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NHC final round

Unfortunately none of us placed. Still, it was an honor to be able to compete in the final round. I'm looking foward to seeing my scoresheets so I can try to place next year.

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Permalink Reply by Jeff Louella on June 21, 2009 at 12:37pm: It's tough to get to the final round and almost impossible to win/show/place in the finals.

Jamil Z entered something like 74 beers and metaled with 5.
Gordon Strong entered 50 and metaled with 7 and won Ninkasi.

That's how hard it is to win.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Dave Covey on July 17, 2009 at 11:35am: Just got my scoresheets in the mail. I got a 34.5 for the braggot. Hopefully Dan and Bob should have their scoresheets soon as well.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Dan Noon on July 27, 2009 at 3:12pm: I got a 31 (30 + 32). I want to bring the new score sheet format tomorrow. It forces the judge to pick adjectives to describe the beers from a checklist. I expected to have a national judge or higher seeing that it is the "big show", but got a pair of certified judges. I had four sheets from previous competitions that say "too much roast", but these did not check off "roast" on my sheets.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Dave Covey on July 28, 2009 at 1:23pm: I had one grandmaster judge and one recognized judge. So I guess they split the difference in my case.; ▶ Reply to This