I'm in for 2. Not sure what yet, almost certainly an IPA and something different.
LAB Open 2023
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Places are certainly going fast 66/300 in the first 50 mins.
Yes. Please enter, it's a great way to get feedback from people that are trained and qualified beer judges (or we've assessed as having an equivalent level of sensory feedback ability), and you might even win something!
Just as a heads up for everyone, entering will get you:
Two feedback sheets (per beer) that will usually be from a trained and qualified beer judge, or from someone with professional experience that we have checked can provide an equivalent level of feedback quality. I'm handling the scoresheet scanning and will usually get it out the day after results are announced.
You also entry to the festival on the afternoon of Sunday 14th May, with a souvenir tasting glass (we try and have enough for everyone, but it's first come first served), where every single entered beer will be available to taste, and finishes up with the winners announcements and prize giving. It's the biggest home brew tasting you can go to in the UK and a real party atmosphere. Really highly recommended.
Enter here: LAB Open 2023
As an aside, if you're interested in how a competition runs, we also need non-judges to help across Friday/Saturday/Sunday. You don't need any experience, and it's whatever time you can spare. You'll be helping take entries to the judges. It's an invaluable chance to try some of the entries alongside the judges and hear how their feedback relates to what you're tasting. If this sounds good, please register on the website as a Steward (Register as a Steward).
Two feedback sheets (per beer) that will usually be from a trained and qualified beer judge, or from someone with professional experience that we have checked can provide an equivalent level of feedback quality. I'm handling the scoresheet scanning and will usually get it out the day after results are announced.
You also entry to the festival on the afternoon of Sunday 14th May, with a souvenir tasting glass (we try and have enough for everyone, but it's first come first served), where every single entered beer will be available to taste, and finishes up with the winners announcements and prize giving. It's the biggest home brew tasting you can go to in the UK and a real party atmosphere. Really highly recommended.
Enter here: LAB Open 2023
As an aside, if you're interested in how a competition runs, we also need non-judges to help across Friday/Saturday/Sunday. You don't need any experience, and it's whatever time you can spare. You'll be helping take entries to the judges. It's an invaluable chance to try some of the entries alongside the judges and hear how their feedback relates to what you're tasting. If this sounds good, please register on the website as a Steward (Register as a Steward).
One more post to bring this to the top of the list in case anyone missed it last night.
210 of the available 300 entries have gone in the first 24 hours. If you’ve been thinking about taking part, give it a go, you’ll be hooked!
Don’t leave it too long. Tick. Tick.
210 of the available 300 entries have gone in the first 24 hours. If you’ve been thinking about taking part, give it a go, you’ll be hooked!
Don’t leave it too long. Tick. Tick.
Heads up!
Looks like LAB will be making more entries available from Wednesday this week and will then allow 3 entries per person from next weekend if all the places have not been taken up.
This will actually be on Friday 24th at about 5pm.
Looks like LAB will be making more entries available from Wednesday this week and will then allow 3 entries per person from next weekend if all the places have not been taken up.
This will actually be on Friday 24th at about 5pm.
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Another 50 entries have just been added this evening.
45 spaces currently available.
45 spaces currently available.
I've added another beer and paid up 
So looking forward to a score - any score, not bothered what!
20 spaces left as of right now.
So looking forward to a score - any score, not bothered what!
20 spaces left as of right now.
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I’d sworn off comps for a while, then I went and entered Brew Like A Monk. Damn you all, my spider senses are tingling again….
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Has anyone else been able to add a third beer? There are still places showing as being available but I’m still limited to two entries when I log in.
I had it in my calendar to send my entries to this on Friday 5th May but looking at the comp website now it seems they were accepting only to 28th April! Have I missed this?
No you haven't. They said they were altering the website for a different reason as it's now locked, can't remember what, but the deadline is still the same.
Edit: - just checked, it's due to a quirk in the software that they had to change the dates on website, but they stated in the email they sent to ignore it.
Regarding shipping, this is what was in the last e-mail I received:
Ah, thank you both. Yes, I remember now. Thought I was going to have to drink them myself 
Hopefully folks are getting their beers delivered okay. Mine left the Highlands on Friday next day delivery, but didn't get there until today. Think all the weekend things and bank holiday held them up. At least they were delivered upright this time!
I decided at the very last minute to enter one, this will be my first time entering so I’ll be interested to see the feedback.
Sent 2nd class Friday and they too have arrived today.
Sent 2nd class Friday and they too have arrived today.
Just posted my beers. I wouldn’t normally leave it so late but the posting window coincided with a busy few days. Hopefully they will be there tomorrow. 
Mine are due to arrive today - have been nervously watching the tracking having also left it fairly late to post (yesterday), partly due to a busy few days and partly to help ensure the beers are as fresh as possible! Didn't have @Hazelwood Brewery's bravery to leave it until today though!
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