September 8, 2017 · Team HG
On Monday, October 2, beer tappers from the Northern Netherlands will battle it out to secure a spot in the final of the Dutch National Beer Tapping Championship. At the Hospitality Fair Northern Netherlands All preparations have been made to let the hospitality champions from the North Netherlands region shine.
The jury assesses the tapped beer on, among other things, the head and presentation, and 34 other points. In total, regional competitions are being organized at approximately 50 locations throughout the Netherlands. More than 1,000 beer tapsters will compete against each other to ultimately reach the national final in January 2018. The championship is an initiative of Stichting Tapwedstrijden.nl and takes place to further improve draft quality in the Dutch hospitality industry.
If you work in the hospitality industry, you can participate in the tapping competition free of charge. You can register. via the website.
At the Northern Netherlands Tap Competition, a four-member jury evaluates all participants to ensure that the best beer tapsters advance to the final.
Remco Glas: “The interest is high, and therefore we have to be strict.”
The finalists in the national finals are judged based on strict tapping protocols by an expert jury consisting of former winners, hospitality heroes, beer sommeliers, and beer experts, including Remco Glas, Gilbèr Royen, Erwin Storm, Antonio van den Hengel, Nigel Siebelt, and Ivo Thijssen.
For each tapping competition, which is organized according to a fixed protocol and quality standards, the best tapper advances to the final, which will take place in January 2017 at the Horecava hospitality trade fair in Amsterdam.
