Right on man. You definitely won’t really know unless you try it for yourself. Please post back with tasting results if you remain alive… 
So, I’ve had this beer on tap for a while now. Thought it was a decent beer. Not the best thing I’ve made, but good. Took a bottle to a homebrew club meeting. Same reaction, even after being told about the one week delay in the boil. Still not convinced that it wasn’t me in denial of my “ugly baby”, I entered it into a local competition to get an unbiased view. Saw the results on-line today. Third place in American Pale Ale. Haven’t seen the score sheet, but that’s about what I expected. Not a great, over the top beer, but no where near a dumper either.
Oh, and most of it is gone. As far as I know, nobody has died yet. 
Hey congrats on the medal!
It obviously was pretty good then and can be pulled off in this fashion. Well done, and thanks for posting!