Thanks to all our entrants, judges, and stewards! The beverages have been judged and the winners have been declared. Check out the results on the competition page.
Scores for your entries are also available on the competition website as well. Simply log in and click on the My Info and Entries link to see the numerical scores. If you don’t remember your password there is a Password Reset link that you can use to gain access.
Some interesting factoids about the 2018 competition:
- We received a total of 663 entries this year, 76 which were meads and 33 which were ciders.
- Entries came from AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, GA, HI, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MI, MN, MO, NC, NE, NJ, OH, OK, PA, SD, TN, TX, VA, WA, WI, WV, WY, and Germany.
- All judging was performed by 1 Grand Master, 1 Master, 15 National, 48 Certified, and 6 Recognized Judges from all over Wisconsin, the Midwest, and Arizona.
- To maintain quality judges judged maintained an average of 5.5 entries per a sitting. At no time did a set of judges judge more than 7 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 15 Certified Mead Judges.
- All Cider entries were judged by one of 15 Certified Mead Judges or Judges with Cider Sensory Training.
- 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, Master, or Grand Master BJCP judges.
Score sheets and awards will be mailed out early this week. 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 all of our ramp up partners and sponsors. Hope to see you all back in 2020!
Prosit, Sláinte, Salute, Na Zdravi, Cheers!
Bruce Buerger
Coordinator – Midwinter Homebrew Competition