10. Turning in bottles renders you with no control over your beer after it leaves your hands.

9. Judging beer by a few sips doesn’t allow you to tell what the beer is really like. How can you judge a session beer by a few ounces?

8. Judges reward big beers and weird beers, so classic beers brewed strictly within the style suffer.

7. People “cheat” by entering beer brewed outside the style specifications and by entering many beers to increase their chances.

6. Competition brings out the geek/snob in some homebrewers.

5. Judges often criticize the beer without suggesting improvements.

4. Sweeter beers do better than properly attenuated beers because the judges go for the bigger body.

3. Taste is so subjective that the final winners can be selected based on judge’s individual preferences and bias.

2. You have to bottle beer.

And the Number One Reason…

1. We never win!