"Douglas W. Hoyt" wrote:
Scott Jensen wrote:
This seems more honest judging process to determine which
is the best beers that us consumers can purchase than the
specially brewed, bottled, packaged, and delivered beer
submitted to The Great American Beer Festival. Anyone
know of any beer contest(s) so structured?

My local merchant stopped buying in Allagash lately because
he said that the local distributor was only sending him 6-month
old product. If anyone had bought Allagash here then, it
would not have been fair.

I'd agree.

Any independent purchaser for a legitimate contest would have
to jet all over the country in a short period of time--and still
manage to keep the beer chilled.

Or do the opposite. Have the beers bought by a trusted parties around the
country and chill-shipped to the judges so all the beers arrive within a day
or two of each other at the judging location.

Scott Jensen
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