In article >,
Scott T. Jensen > wrote:
>After watching a Food Network special on The Great American Beer Festival,
>I'm wondering if there's a beer contest where the judges secretly buy beer
>out of stores (the brewer not knowing which store) and then use these to
>compare against each other. 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?
>
Consumer Reports did something like this, but I remember Pabst topping
their list.

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Nicholas P. Dempsey
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University of Chicago