Favorite Looking Homebrew Competition Medals

[J-Drew]

Without regard to prestige or difficulty to win, what is (are) your favorite looking medal(s) awarded by an AHA sanctioned Homebrew Competition? Any pictures would also be helpful. Thanks.

 

[microbusbrewery]

Gold ones

 

[Natdavis777]

Wouldnt know...Never earned one. Came close though...

 

[J-Drew]

I was wondering if anyone else had any favorites. I like the look of the Upper Minnesota Mashout (formerly Upper Mississippi Mashout) medals I've seen online and I saw a medal from the CASK Beer Blitz that I like a lot better than the standard ones that come from the American Homebrewers Association. Although, those gold ones do look pretty good...

 

[brettg20]

MCAB gold medal is pretty nice looking, and big

 

[aryoung1980]

MCAB gold medal is pretty nice looking, and big

I'm ashamed to say that I didn't give myself enough time to brew my qualifying beer for the MCAB. Maybe I'll get a chance to win one next year.

The Midwinter Brewfest in Milwaukee is a pretty cool medal. It felt good winning a gold and a bronze last year. Went 0 for 2 this year.

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[brettg20]

Solid looking medal. You should have brewed it to win one of these View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1425780738.063711.jpg

 

[Braufessor]

MCAB have really nice medals.

Drunk Monk ones are great.

upper minnesota mashout ones were very cool this year.

Midwinter are cool. KCBM too.

There are many others too.

I would love to find out if the NHC ones are better than all of them though.....

 

[J-Drew]

I definitely like the looks of those. Thanks for sharing.

 

[J-Drew]

It's a new weekend. Is there anyone new out there with any additional favorites?

 

[mwilcox]

NHC isn't really any nicer, but I admit I do separate them from the others.

as for favorites - Hoppy Halloween, easily.
I mean, if someone is going to hang a medal on your neck, shouldn't it have glow-in-the dark skulls on it? Yeah, I think so too.
probably my favorite swag too, now that I think about it.

 

[J-Drew]

Those glow in the dark skulls are definitely a nice touch. Kudos to the people who came up with that idea.

 

[msbrewblog]

Bluebonnet Brew Off in Dallas is a favorite of mine

 

[msbrewblog]

This one from Jackson MS comp. Custom-made glass.

 

[msbrewblog]

Chattanooga TN comp.

 

[msbrewblog]

Arkansas comp.

 

[msbrewblog]

And from a favorite competition in Memphis, new custom medals each year.

 

[J-Drew]

Thank you for sharing all of those msbrewblog. You've got some great looking medals.

 

[TobyG]

My favorite two awards actually aren't medals. One is the glass trophy I got for 2nd runner up BOS at Humpback Homebrew last summer and the other is a liter mug I got from Dixie Cup in 1995.

 

[roxbob]

The New England Regional has cool wood ones, custom engraved for each category and place. The comp has great prizes, too.

 

[J-Drew]

Summer has pretty much come and gone. Did the new season bring anyone any medals you especially like the looks of?

 

[roxbob]

Got a nice one from the Great Lakes International Cider and Perry Competition. Also picked up a couple from MCAB, which as noted earlier are really nice.

 

[brick_haus]

My favorite is any one that I win, even if it's not a medal.

 

[J-Drew]

I like that, brick haus. Did you put that together yourself or was it presented to you that way?

 

[brick_haus]

I like that, brick haus. Did you put that together yourself or was it presented to you that way?

That's how it was presented. I like it too. Thanks.

 

[Qhrumphf]

I tend to get ribbons more than medals. My favorite ones are the ones that say "first" on them, with the gold or the blue

 

[brick_haus]

Oh, and at Ventura County Fair, "Judges Choice" is "best of show" so I'm pretty stoked about his one!

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

This would have been a LOT cooler if it were more than six entrants in the competition!

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[J-Drew]

Has anyone gotten any new favorites lately? I know that this year's Hoppy Halloween medals are out (not that I would have any pictures to post)...

 

[msbrewblog]

Alabama Brewoff - Birmingham

 

[msbrewblog]

Outlaw Homebrew Comp - Hattiesburg, MS

 

[m00ps]

you people suck. all I got was ribbons, and that was with over 200 entrants. Looks like I need to do some traveling

 

[FarmerTed]

This would have been a LOT cooler if it were more than six entrants in the competition!

I have a gold medal that I won where I was the only entrant in the category. I wear that sucker with pride!

 

[Qhrumphf]

I have a gold medal that I won where I was the only entrant in the category. I wear that sucker with pride!

The fun one is when you're the only entrant in the category, and you STILL don't win the gold

Never had it happen as an entrant, but seen it as a judge.

 

[atom]

i'm patiently awaiting my medal from @homebrewdad s BrewUnited Comp. My first medal...but also my first "real" competition.

 

[TobyG]

These have not been awarded yet, but I think they're cool as hell (BOS and gold/silver/bronze medals for our competition).

 

[msbrewblog]

These have not been awarded yet, but I think they're cool as hell (BOS and gold/silver/bronze medals for our competition).

Wow! Very nice Toby

 

[1977Brewer]

These have not been awarded yet, but I think they're cool as hell (BOS and gold/silver/bronze medals for our competition).

Those are amazing.

Here's my only medal. The medal is blah, the trophy, however, speaks for itself.

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[Orthobrewsky]

Alabama Brewoff - Birmingham

I thought those were nice too. They're bigger than they look in the picture.

 

[beernutz]

I thought those were nice too. They're bigger than they look in the picture.

Agreed. I have a second place one from this year which would round out his 1st and 3rd. Plus entries were only $5 each.