OOn Thursday 10 January, the final of the Dutch Beer Tapping Championship will take place during Horecava: the largest catering trade fair in the Netherlands in the RAI Amsterdam. In total, three people from Groningen are in the final: Dian de Jong – Dinner cafe Soestdijk, Koen Hoiting – Grand cafe Hooghoudt and Marnix Feikens – The Clockworker† The match can be followed live via the online scoring system of the Tap Competitions Foundation.
Final Dutch National Beer Taps
On Thursday, January 10, 2019, from 13:00 PM, the best tappers in the Netherlands will compete against each other during the Dutch Beer Tapping Championship at the horecava. In recent months, 5 regional competitions and a large number of local preliminary rounds have taken place. The 61 winners of those matches have qualified for this final. During the final, these craftsmen and women first tap 2 flutes and 2 vases, and in the final, pour the bottle and add the specialty beer. This year this special draft beer will be served in our own competition glass for the first time; see attached photo.
The 10 best tappers from the selection round will advance to the final that will take place around 15:30 PM. At 16:30 PM it will be announced who can call themselves the best beer tapper in the Netherlands 2019.
Information about the tap competitions, the competition rules and protocol and the parts on which the jury judges the finalists can be found at www.tapmatches.nl
Passion and craftsmanship
The Dutch Beer Tapping Championship is organized by the Tap Competitions.nl Foundation to make catering professionals enthusiastic and familiar with the correct tapping and serving of beer. Since the foundation of the Tap Competitions.nl Foundation in 2010, hundreds of tap competitions have taken place and 8 Dutch Champions have already been crowned.
Erwin Storm, chairman of the foundation: “There are many products in the hospitality industry that are made and presented with quality and attention, such as cappuccinos and cocktails. The Tap Competitions contribute to reflecting this quality in the tapping, serving and serving of beer. Specialized beer bars are already fully engaged in this, but we aim to achieve a high level of these actions everywhere in the hospitality industry.”
Exciting final during Horecava
Just like in previous years, the foundation will commit itself 100% to a beautiful national final at the Horecava 2019.
Erwin Storm: “We work together with the four major brewers, Koninklijke Horeca Nederland (KHN), Tapwacht and Horecava and I expect it to be a very exciting final.”