Ahh experience.
Just got my sheets back from NHC first round and on one of the ones that didn't make it (pretty sure it would have if not for what I am about to share) I had three sheets in the high 30's with evident erasures that appear to have it in the low 40's and one at 31 that reads like the judge was drinking a different beer. Flaws galore that apparently only that judge could perceive. From cheesy hops to burning alcohol flavor. Also, apparently too many esters for an english barley wine (
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anyway. This will be the only complaining I do about this but I thought it was cogent to this discussion and my wife won't let me talk about it at home soo....