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Competition rules and Entry Information:
1. Any amateur may enter. Enter via our website and then send your home brew to Seattle Weekly, Attn: Home Brew Competition at 1008 Western Ave., Suite 300, Seattle, WA 98104 OR drop-off at any of our participating drop off locations. Locations include: The Cellar Home Brew, Bob's Homebrew Supply, Beer Essentials, and 99 Bottles.
2. All entries must be brewed at home, not in a commercial establishment. One entry per person.
3. $15 per entry due upon receipt of bottled product. Check paid to the order of Seattle Weekly.
4. Brewers must submit three 10 ounce or larger bottles for their beer entry. Caps should be blacked out or blank. PET bottles with carbonator caps are allowed.
5. The deadline for entries is August 15, 2009. Entries will be accepted later only with the prior approval of the organizers and with submission of completed competition entry forms before the deadline.
6. We will be accepting entries in categories 1-19 of the BJCP style guidelines. We encourage all entries to the competition and are glad to help please email us if you have any questions.
7. Bottle labels must be attached to each bottle with a rubber band-no tape. Bottle labels must include the full recipe.
8. The organizers reserve the right to ask for recipes after the competition.
9. Bottles, filled or unfilled, will not be returned.
10. There will be a winner for each respective category that we receive 10 or more entries. Otherwise the beer will be judged with the category that is most similar. There will be "One" overall winning brew that will win the Best to Brew or Best in Show category which will be brewed by Big Al Brewing & carried at Brouwer's and four other locations TBD for one month after the competition.