YOUR GUIDE TO ENTER
2016 OC Fair Competitions
HOMEBREW
(AHA-BJCP Sanctioned Competition Program)
Open to Adult California Residents (Ages 21 and older)
Dates to Remember...
Friday,
April
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Last Day
to Enter Homebrew Competition
Saturday, April 30 -
Deliver beer entries to drop-off locations
Saturday, May 7
listed on page 3
Contacts...
Richard Fontes
[email protected]
(714) 708-1554
New This Year...
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Limit of 5 entries per person.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Do I Qualify?
How to Enter
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How to Deliver Your Entries
Tickets
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Rules We Need You to Read
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How Is My Entry Judged?
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What if I Get an Award?
Ribbons
Awards
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How to Prepare for the Show
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Homebrew Division 601 - 646
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DO I QUALIFY?
Who May Enter
California residents ages 21 and older. Professional brewers and other beer production personnel are not permitted to enter. Competition staff, judges, and stewards are eligible to enter. Judges and stewards may not participate in the judging of their entries. Safeguards will be taken to prevent judges from knowing who brewed the entries they are judging.
HOW TO ENTER...
Really Important Date
Online Entry Deadline: Friday, April 29, 2016
1. Choose from among the divisions and classes listed. 2. Review the Homebrew Rules and OC Fair Guidelines.
3. Enter online at ocfair.fairmanager.com and pay $5 processing fee (per entry). 4. Entry delivery is April 30-May 7, 2016. Hand-deliver to one of the approved locations
listed on page 4.
Entries
Must be entered under the name of the individual who made it. Do not use business or fictitious
names.
Entry Confirmations
You will receive an e-mail notification and confirmation immediately when your entry is received. If you do not see a confirmation in your email shortly after submitting your entry, please check your
Spam/Junk folder before contacting the OC Fair.
Processing Fees
$5 per entry. Processing fees are paid online with a credit card (Visa, MasterCard or Amex). No refunds will be issued.
Entry Limit
• Limit of 5 entries per entrant.
• Limit 1 entry per class per entrant.
• Entrants may submit multiple entries per division.
• Two people maximum per team is allowed and will count as one entry in the class for each individual (i.e. either one individual entry or one team entry per class per person).
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HOW TO DELIVER...
Really Important Delivery Dates
Between April 30 - May 7, 2016
Bring your entries to one of these delivery locations.
O’Shea Brewing Hi-Time Cellars
28142 Camino Capistrano 250 Ogle Street Laguna Niguel, CA 92677 Costa Mesa, CA 92627 (949) 364-4440 (949) 650-8463
Noble Ale Works Stein Fillers*
1621 S. Sinclair St. #B 4160 Norse Way
Anaheim, CA 92806 Long Beach, CA 90808
Monday-Thursday 4 pm-10 pm 11 am - 6 pm, Wed – Sun only Friday 4 pm-12 am (562) 425-0588
Saturday Noon-12 am *will accept shipments Sunday Noon-8 pm
(714) 634-2739
TICKETS, YEA!
Free OC Fair Admission
Exhibitors will receive one 2016 OC Fair admission ticket each that can be picked up at the OC Fair’s Blue Gate Guest Relations Booth located inside the Main Gate entrance on Fair Drive during the public hours of the 2016 OC Fair (Wednesday-Sunday).
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RULES
We Need You to Read...
1. PLEASE NOTE – Additional Information Required:Entries in several divisions and classes require additional information in order to be evaluated correctly. This includes meads, ciders, and beers that contain fruits, vegetables, herbs, or spices. Carefully review each Division and Class to determine what information you must provide on the online entry form. Entries not providing the required
information will be disqualified.
2. Read Competition Guide:Changes are made each year. Review the Homebrew Rules and the OC Fair Guidelines at the end of this Competition Guide.
3. All Entries Must Be Homemade:Beers brewed at a brew-on-premises or at a commercial brewery or brewpub are not eligible.
