I'd like to invite everyone to submit their entries for the 2005 edition of March in Montreal. Last year was our best year with almost 200 entries and we hope to top that this year. We will be accepting entries from all beer categories in the new 2004 BJCP style guidelines as well as a special look-a-like category. Sorry, no cider or mead. The competition will be judged by BJCP-recognized judges with the exception of the look-a-like category which will be judged by the professionals of the brewery. This year's look-a-like beer is Le Cheval Blanc Blanche from Brasseurs RJ. The deadline for submissions is
19-Feb-05. Categories will be collapsed if necessary and awards will be granted in each judged category. This year's winner of Best of Show will be brewed and bottled for commercial release by La Brasserie Les Trois Mousquetaires. The brewer's name will appear on the label (unless the brewer prefers not). Competition entry forms are available from CABA's website at www.homebrewers.ca in the Competitions section.
Please note that the competition forms incorrectly list Le Cheval Blanc Ambree as the look-alike beer if you downloaded them prior to now. The corrected forms should soon be available on the CABA website. To be clear, the look-alike category is Le Cheval Blanc Blanche.
The conference and awards ceremony will be on 19-Mar-05. We will start at 9h30 at l'Amère à Boire (2049 St. Denis in Montreal, between Sherbrooke and Ontario) where Michel Gauthier from Les Laboratoires Maska will be the guest speaker. The rest of the morning will be taken up by the awards ceremony. After lunch at l'Amère à Boire, we will visit Les Brasseurs du Nord (Boréale) and Les Brasseurs RJ (Le Cheval Blanc, Belle Gueule). The award for the look-a-like category will be presented at the brewery after which the bus will return to l'Amère à Boire. The cost for the conference is unchanged from last year at 50$ for CABA members or 65$ for non-members. This includes the two brewery tours as well as coffee, lunch and
three pints at l'Amère à Boire.
Cheers!
<- Stephen Silverthorne
MiM 2005 Competition Director
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