A new record number of submitted beers – a proud 492 – presented the judges at this year’s Brau- und Rauchshop Beer Contest with sensory challenges. Check all the category and the overall winners.
Category: Awards
Craft beer awards are a fixture in the craft beer world. International and local awards compete for the favor of brewers. We observe these awards. And are sometimes involved as organizers or judges. Accordingly, we write about the winners as well as what happens behind the scenes.
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Seventh Brau- & Rauchshop Craft Beer Contest
All category winners and the main winners of the Brau- und Rauchshop Craft Beer Contest 2022. In addition, Silvia allows us to look behind the scenes and reveals who sticks the 5400 stickers on the drip stops.
Why there was no winner in the DIPA category at the B&R Beer Contest
For the first time in the seven-year history of the Brau- & Rauchshop Beer Contest, there were no winners in one category. Why? The short answer is because no beer deserved it. The slightly more detailed answer below.
Brau & Rauch Beer Contest 2021
At the Brau und Rauch Beer Contest 2021, an independent jury evaluated 380 beers in a double-blind procedure and selected an overall winner in addition to the category winners.
Swiss craft beer champions 2020
At the Brau- und Rauch Beer Contest a Independent jury judged over 370 beers in a double blind tasting. Appart from the category winners, there is an overall winner.
The champions of the Swiss craft beer scene
The Swiss craft beer scene has experienced an almost incomparable boom in recent years. But as not only quantity but also quality counts, quality control with constructive and expert feedback is needed. At the Brau- und Rauch Beer Contest, the Swiss Beer Award with the most entries, an expert jury judged the submitted beers independently and impartially using the “Double Blind” method. This year, Torkelbräu lager from Niederlenz impressed the jury the most and was the overall winner.