MN Craft Brewers Guild Brewers Cup awards

It’s interesting that the MN Brewers Guild would hold a competition among its members, especially one that they charge for each beer entry and for admission to the event (brewers only I think).

Guilds are to foster cooperation, not competition, and buy charging payments they favor breweries who are more well off. And they are creating a system/event that helps create a caste system for brewery members, not one who floats the whole group.

4 brewery owners I talked to think it’s not a good idea, and I concur (not that my opinion matters). Hell, most brewery owners I know don’t even go to the Guild functions anymore. I’ve been told by a few that the only reason they join is to be listed on the web page and get beers at the State Fair. “Guild is joke” one owner told me tonight. Owner of a brewery that’s been around for almost 10 years.

Here is the link

https://www.mncraftbrew.org/event/brewerscup/

 

Punting this back up...

Not surprising how so few people actually care about this. Basically a self gratifying love fest. Like kissing yourself in a mirror.

It’s pretentious crap like this which plants seeds of dissension among its own members. More oil for its own slippery slope.