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The beer was rated by three judges -- two Certified and one National rank. That's a nice collection of experienced judges! With a lot of competitions you'll get a mix of experienced and inexperienced judges, but MCAB makes a point …
February 14, 2012 | Posted in Competition
After a short delay I got my results back from my favorite homebrew competition, the Upper Mississippi Mashout. Last year I won a gold medal, this year none of my beers placed. What did the judges have to say? Beers …
February 9, 2012 | Posted in Competition
I was wondering when I'd get my score sheet back from this year's MCAB, so I checked the site: Medals will be custom-engraved, shirts will be custom-sized/logo'd and special awards will will be custom-etched; therefore, awards for all medalists will …
January 29, 2012 | Posted in Competition
I have beers in two big competitions this weekend. First, thanks to my gold medal in the 2011 Mashout, I got to enter a beer in this year's MCAB, which is being held in San Diego. And speaking of Mashout, …
January 29, 2012 | Posted in Competition
As mentioned earlier (here, here, etc.) I've been working on improving my Southern English Brown for the upcoming MCAB competition. After all the test batches, I brewed the competition batch in the middle of September. As a test of the …
November 18, 2011 | Posted in Competition, Tasting
The competition is January 28th and my beer needs to be there by January 18th. It's not the date I was hoping for, since it means I have to brew a competition-ready beer in the next four weeks, but there's nothing …
September 16, 2011 | Posted in Competition
On a whim I decided to enter my Belgian Blonde, Mieke Michu in the Minnesota State Fair Home Brew competition. Little did I know that this little state fair competition would get almost 650 entries! This probably puts it in the …
August 31, 2011 | Posted in Competition
Back in May, I entered Mr. Flexo in a new home brew competition (a competition in which I also judged). I did not enter the beer with high expectations. The competition only allowed American beer styles, and while Mr. Flexo …
June 15, 2011 | Posted in Competition
When I won first place with my Brown South, I qualified to enter the Masters Championship of Amateur Brewing. The competition isn't until next winter or spring (the exact date won't be set for a while), but I'm starting to …
May 29, 2011 | Posted in Competition
Last weekend I had my first homebrew judging experience! The competition, new this year, focused on getting new judges and pairing them with experienced judges, introducing them to the judging side of the hobby. Some folks there, like myself, have …
May 17, 2011 | Posted in Competition