Seventeenth Annual Virginia Beer Blitz (2024)

 

354 entries and two were represented by Beat-12 Brewing Co. No Taters and Wallaby Water (pronounced Wa-duh). A masterful and well-run comp where Bryan Flaherty kept all the entrants up to date and made sure entries arrived alive. Wallaby garnered a 34 and No Taters a 38 and 🥉! These scores are roughly 10 points higher than what they got in AL Brewer's Cup?! Wallaby was said to be a touch iron-like (this is from the Pride of Ringwood hops, I'm sure) and No Taters split a 35 and a 40 between a non-BJCP and certified judge. These entries were literally bottled, boxed and shipped the same day as the AL entries and even sampled 2 weeks later but received higher scores? After asking an old brew buddy his explanation as a former National is that the bigger more established events typically have more experienced judges and the scores seem to be more quantitative across the board. Regardless, the state for Lovers is checked off the list!