Best-of-Show judging might just kill you!

[eulipion2]

My local homebrew club, The Greater Huntington Homebrewers Association, had our annual competition, the Mountain Brewer Open. I judged Belgian Strong Ales and Vegetable, Herb, Spice, and Smoked beers. No problem, as lunch was served in between. Then came Best-of-Show. They needed a BJCP judge who hadn't entered anything, and I just happened to be there.

Nineteen beers. Nineteen. 1-9. Our final four were an English Old Ale, a Saison, a German Alt (my #1 choice), and an RIS. It was a good experience, and I need the points for my rank, but daggone, that's a lot of beer!

 

[Warped04]

Life is tough...sometimes you just have to man up and be that man who is forced to drink all of that beer

 

[eulipion2]

It's a tough job, but somebody had to do it.

 

[TwoHeadsBrewing]

Man...sounds like I need to get a BJCP certification! Sign me up!

 

[Jonnio]

hehe, reminds me of a buddy at the Great American Beer Fest. He had a tiny sip of each that he tried, to keep from getting drunk...80 or 100 tastes later (a very small percentage of the festival) he had to call his wife to come get him.

 

[ohiobrewtus]

It's a tough job, but somebody had to do it.

You stole my line!

I hope to be in that same position some day.

 

[fat x nub]

so which one won?

 

[eulipion2]

so which one won?

Our final four were an English Old Ale, a Saison, a German Alt (my #1 choice), and an RIS.

That's the order, 1, 2, 3, and honorable mention. I thought the Saison was good, but we had initially kicked it out of the running. The Alt was superb! I'd say my least favorite was the Old Ale that ended up winning. So it goes.

 

[eulipion2]

Basically, if I could agree with one judge on a particular beer, the other two would oppose us. I think that's how the Saison got brought back, and how the wonderful RIS didn't get at least 3rd. But they're higher ranked than me, so I must defer to those more knowledgeable than myself.

 

[Warped04]

Sounds fun to say the least.