A Group Win at My First Brew Competition

[nzeman20]

I entered my first homebrew competition in Aurora, CO last week and my Imperial IPA placed 3rd place out of 27 different entries in the IPA category with a score of 36. The feedback I received from the BJCP judges was very helpful and I am excited to tweak this beer for the next batch. I know it is not about the medal and rather about fine tuning my recipe and process, but I'm not gonna lie...it felt really good.

I post this not to brag (because I know how subjective scoring can be), but really to say thank you to everyone on this site who I stole ideas and advice from. I have only been brewing for a little over a year but as soon as I found this site, I knew I was home. I have poured over too many threads to count and learned more on here than any book I have read about brewing.

So cheers, homebrewtalk, on a group win this past weekend.

 

[jskennedy1979]

Congrats!

I've been brewing since the beginning of the year and echo you on the knowledge that can be obtained from this site. Reading this forum over the last three months has given me many "Aha" moments and a few "I am doing everything wrong and need to re-think my whole process". Fine tuning. Cheers!