Willie3
Well-Known Member
Now I am hung up on the belief that it is not about the brewer because the beer is what is being judged. I believe that brewers create amazing beers from steadfast recipes (including blending if you must), and win medals for their brew, recipe, process, and ingredients not just the beer. As a whole the brew includes everything mentioned above plus the person who created it. Would you agree that a medal/ribbon just does not stand for the brew it stands the the process as a whole. I think that one side believes blending to be more in the lines of Mixology and is what they feel is a result of that practice, not brewing.
Arguments were also made about how big brewerys blend, which again IMHO, is irrelevant to the point we aren't BMC or the like.
If blending is something you wish to do by all means do it, you probably can concoct a fabulous brew and should be available to us as homebrewers. I don't think that it would do anything for me to enter a blended beer as the feedback may just be more a result of my blending technique and not my brewing technique.
Arguments were also made about how big brewerys blend, which again IMHO, is irrelevant to the point we aren't BMC or the like.
If blending is something you wish to do by all means do it, you probably can concoct a fabulous brew and should be available to us as homebrewers. I don't think that it would do anything for me to enter a blended beer as the feedback may just be more a result of my blending technique and not my brewing technique.