ghpeel
Well-Known Member
So the first beer I've made that didn't suck enough for me to be proud of just got its scores back from the Tampa Suncoast Animal League Homebrew Comp. with scores of 41, 42 & 27 (for an English IPA 14-A). I'm a proud papa for sure!
This site has been nothing but awesome and I've gotten a ton of advice and such here. I prob wouldn't even have beer good enough to give to my friends without this place.
The one judge that gave me a 27 said my beer had some "abstringency" (sp), which annoys me because the other two judges said nothing about that and said the beer was "well balanced and well crafted".
This is my first competition, and I was wondering if this kind of variation in scores for the same beer is normal?
My biggest gripe about this is that the 2 judges that gave me the 41 & 42 had listed their Judge BJCP ID numbers on my score sheet, while the guy that gave me the 27 was just listed as a "professional brewer" without a Judge BJCP ID. OK maybe that's just sour grapes from me, but I certainly would be happier if all 3 scores were similar.
This site has been nothing but awesome and I've gotten a ton of advice and such here. I prob wouldn't even have beer good enough to give to my friends without this place.
The one judge that gave me a 27 said my beer had some "abstringency" (sp), which annoys me because the other two judges said nothing about that and said the beer was "well balanced and well crafted".
This is my first competition, and I was wondering if this kind of variation in scores for the same beer is normal?
My biggest gripe about this is that the 2 judges that gave me the 41 & 42 had listed their Judge BJCP ID numbers on my score sheet, while the guy that gave me the 27 was just listed as a "professional brewer" without a Judge BJCP ID. OK maybe that's just sour grapes from me, but I certainly would be happier if all 3 scores were similar.