Favorite Looking Homebrew Competition Medals

[J-Drew]

Without regard to prestige or difficulty to win, what is (are) your favorite looking medal(s) awarded by an AHA sanctioned Homebrew Competition? Any pictures would also be helpful. Thanks.

 

[microbusbrewery]

Gold ones

 

[Natdavis777]

Wouldnt know...Never earned one. Came close though...

 

[J-Drew]

I was wondering if anyone else had any favorites. I like the look of the Upper Minnesota Mashout (formerly Upper Mississippi Mashout) medals I've seen online and I saw a medal from the CASK Beer Blitz that I like a lot better than the standard ones that come from the American Homebrewers Association. Although, those gold ones do look pretty good...

 

[brettg20]

MCAB gold medal is pretty nice looking, and big

 

[aryoung1980]

MCAB gold medal is pretty nice looking, and big

I'm ashamed to say that I didn't give myself enough time to brew my qualifying beer for the MCAB. Maybe I'll get a chance to win one next year.

The Midwinter Brewfest in Milwaukee is a pretty cool medal. It felt good winning a gold and a bronze last year. Went 0 for 2 this year.

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[brettg20]

Solid looking medal. You should have brewed it to win one of these View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1425780738.063711.jpg

 

[Braufessor]

MCAB have really nice medals.

Drunk Monk ones are great.

upper minnesota mashout ones were very cool this year.

Midwinter are cool. KCBM too.

There are many others too.

I would love to find out if the NHC ones are better than all of them though.....

 

[J-Drew]

I definitely like the looks of those. Thanks for sharing.

 

[J-Drew]

It's a new weekend. Is there anyone new out there with any additional favorites?

 

[mwilcox]

NHC isn't really any nicer, but I admit I do separate them from the others.

as for favorites - Hoppy Halloween, easily.
I mean, if someone is going to hang a medal on your neck, shouldn't it have glow-in-the dark skulls on it? Yeah, I think so too.
probably my favorite swag too, now that I think about it.

 

[J-Drew]

Those glow in the dark skulls are definitely a nice touch. Kudos to the people who came up with that idea.

 

[msbrewblog]

Bluebonnet Brew Off in Dallas is a favorite of mine

 

[msbrewblog]

This one from Jackson MS comp. Custom-made glass.

 

[msbrewblog]

Chattanooga TN comp.

 

[msbrewblog]

Arkansas comp.

 

[msbrewblog]

And from a favorite competition in Memphis, new custom medals each year.

 

[J-Drew]

Thank you for sharing all of those msbrewblog. You've got some great looking medals.

 

[TobyG]

My favorite two awards actually aren't medals. One is the glass trophy I got for 2nd runner up BOS at Humpback Homebrew last summer and the other is a liter mug I got from Dixie Cup in 1995.

 

[roxbob]

The New England Regional has cool wood ones, custom engraved for each category and place. The comp has great prizes, too.

 

[J-Drew]

Summer has pretty much come and gone. Did the new season bring anyone any medals you especially like the looks of?

 

[roxbob]

Got a nice one from the Great Lakes International Cider and Perry Competition. Also picked up a couple from MCAB, which as noted earlier are really nice.

 

[brick_haus]

My favorite is any one that I win, even if it's not a medal.

 

[J-Drew]

I like that, brick haus. Did you put that together yourself or was it presented to you that way?

 

[brick_haus]

I like that, brick haus. Did you put that together yourself or was it presented to you that way?

That's how it was presented. I like it too. Thanks.

 

[Qhrumphf]

I tend to get ribbons more than medals. My favorite ones are the ones that say "first" on them, with the gold or the blue

 

[brick_haus]

Oh, and at Ventura County Fair, "Judges Choice" is "best of show" so I'm pretty stoked about his one!

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

This would have been a LOT cooler if it were more than six entrants in the competition!

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[J-Drew]

Has anyone gotten any new favorites lately? I know that this year's Hoppy Halloween medals are out (not that I would have any pictures to post)...

 

[msbrewblog]

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