Awards

Some congratulations are in order this month. On the competition front, Ken Koupal won a first place for his vienna lager at the Marin Amateur Society of Homebrewers competition in late March. Ken beat out Lisa, who won a second place for her bock, and our IPA took a first as well. Ken also won a second in the same competition for his Belgian Dubbel.

Mike and I took the Beer Judge exam in late January and we finally heard back about our scores. Mike met his goal of scoring at least 70, which makes him a Recognized beer judge. Five more experience points and he’ll be Certified. I took the exam last year in Nashville, so I only re-took the tasting portion of the exam in Santa Rosa. I improved my score, giving me an 82 overall. When I hit twenty experience points, I’ll be a National beer judge. A score of 90 and fifty experience points gets you Master beer judge—a difficult level to achieve.