Looks like $14 here: http://www.bjcp.org/apps/comp_schedule/competition_schedule.php
$14 >:(
That is ridiculous. A 45% increase in price over last year. What do we get for that increase?
Last year was $12 entry fee so only 16%
+1
I think the only thing that the contestants can and should expect from that increase is that a better contest is held. I’m hoping that the extra dollars are going toward providing better support to the judges, stewards, and organizers that donate a lot of time for this great event.
Having contestants kick in a few extra dollars doesn’t seem that outrageous. If the cost gets too high, contestants can maybe hold back on sending off that questionable beer and only send beers that they think are real winners. That is how supply and demand works. When the cost is under the perceived value received, that invites contestants to send any beer in. Unfortunately, I can bear witness that there are a LOT of poor beers sent to the NHC first rounds!
Here is to an even better NHC!
How about everyone is welcome to enter. But if your beer scores below 30 you are banned for a year, and the names of the banned brewers are published along with comments on how bad it was. That might make people only send their best.
Ha! What if you send in 15 beers and do poorly with all of them? Lifetime ban?
jk, jk ;D
I’m sure that is in jest but beers less than 30 aren’t bad, in fact I’d say generally that is right around the average score.
That would be a big job. Are you volunteering?
It would be a huge job. We sometimes do this in our competition for our own amusement. Beers over 30 are saved and under 30 are dumped. The over 30 beers become part of the “mystery beer party” later in the night.
Having all the beers above 30 reminds me of Lake Wobegone, where all of the children are above average.
We save the bad ones fro off flavor training sessions.