4. Division and Class: Exhibitors are solely responsible for entering their items in the correct Division/
Class and reading the competition guidelines. Incomplete or invalid entries may not be judged or may be disqualified. No refunds will be issued for items incorrectly entered by the exhibitor.
5. Bottles:Submit three (3) 10-ounce to 14-ounce glass bottles per entry. Bottles may be of any color, but must be free of ink, paint or paper-labeling other than competition entry labels. Bottles with raised lettering and logos are acceptable. Grolsch-type, swing-top bottles and 22-ounce bottles will not be accepted. Obliterate any lettering or graphics on the cap with a permanent black marker.
6. Labeling: Attach a competition label (see page 8) to each bottle with a rubber band. Do not tape or
glue identification forms to the bottles.
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HOW IS MY ENTRY JUDGED?
Judging Guidelines
Entries will be judged according to 2015 BJCP Style Guidelines, available online at www.bjcp.org.
Judging Results
Results can be viewed online the first day of the OC Fair at ocfair.com/results. Please do not call for competition results.
WHO ARE THE JUDGES?
Judges
Qualified judge(s) are selected by the competition organizers to judge all entries. The decision of the jurors is final.
Judging
Judges and/or the competition organizers will not change the requested category of a submitted entry. Classes or divisions may be combined to create an adequate judging pool where the number of entries
is insufficient to ensure adequate competition. If an entry is disqualified after judging is completed, the
judge will not change the status of awards given for other entries.
Based on past competitions, the competition organizers anticipate combining several Divisions to create 24 award categories, somewhat similar to the following table.
DIVISIONS AWARD CATEGORY
601, 602, 603 AMERICAN, INTERNATIONAL AND CZECH LAGER 604, 606 PALE and AMBER MALTY EUROPEAN BEER 605, 607 PALE and AMBER BITTER EUROPEAN BEER
608, 609, 610 EUROPEAN DARK LAGER AND GERMAN WHEAT BEER 611, 612 BRITISH BITTER and PALE COMMONWEALTH BEER 613 BRITISH BROWN BEER
614, 615 SCOTISH ALE and IRISH BEER 616 BRITISH DARK BEER
617 BRITISH STRONG BEER 618 AMERICAN PALE BEER
619 AMERICAN AMBER AND BROWN BEER 620 AMERICAN PORTER AND STOUT 621 AMERICAN IPA
622 AMERICAN STRONG ALE
623, 628 EUROPEAN and AMERICAN SOUR ALE 624 BELGIAN ALE
625 BELGIAN STRONG ALE
626, 627 TRAPPIST ALE and HISTORICAL BEER 629 FRUIT BEER
630 SPICE BEER
631, 632, 633 SMOKED, WOOD, AND ALTERNATIVE FERMENTABLES BEER 634 SPECIALTY BEER
641, 642, 643, 644 MEAD
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WHAT IF I GET AN AWARD?
Judging Results
Participants can view the results online around the first day of the OC Fair at ocfair.com/results. Please do not call or email for competition results.
Awards Ceremony for Homebrew
Saturday, July 16 at 3 pm. Division Winners and Best of Show will be notified by e-mail to attend.
RIBBONS, YEA!
Winning beer entries and their ribbons will be on display in the OC Promenade throughout the 2016 OC
Fair. Ribbons, score sheets and prizes will be mailed to participants within 30 days after the end of the
Fair.
AWARDS
Best of Show
Gift Certificate and Rosette
1
stPlace
Gift Certificate & Rosette
2
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Rosette
3
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HOW TO PREPARE
For the Show...
Bottles
Submit three (3)10- to 14-ounce glass bottles per entry. Bottles may be of any color, but must be free of ink, paint or paper-labeling other than competition entry labels. Bottles with raised lettering and logos are acceptable. Grolsch-type, swing-top bottles and 22-ounce bottles will not be accepted. Obliterate any lettering or graphics on the cap with a permanent black marker.
