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Our mini-bos was done immediately, so recapping wasn't really necessary. We all judged our 10 IPA's, let's say as an example, and put our top 3 on the table. Then we rated those in order for a winner and went on to the next style. There weren't any categories that carried over into a 2nd...

This is great advice for any specialty ingredient that isn't run of the mill. [Yates takes notes for future beer entires]

Granted, I wasn't there for day 1 [I wasn't allowed to blow off my niece's Confirmation for beer judging :(] but I was there for day 2. I know we opened all of our bottles at the table, as I said above, and nobody was recapping beers. I can say with 99.9% certainty that they weren't recapping...

No problem, this is where we learn, right?! :) Check this link here for a pdf of the score sheet. If you look under the special ingredients section, there is a section there on bottle inspection. Udpate: yeah, pretty much what remilard said. Really, *I* am just making sure I note if there...

The problem with doing too many beers/flights is that it isn't fair to the brewers. Your palate hits the wall at some point. This is simply an untrue statement. You honestly believe a beer lover, never mind a home brewer and competition organizer, would allow this to happen??? Every single...

I got called in from the bullpen to judge on this competition when our guys got overwhelmed. You would not believe the amount of work these two put in and the amazing number of entries. I know I'm a little biased, but cut the fellas some slack. We had 12 judges working on 4 tables for IPA's...

For a lot of these style questions, it's very hard for us to be able to help without tasting the beer. You should be able to help yourself out by just going to the bjcp site and checking your beer against the styles you are thinking about entering under. I always tell people to enter under the...

It isn't bad, but it isn't the best upstate NY has to offer either. I'm a very big fan of the stuff Ommegang puts out. They are consistently above average [at worst] to very good. Their Three Philosophers is actually one of my favorite beers [sort of a 1/2 belgian ale 1/2 cherry lambic...

OMG - I almost can't listen to Sterling and Waldman. I have to be in a pretty bad situation in order to resort to listening to Yankee games on the radio! I'd like to tell you that I'm an avid reader with a vast vocabulary and that I chose "plethora" based on an in-depth examination of my...

Hello beer fans! I live in beautiful Upstate NY which means I get to enjoy a plethora of locally brewed swill from places like Ommegang, Saratoga Brewing Company, Matt's Brewing [Saranac], Cooperstown Brewing, etc. As a spoiled beer drinker, I decided it was high time I learned a thing or two...