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#1 SchwanzBrewer

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Posted 16 April 2014 - 02:31 PM

What are the biggest competitions (most competitive) in the US, or in your area? (excluding NHC)

 

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Posted 16 April 2014 - 02:44 PM

most big clubs in NY state host a competition and there is a NYSHOTY (NY state homebrew of the year) award each year based on accumulated points from all of the competitions. So if you are into it, you want to enter them all.



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Posted 16 April 2014 - 02:45 PM

What are the biggest competitions (most competitive) in the US, or in your area? (excluding NHC) Cheers!

Feeling confident, my friend?

#4 SchwanzBrewer

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Posted 16 April 2014 - 03:00 PM

most big clubs in NY state host a competition and there is a NYSHOTY (NY state homebrew of the year) award each year based on accumulated points from all of the competitions. So if you are into it, you want to enter them all.

 

We have something similar, but some are better than others. I'm talking individual competitions. In Florida the Best Florida Beer Competition is the big one of 7 in the circuit for the points. There are a couple other big ones, but they aren't as well respected.

 

Feeling confident, my friend?

 

I was just thinking about entering some bigger out of state comps to see how things go. 



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Posted 16 April 2014 - 05:30 PM

Upstate New York Homebrewers Assn. Comp Deadline for entries is tomorrow

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Posted 16 April 2014 - 07:06 PM

The US Open in Charlotte is pretty big. Every year it's over 500 entries. You have till April 30th to submit.



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Posted 17 April 2014 - 09:19 AM

The US Open in Charlotte is pretty big. Every year it's over 500 entries. You have till April 30th to submit.

 

Cool. I'm entering.



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Posted 17 April 2014 - 06:46 PM

Cool. I'm entering.

Awesome. I will be entering a few myself.

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Posted 17 April 2014 - 06:56 PM

Upper Mississippi Mash-Out in St. Paul, MN always gets 1000 entries.



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Posted 17 April 2014 - 09:32 PM

Upper Mississippi Mash-Out in St. Paul, MN always gets 1000 entries.

That is a Great comp... that and the Fargo Club has it's Hoppy Halloween, it keeps growing yearly.



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Posted 18 April 2014 - 06:49 AM

Upper Mississippi Mash-Out in St. Paul, MN always gets 1000 entries.

 

Can't enter that one. It's been over for a couple months. It's on the radar possibly for next year.



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Posted 18 April 2014 - 07:46 AM

BigBossMan used to have a Comp calendar posted for us, wonder if he might be persuaded to take up those duties again



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Posted 18 April 2014 - 08:26 AM

Check out the MCAB website. https://masterhomebrewer.org/It tells you which competitions qualify you for an entry into the annual MCAB. A few years ago I took a 1st place in the UMMO, and the Boston HBC. This gave me to beers to then enter into that years MCAB. I didnt place with either, but it is cool knowing that your beer is going against the only large comp winners. They also let me order a tshirt for each qualifying entry. So I was able to get one for me and my buddy.

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Posted 19 April 2014 - 05:35 AM

Thanks Thirsty!



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Posted 19 April 2014 - 06:16 AM

Thanks Thirsty!

You are welcome.I have to say, when I first started entering comps I was just spraying entries all over America just so I could have my self bragging rights of knowing I won medals in AZ, or CA. I entered the UMMO just because the website was actually influential for me back when I was recipe searching, and they post past winners recipes. I thought thatbwas reaaly cool, so I was extremely excited to take a first in it. Then when I got the invite for the MCAB from it, it changed the way I looked at whichcomps I would enter. If I wanted to do 6 comps a year, why not make them all be MCAB qualifiers? It is always exciting to take a medal, but when you take one from a comp with fierce competion of great brewers, and your subcategory has 25 entries, you feel that much better. It really makes you brew tighter better competition beers.

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Posted 28 April 2014 - 02:11 PM

Let the whoring begin!

 

Entered the US Open and the Hog Town Brew Off this week.

 

Entering the 22nd Spirit Of Free Beer Homebrew Competition next week.

 

I've got to get some more Alt brewed and send it off.



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Posted 11 May 2014 - 09:08 AM

Nice work Schwanz your stout got 1st yesterday!I managed a 2nd with my ESB.

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Posted 11 May 2014 - 05:31 PM

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#19 SchwanzBrewer

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Posted 12 May 2014 - 08:01 AM

Nice work Schwanz your stout got 1st yesterday!I managed a 2nd with my ESB.

 

Really? Awesome!

 

Any idea about the Kolsch?



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Posted 12 May 2014 - 08:11 AM

I just checked the website and either those are last years results or something is amiss.




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