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Exactly right. My 45 point Saison did not place in NHC 2013 but my 38 point light lager did...

Because they use judges who get a stipend, many are industry professionals, others are BLOWHARDS - esp. this one ****** calling himself The Beer Sommelier®. It's also an incredible amount of $$ to enter the competition, too. And it centers around the CBC - which was about $800 a pop...

And this from the Competition Director in Denver: "Five and six down, processing seventh database. Lots of interruptions today, though. I shall persevere...."

That's the way all of the Cover Sheets should be. The announcement of whether or not you moved on should be sanctioned first by the AHA and then posted on the website. Congratulations - BTW!!!

I think 4 of the 91 may have been English IPA -

Still being verified and sanctioned by the AHA. The score sheets go out when the comp is verified in Denver. It would stink to think you advanced only to have it snatched back because a mistake was made. :drunk:

As of late yesterday this update from the AHA Competition Director on sanctioning ALL regions: "Four down, six to go, one competition still judging this week."

Groupings - It depends on how many entries are in a category. Each beer is judged individually. Cat 14 would be all IPA's - English, American and II IPA. In my flight of 8 we had three English and 5 American. One of the English IPA's was pushed forward. AHA NHC Comp is unlike any comp I...

I posted earlier that we had 91 IPA's in the comp. We judged that cat 14 on Friday, 4/6. On 4/5 one cat I judged was 6. Light Hybrids. Sorry for the confusion. :drunk:

What they mark is a separate COVER SHEET - not the individual score sheets.

No one is supposed to write on your score sheet about advancing. I dunno, maybe SD did things differently but I would doubt it. Here's the break down. We did 30 beers in category 6. We had six judges - each in a pair judging 10 beers. Every beer that scored above 30 advanced. A different set...

I remember you! It was nice to meet you, too. I'm in Seattle today and going to the A's game tonight! We could always need more judges, stewards and volunteers. AGREED! :mug:

Seattle is in the process of having the database sanctioned by the AHA.

And this whole idea of rebrewing now - good god, the competition is in JUNE! Second round entries last year had to go out about 10 days before last year's NHC. So, I would surmise 2nd round entries not due until end of May. That's plenty of time for most beers. If you sent your last two pilsners...

Everyone try and exercise a little patience. There are a lot of entries in all of the regions. We had 91 IPA's in Sacramento. We judged them on 4/4. Please consider palette fatigue. It's a real factor when judging a comp of this magnitude. I've been judging since 2002. There are a gozillion...