1st Limbo Comp

The inaugural Limbo competition was held on June 11, 2011 and was won by Richard Jack with his Soren-inspired 2.9% mini imperial red:

45.7% golden promise
15.2% carahell
15.2% carared
21% pale crystal
2.9% medium crystal

Mashed @68

Hops are mainly simcoe, amarillo, cascade in equal weights -

15g each @60 mins, 10g ea @ 30 mins, 15g ea @ 10 mins, 10g ea @ 0 mins.

Dryhopped with 10g cascade, 15g centenial and 25g amarillo for 7 days. Dryhop proportions were just to use up stock.

Yeast was s04 at 19C, chosen for the lower attenuation, but I'll probably try s05 on the rebrew.

calculated 77 IBU, calculated 15.8 SRM, measured 1.040 > 1.018 (2.9%ABV)

The results were:

1st (6.8/10) Richard Jack

2nd equal (6.5/10) Damian and Martin

4th equal (6.3/10) Barry and Damian

6th (5.8/10) Raffe

7th equal (5.7/10) Barry and Damian

9th (5.6/10) Tom

10th (4.5/10) Damian

The 2nd competition is looking like it'll be held at Martin's place at some stage in the summer. He'll create a new discussion with the details once he's figured them out.