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2004 Homebrew Competition

 

There were 167 entries for the 2004 homebrew competition, which was approximately the same as last year. Remember, awards are based on score alone, meaning your entry does not just compete against the other beers in your category but instead against all beers entered. Thus, if you've won a Gold medal, it means you've done a really fine job and your beer was rated among the approximate top 15% of the entries. But even if an entry hadn't won an award, it's still a great way to get some tips on improving brewing to style through some creditable feedback from the judge's entry evaluation. Which, by the way, this year we had an awesome panel of judges, and I really hope you find the feedback worthwhile.

Awards & judge's evaluations will be mailed out shortly before the WI State Fair itself (which is held the first week of August).

As I announced during the Beer Barons’ May meeting, I owe Rich Heller of the Beer Barons a formal apology, as my database that I wrote miscalculated scores in the Pale Beer category and selected the number 2 beer to go to the Best-Of-Show (BOS) round instead of the number 1 beer (which was Rich Heller's Bavarian Wheat). This is the worst mistake that an organizer can commit, and I sincerely apologize to Rich about this. The best that I can do now, is to give a public apology and correct the Best-Of-Category plaque for Pale Beers along with the prize money associated with it, and award them to Rich which rightfully belongs to him. After this fiasco, I personally reviewed every entry and verified all scores to ensure no other errors were made, which there weren't. So I'd like to assure everyone else of the integrity of the results.

With that humbling situation, I'd like to close on a positive note congratulating everyone who entered their beers, and a big 'Thank You' to everyone who volunteered for this event, without your volunteer contributions, this event would not be possible. I hope everyone enjoyed himself or herself at the event; I know I had a pretty good time meeting everyone and tasting some of those yummy beers & meads. Thanks again to everyone's contribution and congratulations to everyone entering their beers.

Happy Brewing!

Chris Belsky
Homebrew Competition Coordinator

Complete 2004 Results

Results are in pdf format which requires the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.

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