![]() “Typically, I come away from a flight of beers thinking, ‘Oh my God, that is such a great example. So you can compare and contrast and see the idiosyncrasies,” he says. “I fell in love with the judging process, because in three hours, you can sample six to 10 beers of the same style. At the previous conference, he got to select the best India pale ale in the country. He has been active in the community ever since, including organizing Beer for Boobs, a fundraiser that supports breast cancer awareness.īill Bopp's homebrewing medals from the Ohio State Fair are laid out next to one of his creationsīopp judges regional competitions, plus the National Competition. ![]() He dabbled in home kits before joining SODZ and began competing, winning his first award at the 2007 Ohio State Fair. “The thought of brewing your own beer boggled my mind,” Bopp says. He joined the local homebrew club SODZ ( Scioto Olentangy Darby Zymurgists).īopp also became interested in homebrews in the 1990s, discovering them at a party. George moved to Westerville and started earning his first awards. “Brewing’s nothing more than a chemistry experiment,” George says. In 2002, he joined a homebrew club in Texas. George became interested in homebrewing in the 1990s. Jack Johnson also placed, earning fourth for his imperial stout. Dan George placed second in three categories with his Munich dunkel, old ale and German pilsner. The competition received a record 633 entries, with three Westerville residents standing out in the tough competition.īill Bopp won first place in two categories for his English barleywine and his New World cider, and earned third place for his German helles. The Ohio State Fair Homebrew Competition celebrated turning 21 the traditional way: with lots of beer. Photos courtesy of Bill Bopp and Dan George In brief: there is more than one "point" involved in any competition, and it's not necessary to prove how righteous your points are here.Judges at the Ohio State Fair look over entries. I hope no one is offended by the notion that qualified judges' tasting notes are great, but accompanied by cash or a ribbon they become a little better. No one is considering brewing anything less that "to the best of their ability," and there's no fault in wanting to win competitions. The factors that influence your competition entry choices are no better or worse than anyone else's. There is absolutely no shame in selecting categories of brew that are underrepresented, regardless of whatever collage of internal motives influencing the brewer's choice. Many factors influence a brewer's decision making process when choosing what to brew for upcoming competition X. We're all talking about brewing to style to the best of our abilities and submitting them for competition. Why must you use a straw man argument to try to make your point? No one is talking about submitting poorly crafted homebrew (or re-labeled commercial brew, sheesh). If anyone has other data (especially year-over-year) it would be cool to compare trends. If I can get this into some pretty charts of something I think is useful to anyone else I'll share it. I think I heard an episode of Brew Strong where Gordon was talking about how winning the Ninkasi Award requires (to get enough points) brewing a bunch of meads and ciders (in addition to beers)Ĥ) The least popular (in recent year) categories of beer are European Amber Lager, Dark Lager, and Fruit Beers.ġ) there seems to have been a big change in categories in 2005.the 2004 data can't be included, and there is no category entry data for 2003 (and nothing prior) from the link.Ģ) What happened to the NHC competition in 2009? Every category (except for Fruit beer and Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer) dipped that year. ![]() I'm not too familiar with competitions (I don't often brew to style, and have only ever entered 1 competition), but a couple of interesting things from the NHC data.ġ) Stouts and American Ale seem to be far and away the most popular categories (and seem to always have been.at least for NHC between 20)Ģ) IPA, Belgian and French ale, and Belgian Strong Ale round out the top 5ģ) Cider and Mead are the least entered categories.guess I'm not suprised.
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