The results and score sheets for the 2020 competition have now been posted and are available at the competition web site – https://midwinterhbc.com/competition/
The score sheets are accessible at the same place where you access you scores earlier. Simply log in and click on the My Info and Entries link. To the right of your scores you should see a gavel or hammer icon. Click on that and the document will download or open. Note you will need some sort of Acrobat Reader installed to see the sheets. Oh, and in the interest of full disclosure we’re not going to keep them out there for download for forever so please get them before we turn the site over in 300 days or so for the next competition.
This is our first year doing the scanning thing so if you see something that you have questions about please first check out our FAQ page and then reach out to us via our Contact page should you still have questions. If you don’t remember your password there is a Password Reset link that you can use to gain access.
Medals and awards will be mailed out later in the week. We found out recently that USPS changed their procedures recently so chances are they’re go out towards the end of the week.
Some interesting factoids about the 2020 competition:
- We received a total of 820 entries this year, 246 which were meads and 28 which were ciders.
- Entries came from AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NY, NV, OH, OK, SK, PA, SD, TN, TX, WA, WI, and WY.
- All judging was performed by 5 Grand Master, 21 National, 26 Certified, and 6 Recognized Judges from all over Wisconsin, the Midwest, and Arizona.
- To maintain quality judges judged maintained an average of 6.2 entries per a sitting. At no time did a set of judges judge more than 8 entries per a session.
- All entries were judged by at least two BJCP judges with at least one of them having a rank of Certified or higher.
- All Mead entries were judged by one of 24 Certified Mead Judges or Professional Mead Makers.
- All Cider entries were judged by one of 24 Certified Mead Judges or 6 Cider Judges.
- All category mini Best of Show sessions were conducted with a pair of BJCP judges with at least one BJCP judge with a rank of National or higher.
- The Beer, Mead, and Cider Best of Shows were all judged with panels comprised of National, Grand Master, Mead, or Cider BJCP judges.
On behalf of the Midwinter Home Brew Competition organizing committee I would like to thank you all for participating in this year’s competition. A huge thank you also to Milwaukee Brewing Company, Moonlight Meadery, White Winter Meadery and Cider House, Northern Brewer, Revere’s Wells Street Tavern, Beechwood Distributors, Discount Liquor, Craft Meister, all of the out of town judges that came in to help us out, and all of the local judges and volunteers. Hope to see you all back in 2021!
Prosit, Sláinte, Salute, Na Zdravi, Cheers! – Bruce Buerger
Coordinator – Midwinter Homebrew Competition