All American Brew Off update and schedule.

The judging and awards ceremony will be in the Vail room of the Aspen Hotel, 2900 So. 68th street. Located just off Rogers Avenue and I-540 in Fort Smith. Aspen Phone is 479-452-9000

When you call the hotel for reservations, ask for the event discount on the room rate. We will be negotiating a special room rate and will have more details on that soon.

Here is the Event Schedule: 7/28/12

8:30a – Arrival and set up
9:00 – 12:30 Second Round judging
12:30 – Lunch, a group event with beer tasting is being planned.
2:00 – 3:00 Best of show judging (Judges and steward only)
2:00 - 5:00 Free time – Local attractions
5:00 - 6:00 Set up for awards and dinner
6:00 - 6:30 Social time, beer tasting
6:30 - Dinner
7:00 – 8:00 Awards presentations
8:00 - Social time until the hotel asks us to leave

The RVAR will be providing dinner, non-club members need to contact Jed Reinhard 479-221-2874 to confirm dinner arrangements with the club.

All American Brew Off!!

Brewers get ready for the All American Brew Off on July 28th 2012! Sponsored by the River Valley Ale Raisers and Wine & Brew Makers Gallery at GrowFresh. Entries are due by July 10th 2012.

Entry form
Rules

The American Categories are:
American Lager or Pilsner: BJCP 1A,1B, 1C, and 2C
Dark American Lager: BJCP 4A
American Wheat or Rye: BJCP 6D
California Common: BJCP 10A
American Pale Ale: BJCP 10A
American Amber or Brown: BJCP 10B & 10C
American Stout: BJCP 13E
American IPA: BJCP 14B
American Barleywine: BJCP 19C
Specialty Beer: 23 (American open*)

The entry fees is $7 for each entry. Prizes will be awarded in each of the American Style categories.

Winners will receive:
1st place: Glass engraved with the AABO logo, category and year
2nd place: Silver medal
3rd place: Bronze medal

Best of Show winners will receive:
1st place BOS: $75 and a glass engraved with Best of Show.
2nd place BOS: $25.

Big Brew Day!

We will be having a big brew day on April 28th at Andy’s House in Fort Smith. We will start at 9am. Here is how it is going to work… You pick the all grain recipe; double it so it makes 10 gallons ten gallons and the club will cover the entire base 2 row. We will brew it all at Andy's and 5 gallons will go with the club. The club will then have a good variety of beer to serve at the All American Brew Off and the Fest of Ale.

If you want to brew an all grain recipe but do not have the equipment this is a great chance to learn about the all grain process. Just let me know what you want to brew and if you need any equipment. If you already brew all grain and just want to brew at the event, then just let me know what your recipe call for. I’m sure we will have enough grain, but it wouldn’t hurt to know what everybody is brewing.

if you have any questions, let me know.
Lucas

Lucas

Meeting Announcement

We will have our regularly scheduled meeting at 6:00 Tomorrow night at the GrowFresh Store located at 2900 S. Zero St.

If you have any entries for Blue Bonnet you can bring them. I will store them until they make there trip down to Dallas. For anybody that hasn't bottled yet you still have time. Entries are not due until February 24th, I will announce the date that our beers are going down as soon as it is finalized. If you have any business in Dallas before the 24th let me know if you wouldn't mind dropping off some club beers, it might save a special trip.

Lucas

Meeting Announcement

As requested at our last meeting our next meeting will change to the Second Tuesday on January 10th. Still at Growfresh, Still at 6:00. Also as a General rule if there is any nasty weather I would always play it safe. I will send out an email if Paul is going to close the shop due to weather, but you can always call me if you are not sure. Its best to use your judgement, you know where you live and if it makes more sense to stay at home and enjoy a beer.

Our Christmas party was a great success. Thanks to all who attended and brought food and beer, and a BIG Thank you to everybody who donated to our Angel Tree charity this year. We has some great items donated for an auction this year and we we were able to raise $378 to help some local kids.

Hope you all have a safe and hoppy new year, see you in 2012.

Lucas

Foam Cup Entries are open. Here are the details:

Entries Accepted: October 17 - November 12, 2011 Registration opens October 10, 2011

Judging: November 18-19, 2011
Awards Banquet: November 19, 2011 Click here for Banquet & Ticket Information

We'll be accepting Beer, Mead and Cider entries for BJCP 2008 style guideline categories 1 - 28.

For the complete list of categories, please see the official BJCP 2008 Style Guidelines.

Entry Fees:
$7.00/entry for online registration (...more details)

$8.00/entry for hand-written registration (...more details)

Entry Window: October 17 - November 12, 2011.
Registration begins October 10, 2011

Shipping Address - Ship your entries to:
High Gravity
Attn: FOAM Cup
7164 S. Memorial
Tulsa, OK 74133
Telephone: (918) 461-2605

All American Brew Off Winners!!

Hello Brewers

The results are in and here are the Winners of the All American Brew Off 2011:
The Winners are!

A big thank you to all volunteers that made this event happen. We will see you all at the next River Valley Ale Raisers club meeting August 2nd 6:00 p.m.

All American Brew Off Update

Hello Brewers

The All American Brew Off is almost here! We thought we would give you a quick update to our plans. We are going to have a first round judging for some of the categories this Saturday 07/16/2011

Second round judging will be held on 07/23/2011 at:
River Front Amphitheater
112 Clayton Expressway

We will have the West Room from 8a.m.-12p.m. for judging and 6p.m.-10p.m. for our Potluck dinner and awards presentation. We will begin setup for the event at 8a.m. and will start judging at 9a.m.

We can't wait to see you all there!

All American Brew Off

Sponsored by: River Valley Ale Raisers - Wine & Brew Makers Gallery at GrowFresh and River Valley Mulch.
All American Brew Off
23rd of July
9:00 A.M. – 6:00 P.M., July 23, 2011
Location to be determined

See our announcement in Zymurgy; this is planned as an AHA Sanctioned Event

1st Place Best of Show Wins: $75
2nd Place Best of Show Wins: $25

Prizes Awarded in each category for 1st, 2nd, 3rd. 1st Place to receive custom engraved glass.

$7 Entry Fee: See our web site for rules and entry forms:
Make Checks Payable to River Valley Ale Raisers

Mail Entries To: Jed Reinhard, 11316 Amanda Ln, Fort Smith AR 72916

ENTRY DEAD LINE: July 9th, 2011

Competition Categories: It’s simple, Anything American. If it has “American” or “California” in the Style Name, ENTER IT, we’ll judge it and reward the best!
• American Lager or Pilsner: BJCP 1A, 1B, 1C & 2C
• Dark American Lager: BJPC 4A
• American Wheat or Rye: BJCP 6D
• California Common: BJCP 7B
• American Pale Ale: BJCP 10A
• American Amber or Brown: BJCP 10B & 10C
• American Stout: BJCP 13E
• American IPA: BJCP 14B
• American Barleywine: BJCP 19C
We reserve the right to combine categories as appropriate.

For more Information Call or Email: Lucas: 479-459-6264 lucasstoltz@cox.net
or Jed: 479-221-2874 jedtherese@cox.net register online here. Absolutely no entries will be accepted after July 9th! Please make checks payable to The River Valley Ale Raisers.

Files (click to download)
Entry Form
Bottle Forms
Event Flyer