Vicbrew 2012

[mxd]

well done hoser, and the melbourne boys.

 

[Andyd]

Andy i just went and looked..few ""no Club " winner's.

Yep - it was a good turn out for so-called "independant" brewers this year...

Andy

 

[Lecterfan]

...including some who placed who learned about AG from other more 'experienced' brewers AHEM! hahahaha

haha - very happy for the guy in question, and happy with my general 3/5 scores over three beers given the scores in the relevant categories.


Cheers everyone.

 

[DUANNE]

first in pils, im so happy i might have to crack a bottle of consecration to follow the supplication i just drained.

 

[Steve@PMF82]

Thanks to all involved.

Looking forward to score sheets.

Very happy for my first crack at comp with 5 entries A top 5, couple top 10, an 11th scoring same as 9th place and my worst was 14th which was only 1.5pt of 10th.

Cheers

 

[peterl1981]

congrates to all the winners and place getters...



Do we get any feedback for our entries?

i didnt come last so i'm happy as a first time entrant....

 

[Andyd]

congrates to all the winners and place getters...



Do we get any feedback for our entries?

i didnt come last so i'm happy as a first time entrant....

Scanned scoresheets with feedback should be online on CompMaster in the next couple of days.

If you didn't enter through compmaster, sheets will be mailed out shortly.

If you didn't but have a compmaster login already, let me know and I will link your result sheets so you can get them a bit earlier.

If you don't have a CM account yet, you can create one and I will try to link up your sheets for you.

Cheers,

Andy

 

[felten]

Big thanks to all the judges and stewards.

I did a lot better than I thought I would, good times.

 

[beerdrinkingbob]

Congrats on your win Thirstyone

 

[JaseH]

Great work with Compmaster Andy - its a great service! Also thanks to everyone involved in the comp.

I was surprised that out of the 3 beers I submitted, the one I was most concerned about and least happy with actually placed the highest! :huh: Guess I wont be making a beer judge any time soon! 2 beers made top ten in class so I'm happy with that for my first effort.

 

[manticle]

Well done manticle

Very happy with two two firsts but most of my other results suggest some issues that will need sorting out.
Would love to have tasted the biere de garde that pulled beer of show - that's a massive score.
Congrats to all, even those who didn't place and even if your beer did poorly. Some very experienced brewers will often end up near the bottom of a category - just the nature of comps ( obviously trying to make myself feel better)

 

[brendo]

congrats to all entrants... some really good scores for middle of the pack beers which suggests that the level of competition was very high - always good to see.

Happy with a second place, would have liked to see a few more get a bit closer - but did manage to take out the bottom of one cat, so always nice to have that spread h34r:

Good luck to all who have made it through to Nationals in a few weeks!!

Brendo

 

[The_Duck]

Congrats to all the winners and place getters. But also congrats to all the folks who submitted an entry at all.

It takes a bit of a leap of faith to enter your beer in a comp with so many great brewers out there. My first few times I entered comps, I wasn't quite ready for the ego crushing that my entries earned me... however casting that aside, I have taken the feedback onboard and made some process and equipment adjustments.

Absolutely thrilled with picking up a 1st for my first ever crack at a Doppelbock !! The 9 hour brewday on the June long weekend where the temp in my brothers garage didn't get above 6 deg all day was well worth it.

I certainly encourage anyone who has never entered a comp to whack in a few entries and get some feedback. Steel yourself for some constructive criticism, which you can then work into your process to make better brews.

I believe the next comp for wide ranging styles is BeerFest in Feb 2013. Get brewing, ready to submit an entry or 10 (a la Fourstar).

Duck

 

[hoppinmad]

Anybody else having trouble retrieving their score sheets on compmaster?

 

[mxd]

Anybody else having trouble retrieving their score sheets on compmaster?

a few posts back andy mentioned the score sheets wont e up for a couple of days.

 

[hoppinmad]

a few posts back andy mentioned the score sheets wont e up for a couple of days.

whoops missed that . cheers

 

[Andyd]

a few posts back andy mentioned the score sheets wont e up for a couple of days.

I finished homologating all the scoresheets last night around 3, so I'll try to get them uploaded to the site tonight (1G in size... I'll have to start archiving old sheets to make room...)

Which leads me to a question that's a little off topic: is it worth me keeping the old sheets online?

If it is I might need to get a cloud storage service sorted out, which might put a small fee on users who want access to it.

If anyone knows a good, inexpensive CS service please let me know - currently looking at google cloud storage - it's about $0.12 a month per GB by the look of things plus some transaction fees.

At present each competition is between 800M and 1G in size, so it's small bickies right now, but SWMBO is starting to get cranky about me forking out cash to run these things.

Andy

 

[syl]

Thanks for everyone that volunteered and helped out!!!

I got 5th in the Brown Ales (3rd for American Browns) with 105 - very happy with that for my first entry! Looking forward to reading the scoresheet. Definitely going to enter more comps in the future for the feedback!

EDIT: And thanks Andy! You rock!

 

[WarmBeer]

If you didn't but have a compmaster login already, let me know and I will link your result sheets so you can get them a bit earlier.

Could somebody PM me Andy's email address, so I can ask him to link up my results?

 

[Andyd]

Could somebody PM me Andy's email address, so I can ask him to link up my results?

Just fling a note over to [email protected] and it will end up in a mailbox as an action for me.

Andy

 

[felten]

Entries for nationals close this weekend?

 

[sean_0]

Devastated that my best beer got a 52! Infection I'm guessing (and kinda hoping), gutted as I thought it had half a chance of doing well.

 

[mucko76]

Thanks to all the judges, stewards and organisers. Great to see so many entries, and a lots of good score.

Stoked to get 1st in the low alcohol, wasn't expecting that. Getting second last in the same category with a Scottish 70/- that placed second in Brown Ale last year was pretty disappointing though. I've played with the recipe, obviously got it wrong.

The APA was a disaster (54 :blink: ). Thought my spice beer, a wattleseed porter, would have done a little better. Definitely a better beer fresh but didn't get time to do a new batch.

Can't wait to see the score sheets to see where I went right and wrong, but Andy, don't bust a hump getting them up, we can wait a few days. Love the compmaster btw.

 

[Hoser]

Great weekend all. Thanks for an awesome job organising a very successful event Mark, Andy, Michael, Martin and everyone else that put so much effort in.

Great job Manticle as well - only brewer with 2 golds!

Would've loved to try the Biere de Garde. Jealous of those judges. Let's hope that score carries the flag for Vic in the nationals too. Cheers,

Hoser

 

[philski]

Thanks heaps guys. Looking forward to seeing the score sheets when they arrive!

Cheers

Phil

 

[Danwood]

Great job, organisers....and a really good showing from Melbourne Brewers too.

I clearly need more experience, 20th and 22nd in APA and AIPA.

I'm definately in a good club to pick up some pointers though.

Well done Hoser, Manticle and others.

I don't know where you find time to brew so many medal-winning beers ?

I'm just jealous

 

[Andyd]

Sorry about the delay folks,

Scoresheets are now online at CompMaster.

If you didn't enter via CompMaster, shoot me your CompMaster username and I will link them up for you.

Cheers!

Andy

 

[mxd]

Sorry about the delay folks,

Scoresheets are now online at CompMaster.

If you didn't enter via CompMaster, shoot me your CompMaster username and I will link them up for you.

Cheers!

Andy

thanks Andy for all the work you put in, it's really appreciated and DOESN'T go unnoticed. Thanks

 

[Pennywise]

Anyone recieved their score papers back yet?

 

[wakkatoo]

Nope, but I havent checked the mail today...