World's First Organic Competition

For 10 years, the number of homebrewers brewing organic has exploded. Now, for the first time organic brewers can compete head to head in a national competition just for organic beers. The basic spirit of this contest is to celebrate the diversity of organic ingredients that are available. Creative & inspired interpretation of recipes is strongly encouraged because not every ingredient under the sun is available organic. The range of ingredients may be more limited, but with todays choices of fresh, clean, organic ingredients, virtually any style is possible to homebrewers with open minds and creative skills!

Brewing organic beer is a true challenge, and this may not be fun for every homebrewer. These challenges are similar to what commercial organic breweries face- how to brew popular, tasty beer styles without resorting to conventionally grown malt or hops or chemical additives. Brewers who make the choice to brew organic are helping fund a global endeavor to support the huge effort organic hop and malt growers face in cultivating crops commercially and profitably without using a toxic soup of chemicals.

Dates:
Entries begin September 15th, 2007. No entries will be accepted before September 15.
Entry deadline is October 19th at 5 pm. Entries recieved after this deadline will not be entered in the contest.
Entry Requirements: Entry fee is $6, 3 bottles per entry. Bottles must be no smaller than 6 oz. and no larger than 16 oz, with no labels or other markings on the bottle. All malt, hops, and adjuncts must be verified organically grown. If an organic ingredient is unknown by the contest committee (comprised of 7 Bridges staff and volunteers) further verification may be required, such as a purchase reciept showing that the item purchased is organically grown.

Prizes: NOT YET A COMPLETE LIST!! Grand Prize for best of show: 2 Grand prize winners are invited to brew the winning batches at The Santa Cruz Mountain Brewery in California and Otter Creek Brewery in Vermont.

1st Prize: $250 worth of organic brewing ingredients from Seven Bridges and a T-shirt.

There are prizes for the 1st, 2nd & 3rd place winning entries in each category. Winners and the winning recipes will be published on the Seven Bridges Cooperative recipe page: http://www.breworganic.com/recipes/recipes_menu.htm

Rules: All Ingredients must be certified organic or organically homegrown except yeast and non flavor, non chemical additives. The only non-organic additives allowed are: Burton salts, calcium carbonate, calcium chloride, citric acid, gypsum, Irish moss, lactic acid, magnesium sulfate, potassium chloride, and non GMO yeast. Each entry must include a recipe form which lists the source of
each ingredient. Entries and empty bottles will not be returned. Entries will be judged according to the BJCP Style guidelines which are published here: http://www.bjcp.org/stylecenter.html

Categories:
1. Light Lager
1A. Lite American Lager
1B. Standard American Lager
1C. Premium American Lager
1D. Munich Helles
1E. Dortmunder Export
3. European Amber Lager
3A. Vienna Lager
3B. Oktoberfest/Märzen
8. English Pale Ale
8A. Standard/Ordinary Bitter
8B. Special/Best/Premium Bitter
8C. Extra Special/Strong Bitter
(English Pale Ale)
9. Scottish and Irish Ale
9A. Scottish Light 60/-
9B. Scottish Heavy 70/-
9C. Scottish Export 80/-
9D. Irish Red Ale
9E. Strong Scotch Ale
10. American Ale
10A. American Pale Ale
10B. American Amber Ale
10C. American Brown Ale
11. English Brown Ale
11A. Mild
11B. Southern English Brown
11C. Northern English Brown Ale
12. Porter
12A. Brown Porter
12B. Robust Porter
12C. Baltic Porter
13. Stout
13A. Dry Stout
13B. Sweet Stout
13C. Oatmeal Stout
13D. Foreign Extra Stout
13E. American Stout
13F. Russian Imperial Stout
14. India Pale Ale (IPA)
14A. English IPA
14B. American IPA
14C. Imperial IPA
15. German Wheat and Rye Beer
15A. Weizen/Weissbier
15B. Dunkelweizen
15C. Weizenbock
15D. Roggenbier (German Rye Beer)
16. Belgian and French Ale
16A. Witbier
16B. Belgian Pale Ale
16C. Saison
16D. Bière de Garde
16E. Belgian Specialty Ale
18. Belgian Strong Ale
18A. Belgian Blond Ale
18B. Belgian Dubbel
18C. Belgian Tripel
18D. Belgian Golden Strong Ale
18E. Belgian Dark Strong Ale
19. Strong Ale
19A. Old Ale
19B. English Barleywine
19C. American Barleywine
21. Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
21A. Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
21B. Christmas/Winter Specialty
Spiced Beer
23. Specialty Beer & Other Styles
If the style you enter is not listed above
(1- 21), enter it here. If it is a BJCP
listed style (http://www.bjcp.org/stylecenter.
html) enter it with the BJCP
style name in this category and it will
according to standard judging guidelines
for that style.
Hosted by:
Seven Bridges Cooperative
325A River Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
800-768-4409
www.breworganic.com/competition
7bridges@breworganic.com
National Organic Homebrew Challenge