Rick Armon and I are bringing the King of Ohio back for another year. This time we’re searching for Ohio’s best stout. Rick put the call out to all Ohio breweries back in October. And the Ohio Craft Brewers Association helped us out by mentioning in their monthly newsletter for November. So this is one last call to all the breweries to enter!
If you work for a brewery and you haven’t entered yet then please email Rick at rarmon@thebeaconjournal.com or me at Tom@BrewMinds.com and let us know what beer you’re entering!
I’ll just quote Rick for the rest of the important info:
Here’s how the King of Ohio competition works: Each Ohio craft brewery is invited to submit one stout for the blind judging, which is being organized this year by the Ohio Breweries Beer Blog and BrewMinds.com. (Patrick Woodward of Pat’s Pints, the other leg of this three-legged stool, is cavorting — he might argue “educating himself” — out of the country.)
The stouts will be broken into sub-styles, depending on how many we receive. The judges, including certified beer judges, will pick the best of each sub-style and then choose a “best of show” – or as we like to call it the King of Ohio.
The winner will be featured on the Ohio Breweries Beer Blog and BrewMinds.com, and highlighted in the Akron Beacon Journal newspaper.
The judging will take place Dec. 9 at Thirsty Dog Brewing Co. in Akron.
The inaugural King of Ohio competition showcased IPAs, with Hoof Hearted Wet Musk of the Minotaur winning. The second tasting featured session beers and Streetside Brewery took home the crown with Raspberry Beret.
Any brewery interested in competing can contact Rick Armon at rarmon@thebeaconjournal.com or Tom Aguero at tom@brewminds.com. The deadline to notify us about competing is Friday, Nov. 17.
We will make arrangements separately to gather the beers.
Also, any beer judges, Cicerones, bottle shop employees or passionate Ohio stout lovers interested in volunteering to help coordinate the event or judge beers please reach out to us as soon as possible.
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