Why I’m not a member of the West Sound Brewers.
The reason I’m not a member of the West Sound Brewers is very simple – they are corrupt (or at least they appear that way).
How do I know this? It’s not difficult to figure out. The two people who won “Best in class awards” in the 2008 Kitsap county fair homebrew competition were also judges in the competition.
Mark Hood, who judged my beers (all Ales), won the “Best of Class: Lager/Co Superintendent’s Award”. Mark also submitted a Belgian Specialty Ale for which he took second place. Care to guess who took first place? John Altman.
John is the second suspect judge. John won the “Best of Class: Ale/Best of Show” for his Belgian Blond Ale. He was also one of the judges that scored my American Brown Ale (which also won in it’s category).
Should someone be entering (and winning) the same competition in which he is a judge? I don’t think so! If it wasn’t a rigged competition, the West Sound Brewers worked very hard to make it look like it was.