Labeling
Attach a competition label (below) to each bottle with a rubber band. Do not tape or glue
identification forms to the bottles. Click the link below for a fillable form.
ocfair.com/competitions/docs/2016/homemade_beer_fill_label.pdf
Styles Requiring Additional Information
Entries in categories 621B, 623F, 625B, and 627-634, and 641-646 require additional entry information to be evaluated properly. Please refer to the 2015 BJCP Beer, Mead, and Cider guidelines to determine what additional entry information is required.
Use the “Description” field of the on-line entry form to provide this information. Failure to provide the required information may result in the entry being misevaluated or disqualified. For categories that don’t require additional information, please leave the “Description” field blank.
If you have special instructions for the judges (e.g., request that the judges roll a bottle of Belgian Wit
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Division 601 - Standard American
Beer
Class A: American Light Lager
Class B: American Lager
Class C: Cream Ale
Class D: American Wheat Beer
Division 602 - International Lager
Class A: International Pale Lager Class B: International Amber Lager Class C: International Dark Lager
Division 603 – Czech Lager
Class A: Czech Pale Lager
Class B: Czech Premium Pale Lager Class C: Czech Amber Lager
Class D: Czech Dark Lager
Division 604 – Pale Malty European
Lager
Class A: Munich Helles
Class B: Festbier
Class C: Helles Bock
Division 605 – Pale Bitter European
Beer
Class A: German Leichtbier
Class B: Kolsh
Class C: German Helles Exportbier
Class D: German Pils
Division 606 – Amber Malty
European Lager
Class A: Marzen Class B: Rauchbier
Class C: Dunkles Bock
Division 607 – Amber Bitter
European Beer
Division 608 – Dark European Lager
Class A: Munich Dunkel
Class B: Schwarzbier
Division 609 – Strong European
Beer
Class A: Doppelbock
Class B: Eisbock
Class C: Baltic Porter
Division 610 – German Wheat Beer
Class A: Weissbier
Class B: Dunkles Weissbier
Class C: Weizenbock
Division 611 – British Bitter
Class A: Ordinary Bitter
Class B: Best Bitter
Class C: Strong Bitter
Division 612 – Pale Commonwealth
Beer
Class A: British Golden Ale
Class B: Australian Sparkling Ale
Class C: English IPA
Division 613 – Brown British Beer
Class A: Dark Mild
Class B: British Brown Ale
Class C: English Porter
Division 614 – Scottish Ale
Class A: Scottish Light
Class B: Scottish Heavy
Class C: Scottish Export
Division 615 – Irish Beer
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Division 616 – Dark British Beer
Class A: Sweet Stout
Class B: Oatmeal Stout
Class C: Tropical Stout
Class D: Foreign Extra Stout
Division 617 – Strong British Ale
Class A: British Strong Ale
Class B: Old Ale
Class C: Wee Heavy
Class D: English Barley Wine
Division 618 – Pale American Ale
Class A: Blond Ale
Class B: American Pale Ale
Division 619 – Amber & Brown
American Beer
Class A: American Amber Ale
Class B: California Common
Class C: American Brown Ale
Division 620 – American Porter &
Stout
Class A: American Porter
Class B: American Stout
Class C: Imperial Stout
Division 621 – IPA
Class A: American IPA Class B: Specialty IPA
• See Class B Entry Instructions in BJCP
Guidelines.
Division 622 – Strong American Ale
Class A: Double IPA
Class B: American Strong Ale
Class C: American Barleywine
Class D: Wheat Wine
Division 623 – European Sour Ale
Class A: Berliner Weisse
Class B: Flanders Red Ale
Class C: Oud Bruin
Class D: Lambic
Class E: Gueuze Class F: Fruit Lambic
• See Class F Entry Instructions in BJCP
Guidelines.
Division 624 – Belgian Ale
Class A: Witbier
Class B: Belgian Pale Ale
Class C: Biere De Garde
Division 625 – Strong Belgian Ale
Class A: Belgian Blond Ale
Class B: Saison
• See Class B Entry Instructions in BJCP
Guidelines.
