Pardon my moment of bragging, but I've discovered this weekend that I took three gold medals at the annual local homebrewing competition, as well as Best of Show honors.  My Scottish 80-Shilling ale was the big winner, with the other golds being for my Belgian Pale Ale and my Columbus IPA.  (I guess it was an IPA after all, Alec...)

I also had the opportunity to assist the brewer with brewing a batch of Chair City Pale Ale at Gardner Ale House last week, something I hope to be doing regularly in the future. Dave the brewer was kind enough to allow me to get some "pro" experience in his facility.

Maybe I'll get that Worcester brewpub going someday after all...