Style Guidelines in the UK?

[wee stu]

G'day, I am an expatriate Scot who is all grain brewing in Oz.

I am a regular poster in http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/

I have been googling for some time trying to find what style guidelines are in use in UK homebrew competitions, with no real success.

I am well aware of the http://www.bjcp.org/index.php guidelines, but was wondering, in particular, what standards British brewers brew their native styles to in UK competitions?

Can anyone help point me in the right direction?

edit: link to aussiehomebrewer.com corrected

[bitter_dave]

G'day Stu

Bloody hell that is detailed information!

I'm not the best person to answer this as I've never entered a competition, but until someone more knowledgable comes along ... I know that there is a National Guild of Wine and Beer Judges and there is some info on beer styles on their http://www.ngwbj.org.uk/beer_styles.htm . They are used by the http://www.craft brewing.org.uk/ in their competitions...

Like I say, I'm a novice so I expect someone else will be able to give you more / better info

[wee stu]

Thanks guys, those were just the kind of links I was struggling to come up with.

DaaB, is their an online link to UK-Homebrew?

Trying to refine the guidelines we use in this http://www.anawbs.org.au/ I help organise, and input from home for the UK classes will be very helpful.

[Andy]

Here's the homepage :-

http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/uk-homebrew

My membership was "approved" within an hour or so....

[wee stu]

QUOTE (Daft as a Brush @ Feb 24 2006, 10:06 AM)membership application is screened against bogus members joining so it may take a while for an application to go through.
I think I tried to register once before, maybe they thought I was bogus :ph34r:

I don't give in easily, so I'll try again.

thanx again for the help,

awrabest, stu

[Jim]

Hi wee-stu and welcome.

Let me know how you get on with UK Homebrew, will you? I've tried a couple of times and never got in!

Andy, what's the secret of your success??

[wee stu]

Yes Andy, who did you send your request to?

Actually, as a member, maybe you could invite Jim and me in

awrabest, stu

[deadlydes]

i dont know what the secret is but i got access within an hour or two also B)

[wee stu]

First time up I thought they maybe "rejected" me cos I wasn't a legitimate UK homebrewer, posting from Australia with a .com.au address. I think they must have been spammed quite seriously before.

Seriously though, Andy and Des, how did you open the door?

Did you "click here" at the top of the home page,

Did you "request membership" from the sidebar.

Did you "request membership to this group" from the bottom of the home page

Did you "EMAIL THE LIST MANAGER WITH A BRIEF NOTE ON WHO YOU ARE AND WHY YOU WANT TO JOIN, PUTTING 'UK HOMEBREW GENUINE SUBSCRIBER' IN THE SUBJECT LINE." as it says in the body of the home page?

If so, which email address did you use :blink: ???

All of this, and we still won't know the secret handshake

It's very late where I am

awrabest, stu

[Andy]

stu - I did the last one out of that lot using my normal Email address.

[wee stu]

andy, at the risk of sounding stupid :stun or drunk , or both (it is nearly 2am on a Saturday morning where I am)

which of the following email addresses did you send your message to?

Group Email:
uk-homebrew@smartgroups.com
Manager Email:
uk-homebrew-owner@smartgroups.com
To Join:
uk-homebrew-subscribe@smartgroups.com
To Leave:
uk-homebrew-unsubscribe@smartgroups.com
Group Home:
http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/uk-homebrew

Or did you find a magic alternative? I thought Manager Email was a pretty good fit, but it told me I had to be a member to use that address :blink:

[Andy]

I can't remember - it was easy though

[deadlydes]

is anyone still struggling with getting onto smart groups?
if you PM me your email address and full name i will send you an invite.
take it easy
Des

[wee stu]

Thanks des, I did get in. Don't know what I did wrong the first time.