In my experience, BOS tables are not skewed against lighter styles, at least up here in the PACNW. Just off the top of my head, I can remember being on BOS panels where we've awarded golds to Am Lager, German Pils, Helles, Kolsch, Weissbier, Mild, ESB, Vienna, and Gueze. And let's not forget Annie Johnson's NHC winning Light American Lager. These outstanding beers won against all those big beers because they deserved to win. IMO, if you brew an excellent light/small beer, you have just as much a chance of winning as any of the big styles. We shouldn't perpetuate these myths. Besides, what better way to get folks off the "max lupulin" craze than to hold those unbalanced beers to account and to reward the well crafted beers? There's so much more to beer than just IBUs and ABVs.