Upcoming competition 23Feb13

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Permalink Reply by DP on February 24, 2013 at 8:36am

Thanks judges and Alex for the hard work; 22 beers is a mission!

Here's my recipe (21L planned, 24L actual):

4.00kg Thomas Fawcett Maris Otter

0.25kg Aromatic Malt

0.25kg Medium Crystal

0.10kg Victory Malt

35g East Kent Goldings @ 60

15g EKG @ 20

15g EKG @ 0

2nd generation London Ale III (1318)

Things I would change (thanks to helpful notes from the judges):

Remove the victory malt altogether and/or reduce the aromatic malt (trying to eliminate doughiness). Carbonate it a bit more. Sort my shit out re the water volumes -- 3L too much -- and perhaps increase the 60 min addition to 40g.

Permalink Reply by Bryan Livingston on February 24, 2013 at 2:03pm

Sounds like an awesome day yesterday. Congrats Damian on your result. Whats the class for the next competition?

Permalink Reply by Maree on February 25, 2013 at 3:12pm

American Brown :) As chosen by moi

Permalink Reply by Matt Smith on February 24, 2013 at 7:32pm

Good stuff Damian. It's about time I stopped being so antisocial. I'm in for the next style.

Permalink Reply by Greig McGill on February 25, 2013 at 3:53pm

Congrats to the winners! Sorry I've been slack at getting the results up here.

Judges notes: overall standard was quite low, with some major fermentation and recipe issues. That said, the winners were very nice beers!

Third Place, and picker of the next style (http://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/style10.php#1c) was Maree.

Second Place was Dan.

Winner, and keen recipe poster was Damian! Congrats.

We're looking at the end of May for the next one, which will rule me out as I'll be in Aussie for the Melbourne Good Beer Week. I might leave Barb to arrange this when she gets back. She assures me she's cold and miserable in Fargo right now. I hope there aren't any woodchippers...

Permalink Reply by Dan on February 26, 2013 at 7:45am

Well done Damian and Maree. Big thanks to the judges for another awesome comp!

I'll take a lead from Damian and give my recipe - which was a close second. It's interesting to see the differences...

21L - o/g 1.052 - f/g 1.012

4.25kg Golden Promise

150g Caramalt

150g Dark Crystal

60 min - 22g Motueka

45 min - 22g Pacifica

10 min - 25g EKG

10 min - 15g Styrian Goldings

40 IBU

second gen Thames Valley wyeast 1275 - 1 liter slurry

Happy brewing :)

Permalink Reply by Greig McGill on February 26, 2013 at 9:13pm

1L of slurry!!!??? I've always been down on over pitching. I guess I'll reconsider. I love brewing. You never stop learning.

Permalink Reply by Dan on February 27, 2013 at 7:23am

haha - I guess I'm now overcompensating after a few comments of under pitching related off flavours :) Good to see your paying attention though Greig!

Permalink Reply by Tilt on February 26, 2013 at 11:08am

Congrats Damian, Dan and Maree - nice looking recipes too.  Bitters are deceptively simple but so hard to nail.  Sorry I couldnt make it this time around but I reckon autumn's an excellent time for an American Brown.  Looking forward to May.

Permalink Reply by Maree on February 26, 2013 at 11:14am

I thought so too :) Bring on all the American Browns :)

Permalink Reply by Kelly Milligan on February 26, 2013 at 11:17am

Yea congrats you guys, guttered I couldn't attend :( Had a mean afternoon drinking homebrew Arrogant Bastard instead though tehehe. Good next style choice Maree, taking bets on how many Janet's Brown Ale's are entered? ;) 

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