This Site Uses Scripting

This site uses JavaScript to place almost all of the elements and the navigation. You will need to turn scripting on to see this site.

Why?

Because IE is BROKEN and does not implement cascading style sheets (CSS) correctly. The navigation in the site functions just fine in Mozilla/Firefox as a pure CSS implementation.

After years of holding off, I decided CSS was finally mature enough to implement a "pure" CSS site, separating format (style) from content. Theoretically, this is how it should be done. Besides, this site is about styles so it seemed appropriate. It was a mistake. 80% of the development time in this site went not into content, but into display, mostly due to IE. If we are lucky enough to have a second event, there will be major recoding to deal with some of the foibles people have put up with this time. Thanks for your patience. (And by then we may have a new, broken version of IE to deal with.)

JavaScript Cannot Hurt You

By design, JavaScript cannot access elements outside the page it is running in (unlike ActiveX and some other stuff), so even in a broken system like IE, people cannot use JS to propagate viruses, worms, trojans, etc. Even Microsoft is confused on this issue, but it's true. Even Google requires JavaScript. Please, turn it on to use this site.

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2005 Homebrew Fair Follow Up

Thank You

The fair was successful beyond our wildest dreams. We had an absolute capacity crowd and evaluated over 80 beers in 4 hours using a combination of BJCP judges, professional brewers, and beer literati.  It wouldn't have been possible if even one segment of the community hadn't pitched in. From the venue, to the sponsors, the brewers, all of the volunteers, and most importantly the evaluators. We got the right people to do everything at the right time and it went fairly smoothly, considering nobody involved had ever done an even like this. I can't emphasize the timing, thank you so much for showing up on time.

We also discovered some very talented brewers hiding in the woodwork! Overall scores were high and thanks to our sponsors, we were able to give scores down to 11th place. Not only that, we had so many other donations, we were able to have a raffle and I think almost every attendee walked away with something.

Again: our entrants rocked, our evaluators rocked, our volunteers rocked, and our sponsors really, really rocked.

If you missed the post-event party at Brouwers', I bet you won't be making that mistake twice. This year we hope to work even more closely with them for our post event party.

Check out photos from Homebrew Fair 2005

Place Brewer Style
1 Gordon Armstrong Scotch 70
2 Justin Blasko Sack Mead
3 Alehandro Brown Robust Porter
4 Tom Callahan IPA
5 Natha Zorich Lambic
6 Martin NLN Oatmeal Stout
7 Andy Hayes Rye
8 Darryl Pernat Amber
9 Ben Macomber IPA
10 Darryl Pernat English Bitter
11 Mike Webb IPA

Cheers!

Jon Tobey & Bernard Hymmen