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Offline gordonmonaghan

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Recommendations of good competitions
« on: January 10, 2019, 10:53:57 pm »
What are some good competitions around the USA? I’m in New Mexico and we have a couple, but I’d like to try competitions outside of the Land of Enchantment. What are your recommendations?


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Re: Recommendations of good competitions
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2019, 04:13:36 am »
Try the Minnesota Mashout. I think registration ends today.

https://mashout.org/
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Re: Recommendations of good competitions
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2019, 05:59:29 am »
Here are the best ones I've entered:

Feb/Mar - BABBLE Brew Off - http://brewoff.brewcomp.com/
Feb/Mar - Drunk Monk Challenge - http://knaves.org/DMC/
May/Jun - BUZZ Boneyard Brew Off - http://buzzbrewclub.org/competition
Nov/Dec - Happy Holidays Homebrew Comp - https://stlbrews.brewcompetition.com/

I've entered dozens of other comps, but the ones above have consistently provided very good feedback (for whatever reason).

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Regarding this one, it's also very good, but entries need to be RECEIVED by TODAY.
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Re: Recommendations of good competitions
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2019, 09:53:38 am »
The Falcons put on a few. In the coming up week or so we have our Doug King Memorial Specialty and Lager Beer competition. In April, one of the world's oldest comps - the Mayfaire. Details at http://competitions.maltosefalcons.com/
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Re: Recommendations of good competitions
« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2019, 02:05:36 pm »
Thanks for the suggestions, guys.


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Re: Recommendations of good competitions
« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2019, 03:02:40 pm »
FOAM Cup in Oklahoma may not be too bad to ship to from New Mexico. It's part of the Master Championship of Amateur Brewers (MCAB) circuit - https://foamcup.us/

I entered it one time with a bunch of club members who all shipped together and it was very well run with good feedback and timely results.
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Re: Recommendations of good competitions
« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2019, 02:31:52 am »
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Re: Recommendations of good competitions
« Reply #7 on: January 01, 2020, 10:25:59 am »
I'll throw our Midwinter comp into the mix. Each entry is judged by two BJCP judges or professional brewer.
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