2016 AHA Homebrew Competition

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That is freaking awesome.
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Sweet!

Congrats again!

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Nice, Chris. Display that proudly and here's a toast to you missing your numbers every time!

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Outstanding! Congrats! Best of luck in the finals!
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AWESOME!!!!!!!!!! Congratulations and good luck in the finials.
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NICE!!!! Good luck the rest of the way thru!!!
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Very impressive score!! I hope you go on to place even higher in the finals!
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Just watched the live stream of the awards ceremony. I didn't medal. No biggie. I still consider making to the final round a huge success. I rebrewed the recipe and kegged it today. I'm going to send it off the Ohio Brew Week competition in July.


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You are correct, making it to the final round is a huge success.
Good luck in the next competition.
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You achieved greatness just making it as far as you did.
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Damn, congrats!

Just advancing from the first round is fantastic, and a score of 43.5 is also incredible!

I just wanna know how good the beers that beat you were! :wow:
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Jon wrote:Damn, congrats!

Just advancing from the first round is fantastic, and a score of 43.5 is also incredible!

I just wanna know how good the beers that beat you were! :wow:
You ain't kidding!!
Awesome to get to the finals in the first place. I'm sure there were probably 25-30 in your category for the first round!
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EDIT::: 46 entries in Nashville for the first round and come out of there in second is AWESOME!!! Your entry was one of 36 to get to the final round out of 456 for IPA's.
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Currently brewing:

Next Up?
Kolsch?
Ginger Beer?
Traveling Red?
Yazoo Gerst Clone?
Peanut Butter Porter?

Currently Conditioning:
Cherry Mead
California Moscato

Currently enjoying:
Hardly Apple Cider on tap
Hardly Cherry Lime-Aid on tap
Oktoberfestive-Ale on tap
PGA Cider (Pear, Ginger, Apple) on tap 3rd Founders Cup 2016 King Of The Mountain on tap
Bottoms Up Brown on tap GOLD 2016 Ohio Brew Week Silver 2016 Ohio State Fair Silver 2016 Son of Brewzilla, Silver 2015 Son of Brewzilla, Bronze 2015 King Of The Mountain on tap
NITWIT BELGIAN STRONG ALE Banjo-Dawg RCE bottled
DAWG LB PALE ALE bottled
CITRA SLAPPED AMBER ALE bottle
MO FREEDOM SMaSH bottle
HOP TO IT IMPERIAL IPA bottle

Medal Count
Gold 3
Silver 5
Bronze 5
Actively brewing since December 2013
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BlackDuck wrote:Just watched the live stream of the awards ceremony. I didn't medal. No biggie. I still consider making to the final round a huge success. I rebrewed the recipe and kegged it today. I'm going to send it off the Ohio Brew Week competition in July.


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Big Congrats anyway!

Did the same then when I entered a few years ago...

Placed third in the first round and no joy in the final...

I rebrewed for the second round and in retrospect, I agreed with the judges that my second batch was not worthy...

I should have stayed with my original batch for round two even though it would have had some more age on it.

Did you rebrew for round two or go with the original batch?

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I sent the original to the finals. I just kegged the second batch so we'll see in a week how the rebrew turned out.


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