Beer Madness, Round 1: Our panel goes straight to Helles

Astrid Riecken/FOR THE WASHINGTON POST - Church Key manager Brett Weinrieb serves another round of beer samples during the Washington Post's annual Beer Madness which takes place at Church Key.

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Beer Madness, Round 1: Our panel goes straight to Helles

Astrid Riecken/FOR THE WASHINGTON POST - Church Key manager Brett Weinrieb serves another round of beer samples during the Washington Post's annual Beer Madness which takes place at Church Key.

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Beer Madness 2012 begins with 32

Text SizePrintE-mailReprints By Greg Kitsock,

The beer universe continues to expand. There were 1,927 breweries operating in the United States for all or part of 2011, according to the Brewers Association, and 855 more in the planning stages. That’s an increase of almost 10 percent in a year’s time.

With such developments in mind, we probably could have doubled last year’s field of 64 for Beer Madness, our annual blind tasting to crown a king of the cooler, the results of which will be revealed over the next month or so. But we went in the opposite direction, condensing the pack of craft brews to 32. That made sense for several reasons, and it gave our judges the right amount of time to swish, swirl and determine a true champion.

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Text SizePrintE-mailReprints By Greg Kitsock,

The beer universe continues to expand. There were 1,927 breweries operating in the United States for all or part of 2011, according to the Brewers Association, and 855 more in the planning stages. That’s an increase of almost 10 percent in a year’s time.

With such developments in mind, we probably could have doubled last year’s field of 64 for Beer Madness, our annual blind tasting to crown a king of the cooler, the results of which will be revealed over the next month or so. But we went in the opposite direction, condensing the pack of craft brews to 32. That made sense for several reasons, and it gave our judges the right amount of time to swish, swirl and determine a true champion.

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