2017 National Brewing Championships

[wallacebiy]

Thanks Giacomo .

Fairy snuff

Some boys been brewing stout that must be scoring up near the 50 mark so

[Leann ull]

Because you get a high score say 45, does not mean by default you win cat, common for a lower scored beer to win as judges determine best 3 or 4 beers(HM) per cat or also if there is a big field and 2 or even 3 sets of judges are involved in mini bos anything can happen.
50 is a fictional score and shouldn't exist on any well judged beer.
I remember Gordon Strong telling me he deliberated for 30 mins with 3 colleagues before awarding a beer 46 once.
If you read US forums their BJCP judge scores are 35-39 for exceptional beers, the meanies.

[Ciaran]

Did imperial and export stouts get grouped together?

[rebel]

Regarding scoring is over 45 for gold, over 40 for silver and over 35 for bronze.

[wallacebiy]

Look
I've no problem with a fella brewing a better beer than me . That's competition .

But don't lie to me and tell me my beer was poor ...

[Leann ull]

Regarding scoring is over 45 for gold, over 40 for silver and over 35 for bronze.

No official guidelines, comp organiser might have some min levels they want to apply but not usually published.
Interesting to see even with fewer cats not all cats were awarded full complement of medals so standard wasn't high enough to award gold or that there was a clear winner but no close second or third to award silver or bronze

[rebel]

it would be nice to know what the standard is.

[martino]

I didn't catch the category Irish and Scottish ales on the clip.  Was it announced?

[beerfly]

It was can't remember the result of the top of my head, but it was a silver only.

[beerfly]

Regarding scoring is over 45 for gold, over 40 for silver and over 35 for bronze.

No official guidelines, comp organiser might have some min levels they want to apply but not usually published.
Interesting to see even with fewer cats not all cats were awarded full complement of medals so standard wasn't high enough to award gold or that there was a clear winner but no close second or third to award silver or bronze

Needed a 30 for a medal, over that it was judges discretion what was awarded

[beerfly]

Did imperial and export stouts get grouped together?

Yes, same category

[martino]

Where can I view the results please?

[beerfly]

Where can I view the results please?

You may or may not get your score in the next day or two. Score sheets will be on the site after they are all scanned.

[martino]

Very good, thanks!

[Leann ull]

Up to Slugtrap if he wants to tell us or not I guess. Very tricky though.
Say for example standard is 30-35 for a bronze and you score 31. Expectation is where's my bronze medal but judges may have been asked does the 31 merit a bronze and they say no that can be awkward.
I suppose next question is but they gave me a 31? Some judges come out of the traps very generous and moderate down scoring as they go along depending on standard.
Leaving Cert is marked the same way
It's not until they have the full flight in front of them that they can make a decision of final 1,2,3

The joys of judging and organising comps
Well done to all involved in organisation again this year.