Congrats to ALL the NHC winners, but especially Jeff Rankert, Chumley, and any other forum members. The entire list is at Winners - American Homebrewers Association . See ya next year in Seattle!
Yep, Josh is a monster. Mike Graham from CFHB got bronze in Cider. PM incoming.
Hmmm, I don’t think my Pilsner Urquell competition Boh Pils will win anything but…maybe if I promise Josh that I’ll take him to Prague if I win using his beer he’ll let me? ;D
No, he didn’t. Neither did some of the other usual suspects. Great beers though, the BOS rauch was made by a friend of mine, he gave me 2/3 of a bottle at the banquet that I shared with my group.
Paul, who won the Ninkasi, also won the Pro-Am competition on Pro Brewer night. Nice guy, I talked to him since he was the guide for our AleSmith/Pizza Port bus tour. He’s also a Maryland ex-pat living in SD.
Didn’t enter this year. Three’s enough, don’t you think? I’m still drinking the beer I made for last year’s NHC. Besides, this way I got to judge melomels, mead BOS and Beer BOS. Haven’t got to do those in years.
I was glad to see so many old friends and meet many more. Susan Rankert and I took turns pouring Old Cantankerous on Pro Brewer Night. Sierra Nevada rebrewed it on their bigger system. It’s not quite as good as the original, but close.
Congrats to all the winners. Been awhile since less than 12 points won the Ninkasi. It really was up for grabs.
Thanks, Denny and everyone else. I found out I won a gold for sour bug beer this morning, and think I startled my co-workers with the “Yee haw!” that came from my office. 8)