Royal Brewer 2016

Vivant the entrants in this year’s Royal Brewer competition! Lord Jaume organized early and organized well. He published the Royal Brewer competition requirements, as one does if one is the current Royal Brewer and Kingdom Arts and Sciences is coming up. He also read Kingdom law (!) to find that the judges are supposed to…

Competition Forms

You can find the most updated version of the A&S judging form for brewing here: Atlantia A&S Forms http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/judging/ The Atlantian Judging Guidelines are Atlantian Judging Guidelines: https://brewers.atlantia.sca.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Atlantian-Judging-Guidlines.pdf The current version of the Guild forms are here: Brewers Guild Competition Form https://brewers.atlantia.sca.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Brewers-Guild-Competition-Form.pd  

2015 Royal Brewer competition

I am so sorry, everyone, I thought I’d published this back in March. I didn’t remember I’d meant to read it through one more time. Raven’s Cove had done a bang-up job organizing this KASF. It was held at the Mad Boar in Wallace, NC, a beautiful restaurant with meeting rooms, and upstairs our main hall…

St. Arnulf Ingredient Challenge Results A.S. 49 (2015)

Good Gentles, The Company of St. Arnulf wishes to congratulate Lady Evelynn Merrymet on winning our inaugural Specialty Ingredient Challenge. The purpose of this challenge is to encourage brewers who experiment with unusual period ingredients, and we were delighted to taste Lady Evelynn’s spiced rosehip cordial, which featured, among other ingredients, fennel and rosemary. We…

Atlantia Arts and Sciences judging

This is a whole different ball of wax from Guild judging.  For one thing, the judges are likely to be historically very knowledgeable, but not brewers.  You really have to explain yourself to accommodate the different expertise. You can find the most updated version of the A&S judging form for brewing here: Atlantia A&S Forms.   Our…

Atlantian Guild Competitions

Thinking of entering a brewing competition? Congratulations! Good for you! It takes a bit of courage and preparation.  We are always excited to meet more folks interested in the medieval ways of making alcoholic beverages. For most of us, competitions are for getting feedback and learning. Presentation You MUST mark your bottle – a label or well-attached…