Maybe a couple extra in case something happens and you get an email 2 days before the comp saying your bottle broke “in transit” >:(
heh yeah might not be a bad idea if you’re shipping them… I’ll be hand delivering mine 
Well things can happen once they get there. Just sayin’ 
That is true, as the bottles are usually stored in a working brewery cold room, that can be crowded before you put an extra 1500 bottles in there. One guy in our club had to send some in 2 years back due to an accident at the brewery.
Have a few extra, so that you can drink after first round when you get your scoresheet, and one for after second round if it advances.
Thanks all. I’ll bottle up 6 or 7 of everything, I think
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All extras could also be sent to me… so maybe go ahead and do 9 of each.
It’s always a good idea to reserve a bottle to taste as you read your comments after the comp.
how’s the interest level been the rest of the week? I assume we’ve blasted through previous records for most entrants?
Hi Michael,
The response has been fairly steady all week. Typically we see a bump in entries submitted in the area of last year’s conference, and another bump from the areas around where this year’s conference will be held, and that is holding true this year as well. Apart from that there’s not much I can say.
Cheers,
Janis
Wonder what the grand totals were. It will be interesting to see the numbers when they come out.
How many entries did I get! Huh? Tell me?!?!? ;D
Just kidding. Looking forward to that email from the AHA!!
Should we kill time with speculation? My bet is everyone who registered will get to enter up to 6 beers. With the 40-60 entry folks limited, it will open it up a bit. Will make Ninkasi more competitive too I would think.
I hope you’re right Jim.
Entry limit was 15 last year and there weren’t too many people that got more than 5-6 entries into the 2nd round.
I think its great there will be real data on how many people/entries are requested, should help for future planning.
True. I’m no authority on the subject for certain. I was more less referring back to when there were repeat winners. I’ve heard Gordon say that he used to enter like 40+. I’m not questioning his ability at all. But to me it seems obvious that the less entries people can submit, the harder it will be to win Ninkasi
harder, sure. but at what point will it have any meaning? We had something like 8 people win two medals last year with a 15-entry limit. Only 4 people had more than 6 points (the amount you get with one gold medal).
We could very easily have a 23-way tie between the beer gold medalists this year.
we’ll see…
Yes sometime soon the Ninkasi will be un-tie-breakable lol.
I think the last tie breaker is a coin flip so there will always be a “winner” ;D
I was always amazed with people like Gordon and Jamil that would enter 30-60 beers in the competition. I find it a pain just to bottle, pack and ship 4 entries.
I added every judging center, except the West Coast as my secondary so hopefully that helps my chances. The West Coast is just a little too far to ship for me, since it adds a day or two and more chances for UPS to play football with my package :o
How does teh coin flip work when there is a twenty way tie? do you do it like a championship bracket? lol Or maybe use a 20 sided die? lol
An icosahedral dice. Or just bring everyone on stage and let everyone fight for it. Then, as a surprise, that’s not the REAL Ninkasi. :o
I’d agree that when you start getting a lot of ties, what’s the point of picking a random ‘winner’.