BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1688216:Event:950272 DTSTAMP:20260422T220754Z SUMMARY:Victrola Brew Competition Run Thru & Calibration DESCRIPTION:We're getting ready for our first ever brew competition an d I realize many people have never competed in this type of competitio n before! A lot of baristas are gearing up for the latte art competiti on but not many realize the BIG PRIZES are reserved for the brewing co mpetition!! This an important step forward many cafes are taking recen tly in serving single cup brewing methods so we really wanted to highl ight it during the festivities this year.\n\nCome to our Brew Competit ion run thru & calibration this Monday 25th at 6pm at our Roastery on 310 East Pike. You'll get a first look at the setup and how the compet ition will flow as well as be able to mess around with some of the bre wing methods.\n\nAlso check out the sweet prizes from Espresso Parts!\ n\n1st Place wins Karma Brewer Station, 2 Hario V60 Drippers, filters, & a scale!\n2nd Place wins Hario Dripper & Filters, & hand grinder!\n 3rd Place wins a Chemex brewer, filters, scale & hand grinder!\n\nTalk about some sweet setups!\n\nA little about the main event (You can fi nd more info under my Victrola BREW HA HA event post as well):\n\nSo w hat do you need to do to prepare? Well actually, YOU DON'T NEED TO BRI NG A THING! All brewing equipment will be provided by Espresso Parts N orthwest and La Marzocco USA! Everyone will be brewing the same coffee which will be provided by Victrola. Just show up with your mad brewin g skills! Of course if you have your favorite you can bring it to brew with!! The day of the competition, you will have time to do a test ru n of your brew on our equipment before going into the competition.\n\n Here's how the brewing competition will work:\n----------------------- ----------------\n<<1st Round: Elimination by Hario V60>>\n\nThis will be a head to head elimination round using Hario v60s only to brew. Ea ch competitor will do 2 Hario pour overs of the same coffee using thei r own grind setting, dosage, pouring technique, etc.\nThey will be ser ved to three blind judges who will taste the coffee and give a thumbs up or thumbs down based on grading four categories: Best Representatio n of the Coffee/Overall Taste, Body, Acidity, and Sweetness.\n\nWinnin g competitor moves on to finals. (We may need to do multiple eliminati on rounds depending on how many competitors we get!)\n\n<>\n\nEach competitor will choose the brew method t hey feel will best showcase the flavor of the coffee. They'll be able to choose from Hario V60, French Press, Vacuum Pot, Chemex, Aeropress, and Clever Dripper. We will have butane burners for the Vac Pots, sca les, thermometers, and a variety of filters. as well as the new Kone m etal filter developed by Keith Gehrke of Coava Coffee Roasters for pou r-overs. If you have q's about specific supplies let me know!\n\nJudge s will tally a score based on the tasting categories listed above and top score wins the competition!\n\nThe main competition is during our BREW HA HA Saturday Oct 30th at Victrola Coffee Roasters - 310 East Pi ke Street. Sign ups start at 7pm!\n\nFor more information visit https: //www.baristaexchange.com/events/victrola-brew-competition-run DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20101025T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20101025T193000 CATEGORIES:brew, competition, run, thru LOCATION:Victrola Coffee Roasters WEBSITE:http://www.victrolacoffee.com URL:http://www.victrolacoffee.com CONTACT: ORGANIZER;CN="Mark Pfaff":https://www.baristaexchange.com/profile/Mark Pfaff ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg": ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Mark Pfa ff":https://www.baristaexchange.com/profile/MarkPfaff END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR