Scenes  from  BURP's 1998 Spirit of Free Beer Homebrew Competition

Photographs by Arlene Adams of the  6th Annual Spirit of Free Beer Homebrew Competition, held at  Potomac River Brewing Co., Chantilly, Virginia   on 6 & 7 June 1998.

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		Registrar Andy Anderson, Cooler Manager Doug Kruth and SoFB Event   Coordinator Jay Adams prepare to start the event.
Judges Coordinator Colleen Cannon, checks in judges.   Here Pat Crowe arrives to judge.
		Assistant Registrar Robert Stevens and Andy review entries.
Andy and Doug plan the logistics of handling the 439 entries.
		Janet Crowe and Rick Garvin judge entries with another judge.
Dave Pyle and Steve Marler busy judging beers.
		Jim Tyndal prepares lunch for all the participants.
Bill Newman, Peter Garofalo, and Mark Stevens  (over shoulder)  judge meads.
		Steward Coordinator Alison Skeel (standing) watches over the Best of Show judging.
Our host Chris Schwartz (foreground) of Potomac River Brewing and Bob Talkiewicz judge BoS.
		BoS judges Greg Griffin and Scott Bickham are both long-distance BURP members.  Greg now lives in San Francisco and Scott in New Mexico.
Wendy Aaronson and Bud Hensgen (foreground) along with other SoFB participants listen to hear who won.
		Jay finds out that he is a winner!
Jim Rorick, Scott, Linda Rorick and Jay.
		Rick, Alison, Jim and Scott.
Denise Biehn hears that her specialty stout is a winner.