NC State Fair awards 343 medals for wine, 0 for beer
North Carolina beer finally has earned its rightful place at the table. Now it deserves a ribbon. A simple judging competition that awards and showcases great professional and amateur beer. I’m not asking for a beer garden at the fair. It’s not about selling growlers to go to fair-goers. It’s about parity with wine. Changing the score from 343 to 0 to something a bit more balanced.
How do we go about this? And what’s a realistic timeframe for change? I don’t yet know. But I do know how to annoy people and get results by asking pesky questions. And this is a question I’ll be asking again and again, until we get the answer we deserve. A display case full of ribbons and North Carolina beer.
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I think we need to start pushing now. Although I was thrilled that the Got to be NC festival came out strong for wine this year, I was really annoyed that there was no support for NC beer. Its under the same category, isn’t it? I could be wrong on that, but I thought it was all listed under the dept of agriculture. I tried e-mailing them to ask why they support one, but not the other (I even did it in a nice way) but I couldn’t even get a reply. It has been ridiculously skewed in favor of wine. I would have thought the beer scene is big enough and making enough money for the state to warrant some positive attention.
Thanks for posting this, Beer Pulse!
Initial inquiries and meetings are proving fruitful…this may not be as hard as suspected. Follow our progress at #fairbeer on Twitter. Cheers!