Hello fellow OVHA Homebrewers. I’m pleased to announce that our club will be hosting our annual Christmas party on the 14th @ 6pm @ Germania. That being said we will follow tradition with a Christmas dinner, 2023 board elections, Big Turkey winner announcement, and the passing of the gavel to our 2023 President Chris Davidson. We ask that those who plan to attend the Christmas party please bring a side or dessert and ease give us a head count of who will be in your group. I must say it has been a very exciting and rewarding year for me as your President. It has been a privilege to lead our fine club through our many events and tastings. Thank you everyone for your guidance and support. I hope to see everyone this Wednesday. Have a wonderful OVHA day!!!
It’s that time of year again. Bottle up that prize winner and get your entries in the queue.
2015 Judging and awards ceremony.
GnawBrew is a single day Beer, Art and Music Festival hidden in the beautiful hills of Brown County. If you’ve joined us before you know that where we differ from the larger events is that we only offer a very limited number of tickets to our event. What this does is create the perfect atmosphere for personal interaction between the artists, brewers, musicians and the patrons. It also ensures that everyone gets their fill of the samples offered and doesn’t have to wait in line all day to achieve that. Another thing that we pride ourselves on here is that GnawBrew is as much an Art and Music festival as it is a Beer Fest leading to us being able to provide quite the Rockstar treatment for our Brewers and their staff in addition to our Musicians and Fine Artists. And last but definitely not least here at Camp GnawBrew after they’ve enjoyed their day our patrons are encouraged to retire to tents or cabins to sleep off all of the wonderful libations sampled throughout the day. And a primitive campsite is included free as a courtasy from our host venue Explore Brown County with the purchase of any level of GnawBrew2015 ticket.
Big Turkey Competition
Entries due at the Nov. 18 Meeting
Winners announced at the December Meeting
This year, for the first time, you will have two styles that you can enter. The beer styles for the 9th annual OVHA Big Turkey Competition are Porter BJCP Category 12 and IPA BJCP Category 14
Judging will not occur at the meeting. The OVHA Big Turkey brewing contest is open to all paid members of the OVHA.
Carson’s Brewery is sponsoring 2015 Big Turkey BOS again this year! The grand prize will be the opportunity to be “Pro-Brewer for a Day”. You will help brew your winning recipe on a commercial system! We will also have a club-wide tapping party when the beer is ready.
Category 12 Sub-styles:
Category 14 Sub-styles:
Information about these styles can be found at the BJCP web site: BJCP Category 12 and BJCP Category 14
INSTRUCTIONS:
- You may enter one beer in each of the subcategories. Do not enter the same beer in different subcategories.
- You need two bottles of beer for each subcategory you enter. To keep things anonymous, use as plain a bottle as you can. Things like swing tops, labels, raised lettering, etc are not allowed in sanctioned competitions but will be allowed here if it is ALL you have as a last resort. Black out any markings on the cap.
- Judging will be using the standard BJCP judging sheets used at all the AHA competitions and styles will each be judged within their own subcategory. It‘s up to you to pick the subcategory you want your beer to be judged against.
One winner, the Best of Show, will get their name on the Big Turkey trophy, brew their recipe at Carson’s Brewery, receive one year’s free OVHA membership, get a Big Turkey ceramic stein. Other prizes to be announced.
GOOD LUCK!
Yearly homebrew contest and party where the winner gets to brew a commercial batch at Upland Brewing Company. Entries due the 22nd.
Big Turkey Competition Drop Off
Entries due at the Nov. 20 Meeting. Please register and add your entries online.
