2010
National Organic Brewing Challenge
Prizes & Official Contest Sponsors
It
is not too late to sponsor! We are seeking additional
prizes for the contestants. Please check back later for
updates which will be added as they come in! |
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Prize
List for 2010 Entries:
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Eastern
Division:
$250
worth of organic ingredients from
Seven Bridges Cooperative, a Seven Bridges T-shirt,
plus a 1 year membership in the Organic
Buyers Club This
prize goes to the
brewer with the highest scoring qualified entry from all
entries East of the Mississippi River USA. |
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Western
Division:
$250
worth of organic ingredients from Seven Bridges Cooperative,
a Seven Bridges T-shirt, plus a 1 year membership in
the Organic
Buyers Club
This
prize goes to the brewer with the highest scoring qualified
entry from all entries East of the Mississippi River USA. |
Best
of Show Prizes: Made possible by our major sponsors:
Thirsty Bear
Brewing Company in San Francisco California offers seven house
standard beers, all brewed with organic barley
and hops.
They
also offer
two seasonal beers on a rotating basis to compliment
this selection. The first brewery restaurant in
the
United States to
serve
an authentic
Spanish menu,
ThirstyBear's
Executive Chef incorporates some of the finest specialty
ingredients from Spain. |
The
Lakefront Brewery has been a Milwaukee craft
brewing institution since 1987. They offered the
first bottled organic beer with a
certified organic stamp in the USA in 1996 with their
Lakefront Organic ESB. A brewery truly dedicated
to organic principles Lakefront has always used organic
hops and
is now working with local farmers in Wisconsin to grow
both hops and grain directly for the brewery. Look
for new organic beers coming soon from this award
winning
organic brewery! |
Uncommon
Brewers is a community-oriented organic microbrewery
incorporating traditional Belgian brewing techniques
and cutting-edge innovation from the modern West
Coast. Grounded in the principles of sustainability
voiced by the Slow Food Movement, the goal is to
make uncommon beers for uncommon people. Visit online for more information about the brewery and the beer. |
POLAR WARE is
a USA manufacturer of quality deep drawn products and
custom components in stainless steel and
other metals. They offer a line of top quality stainless
steel brew kettles for home brewers who want the best
quality that will last a lifetime! Polar
Ware brew pots are sold by Seven Bridges and many other fine homebrew
retailers across
the country. |

The
Brewing Network has
been pumping excitement into the homebrew hobby for
the past 5 years now with homebrew centric radio progams
including Brew Strong, the Jamil Show, and the Sunday
Show. Streaming live, by podcast, and through good
old fashioned radio air waves, the Brewing Network
is helping a new generation of homebrewers learn techniques
and tips to excel at their craft. |

The American
Homebrewers Association (AHA) is committed
to promoting the community of homebrewers and empowering
homebrewers to make the best beers in the world. The
website is packed with brewing info, events listings,
and links to the best resources for homebrewers
in America. |
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Best
of Show- 1st Place: A 32 quart (10.5 gallon)
stainless steel brewpot and stainless steel spoon from Polarware,
a 7 Bridges T-shirt, plus a 1 year membership in the Organic
Buyers Club
Best
of Show- 2nd
Place: $100 worth of organic ingredients from
Seven Bridges Cooperative plus a 1 year membership in
the Organic
Buyers Club
Best
of Show- 3rd
Place: A copper immersion wort chiller from Polarware plus
a 1 year membership in the Organic
Buyers Club
Best
of show prizes are awarded to the Best of Show round winners.
This is an extra round of the highest scoring entry from
each flight judged by the top ranking
judges of this competition. A flight is a round in our competition
usually made up of one or more categories, each consisting
of 4 to 10 beers. The number of flights in the Best of Show
round will be determined by the total number of entries
received. |
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Category
Prizes: Awarded to the highest scoring entries
each of the 15 categories!
Category prizes made possible through the generous
donations of our sponsors:
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Special
Grand Prize: Top scoring qualified* entry in category
21
*Qualified
entry- to qualify for this grand prize the recipe must
be brewed with commercially available certified organic
ingredients. |
Special
Grand Prize: Category 21 Best Spiced Beer
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- The
winning spiced beer recipe (top scoring qualified*
entry of category 21) will be made into a
certified organic beer kit that will
be
available
to
all homebrew
customers of Seven Bridges.
- This
kit will be named after the prize winning brewer and
will be released by December 1, 2010, just in time
for the holidays.
- The
very first kit made will be signed by Seven Bridges
Founder Amelia Slayton and delivered directly to the
winner.
- The
winner will also receive $100 worth of organic ingredients
from Seven Bridges Cooperative plus a 1 year membership
in the Organic
Buyers Club and a Seven Bridges T-shirt, pint glass,
and bumpersticker.The grand prize will replace the
first prize for that category.
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| 1st
place (all categories): |
All
first place winners of each category will recieve a 1 year
membership in the Organic
Buyers Club plus one of the following:
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| 2nd
place (all categories): |
All
second place winners of each category will receive one
of the following:
- Seven
Bridges T-shirt
- A
copy of Fermenting
Revolution by 7 Bridges Member & Author
Chris O'Brien
- A
16 oz. organic hop assortment
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place (all categories): |
All
third place winners of each category will receive one of
the following:
- A set
of 2 pint glasses from 7 Bridges or one of our sponsors
- An organic
homebrew recipe book and a 4 oz. organic hop assortment
- A
stainless steel spoon from Polarware
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contest prize committee (consisting of 7 Bridges staff and
volunteers) will determine how 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes
will be distributed once winners have been determined. To become a first, second,
or third place winner the entry must have a score of at least
25 points (out of a possible 50) based on the BJCP scoring
guidelines. |
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Prizes & Sponsors
for the Pro-Brew Competitions:
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Winners
will be published on the 2009 competition winners page
and will be announced in the official press release
and e-newsletter following the competition. Each of
the top 3 winners will recieve a plaque, a Seven Bridges
T-shirt, bumperstickers, and the following:
- 1st
Place: $500 worth of organic
hops from Seven Bridges Cooperative
- 2nd
Place: $250 worth of organic
hops from Seven Bridges Cooperative
- 2nd
Place: $100 worth of organic
hops from Seven Bridges Cooperative
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A
very special Thank You to the Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant
in San Jose for hosting the West Coast judging of this contest!!
Please
visit them the next time you are in San Jose:
Gordon
Biersch Brewery Restaurant
33 East San Fernando Street
San Jose, CA 95113
phone: 408-294-6785
http://www.gordonbiersch.com/restaurants/index.php?pg=location&sub=loc&location_id=19

A
very special Thank You to the Capitol City Brewing Co. in
Arlington, VA for hosting the East Coast judging of this
contest!!
Please
visit them the next time you are in Arlington:
Capitol
City Brewing Co.
4001 Campbell Ave
Arlington, Va 22206
Tel: (703) 578-3888
http://www.capcitybrew.com/arlington.php
All
of us at 7 Bridges truly thank our sponsors for supporting
the growing organic brewing movement by sponsoring the 4th
Annual National Organic Brewing Challenge!
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