Class C: Belgian Golden Strong Ale
Division 626 – Trappist Ale
Class A: Trappist Single
Class B: Trappist Dubbel
Class C: Trippast Tripel
Class D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale
Division 627 – Historical Beer
• See Entry Instructions in BJCP Guidelines. Class A: Historical Beer
Division 628 – American Wild Ale
• See Entry Instructions in BJCP Guidelines. Class A: Brett Beer
Class B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer
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Division 629 – Fruit Beer
• See Entry Instructions in BJCP Guidelines. Class A: Fruit Beer
Class B: Fruit & Spice Beer Class C: Specialty Fruit Beer
Division 630 – Spiced Beer
• See Entry Instructions in BJCP Guidelines. Class A: Spiced/Herb/Veg. Beer
Class B: Autumn Seasonal Beer
Class C: Winter Seasonal Beer
Division 631 - Alternative
Fermentables Beer
• See Entry Instructions in BJCP Guidelines. Class A: Alternative Grain Beer
Class B: Alternative Sugar Beer
Division 632 - Smoked Beer
• See Entry Instructions in BJCP Guidelines. Class A: Classic Style Smoked Beer
Class B: Specialty Smoked Beer
Division 633 - Wood Beer
• See Entry Instructions in BJCP Guidelines. Class A: Wood-Aged Beer
Class B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer
Division 634 - Specialty Beer
• See Entry Instructions in BJCP Guidelines. Class A: Clone Beer
Class B: Mixed Style Beer
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Division 641 - Traditional Mead
• See Entry Instructions in BJCP Guidelines. Class A: Dry Mead
Class B: Semi-Sweet Mead
Class C: Sweet Mead
Division 642 - Fruit Mead
• See Entry Instructions in BJCP Guidelines. Class A: Cyser
Class B: Pyment
Class C: Berry Mead
Class D: Stone Fruit Mead
Class E: Melomel
Division 643 - Spiced Mead
• See Entry Instructions in BJCP Guidelines. Class A: Fruit & Spice Mead
Class B: Spice, Herb or Vegetable Mead
Division 644 - Specialty Mead
• See Entry Instructions in BJCP Guidelines. Class A: Braggot
Class B: Historical Mead
Class C: Experimental Mead
Division 645 - Standard Cider &
Perry
• See Entry Instructions in BJCP Guidelines. Class A: New World Cider
Class B: English Cider
Class C: French Cider
Class D: New World Perry
Class E: Traditional Perry
Division 646 - Specialty Cider &
Perry
• See Entry Instructions in BJCP Guidelines. Class A: New England Cider
Class B: Cider with Other Fruit
Class C: Applewine
Class D: Ice Cider
Class E: Cider with Herbs/Spices
OC FAIR GUIDELINES
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ONLINE ENTRY
Dates to Remember
• Please check the individual Competition Guides for entry deadlines, as well as dates and times for entry delivery and pickup. Dates and times are absolute. Late entries will not be accepted.
Who May Enter
• Some divisions are open only to Orange County residents and some limit the number of entries and age of entrants. Check individual Competition Guides for who may enter each competition.
• Youth must enter the divisions and classes specified for their age group. The exhibitor’s age as of
July 15, 2016, determines their age group.
• Youth may not enter in the Adult divisions. Open Youth who turn age 19 by July 15, 2016, are considered adults. 4-H youth members in good standing may be age 19 as outlined by the 4-H
Cooperative Extension Office. 4-H members who are age 19 may choose to enter as either a 4-H
Young Adult or Adult - they may not enter both. This rule applies for all OC Fair 4-H Competitions.
Enter Online
• Enter online at ocfair.fairmanager.com. Incorrect or incomplete information on online entry may
disqualify the exhibit or cause delay in issuing awards.
• Online submission of data requires that you understand that the decision of the judge is final. You
agree to abide by all rules and regulations contained in the OC Fair Competition Guides and understand that such rules and regulations are incorporated with and become a part of this agreement. You hereby release the OC Fair and the State of California from all liability of every kind and character on account of loss, damages or injury to property, which may occur on the fairgrounds.
