Just curious as to anyone's experience:
I've got a local competition coming up in May, and it's open to BJCP categories 1-16 and 18-23. I've got a rauchbier that i, personally, REALLY love, but i don't know how suited it is for this competition. It seems that, being a very polarizing style, a rauchbier wouldn't have much chance to make it to the BoS round (which would be my ultimate goal).
The competition itself:
Two beers are to be chosen for the Best of Show round, where the entrants would get the opportunity to brew their recipe at a local brewpub. The ultimate winner, then, will be chosen based on sales at the brewpub. The only restrictions are that no sour beers can be entered, no maturation times >6months, nor the cost of specialty ingredients can be >$10/5gal batch.
Does anyone have any experience with entering a rauchbier, or other polarizing styles for that matter, into "popularity" driven competitions such as this? Is it worth entering ($5 fee)? Typically i just enter local competitions for the BJCP experienced judge feedback, but I'd love to brew in a local joint...
I've got a local competition coming up in May, and it's open to BJCP categories 1-16 and 18-23. I've got a rauchbier that i, personally, REALLY love, but i don't know how suited it is for this competition. It seems that, being a very polarizing style, a rauchbier wouldn't have much chance to make it to the BoS round (which would be my ultimate goal).
The competition itself:
Two beers are to be chosen for the Best of Show round, where the entrants would get the opportunity to brew their recipe at a local brewpub. The ultimate winner, then, will be chosen based on sales at the brewpub. The only restrictions are that no sour beers can be entered, no maturation times >6months, nor the cost of specialty ingredients can be >$10/5gal batch.
Does anyone have any experience with entering a rauchbier, or other polarizing styles for that matter, into "popularity" driven competitions such as this? Is it worth entering ($5 fee)? Typically i just enter local competitions for the BJCP experienced judge feedback, but I'd love to brew in a local joint...