Suddenly, I'm not feeling quite so asea

I got the official results from the BeerSummit Homebrew Competition in today's mail. Josh was good enough to include this note at the bottom of the cover:

You were 1 point away from taking 3rd and 2 points away from 2nd. This was a really tough category. Most beers won a 1st with only 27-30 points.

My old ale averaged 31 points from two judges who rated it.