NJ State Fair Homebrew Competition - 14th Annual - 2010 Entry Information
Entry Fees
Payment
Categories Accepted
Bottle Acceptance Rules
Shipping Location and Address
Drop Off Location
Awards
Awards Ceremony
Competition Coordinator
Entry Deadline
July 17, 2010
Judging Date
July 31, 2010 at Sussex County Fairgrounds-Administration Building, 9:00 AM 
Plains Road
Augusta, NJ
Entry Fees
$6.00 per entry. $4.00 per entry after 1 entries.
Payment
After registering and inputting entries, all participants must pay their entry fee(s). Accepted payment methods include:
- Cash
- Check, made out to NJ State Fair - SCF&HS
Categories Accepted
- 1A Lite American Lager
- 1B Standard American Lager
- 1C Premium American Lager
- 1D Munich Helles
- 1E Dortmunder Export
- 2A German Pilsner (Pils)
- 2B Bohemian Pilsener
- 2C Classic American Pilsner
- 3A Vienna Lager
- 3B Oktoberfest/Marzen
- 4A Dark American Lager
- 4B Munich Dunkel
- 4C Schwarzbier
- 5A Maibock/Helles Bock
- 5B Traditional Bock
- 5C Doppelbock
- 5D Eisbock
- 6A Cream Ale
- 6B Blonde Ale
- 6C Kolsch
- 6D American Wheat or Rye Beer
- 7A Northern German Altbier
- 7B California Common Beer
- 7C Dusseldorf Altbier
- 8A Standard/Ordinary Bitter
- 8B Special/Best/Premium Bitter
- 8C Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale)
- 9A Scottish Light 60/-
- 9B Scottish Heavy 70/-
- 9C Scottish Export 80/-
- 9D Irish Red Ale
- 9E Strong Scotch Ale
- 10A American Pale Ale
- 10B American Amber Ale
- 10C American Brown Ale
- 11A Mild
- 11B Southern English Brown Ale
- 11C Northern English Brown Ale
- 12A Brown Porter
- 12B Robust Porter
- 12C Baltic Porter
- 13A Dry Stout
- 13B Sweet Stout
- 13C Oatmeal Stout
- 13D Foreign Extra Stout
- 13E American Stout
- 13F Imperial Stout
- 14A English IPA
- 14B American IPA
- 14C Imperial IPA
- 15A Weizen/Weissbier
- 15B Dunkelweizen
- 15C Weizenbock
- 15D Roggenbier (German Rye Beer)
- 16A Witbier
- 16B Belgian Pale Ale
- 16C Saison
- 16D Biere de Garde
- 16E Belgian Specialty Ale
- 17A Berliner Weisse
- 17B Flanders Red Ale
- 17C Flanders Brown Ale/Oud Bruin
- 17D Straight (Unblended) Lambic
- 17E Gueuze
- 17F Fruit Lambic
- 18A Belgian Blond Ale
- 18B Belgian Dubbel
- 18C Belgian Tripel
- 18D Belgian Golden Strong Ale
- 18E Belgian Dark Strong Ale
- 19A Old Ale
- 19B English Barleywine
- 19C American Barleywine
- 20A Fruit Beer
- 21A Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
- 21B Christmas/Winter Specialty Spiced Beer
- 22A Classic Rauchbier
- 22B Other Smoked Beer
- 22C Wood-Aged Beer
- 23A Specialty Beer
Bottle Acceptance Rules
1. $6.00 fee for the first entry and $4 per each additional entry. Checks should be made out to the "New Jersey State Fair- CAHH".
2. Two (2) bottles must be provided for each entry.
3. Standard 12 or 16 oz. glass bottles preferred. Bottles must be free of any labels, tape, raised glass designs, etched logos, or other identifying marks. Swing tops are acceptable. No professionally/commercially brewed beers permitted.
4. A bottle entry label must be attached to each bottle with a rubber band, and a completed entry form and payment must accompany entries.
5. Entries may be dropped off or shipped to the designated drop off location during the entry period noted above. Early or late entries will not be accepted. Do not ship entries via the US Postal Service. Appropriate entry fee(s) must accompany entry.
6. Entries become the property of SCF&HS Creative Arts for Home and Hobby Division.
7. Entries may be rejected for questionable appearance, bottling, damage or failure to comply with these requirements.
Shipping Location and Address
George's Wine & Spirits Gallery
7 Main Street
Branchville, NJ 07826-5526
(973) 948-9950
Packing & Shipping Hints
- Carefully pack your entries in a sturdy box. Line the inside of your carton with a plastic trash bag. Partition and pack each bottle with adequate packaging material. Do not over pack! Write clearly: "Fragile. This Side Up." on the package. Your package should weigh less than 25 pounds. Please refrain from using "messy" packaging materials such a Styrofoam "peanuts" or pellets; please use packaging material such as bubble wrap.
- Every reasonable effort will be made to contact entrants whose bottles have broken to make arrangements for sending replacement bottles.
- It is not against any Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) regulations or federal laws to ship your entries via privately owned shipping company for analytical purposes. However, IT IS ILLEGAL TO SHIP ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES VIA THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE. Private shipping companies have the right to refuse your shipment if they are informed that the package contains glass and/or alcoholic beverages. Be aware that entries mailed internationally are often required by customs to have proper documentation. These entries might be opened and/or returned to the shipper by customs' officials at their discretion. It is solely the entrant's responsibility to follow all applicable laws and regulations.
Drop Off Location
George's Wine and Spirits
7 Main Street
Branchville, NJ
07826
973-948-9950
Awards
A First, Second and Third Place winner will be determined in each category and will be awarded a bottle ribbon and medal. The BOS round winner will receive a trophy.
The highest scoring entry in each category (receiving 34 points or more) will be entered into the Best of Show (BOS) round.
The BOS round will consist of at least three judges who will sample each entry and determine a winner through consensus. The judges' decisions are final.
Awards will be presented on Saturday, August 14, 2010 at 1:00 PM in the Richards Building located on the fairgrounds. Participants who will be attending the awards presentation should request a pass at the e-mail address noted below.
If a Best of Show is awarded, the champion brewer will be asked to assist the brewer at Kroghs Restaurant and Brew Pub, Sparta, NJ in producing the winning recipe to be sold at Krogh’s. The winner will be asked to name the beer which will be marketed as a “Seasonal”. *
*Krogh’s reserves the right to modify the winning recipe to conform to its brewing schedule and business requirements.
Additional prizes may be awarded.
Please direct any questions or comments to: ksharrock@embarqmail.com
Awards Ceremony
August 14, 2010 at Richards Building, 1:00 PM
Sussex County Fairgrounds
Plains Road
Augusta, NJ