2024 Clark County Fair Beer & Wine Exhibition Information

2024 Clark County Fair Beer and Wine Exhibition 

This year Bader Beer and Wine Supply is again the drop off point for entries in the Clark County Fair Open Class Exhibition.

Entries will be accepted at Bader Beer & Wine Supply and 54-40 BEER, from Wednesday, July 1 to Sunday, July 28th. There is no entry fee for this exhibition.   Entries will not be accepted or returned at the Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds!  After judging,m all entries will be on display at the fairgrounds exhibition hall during the Clark County Fair.

After the fair, pick up your bottles, ribbons and score sheets from Tuesday, August 13th to Sunday, August 18th at Bader Beer & Wine Supply.   After August 18th we will recycle all bottles not picked up.  We will have your judging sheets and ribbons available at Bader Beer & Wine Supply until October 1st.

711 Grand Blvd, Vancouver, (360) 750-1551. 

Click here for the Open Class entry form.  Please fill out in duplicate!  We have the bottle tags at Bader Beer & Wine Supply and 54-40 BEER

Home Made Beer - Division 568

1. Limit one bottle per style of beer.

2. Bottle should be plain brown with no label, with plain bottle cap, if possible.
 
3. Beer styles determined by the BJCP 2021 Revision of the 2015 Guidlines.  See their web site at http://www.bjcp.org/stylecenter.PHP for beer classifications (they now have a great mobile app named "BJCP 2015") or ask
the staff at Bader Beer and Wine Supply.
 
4. Beer style to be chosen by brewer for entry form should be one of the BJCP 2021 styles, which the judges then use to determine criterion to judge your beer by.
 
5. Limit of six entries per household, each entry must be a different beer.
 
Bader Beer & Wine Supply and 54-40 will donate three $20 gift certificates for the three highest scoring beers.
 

Home Made Wine - Division 539

Wine will be judged individually on their own merit. Bottle label and overall appearance of bottle is not judged. All wine entries must be clearly labeled.

The following information is required:

 

1. Type of wine (Blackberry, Apricot, Concord, Cabernet Sauvignon, etc.).

2. Year wine was made.

3. Dry, off-dry, sweet or dessert wine.

Judges will use this information as a guideline to determine what standards to judge the wine by.

All entries will be opened and sampled. Remaining wine will be disposed. (We suggest entering a small bottle (375 ML) because of this.)

Maximum of six entries per household, each entry must be a different wine.
 
Bader Beer & Wine Supply and 54-40 will donate three (3) $20 gift certificates to the three highest scoring wines.
 
 

CIDER and MEAD: DIVISION 569


1. Limit one bottle per style of Cider or Mead.
2. Bottle should be plain with no label, with plain bottle cap or cork if possible. Cans will be accepted.
3. Cider and Mead styles determined by the American Homebrewers Association’s (AHA) most current national brewing contest. See their web site at https://www.bjcp.org/bjcp-style-guidelines/ or ask the staff at Bader Beer & Wine Supply, (360) 750-1551.
4. Cider and Mead style to be chosen by brewer for entry form should be one of the AHA styles.
5. Limit of six entries per person, each entry must be a different Cider or Mead.

Bader Beer & Wine Supply and 54-40 will each donate three (3) $20 gift certificates for the three highest scoring ciders and meads

 
Only one bottle per entry, properly labeled.
 
Maximum of six entries per household, each entry must be a different wine.
 
Bader Beer & Wine Supply and 54-40 will donate three (3) $20 gift certificates to the three highest scoring ciders or meads.

 

 

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