitting a beer in this category, just as you would if you were entering Categories 6D, 16E, 17F, 20, 21, 22B, 22C, 23, 25C, 26A, 26C, 27E, 28B-D. Only Ancho peppers may be added to the beer. Other peppers are prohibited for this category.
6. ONLINE ENTRY & ELECTRONIC PAYMENT INFORMATION
This year all entries must be submitted electronically at www.sabeergroup.org. For each entry, entrants must fill out one (1) entry form (which is done for you if you enter online) and three (3) bottle ID labels. Please make sure that there are bottle ID labels attached to each of your three (3) bottles. We will again be using the Internet payment tool PayPal. With PayPal you can use a credit card to pay entry fees, event fees, and purchase ACCF merchandise. See www.sabeergroup.org for more information. If you are inhibited from registering and paying online please contact organizer directly for accommodation at accf_2008@att.net. The entrant must attach each completed bottle ID forms to each of their three (3) entry bottles using a rubber band.
7. ENTRY FEE
The entry fee is $8 per entry. Remember, there is a limit of ONE entry per subcategory.
8. DELIVERY & RECEIPT OF ENTRIES
Entries must be received by the Organizer no later than Saturday, July 26, 2008. An entry is considered to be received by the Organizer when it actually arrives at one of the drop off points specified below, and not when it is submitted by the entrant. The time when you ship entries is irrelevant; all that matters is whether the entries arrive at one of the drop off points on time. Your entries must arrive at a drop off point before the close of business on Saturday, July 26, 2008 at that particular drop off point. NOTE: different drop off points close at different times on Saturdays. Get your entries to the drop off points early to avoid a last-minute rush. Late entries will not be accepted. No exceptions will be made to this rule.
9. DROP OFF POINTS
The Organizer has arranged for six drop-off points to which entrants may either ship their entries or deliver their entries in person. Entrants may ship their entries so that entries are delivered to the drop off points beginning on Saturday, July 12, 2008 and ending on Saturday, July 26, 2008. It is solely the responsibility of the entrant to ensure that entries are delivered to the Organizer. The Organizer does not guarantee that entries shipped to the drop-off points will be timely received by the Organizer, and entrants who deliver their entries to a drop-off point do so at their own risk. The Organizer cannot and will not acknowledge receipt of entries. Entrants should arrange for a return receipt with their shipping company if they wish to confirm delivery of their package. Packages with postage due or C.O.D. charges will be returned to the sender. Use a shipping company such as UPS, DHL, or Federal Express to ship entries. DO NOT SHIP ENTRIES VIA THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE! Click here for a list of drop off locations.
10. PACKING INSTRUCTIONS
If you must ship your entries, we recommend that you allow 2” of packing materials between the borders of the box you use to ship your beer and any beer you enclose with in. Fill with packing material. Wrapping each bottle in bubble wrap may also be helpful. Enclose all entries in a plastic garbage bag, and then seal the bag. Do not use US Mail – it is ILLEGAL!!. UPS will accept your package, but not if it is labeled “beer”. You may want to label it “Yeast Samples” or “Kitchen Supplies” or simply “Fragile”.
11. DISCLAMER
All decisions of The Alamo City Cerveza Fest Committee and the Judging Staff are to be considered final. Be assured that every effort will be taken to create an uncompromising, blind-tasting environment for the judging of all entries. Entries that do not meet these rules will not be returned. Entry fees that have been submitted for entries that are disqualified will not be refunded. No entries will be returned to entrants for any reason, whether the entries are received late or otherwise. All entries become property of The Bexar Brewers.
BEER BOTTLE LABEL CONTEST RULES
A. Introduction. Back by popular demand this year the ACCF will again feature a Beer Bottle Label Contest. The concept is simple: send us your best beer bottle labels and have them judged by our expert panel of beer enthusiasts/artists and emblazon you mark on homebrew artistry for all time.
B. Entry Details and Limitations.
1. You may enter as many labels as you like. However, you must at least enter one beer into the ACCF. That is, after you enter one beer into the ACCF you may enter as many labels as you like they do not have to go along with a beer you have entered into the 2008 ACCF.
2. The label cannot be attached to a beer bottle. See details below of how to submit an entry.
3. The label must be submitted at a full-size scale, or the actual size you would put on your bottle. Obviously oversized or undersized entries will be disqualified.
4. Entries submitted by mail must be on paper no larger than 8.5”x11”.
5. Entries submitted by email must be in PDF format with a resolution of no less than 300 dpi (dots per inch). Large files may be zipped to reduce the file size.
C. Entry Submission.
1. You may submit your entry as a PDF or in hard copy/paper format
2. Submit PDF images to accf_2008@att.net.
3. Send hard copy/paper entries to:
Alamo City Cerveza Fest
Beer Bottle Label Contest
1415 Flower Brook
San Antonio, TX 78232
4. All entries must include your name, address, phone number, and email. Please put this information in your email or on a separate sheet of paper. Entries that do not include this information will be disqualified.
5. We will send you an acknowledgment of receipt when we get your label. However, this in no way acts as acknowledgment of receipt of any beer/mead/cider entry. It is your responsibility to confirm that your beer/mead/cider entry has been successfully received.
6. Your entries will NOT be returned to you, and they become the property of Bexar Brewers (so do not send us the original).
7. The Bexar Brewers reserve the right to post your label on its website and display labels during ACCF in perpetuity without any compensation to you.
D. Entry Fees. The fee for each entry is $1.00. Payment will be accepted and preferred by Paypal or when mailing your entries you can pay by check by making the check out to Mike Molloy c/o Alamo City Cerveza Fest.
E. Entry and Payment Deadline. ALL ENTRIES AND PAYMENTS MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE ORGANIZER BY JULY 26, 2008, regardless of postmark date.
F. Judging Criteria and Details.
1. Qualified judges (3 minimum) will judge the labels based on the following criteria:
Creativity
Is the design original? (10 points)
Are there creative techniques used? (10 points)
Does the story* fit the picture? (Bonus points, optional)
Technicality – Does the piece have good proportion? (6 points)
Is the layout well planned? (6 points)
Is there appropriate use of color? (6 points)
Typestyles (font of text) (6 points)
Is there continuity in the pictures/images? (6 points)
*Entrants are encouraged to submit a short story or blurb of the history or inspiration of the piece.
2. Judging will take place at a time and location to be determined by the Organizer.
3. All decisions of the judges and/or Organizer are final.
G. Awards. The top three labels will be announced the evening of August 16, 2008. Ribbons will be awarded to the first, second, and third place finishers. Winners do not need to be present to receive their awards
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