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| The official NHC always starts on a Thursday. The morning of that first day is the start of judging for the National Homebrewing Competition–the biggest homebrew competition in the world! Some quick background on the competition: Over the past few years there has been an explosion of homebrewing interest and the AHA (American Homebrewer’s Association) has had to make some big changes in order to limit/make fair the entry into the competition. In previous years they allowed many entries (20 or so) per person but cut that to less last year. This year they actually started a lottery system to get in (after last year’s internet stampede crashed their servers) and I managed to get 4 entries in. Many people I know were disgusted by the new system and refused to attempt it at all. The first round of judging is split into 10 regions and if you manage to get a medal in that round your beer moves on to the final round at NHC. The total number of entries this year was a whopping 8,172! … |
Source: JABlog: A Minnesota-Centric Beer Blog
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