Happy Mayfaire!

This news is rather late, as the competition was held more than a month ago. But it is still the month of May, and there's never a bad time to report happy results. The Maltose Falcons of Los Angeles are widely recognized as the USA's oldest homebrew club, and their annual Mayfaire is one of the country's most prestigious regional competitions, attracting more than 350 entries this year. I'm very pleased to announce that two of my beers placed: my Tripel Chainring ale took 3rd place in the Belgian-style Abbey Ale category, and my Bicycle Wheat took 1st place (!) in the American Wheat/Cream Ale category--my first-ever blue ribbon. I also entered both beers in the AHA Nationals. While neither advanced out of the first round, both received complimentary remarks and relatively high scores from the judges: the Wheat earning a "Silver" certificate, and the Tripel Chainring earning a "Gold".