Darwin18
Well-Known Member
It was actually another club's competition, but it is correct that there were 64 entries spread across 6 categories. This guy had 6 beers that medaled (in 3 categories). I don't know how many he actually entered but typically it is more than that (i.e., the "carpet bombing" strategy). Other people are placing , but for this particular competition, there were 3 different categories where this guy placed twice in the same category. I placed in one category, along with 2 entries from this guy. The judges were kind enough to give someone else an honorable mention, presumably because he would have medaled if this other brewer had not entered multiple (winning) beers in each category.
The easy fix here is to limit the entrant to one entry per category. In this case the entrant would only be able to enter six entries.
He had at least that many, but regardless, I don't see how that is relevant to whether or not a club deserves to be in the running. Are you saying that everyone needs to "carpet bomb"?
No, but I'm saying you have no leg to stand on here. You're annoyed that someone out of state is racking up points in your circuit's competition, but your club clearly isn't participating enough to justify your complaints. 64 entries in six categories average out to just over 10 entries per category. That's not just weak that's pathetic. I've judged enough competitions to know that a good half of the flight is usually going to score below a 30. This guy just needs to beat out two or three other entries to place. That's really not that difficult especially if he has multiple entries in that 10 entry flight.
If you want to win and you want your club to win your guys all need to step it up. Only having four or five of your club's members actually participate in the competition and then complain that someone else did better stinks of sour grapes. I'm not saying carpet bombing is the best strategy here, but at such a tiny competition there's really no excuse that this guy would have at least 10% of the overall entries. That's just a failure on your club's part. I'm not trying to be a dick here, but just pointing what your club needs to do to be more competitive.