I won a bronze medal (white ribbon actually) in the Mixed Styles category for my Dusseldorf Altbier, the first non-mead-related beverage I’ve ever entered. It’s a deep copper-colored ale made with a special Alt yeast and with a strong balance of clean malt and hops. There are very few bottles of it left at this point.
The competition itself was a blast–I got to spend the day judging barleywines, including a spectacular one that went on to win the category. Official results should be posted soon. -m
Micah,
Yes, Bronze Medal sounds so much nicer, right? I’d enjoy tasting that Düsseldorf Alt!
So congrats on the win! If not for the fact that NO mead category existed @ Stern Grove, I’m sure you would have had more ribbons. Good seeing you there, it was great judging – how was the rest of the fest?
2 Questions:
1) did you hear my name in any of the award announcements? :-]
2) did you win any prizes with the raffle tix?? hope so.
Best of luck with your mead class next Saturday — I’ll let people in our club know about it at our meeting on Thursday. Have a good one.
CHEERS,
Brian