NHC 2016 Final Round scores

[hopfenundmalz]

I’m on a run of good scores not advancing lately. Best this year was a 41 on my cider, didn’t advance. Hoping to break the streak next year.

Hey, last time I had one in the second round was Philly. Had a nice run, but the last 3 years makes me say “there are a lot of good Brewers out there”.

[jonhughey_att.net (HoosierBrew)]

@hopfenundmalz

but the last 3 years makes me say “there are a lot of good Brewers out there”.

Absolutely. The talent pool is pretty deep.

[hopfenundmalz]

@hopfenundmalz

but the last 3 years makes me say “there are a lot of good Brewers out there”.

Absolutely. The talent pool is pretty deep.

It is also getting deeper. It was a long time before I saw familiar names.

[santoch]

@toby

@alestateyall

It must be fun to judge the NHC final round with all the great scores. Great job!

Yes, and no.  Mostly good to great beers, but there are some stinkers on occasion.  Guys next to us received a really problematic Black or Brown IPA.  The first bottle was awful, so they asked for a second bottle, and it was only bad.  They wound up giving it a 19 (which honestly is the same as a courtesy 13 in most competitions).  Much like any other competition, bad bottles show up (infection or similar problems), and other times, it’s a rushed rebrew that didn’t turn out the same.  This one had some manner of infection.  They poured the steward a big cup to ‘thank him’ for bringing it to them.

Totally agree with Toby’s comments.  Some of the 2nd round beers are awesome.  Some of the styles that would benefit from rebrew are not, and the age shows, or, the rebrew is not as good as the one that got them there.

I was lucky enough to also judge 2nd round NHC BOS last year (San Diego).  Even then, we narrowed down to about the top 12 somewhat quickly.  After that, it got very difficult.
The Gueze that won that flight was simply phenomenal.

[udubdawg]

@santoch

@toby

@alestateyall

It must be fun to judge the NHC final round with all the great scores. Great job!

Yes, and no.  Mostly good to great beers, but there are some stinkers on occasion.  Guys next to us received a really problematic Black or Brown IPA.  The first bottle was awful, so they asked for a second bottle, and it was only bad.  They wound up giving it a 19 (which honestly is the same as a courtesy 13 in most competitions).  Much like any other competition, bad bottles show up (infection or similar problems), and other times, it’s a rushed rebrew that didn’t turn out the same.  This one had some manner of infection.  They poured the steward a big cup to ‘thank him’ for bringing it to them.

Totally agree with Toby’s comments.  Some of the 2nd round beers are awesome.  Some of the styles that would benefit from rebrew are not, and the age shows, or, the rebrew is not as good as the one that got them there.

I was lucky enough to also judge 2nd round NHC BOS last year (San Diego).  Even then, we narrowed down to about the top 12 somewhat quickly.  After that, it got very difficult.
The Gueze that won that flight was simply phenomenal.

Going through the 24 beers (2 didn’t send a 3rd bottle and weren’t represented) quickly is the only way the hefe managed to win.  We wanted to kick flawed beers as soon as they landed on the table but couldn’t hear over the stewards so we did have to let them finish.  After that though, 30 minutes.

[brewinhard]

It really only took 30 minutes or so to select the Best of Show at NHC?  That is some good judging!

[toby]

The judges that get selected for BOS at NHC have done it a time or three. 

[santoch]

Yeah, 30 mins was about what we took as well.  It really does move More quickly than you might expect.

[hopfenundmalz]

@santoch

Yeah, 30 mins was about what we took as well.  It really does move More quickly than you might expect.

I hear Cider BoS is really fast - two bottles.

[brewinhard]

@hopfenundmalz

@santoch

Yeah, 30 mins was about what we took as well.  It really does move More quickly than you might expect.

I hear Cider BoS is really fast - two bottles.

Probably took the longest.