Groningers in the final of the Dutch National Beer Tapping Championship

Consumers in the Dutch hospitality industry consider the best draft beer to be found in the industry. Every year, bartenders compete for the Dutch Beer Tapping Championship. Tapping competitions have been organized both locally and regionally over the past few months. The best tappers will come to the largest trade fair for the hospitality industry, Horecava in Amsterdam, on Wednesday, January 13, 2016, for the final. A professional jury will assess the craft of preparing, tapping, presenting, and serving the draft beers and specialty beers.

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Bram Stob van Eatery The Black Sheep and Marieke van Gaalen (article header photo) by Brasserie Bij van Boven have on October 12, 2015 during the Tap competition Northern Netherlands on the Hospitality Fair Northern Netherlands placed.

Dutch National Beer Tapping Championship Final at Horecava
On Wednesday, January 13, 2015, starting at 1:30 PM, the best beer tappers in the Netherlands will compete for the final during the Dutch Beer Tapping Championship at Horecava. Five regional competitions and a large number of local preliminary rounds have been held, from which 49 top tappers have qualified for the final. The task for the participants is clear: tap two small glasses, two large glasses of beer, and present a specialty beer to the expert jury by pouring it from the bottle. The final starts around 3:30 PM with the 10 finalists, and at 4:30 PM it will be announced who can call themselves the Dutch Beer Tapping Champion for a year.

Information about the tapping competitions, such as the competition rules, competition protocol, and the specific criteria on which the expert jury will judge the finalists: www.tapwedstrijden.nl

Passion and craftsmanship
The Dutch Beer Tapping Championship is organized by the Tapwedstrijden.nl Foundation to enthuse hospitality professionals about the correct tapping and pouring of beer and make them familiar with it. Since the founding of the Tapwedstrijden.nl Foundation in 2010, 300 tapping competitions have taken place, and seven Dutch Champions have already been crowned following this National Beer Tapping Championship. According to Vincent van der Wardt, the chairman of the foundation, the demand for hospitality and good tapping has increased. “The level of the participants is higher every year, and we see that entrepreneurs put a lot of effort into the hospitality they and their staff provide to guests.”

Collaboration in 2016
Just like in previous years, the foundation will dedicate itself 100% to a wonderful national final at Horecava 2016. Vincent: “In collaboration with the four major brewers and Koninklijke Horeca Nederland, the Tapwacht and HORECAVA, and all enthusiastic entrepreneurs and tappers, many local and regional beer tapping competitions will be organized again in 2016.”