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Just got my San Diego scoresheets. Really good notes from the judges - best I've had in an NHC.

Obsessively refreshing my inbox for my scoresheets now... lol. San Diego. Neither of my entries advanced but I thought they were pretty solid and I'm dying to see what the judges thought.

It's funny... my non-brewer friends are always saying they don't have the patience to brew and wait weeks for a beer, but that's not a problem for me (even bottle conditioning). Waiting on NHC results every year, though, is another story... I can't deal at all.

Yeah, that was great, thanks. I've got 2 entries in at San Diego for judging this weekend - American Porter and American Stout (my first BIAB). Probably the best couple of beers I've made, so I've got fingers crossed.

I emailed John Moorhead about it this morning - he says the San Diego score sheets were mailed out over a week ago, should be showing up any time. EDIT - My score sheets arrived today.

Hey, that's pretty cool. I haven't seen this one before. Price isn't too bad, considering it comes with the nylon carrying straps. I may order one of these to try it out. Thanks for the tip!

Ooooh... that's pretty cool. Anybody tried one of these before?

Will definitely cover the glass if I can find a clear fermenter that will fit. The setup has been working fine with the buckets, but I find myself wanting to peek a lot because I can't tell what's going on with the fermentation.

I scored an old energy drink fridge getting thrown out at a convenience store, slapped a temp controller on it, and am using it for a fermentation chamber. Problem is, it is pretty low profile - only about 22 inches in height on the inside. I can get a bottling bucket in there (17" + blowoff...