Steve Jackson > wrote:
>And that's the deal with beer contests. They're good (though not necessary)
>for raising exposure and recognition for a brewery. As an educated and
>experienced consumer, I know that they're not representative of what they
>claim to be: this is the best beer in the country.

OK, here's where I call Steve a doo-doo head. Steve, you doo-doo
head, no rational consumer (I know, I know) will accept a statement
as patently absurb as "this is the best beer in the country because
it was voted that way" as meaning "everyconsumer will like this
beer." I'd go further than that for "consumer educated about the
product and rating procedure" which includes many of us here.
There's no such as as "best beer in the country" for any reasonable
set of consumers.
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Joel Plutchak <plutchak@[...]> | Boneyard Union of Zymurgical Zealots

"I don't like beer. I tried it once and thought it was terrible."
- Overheard at a restaurant