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Missing the camaraderie from his former life as a brewery owner, Dow Scoggins started hosting a craft beer competition back in 2009 while living in Georgia. Five years later, he moved to Oxford when his wife took a job at Miami University—and he brought the event with him. Now, Scoggins hosts four contests a year, including this month’s U.S. Open Cider Championship. Billed as the “second-largest cider judging in the world,” it draws brew entries from all over the United States, Canada, and Europe.
Each contestant can enter up to 10 hard ciders in 22 categories—everything from Brut to pineapple cider. This year’s winners will be announced in late November. While the event isn’t open to the public, you may see some of the winners on menus around the state, like Nice Pear from Akron’s Missing Falls Brewery, which won second place in the “best of show” category last year.
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