I certainly don't mean to cause harm to VicBrew. I value the competition, having entered the past three years and have both stewarded and judged. I will definitely be taking my concerns to VicBrew.
The harm here is caused by MartinOC. I wish he hadn't tarnished the reputation of VicBrew but...
I see what you're saying with the two styles Manticle. You're right, it wouldn't be possible to cheat per se, but I think the implication is still there that Grainer intended to somehow gain an advantage, but the judges caught him out, and that's an inappropriate comment from a Head Steward.
This is very "on-topic" for what has been previously discussed, and was definitely not "sorted". We can get it "sorted" right now if MartinOC just finds his balls and apologises.
And "trolling"? Please. I am addressing the behaviour of the 2016 VicBrew Head Steward in a thread titled VICBREW...
And I don't know what this is. Is it a threat, or an admission of guilt?
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Ain't gonna happen. Publicly, privately or profusely. Too much history. End of story.
Drop it.
Just the...
By that logic, there is a REAL F*CKING WANKER COWARD involved with VicBrew.
Since I have not addressed anyone specifically I have not done anything wrong.
"I'm guessing you couldn't enter two "others" (thus breaking the rules) & decided to take a punt."
How can you interpret this comment...
Grainer, on 14 Sept 2016 - 8:19 PM, said:
M4B. Historical Mead
A Historical Mead is a historical or indigenous mead that doesn’t fit into another subcategory (e.g., Ethiopian tej, Polish meads). The BJCP welcomes submissions of writeups of historical or indigenous styles that fit into this...
MartinOC, on 14 Sept 2016 - 7:34 PM, said:
How in hell could you POSSIBLY be surprised?!?!
You entered a Bouchet (which fits into "other mead") as a "sweet mead". It's obviously outside the guidelines for that style, so it got appropriately hammered.
I'm guessing you couldn't enter two...
Are we all reading the same thread here? Grainer has CLEARLY been abused by Martin OC, the Head Steward of Vicbrew. This is deplorable behaviour for a competition official. In fact it's borderline inappropriate for anyone on this forum. Vile behaviour like this brings shame on the whole brewing...