eulipion2

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My local homebrew club, The Greater Huntington Homebrewers Association, had our annual competition, the Mountain Brewer Open. I judged Belgian Strong Ales and Vegetable, Herb, Spice, and Smoked beers. No problem, as lunch was served in between. Then came Best-of-Show. They needed a BJCP judge who hadn't entered anything, and I just happened to be there.

Nineteen beers. Nineteen. 1-9. Our final four were an English Old Ale, a Saison, a German Alt (my #1 choice), and an RIS. It was a good experience, and I need the points for my rank, but daggone, that's a lot of beer!

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On-Deck: something light and quaffable
On-Deck: BrewPastor's Dark Night of the Soul
On-Deck: Three Philosophers clone

Kegged: BierMuncher's Newcastle clone
Kegged: Sierra Nevada Pale Ale clone
Kegged: Can You Brew It Magic Hat #9 clone
Bottled: Honey-Rosemary Saison
Bottled: Blue Moon clone

Warped04

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Life is tough...sometimes you just have to man up and be that man who is forced to drink all of that beer

eulipion2

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It's a tough job, but somebody had to do it.

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On-Deck: something light and quaffable
On-Deck: BrewPastor's Dark Night of the Soul
On-Deck: Three Philosophers clone

Kegged: BierMuncher's Newcastle clone
Kegged: Sierra Nevada Pale Ale clone
Kegged: Can You Brew It Magic Hat #9 clone
Bottled: Honey-Rosemary Saison
Bottled: Blue Moon clone

TwoHeadsBrewing

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Man...sounds like I need to get a BJCP certification! Sign me up!

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Fermenting: ESB
Kegged: Extra IPA, Brown Ale, American Wheat, Blackheart Stout
Coming Up: Dunkleweizen, 3C Pale Ale


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Jonnio

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hehe, reminds me of a buddy at the Great American Beer Fest. He had a tiny sip of each that he tried, to keep from getting drunk...80 or 100 tastes later (a very small percentage of the festival) he had to call his wife to come get him.

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Official member of HBAMAP (Home Brewers Against Murder and Pedophilia)

ohiobrewtus

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You stole my line!

I hope to be in that same position some day.

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fat x nub

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so which one won?

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Primary 1-This Bud's for you
Primary 2- Cream Ale
Secondary 1- Strong Scotch Ale
Secondary 2- empty
Bottled/Kegged- Centinneal Blonde, Apfelwein
Up Next- MyCastle (N.English Brown Ale), Hooch Pale Ale
Thinking About: Tripple Bock, Chocolate Stout, open to suggestions

"Every beer is a good beer if I can taste the brewer's intent"
-Jim Koch

Is this guy serious??:

eulipion2

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That's the order, 1, 2, 3, and honorable mention. I thought the Saison was good, but we had initially kicked it out of the running. The Alt was superb! I'd say my least favorite was the Old Ale that ended up winning. So it goes.

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On-Deck: something light and quaffable
On-Deck: BrewPastor's Dark Night of the Soul
On-Deck: Three Philosophers clone

Kegged: BierMuncher's Newcastle clone
Kegged: Sierra Nevada Pale Ale clone
Kegged: Can You Brew It Magic Hat #9 clone
Bottled: Honey-Rosemary Saison
Bottled: Blue Moon clone

eulipion2

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Basically, if I could agree with one judge on a particular beer, the other two would oppose us. I think that's how the Saison got brought back, and how the wonderful RIS didn't get at least 3rd. But they're higher ranked than me, so I must defer to those more knowledgeable than myself.

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On-Deck: something light and quaffable
On-Deck: BrewPastor's Dark Night of the Soul
On-Deck: Three Philosophers clone

Kegged: BierMuncher's Newcastle clone
Kegged: Sierra Nevada Pale Ale clone
Kegged: Can You Brew It Magic Hat #9 clone
Bottled: Honey-Rosemary Saison
Bottled: Blue Moon clone

Warped04

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Sounds fun to say the least.