Another podium spot!

[FedoraDave]

I entered two beers in a competition held this weekend, Das Boot, sponsored by NJHopz.

I haven't been emailed the scoresheets yet (there were nearly 300 entries, so I imagine that's going to take some time).

The South Ferry Steam Beer didn't make the top 3, but my Old Smokey Amber Ale took 3rd Place in the Smoked category!

I was really pleased with this beer, and had a good feeling about it. I'm glad the judges felt the same.

I'll update again when I get the scoresheets.

[LouieMacGoo]

Congrats Dave! Showing once again that BeerBorg brewers are top notch!

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[bpgreen]

Congratulations!

[Banjo-guy]

That’s great!

[MrBandGuy]

Awesome job!


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[BlackDuck]

Nice job. It’s a great feeling to grab a ribbon.


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[berryman]

Great Job Dave...
Congratulations

[Beer-lord]

Congrats Dave and well deserved!

[Inkleg]

That's awesome Dave! Congratulations!!

[Dawg LB Steve]

Congrats!

[FedoraDave]

Thanks, everyone. Still waiting for the email with my scoresheets on this and the South Ferry Steam Beer.

As an interesting side note, here are some of my thoughts and observations:

1) There were 17 entries in this category, so placing in the top 3 is pretty darn good.

2) The gold and silver entries were not smoked ambers, so mine was the best smoked amber (okay, I don't know how many ambers were entered, so this may be kind of like being the tallest person in a roomful of midgets, but I'm just saying).

3) The gold was a Lichtenhainer, which is a smoked sour German style. Controlled infections ain't easy, and if this guy managed to clear both that hurdle and the hurdle of getting the smoke right, he deserves first place.

4) Second place was a wood-aged beer; also a rather tougher discipline than coming up with a nice recipe for an amber ale and smoking the grains in my smoker before I brewed it.

5) There was an Honorable Mention for a smoked porter, which intrigues me. Not every category had an HM. So I'm creating a story that we both scored the same, but they gave me the ribbon because Old Smokey Amber Ale is a better beer name than just Smoked Porter. Let's use our imaginations, people!

6) I must have an affinity or talent or something for ambers. My other ribbon was for Amber's Amber Lager, and my highest known competition score (albeit sans ribbon) was for my Copperbottom Lager, also an amber. This is a problem we should all have, though.

[Dawg LB Steve]

FWIW, Honorable Mention means that there were more than 3 considered for the medal aka mini bos for the category, it was the last eliminated before getting to the medal beers. It also very well could be that the Gold medal beer actually scored lower than Silver, Bronze and HM too, since the medal is not awarded for score. Just worked my 4th comp Saturday for our Clubs AHA Comp, King of The Mountain.

[ScrewyBrewer]

Great job Dave happy to hear your beer placed!

[FedoraDave]

FWIW, Honorable Mention means that there were more than 3 considered for the medal aka mini bos for the category, it was the last eliminated before getting to the medal beers. It also very well could be that the Gold medal beer actually scored lower than Silver, Bronze and HM too, since the medal is not awarded for score. Just worked my 4th comp Saturday for our Clubs AHA Comp, King of The Mountain.

Nah, it's because mine had a better name.

(C'mon, throw me a bone here)

[FedoraDave]

Great job Dave happy to hear your beer placed!

Thanks, Vince. Actually, it showed, to use horse racing parlance. Did any of your cohorts from your home brewing club enter?