Walk the Line on Barleywine 2017

Judging was this past Saturday and though Ikigai attained a 31.5 average, no medal was given. I knew this would be a tough one since only barleywines were being judged but I was looking more for the tasting notes. I did however notice a pattern, only 2 medals were given per category and much like Badger Brew a lot of either the sponsoring homebrew club members won or locals. But as a buddy told me, "eff" the mini BOS's if you get a medal great it's the commonality in the feedback you want. So overall, Ikigai sits at a solid 32. Time to tweak it a little and maybe enter the same ones next year? I'll sip on the QC bottles and let you know.....