• By submitting artwork I herby Grant the OC Fair & Event Center the right to reproduce accepted
artwork for promotional and educational uses in both printed and electronic forms.
Processing Fees
• Most divisions require processing fees (check individual Competition Guides.) Fees are payable online with a credit card. No refunds will be issued.
ENTRIES AND EXHIBITS
Acceptable Entries
• No entries or works with copyright or licensing infringement will be accepted. If there is any
reproduction of a registered trademark item or work of another artist, the OC Fair reserves the right to disqualify the entry.
• The OC Fair is a family-oriented event. Any entry deemed inappropriate for family viewing will be
dis-qualified prior to judging.
• Articles which are objectionable, stained, soiled, broken, or not ready for hanging will not be accepted
for judging and will not be displayed. You will be notified for pickup.
• OC Fair reserves the right to refuse, accept conditionally or to cancel any entry, disqualify exhibitors, prohibit exhibition of entries or to cancel awards, without claim for damages.
• OC Fair will not be liable for entries made in error and will not re-open judging to accommodate such entries.
Repeat Entries
• No items entered in a previous year’s OC Fair competition will be accepted.
Exhibit Sales
• Sale of an exhibit or any part of an exhibit for delivery during the OC Fair will not be permitted.
Entry Limit
• The Exhibit Supervisor and/or Program Coordinator have the right to limit entries to facilities available.
• Entry forms will be dated as received and entry forms received first will have priority. All entries will be accepted unless the exhibitor is otherwise notified.
Protection of Exhibits
• All cases will be locked and will not be opened while the public is in the building. Exhibits will not be
allowed to leave the OC Fair & Event Center grounds unless the Program Coordinator has approved
a release slip. Reasonable precaution will be taken in protection of exhibits. The exhibitor must arrange for insurance if desired.
• OC Fair will not be responsible for accidents or loss that may occur to any of the exhibitors or exhibits at the show and the exhibitors shall hold the management harmless and indemnify it against any legal proceedings arising from such accident or loss. Presentation of entry form shall be deemed accep-tance of this rule.
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JUDGING AND AWARDS
Judges and Judging Procedures
• For judging purposes, the OC Fair reserves the right to combine classes or divisions to create an
adequate judging pool where numbers are insufficient to ensure adequate competition. • Qualified judge(s) will be selected by the Program Coordinator to judge all exhibits.
• Judges have the authority to disqualify or transfer to the correct class any exhibit that does not meet the requirement of the division or class in which it is entered.
• Adult Divisions are placed using the American Judging System (ranking exhibits one against another). 1st, 2nd, 3rd Place and Honorable Mention may be awarded in each class if judges so determine.
• Young Adults and Junior Divisions are placed using the Danish Judging System where each entry is judged on how well it meets a standard rather than how it compares to other entries. Entries are judged Blue (superior), Red (very good) or White (average) Award. There may be more than one Blue, Red or White Award per class. All Blue Awards will compete, using the American Judging System, for cash awards.
• The decision of the jurors is final.
• If an entry is disqualified after judging is completed, the judge will not change the status of awards
given for other entries.
• Judging is NOT open to the public (except Special Contests).
• Judging results can be viewed online around the third week of the OC Fair at ocfair.com/results. Please do not call or email for competition results. Award information will not be given by telephone.
Premiums
• Signed judging sheets will be used as evidence for payment of premiums. Ribbons and tags will not be accepted.
• Checks for awards will be made payable to the exhibitor whose name is indicated on the entry form and distributed within 30 days after the close of the OC Fair.
Ribbons
• To encourage high standards, the judge shall award 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place in each class according to merit; if without merit, the judge shall make no award under any circumstances. Ribbons and special awards must be picked-up by exhibitors at the close of the OC Fair unless otherwise noted.
Claiming Awards and Exhibits
• Exhibits and/or awards left after the official release date are not the responsibility of the OC Fair and will be discarded without exception. If you are unable to pick up your items, please arrange for someone to pick them up for you. Claim check or photo ID is required for pickup. No additional phone calls or email notifications will be made.