re: Louisiana Homebrew Club Competition (Judging/Results: March 8th)

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I ask because friends want to come to the judging with me, but if there is nothing going on but judging, i may just tell them not to worry about it.

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If you come to the judging we can pair you up with some experienced BJCP judges and you can see how everything works.

Only thing we ask is that you check with the organizers so we don't pair you with people judging a category you've entered.

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If you want to bring along some homebrew for people at the awards ceremony to sample I don't think that will be a problem.

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So this isn't turning into a giant FBD bottle share?

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The judging itself is pretty boring if you aren't involved. You typically try to keep the room as quiet as possible to allow the judges to think, fill out the score sheets, and discuss/compare the beers.

There will be an awards ceremony that evening after the judging, we are going to try and start the at around 5:30.

Some of the craft brewers that Mockler distributes have donated kegs and we will have jambalaya and white beans available.

If you want to bring along some homebrew for people at the awards ceremony to sample I don't think that will be a problem.

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Question: When do you find out how you did? At the awards ceremony?

Saturday is going to be busy for me. Got a cancer walk in the morning and using the only good day of sun to build my deck. I would like to be there, but i have so much other shite happening, and if i'm not involved with the judging, it sounds kind of boring, honestly. Or is there events going on during the judging? Such as beer tastings, etc...

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When do you find out how you did? At the awards ceremony?

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The winners should be posted on the website a few hours after the awards ceremony.

I will also post the winners here and maybe have one of our guys live tweet the results as they are announced.

Score sheets will be sent out some time next week.

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it sounds kind of boring, honestly. Or is there events going on during the judging? Such as beer tastings, etc...

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I don't blame you at all, if you're not involved with the judging it's definitely boring.

Some of Mockler's brands have donated kegs of commercial beers for the awards ceremony. I honestly don't know which beers at this point, but there will be food and beer available after the judging is complete.

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I know of one TDer medal. Any others?

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I saw two on the list.

Congrats guys!

Thanks to everyone who entered and supported the competition. Hope everyone who attended yesterday/ last night had a good time.

We will get the score sheets mailed to everyone this week.

If you would like to get them sooner shoot me an email, jason @ redstickbrewmaster.com, and I can make them available for pickup at LA Homebrew.

Category 4: Dark Lagers
Gold - Alex Daigrepont - American Dark Lager

Category 10: American Ale
Gold - Keith Primeaux - American Pale Ale
Silver - Wes Hedges - American Amber Ale
Bronze - Bruce Baker - American Pale Ale

Category 11: English Brown Ale
Gold - Alex Daigrepont - English Mild
Silver - Tre' Haydel - Northern English Brown
Bronze - Cass Mabou - Southern English Brown

Category 13: Stout
Gold - Wayne Odom - Milk Stout
Silver - James Cox - Imperial Stout
Bronze - Bob Purcell - Bison Blues

Category 14: India Pale Ale
Gold - Cass Mabou - American IPA
Silver - James Cox - American IPA
Bronze - David Komendanchik/Ashlyn Harmon - American IPA

Category 18: Belgian Strong Ale
Gold - Jason Lawler - Belgian Dubbel
Silver - Bruce Cornell - Belgian Blonde
Bronze - Brandon Thomsen - Belgian Dark Strong

Best of Show
Wayne Odom - Milk Stout

Very cool! Congrats to my FBD brethren on the list.



If there was a coolest name award, Cass Mabou would win Gold, Silver and Bronze.

Tell them to hit me up at my TD username at gmail.com. We are still in the infancy. Planned meeting times are first Tuesday at 12 Mile Limit at 7 or so. Tell them to email me as that's subject to change at this point. Preliminary club name is Swamp Rat. We have already had a good bit of people express interest. There is a need for a younger club within the city.

Yep, stupid phone typo...
Jason at Redstickbrewmasters dot Com