Brewers, if you would like to take part in this years Annual Bramwell Oktoberfest please print the entry form fill it out and send it by snail mail to Mercer County Convention and Visitors Bureau Attention: Bramwell Oktoberfest P.O. Box 4099 Bluefield, WV 24701 or cut and paste the document and send it to George Sitler, at gvsitler@hotmail.com

Minimum brewpub entry is a 5 gallon keg. The brewpub entries should be on site by noon 10/8, if possible.  Notice of brewpub entries should be received by 10/4. Please consider that your entry will need to be chilled and settle for the best presentation to the judges, so the earlier the better!

All entries for the homebrew competition must be registered by 2:00 pm. To register, bring at least two bottles of each entry and follow the signs to the covered porch of the colorful blue home on the left about midway down the brick street. Show your entries to the ticket desk and they will let you in early. Please all adequate time to register. The homebrew judge's meeting is at 2:30 sharp at the competition location on the covered porch of the colorful blue home. 

Please take note:
It is important to select the proper style for your entry. The judging must be done according to the appropriate criteria, and delicious beers sometimes suffer a competitive disadvantage simply because they are entered in an inappropriate style category. Even though you set out with the intention of making a porter, for example, the mysteries of fermentation may have resulted in something closer to a red ale. Please taste your entry carefully. Then review the style guidelines criteria at http://www.beertown.org/education/styles.html before deciding what to call your beer. Good luck. 

This is a wonderful opportunity for home brewers as well as the Microbrewer and Brew Pub to find out what your competition or just fellow brewers have been creating lately. Bring your brew and see how it stands up to the competition! Talk beer with someone who actually knows what you are talking about! Learn from your peers ways to make your beer even better! Share your wisdom! We are all very anxious to taste the fruits of your labor.