Right you are Joe Sr. (as Janis just pointed out). I will assume people had things like life get in the way and couldn’t send their entries. When all is said and done, I wonder how many entries under the cap from all the regions.
I’ve seen too many posts on forums saying “I got 4 entries in the NHC, now I just have to brew something to send”. I asked for the max of 6 entries because I had 6 entries ready to go. When I got 4, two had to be eliminated. I just hope this is not the case where people paid for 4 entries and had no idea what they were sending.
I know one club member who waited too long - basically until he learned he had entry spots - before brewing. He sent some, but not all of his paid entries as at least one wasn’t ready in time. His own fault, and hopefully next year people will be more prepared. I suspect 1) knowing that if you volunteered you’ve got guaranteed spots, and 2) knowing the limit won’t be very high - will both help.
The system isn’t what I’d prefer, but since we’ve been told it’s what the majority indicated they wanted on the survey, who am I to argue.
To be clear about this, even when the entry limit was 750 and all 11 competitions had that number registered last year (8,250), we ended up well below that number at 7,757. That is 493 under the registered maximum, or almost 45 entries missing per competition.
This year we allowed 775 entries as the limit during the registration, because historically that means we’ll end up with closer to 750. There were 4 competitions that based on the preferred judging site were well under the 750 limit let alone the 775 limit. These competitions were “filled up” by assigning the 124 entrants left out of the 2 rounds of the lottery. Realistically about 40 to 50% of those people will accept our offer and ship to those competitions. So even though Kansas City (or Seattle, or Austin, or Saint Paul) looked like they had way more entries, the odds are that those will have well under 750 entries submitted.
These unrealized entries are opportunities that have been lost. Hopefully we’ll get better at this next year.
Based on how the question was worded I’m assuming that you got your score sheets back and that you see the Mini-BoS check box filled in. Large categories are judged by multiple sets of judges. When all of the entries in the category have been judged the best scoring entries from each set of judges (usually 2 per a set of judges) moves on to the Mini-BoS. From the entries that move on to the Mini-BoS the eventual first, second, and third place winners are chosen.
So if you cover sheet had the Mini-BoS box checked but no place was awarded that means your entry was one of the finalists for the category but it didn’t finish first, second, or third.
Finally got my score sheets from Austin. I’m disappointed. Of the two beers I entered, neither was judged by bjcp judges, or they didn’t list their bjcp number. Got dinged on carbonation level on my standard saison, could of been a bad seal since the one I just poured is plenty carbonated. Barely any comments to communicate why the beers were scored the way they were. One beer was 31 and the other was 28. The 28 the scores are identical on the two sheets. Next year I’m shipping my beers to Amanda in KC.
Sucks about your beers. Getting good feedback at least feels constructive, not getting it not as constructive. I’ve been there. BTW, I’d pick the bear too - he looks like he’s ready to go.
Let me clarify one thing. I am disappointed with the quality of the score sheets I received, and not with nhc or the site organizers. The pace of the hobby is outpacing incoming judges, which is bad for news for those that enter comps for feedback, any feedback. I feel at $14 a pop, comments detailing how the judge came to their score is expected.
Some of my score sheets are going to suck. I was new, and rushed at times, but it did improve. Luckily I was always with a good judge so at least one sheet will be ok. Maybe… I agree there is a judge shortage, or too many entries. Not sure maybe both.
Could someone please explain how early results were posted on the www.homebrewcompetition website? Furthermore, what could possibly change between the day of scoring and “sanctioning” of the results?
Unfortunately, I (unofficially) showed up on a list as placing in KC, only to find out the sanctioned list did not include my entry. The list certainly seemed legit, including name, club and entry category. I am feeling doubly unlucky this year after two beers in the 40’s failed to advance, followed by the “sanctioning” snafu.
