This past weekend was the annual THIRSTY Homebrew Contest held at Millstream Brewery in Amana, Iowa. I entered three beers, Kickin' Back Koelsch, Bike Path Pale Ale, and Irish Dragoon Heavy Irish Red (entered as an English-style Barleywine, previously discussed on October 21). I picked up my judging sheets last night as much to my surprise, I actually placed......twice!
My third place ribbon was for my Bike Path Pale Ale with a 33.5/50 score. The judging sheets were very helpful and I am confident that I will be able to improve upon this beer and hopefully boost it to a second place or first place in the years to come.
My first place ribbon was for my Barleywine. As I had talked about a couple of weeks back, I was impressed at how well it aged. I entered it in the competition out of curiosity to see if it would do well. With a 40/50, I am very very pleased with this outcome and I will have to go into my notes to see if I can replicate this beer for next year.
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