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