Airborneguy

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I have a sort of funny dilemma.

I just recently dropped off three entries to a local competition that will occur on January 29th.

Entries 1 & 2 are the same beer, entered into two different sub-categories of porter. The beer is nearly flawless at this point, so I'm hoping to find out which category it better fits just for Snits and Giggles.

I tasted Entry #3 for the third time tonight (and dumped it out again). It's a berliner weisse that is WAY too sour and after over a month in the bottles has barely even started to carbonate. I expect that the two bottles I dropped off are no different than the remaining too many that I have at home. This beer will be perfect for blending, and maybe even with more time will be drinkable on its own, but certainly not before January 29th.

Being that I can fairly easily go to the LHBS, snatch up this entry and save the judges a lot of mouth-puckering pain: what would you do? Should I leave it in as payback for the occasionally ridiculous feedback that we've all gotten, or should I go get it?

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HappyLoon

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I'd test the expert judges' ratings and see what they score. Make a game of it and see if you can guess the actual words they'll use to describe the beer. Then guess the numbers on how they score it.

If you're +/- 2 points, you win.

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Airborneguy

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Wow, good suggestion. I'm going to print out a blank scoresheet and do this one the day of the competition. If I do it that day, I should have the same level of carbonation as them.

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Fermentor(s): Retribution Brown Ale
Lagering: Oktoberfest
Kegged: Test SMaSH
Bottled: Mr. Beer Pale Ale, Brown Sugar Mead
Tapped: Dystopian Saison
Up Next: 100% Wheat Beer, Dopplebock

Homercidal

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Soon to become "That Guy" to all the judges...

bullinachinashop

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I entered a Strawberry Honey Wheat into a competition that I knew was going to score poorly. It was great when it was young, but this was the end of a keg that was +/- 6 months old.

The beer tasted great, but ended up being almost white.
I was thinking when I added the 8 lbs of strawberries that I may be able to get a pink color. No such luck! Next time I'll add some pectic enzime.

The beer scored 28 or 29 and the best comment was that it looked like turbid grapefruit juice!

I laughed and agreed with the feedback.

Bull

EdWort

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Nothing wrong in wanting feedback.

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TyTanium

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Hahahaha...so true. But still, I like the +/- 2pt score game. Any feedback is good feedback.

GilaMinumBeer

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Leave it in and accept your Best of Show gracefully.

Airborneguy

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I wish.

Maybe my porter, but definitely not this killer. I'm just hoping no charges come out of this.

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Fermentor(s): Retribution Brown Ale
Lagering: Oktoberfest
Kegged: Test SMaSH
Bottled: Mr. Beer Pale Ale, Brown Sugar Mead
Tapped: Dystopian Saison
Up Next: 100% Wheat Beer, Dopplebock

FSR402

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I always end up judging at least one beer from "that guy".

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