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Oops..... not my Helles, my Dortmunder wast the one that made it through. Don't drink and read competition results
At least you figured it out before you sent in final round entries.
Oops..... not my Helles, my Dortmunder wast the one that made it through. Don't drink and read competition results
Oops..... not my Helles, my Dortmunder wast the one that made it through. Don't drink and read competition results
that is a great beer. Would have snagged a medal last year. Will have a good shot this year.
good luck--
--Michael
At least you figured it out before you sent in final round entries.
Any update on Nashville yet?
No dice for me this year. Was intesting to enter though. I will be interested to see my score sheets. I bottled all my beers from kegs, except the sour. I notice they don't necessarily breakdown the categories ( French ale for instance) into the sub-styles.
TD
No dice for me this year. Was intesting to enter though. I will be interested to see my score sheets. I bottled all my beers from kegs, except the sour. I notice they don't necessarily breakdown the categories ( French ale for instance) into the sub-styles.
TD
I'll be judging starting tomorrow here in the Chicago region, then on Friday & all day Saturday. Here's to hoping we get through all of the beer in a reasonable amount of time. It's actually less beers than the hosting club had in the Drunk Monk Challenge a month ago, so should be doable. I've got 3 beers and a couple of meads in, so I'm excited to see how they do as well. Possibly my last year of entering competitions, but we'll see!
I'm scheduled to judge Saturday as well, along with Pappers_, so we will see you there!
I never enter any more, because I'm away in the winter and the entries are due while I'm still away from home, but I try to judge at least one of the rounds each year.
Well, got my St. Louis Results today.... My Dortmunder that made it scored 41. Had 2 more that made mini BOS, and must have been close - Alt scored 42 and Mild scored 39, but neither made it through. So, even though those two did not make it, good to know they were well-received and in the ballpark. Scottish (29) and Helles (30) were not in the running...... thought they would do a bit better.
Well, got my St. Louis Results today.... My Dortmunder that made it scored 41. Had 2 more that made mini BOS, and must have been close - Alt scored 42 and Mild scored 39, but neither made it through. So, even though those two did not make it, good to know they were well-received and in the ballpark. Scottish (29) and Helles (30) were not in the running...... thought they would do a bit better.
All the Austin sheets are finally in the mail.
All the Austin sheets are finally in the mail.
Awesome - I'm looking forward to see my scores and critiques! This is the first competition I've entered (just been brewing a little over two years), and I'm happy that one of my beers made it through to the final round (American Amber Ale)! But I'm equally happy just to get back constructive, blind criticism... instead of just my friends and family saying, "mmmmm, yum, this is great!" [emoji6]
Anyone with a clue why NYC taking so long to go from verifying to posted? Been almost 2 weeks!
Can they be seen online?
Anyone with a clue why NYC taking so long to go from verifying to posted? Been almost 2 weeks!
Two years, first comp, and you have a beer going to finals? That's quite a feat. Congrats!
I will point out to folks that NHC isn't really a good competition to enter if you want feedback since they switched to the checklist scoresheets. I've had some judges still write notes, but others don't. And it limits how much feedback you can get.
So if you've already entered expecting good feedback, don't be surprised if the feedback (from this particular competition) isn't as helpful as you want it to be.
The way I see it, enter local and regional comps for feeback. Enter NHC to win.
I'll have to look in to some local comps for better feedback. I've been hoping to get to an Austin ZEALOTS meeting, where I've heard you can get good feedback... but I work most weekends, so haven't had a chance yet...
And the category 9 trend continues. They're going to have a lot of 9Es to drink.
I know. It's one of my favorite categories. I judged it 2nd round last year. This year I'll have to find something else.Scottish/Irish is a tough category since you have very strong and complex Wee Heavy ales competing against sessionable shilling beers.
I agree. I'm glad it moved, even though I'm probably retiring mine after this year.It would almost be like having English Barleywines compete against English Bitters. So, I'm glad that the Wee Heavy style is getting moved to complete with other strong beers in the newer style guidelines.
I got a first place ribbon for a 70 shilling in San Diego first round last year, and I'm hoping my 80 shilling meets the same fate this year. The fact that I like the 80 more than the 70 will probably mean it won't place.
And the category 9 trend continues. They're going to have a lot of 9Es to drink.
Probably depends on the judges doing mini-BOS. I know that I've given it to a 60/- or 70/- over a Wee Heavy when it deserved it. IIRC, the category winner last year in final round was a very tasty 60/-.
Yeah, it was Robert Hilferding with his "Way Off Kilter" 60/-, which earned him NHC 2014 Homebrewer of the Year. (I was just reading through back issues of Zymergy recently and remember reading this.)
When peoples say "posted" are they talking about on the beer competition website? I don't recall last year knowing anything about my results until the unofficial results started circulation HBT. Just want to know if I need to keep an eye out on the website. Pennsylvania judging is this weekend.
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