WAHA 2014 Planning Calendar Print
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Written by Mark Emiley   
Sunday, 01 December 2013 09:54

WAHA Notional 2014 Calendar

Washington has a lot of exciting events already scheduled for 2014. Start planning ahead now to optimize your brewing, learning, and celebrating! If you know of other large events that your club may be involved in that affect the community, please let us know!

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS DOCUMENT IS CREATED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND NOT UPDATED. CONSULT THE WAHA CALENDAR (ABOVE) FOR THE MOST UP TO DATE LISTINGS.

Items in Bold are events with significant WAHA contributions

Items in Normal font are Washington area homebrew events

Items in Grey are other important beer related events

 

January

-          Strange Brewfest – End of January

-          GEBL IPA Entries due – end of January

-          Golden Mash Paddle Submissions Due Jan 15th

February

-          Belgian Fest

-          GEBL Hop Madness – WHOTY – Feb 1th

-          Bert Grant Competition

-          COTY Selection

-          Golden Mash Paddle Selection

-          JBLM Homebrew Competition – Feb 16th, entries due Feb 8th

-          Joint Base Lewis McChord Brewfest – Feb 21st

March

-          Washington Mead & Cider Cup – WHOTY – March 8th

-          Seattle Area BJCP Exam (written) – March 8th

-          Cask Festival – Late March

-          First Round Judging Clinic in Advance of NHC

-          First Round NHC Judging – Seattle (TBD – between March 21st and April 13th)

April

-          Parkway Tavern Am-Pro Competition

-          Cascade Brewers Cup – WHOTY – April 26th, Entries due TBD

May

-          Big Brew – May 3rd

-          CBC/WAHA Awards Ceremony – Early May

-          Seattle Beer Week

-          Washington Brewers Awards Judging

June

-          National Homebrewers Conference – June 12th-14th

-          Washington Brewers Festival – June 14th-16th

July

-          Seattle International Beer Festival – early July

-          Best of the Bay – WHOTY

-          Seattle Area BJCP Tasting Exam – date TBD

-          Beerstock 5060-5? – TBD (late July, early August)

-          Cowlitz County Fair – middle to end of July

-          Bremerton Summer Brewfest

August

-          Evergreen State Fair Competition – WHOTY

-          Bellingham BJCP Tasting Exam – date TBD

-          Western Washington Fair (old Puyallup, new Washington State Fair)

-          Chelan County Fair

-          Benton Franklin Fair

-          Grant County Fair

-          Skagit County Fair

-          Everett Craft Beer Festival

September

-          Tacoma Craft Beer Festival

-          Yakima BJCP Tasting Exam – date TBD

-          Hops and Brew School

-          Fresh Hop Competition and Festival

October

-          Great American Beer Festival

-          Spokane Oktoberfest

-          HOPS/WAHA Apple Press (towards beginning)

-          Seattle Area BJCP Tasting Exam – date TBD

-          Snohomish Brew Festival

-          X-Brew Homebrew Competition

November

-          Joint Novembeerfest and Puget Sound Pro-Am Competition – WHOTY – November TBD

-          Teach a Friend to Brew Day – November 1st

-          JNPSPA Awards Ceremony – Mid Nov

December

-          Winter Beer Festival ~ early Dec

-          Golden Mash Paddle Nomination Period

-          North Sound Winter Homebrew Competition