Coming October 3, the Horeca fair North Netherlands 2016 will once again be the platform for the North Dutch Tap Competition, organized by Tap Competitions Foundation† The regional preliminary round Horecabeurs Noord Nederland (Groningen, Friesland, Drenthe) will send three winners directly to the national Tapfinal at the HORECAVA in January 2017 in Amsterdam.
The jury assesses the draft beer on, among other things, the foam head and the presentation and 34 other points. In total, regional competitions are organized at approximately 40 locations throughout the Netherlands. More than 1.000 beer tappers will compete with each other to eventually reach the national final in January 2017. The championship is an initiative of Tap Competitions Foundation and takes place to further improve the tap quality in the Dutch catering industry.
Contest
Per tap competition, which according to a fixed protocol and quality requirements is organized, the best three tappers will advance to the final that will take place in January 2017 at the Horecava trade fair in Amsterdam.
Register
Signing up for the Northern Netherlands regional competition is Free† Through the following LINK you come to the website of the foundation after which you look up the regional competition Northern Netherlands and register for the competition by filling in the form. Then don't forget to register an entrance ticket for the fair. register now HERE free until September 30 your entrance ticket.
Professionalization
Gerrit Verweij, Tap Competitions Netherlands Foundation: “The enthusiasm of the catering industry to set up its own competition has increased further this year. Logical, because it is a great opportunity to put your catering business in the spotlight. Something that every catering business can use in this time. The organization of the tap competitions has been further professionalized this year to make it even easier to participate. Our new website will also support this.”
Tap Competitions Foundation
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, approximately 240 tap competitions have taken place and 5 Dutch Champions have been crowned. Tap competitions can be organized by any catering company or enthusiastic catering people. The Tap Competition Foundation supports local tap competitions with a support package and the winners of local competitions progress to the final. Information about the tapping competitions, the competition rules, protocol and the parts on which the jury judges the finalists can be found on the site www.tapmatches.nl