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Well, results have come in for my last 2 competitions. Seems that one thought my meads were great (it was a mead-only event and I garnered a 2nd & 3rd) whereas the other seems to be mostly locals again. I appreciate everyone's feedback but I think I'm going to limit myself to mead-only or maybe...

I did a 1/2 puree of pineapple and mango for a mead 4 months ago. The only problem I ran into is that the fruit added a great deal more fermentable sugars. My airlock was a "rolling boil" for 7 days straight. I filtered into secondary and it resembled orange juice. After 2 months in secondary...

Thanks for the help on this everyone. I can understand the "impartial" air that should be on each entry but looking at most of the competitions are the country, it seems that the majority of the medals go local, not all but the majority. It does make sense that freshness would play a factor...

Thanks for the reply. I too was a little surprised with the fill level feedback since the carbonation was sufficient for the beverage. I bottle condition but the carbonation has never been a problem for me except when I first started with the Brooklyn Beer Shop kits. They either never carbonated...

I've got a question for this section; I have entered 2 competitions so far and both seemed to offer very petty advice on the judging. Is this common? One judge remarked that my fluid " was 1 inch from the top, should be more". I've also noted in both competitions that the sponsoring club seems...