September Competition - American Pales

[Hazelwood Brewery]

We decided not to film it after all, and it’s a good job because with the conversation flowing it took us 4 hours to get through all the judging. We had a few disagreements, but we averaged the scores and the top 3 are as follows:

3. @Buffers brewery NEIPA




2. @Hazelwood Brewery Pilgrim APA



And the winner is…





@Mash Monster Verdant IPA!!!


Well done to all the contestants! The standard was very high, and we didn’t all agree on our top 3. I’ll get all the feedback out next week once I’ve sobered up and had a good look.

Thanks very much Mick and congratulations to @Mash Monster for brewing the winning beer.

 

[Buffers brewery]

Beginner's luck or what!? Thanks @MickDundee and team for the judging. Congratulations @Mash Monster on producing a winning beer!

 

[Mash Monster]

Well I’m absolutely flabbergasted!! I will get round to posting the recipe which is an adaptation of David Heath’s Verdant IPA. Congrats to @Buffers brewery and @Hazelwood Brewery and of course many thanks to @MickDundee and co. for their time and effort

 

[phildo79]

Congrats to the winner and thanks to Mick for judging.

 

[NormanHurst]

Congratulations to the medalists @Buffers brewery @Hazelwood Brewery and @Mash Monster

Thanks @MickDundee for taking on the judging too. Hope the heads alright!

 

[MickDundee]

Congratulations to the medalists @Buffers brewery @Hazelwood Brewery and @Mash Monster

Thanks @MickDundee for taking on the judging too. Hope the heads alright!

Head’s fine. However my mates didn’t leave until 3:30am and the kids were up at 7:15!

 

[Stu's Brews]

Head’s fine. However my mates didn’t leave until 3:30am and the kids were up at 7:15!

That would be enough for me to call today a write off! Thanks @MickDundee for organising and judging.

Congratulations to @Buffers brewery @Hazelwood Brewery and @Mash Monster

 

[Benfleet Brewery]

Congratulations to @Buffers brewery @Hazelwood Brewery and @Mash Monster

Well done with the judging @MickDundee and mates.

 

[samale]

Well done everyone who entered

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

Just catching up with the thread - congrats to all who entered… is there a breakdown as to how the scoring was done?

 

[Rodcx500z]

I think the time is coming were i need to stick my head on the line and enter one of these

 

[samale]

I think the time is coming were i need to stick my head on the line and enter one of these

Rod you should try swapping with other forum members. It's a great way for gauging your own beer.
Even better since your a Liverpool fan drop me a message and I will send you a beer over to try

 

[Benfleet Brewery]

Rod you should try swapping with other forum members. It's a great way for gauging your own beer.
Even better since your a Liverpool fan drop me a message and I will send you a beer over to try

Yes, regardless, I’d drop in too

 

[Mash Monster]

Just catching up with the thread - congrats to all who entered… is there a breakdown as to how the scoring was done?

Any update on the score breakdown?

 

[MickDundee]

Sorry everyone - I had 2 super busy weeks at work, one weekend with a Halloween party and IKEA furniture, and then last weekend COVID hit my household (not related to the Halloween party BTW, daughter picked it up at school and passed it around the family).

I’ll get the scores/feedback out in the next week, hopefully over the weekend.