hoptualBrew
Well-Known Member
I'm not too sure how homebrew competitions and recognition goes for wood aged beers. Are entries docked points for being in a category such as "Old Ale" 19A, when it should have been in "Wood-Aged Beer" 22C? For example, two Old Ales submitted, one aged in a bourbon barrel for exquisite complexity and one unaged but yet still an amazing beer. Would the judges dock points & state it should be entered as a Wood-Aged beer?
Reason I am bringing this up is that when browsing BeerAdvocate & RateBeer in the past, Wood and Barrel-aged beers always top out the categories for the most part. I think this to be unfair since beers aged in spirit barrels or on spirit infused wood are completely different animals than their original versions.
Reason I am bringing this up is that when browsing BeerAdvocate & RateBeer in the past, Wood and Barrel-aged beers always top out the categories for the most part. I think this to be unfair since beers aged in spirit barrels or on spirit infused wood are completely different animals than their original versions.