Congratulations to QUAFF on winning club of the year!
The rule changes certainly leveled the playing field this year as it now comes down to final round points to see which club wins the title. Quaff had the most winners, taking home 5 medals, to win with 24 points. Second place went to Cap and Hare Homebrew Club which had 4 winners and finished just 4 points back. In 3rd place, CLUB DOZE tied with multi-time defending champion Brewing Network with 14 points on 3 medals. GREAT JOB DOZERS! We can get it next year!
2016 NHC Points
Club
Total Points
Winner Count
Points per Winner
QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
24
5
4.80
Cap and Hare Homebrew Club
20
4
5.00
Diablo Order of Zymiracle Enthusiasts (DOZE)
14
3
4.67
The Brewing Network
14
3
4.67
Saint Paul Homebrewers Club
12
2
6.00
Tennessee Valley Homebrewers
10
2
5.00
Rock Hoppers Brew Club
8
2
4.00
Scranton Brewers Guild
8
2
4.00
For those of you that are curious, here is approximately what the points would have been under last year’s scoring system. QUAFF would have crushed everyone with 222* points (last year the BN won with 190* points.
*Note this point totals are without the 12 point-per-category cap factored in.
DOZE would have finished either overall with 52 points if we used the old scoring system. As a comparison to 2015, DOZE scored 42 points, so this year was a very good improvement over last year. And it looks like the rule changes have enabled smaller clubs to compete for club of the year.
2016 NHC Points – All Rounds
Club
Total Points
Winner Count
Points per Winner
QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
222
58
3.83
The Brewing Network
136
31
4.39
Saint Paul Homebrewers Club
120
27
4.44
Arizona Society of Homebrewers
68
15
4.53
Cap and Hare Homebrew Club
66
15
4.40
Austin Zealots
62
14
4.43
Society of Northeast Ohio Brewers
54
15
3.60
Diablo Order of Zymiracle Enthusiasts (DOZE)
52
14
3.71
Society of Akron Area Zymurgists (SAAZ)
48
12
4.00
Lauterday Brewers
40
10
4.00
The final point I want to make is that we completely turned around our final round performance this year. Last year DOZE was shut out in the final round with no medal winners. This year 3 of our 11 entries medaled; that’s a 27% win percentage. Of the clubs sending at least 10 entries to the finals, only one club had a higher percentage of final round winners (Cap and Hare 36%). Once again this shows the quality of brew DOZE members are putting out.
2016 NHC Win Percentage
Club Name
First Round Winners
Final Round Winners
Final Round Win Percent
QUAFF (Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity)
53
5
9.43%
The Brewing Network
28
3
10.71%
Saint Paul Homebrewers Club
25
2
8.00%
Arizona Society of Homebrewers
14
1
7.14%
Society of Northeast Ohio Brewers
13
2
15.38%
Society of Akron Area Zymurgists (SAAZ)
11
1
9.09%
Diablo Order of Zymiracle Enthusiasts (DOZE)
11
3
27.27%
Cap and Hare Homebrew Club
11
4
36.36%
Great job everyone! Keep up the good work.