Hop Courage Great American Homebrew Contest

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Hop Courage Great American Homebrew Contest

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The Hop Courage Great American Homebrew Contest is a sanctioned AHA/BJCP Sanctioned competition rewarding America’s finest homebrewers and going to benefit the Beer Autism Hope Movment, a cause that gives back to the autism community as well as charitable causes with the craft brewing community – Hop Courage is a homebrewing contest of EPIC proportions!

WHAT IS HOP COURAGE

With world-class craft beer partners including Rogue, All About Beer Magazine and more, The Hop Courage Great American Homebrew Contest rewards the nations finest homebrewers with feedback from top-tier judges and gives incredible awards and prizes including cash prizes, premium brewing equipment, beer gear, national press coverage and the grand prize – a trip for 2 to visit Rogue in Oregon where the winner will visit Rogues’s headquarters, Newport brewery on the Pacific ocean, Rogue’s hop farm, meet brewing legend John Meier and brew your winning recipe with a Rogue brewer! Did we mention the winning homebrew will go on tap at Rogue’s legendary Green Dragon Pub in Portland, OR!?

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Whats Brewing

Fermenting:

#40 - Citra-Nilla Cream Ale IPA - Brewed:9/20/15

Conditioning:
#39 - Dead Fly IPA - Brewed: 8/29/15 Bottled: 9/27/15
#38 - Apricot Hefeweizen (Colab w/Adam at SOL)- Brewed: 8/8/15

Drinking
#36 - Summer Wheat: Oberon Clone - Brewed: 7/11/15
#37 - Hickory Bourbon Honey Porter - Brewed: 7/18/15
#33 - Younger No. 1 Scottish Strong Ale - Brewed: 3/29/15
#28 - Hard Mulled Cider, Brewed 10/11/14 Kegged
#29 - Strawberry Lime Cider, Brewed/10/19/14 Kegged

Gone
#34 - Second Runnings IPA - Brewed: 3/29/15
#32 - Harvest Nugget Smash v2 (TBD) Brewed 11/27/14
#35 - Columbus Pale Ale - Brewed: 5/02/15
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Re: Hop Courage Great American Homebrew Contest

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Thanks for the heads up!
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Currently brewing:

Next Up?
Kolsch?
Ginger Beer?
Traveling Red?
Yazoo Gerst Clone?
Peanut Butter Porter?

Currently Conditioning:
Cherry Mead
California Moscato

Currently enjoying:
Hardly Apple Cider on tap
Hardly Cherry Lime-Aid on tap
Oktoberfestive-Ale on tap
PGA Cider (Pear, Ginger, Apple) on tap 3rd Founders Cup 2016 King Of The Mountain on tap
Bottoms Up Brown on tap GOLD 2016 Ohio Brew Week Silver 2016 Ohio State Fair Silver 2016 Son of Brewzilla, Silver 2015 Son of Brewzilla, Bronze 2015 King Of The Mountain on tap
NITWIT BELGIAN STRONG ALE Banjo-Dawg RCE bottled
DAWG LB PALE ALE bottled
CITRA SLAPPED AMBER ALE bottle
MO FREEDOM SMaSH bottle
HOP TO IT IMPERIAL IPA bottle

Medal Count
Gold 3
Silver 5
Bronze 5
Actively brewing since December 2013
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Re: Hop Courage Great American Homebrew Contest

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Pricey! $25 for the first entry, $10/each after that. And then you gotta pay to ship?
That is, if I'm reading the details correctly...
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