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I guess for most people it will be a combination of two things: - the beer didn't turn out as they wanted, so they chose not to send it in - a combination of life/family/health/work When NAB first started on comps, @JockyBrewer kindly met with us to help us think through some of the things...

Sorting...

Unpacking and sorting. All beers sorted. Checked twice! 126 beers from 145 entrants. Pretty good turnout. Thanks to all you lovely homebrewers. These Ales of Wonder....2 more sleeps (photos: before and after)

One of the These Ales of Wonder Homebrew Comp tasks I am enjoying is sourcing callibration beers. For some reason it isn't easy atm to buy goods directly from Eire, so I reached out to the Carlow Brewing Company they couldn't have been more helpful. Here are 3 bottles of their world class...

Hi Mashbag, they are an excellent business from a customer pov, and that seems to be the unanimous view of this thread. I certainly have no insight into their books, but as a customer I've always felt they could charge us brewers a little more.

I'd be very surprised if this excellent business was not taken over.

I only recently realised that couriers charge so much extra for Highlands and Islands. Do Scottish Craft Brewers ever run the tasting exam? If you ever fancy coming down to one of ours, my wife and I will happily host you - take a few days and explore. This year Vicky from Chile is staying...

All brewers have fridges, right? If you win at These Ales of Wonder, one of these lovely magnetic awards will help remind you of your awesomeness every time you walk by.

Hi Nick, I'm delighted that we are attracting judges from overseas. It's interesting that the female judges who judged at BLAM, and now for TAOW will be from overseas. I guess I'd like to see more women involved in UK homebrewing and in the BJCP. See you soon.. Martin

Things are starting to get real. A site visit Friday night to meet with the amazing Andy - owner of Ampersand Brewery. The Altbier on cask was staggeringly good. Today, starting to make up the staff badges for judges and stewards. These will be the rogues judging your beers! Can't wait!

Thank you for being part of our celebration of the beers of Britain and Ireland: These Ales of Wonder. What you need to know: - Entries will be locked on Friday 27th September at 6pm. Make sure you have the categories/names/special info correct before then. - Labels attached to the bottle, no...

Going downhill tasting English Barley Wines:

Might be worth starting a thread for love brewing? I'm not going as I need to work, but there will be a Norwich team down there putting on a homebrew bar.

As I write, Norwich Amateur Brewers are in the middle of a 'Adnams Homebrew Challenge', where we are brewing their 'Oyster Stout' recipe, using their yeast, for judging in September. Connor (their Technical Brewer), very kindly supplied fresh brewery yeast, advising to use it within two days as...

Hmm! They seemed to have shut it down again until the 1st AUgust. Dunno what's going on there!

Hi folks, Just seen this is accepting entrants now. https://competition.angliancraftbrewers.org.uk/ Cheers Martin (no personal links to this one, but plan to judge)

More drunken foolishness - These Ales of Wonder Beer Meditation: Wee Heavy.

A top day out. Everything now cleaned/dried/put away for our next event. Our hosts at The Mad Cat / The Fat Cat were absolute legends - really generous and helped us so much. Will post again once we've crunched the numbers + the winners of the pro-brewer challenge / general public challenge...

Pip, head brewer at ampersand, beer showcase. ( Pip learned his trade brewing for cask at thornbridge)

Homebrew won again!