Announcing the GEBL IPA Bracket Challenge

On Feb 4th, at the Bailfire in Everett, all the entries will be evaluated on BJCP guidelines. The top beers will then be placed in one of 4 brackets (American IPA 14a, European IPA 14b Imperial IPA 14c, and Experimental IPA 23a.) and will be evaluated in a head-to-head fashion. The winner(s) of each bracket will advance to a final Best of Show round, and the best beer will be crowned the winner. This is a BJCP certified competition as well as Washington Homebrewer of the Year qualifier.

Participants are encouraged to enter as many different IPA beers as they wish. Discount for more than one entry. Please don't enter the same beer twice. For more information go to: www.gebl.org.

We will be live again this year. At the beginning of the second round all participants will be emailed their entry number. With the numbers brewers will be able to follow their beer on a webcast as it advances through the bracket.

Drop off locations are Homebrew Heaven, Mountain Homebrew, The Cellar, and Larry's. Mail-in only is Lazyboy Brewing.

So start planning to brew you IPA(s)!

Cheers

Will Fredin

GEBL VP