Nathan Hammond was impressed by the level of competition at Snowdown’s Beard Competition.
“I do have a decent beard, and I was really cocky coming into this,” he said. “I am humbled.”
Some of Durango’s fuzziest faces fought for honor Thursday. This is the sixth year Carver Brewing Co. has hosted the event.
Three ladies judged the beards on three categories – length, color and overall. A fourth category, absorption, was judged by dunking the beard into a bowl filled with Carver’s beer, then wringing it out into a second bowl placed on a scale.
The men showed up Nov. 7 clean-shaven. Since then, their follicles have been in silent battle.
One of the judges, Mary Hodge, a Carver’s employee, praised Jason Dzikowski’s effort. “This is my favorite beard,” she said. “I’m going to give it a 9 for color.”
Dzikowski’s beard was more of a bushy build than a ZZ Top, measuring 2¼ inches.
“Size, in this arena, does matter,” he said.
Dzikowski’s beard won best overall, while Rick Harman won for absorption with 13.3 ounces in 20 seconds.
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