By all accounts, this year's TRASH Homebrew Competition was a tremendous success. In just one day, our 50 judges tasted their way through 567 different entries—filling in score sheets for each and still managing to have a good time along the way. We also hosted the second edition of our post-competition banquet, where brewers could come after the competition to receive prizes and score sheets less than 24 hours after the competition. We also used that time to give everyone a chance to sample from among the unopened second-round entries. I know I had a good time, and I hope you did too!
Summary Results
For anyone that missed the banquet, we have posted the summarized results here:
- Flight Winners — names of the top winners
- Complete Results — top rankings for each flight
Score Sheet Return
Starting on Saturday, March 24, you will be able to pick up your score sheets and medals at the homebrew shop that accepted your entries. If you mailed your entries to the registrar, then we will mail your score sheets back to you.
Planning for Next Year
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How are flight winners selected?
We group all entries into a series of flights made up of similar substyles. Those entries are scored by anywhere from 1 to 3 groups of judges. The best beers from each pool of judges are then sampled to assign ranks (1st place, 2nd place, and so on). Because different groups of judges may not be precisely calibrated in their scoring technique, it's possible for that the top ranking beers might not completely align with the top scoring beers.
How are the top awards selected?
The first place beer from each flight continues to a final best of show judging session, where all of the club's best judges sample from among the top beers and rank them accordingly. We assign our top awards to the highest ranking beer that matches the requirements of each award.
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