Folks,
Those of you who have actually read the home entry rules for this year's competition have already noted that we have removed restrictions on bottle size/shape/closure/color/markings/etc, this year, because we're going to be set up to do blind pourings for the judges. HOWEVER, please note that the number of bottles required for a "full entry," that is one that could potentially go through to the Best of Show round, is still 3 bottles for 12 oz and larger, and with a minimum of 4 for 10 oz. and smaller sizes.
The bottom line is that even though we're set up for the blind pourings this year, we are not able to support re-capping/corking/zorking/whatever in between rounds, so even though a 750 contains twice the volume of a 12 oz beer bottle, we cannot guarantee that your open first round bottle will survive to the next round, and so on.
So, in order to be considered a full entry, send 3. If you send only 2 and you otherwise would have been considered for a BoS slot, you'll receive our most heartfelt condolences, but no further consideration.
Those of you who have actually read the home entry rules for this year's competition have already noted that we have removed restrictions on bottle size/shape/closure/color/markings/etc, this year, because we're going to be set up to do blind pourings for the judges. HOWEVER, please note that the number of bottles required for a "full entry," that is one that could potentially go through to the Best of Show round, is still 3 bottles for 12 oz and larger, and with a minimum of 4 for 10 oz. and smaller sizes.
The bottom line is that even though we're set up for the blind pourings this year, we are not able to support re-capping/corking/zorking/whatever in between rounds, so even though a 750 contains twice the volume of a 12 oz beer bottle, we cannot guarantee that your open first round bottle will survive to the next round, and so on.
So, in order to be considered a full entry, send 3. If you send only 2 and you otherwise would have been considered for a BoS slot, you'll receive our most heartfelt condolences, but no further consideration.
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