Competitions

[crookedeyeboy]

Stupid question alert. I cannot find the link to download the labels

[bosium]

Sounds good! Shame no lagers. I'll have to think about what to brew.

No lagers? Balls!
Why not?

[DarloDave]

Im guessing the brewery doesnt have the fermentation control needed

[mysterio]

Thanks for that - the lager malt is on order. I have a lot of Mount Hood, due you think this would be a suitable replacement for the Hallertau?

Yes, that would be great!

[boingy]

Sounds good! Shame no lagers. I'll have to think about what to brew.

No lagers? Balls!
Why not?

'cos lager is for girls....

[bosium]

Hmm, OK. A few questions if I may:

At what temperature will the beer be served at, for both the judging and in the prospective pubs? Will we have any control over the final level of carbonation if it is to be sold in pubs – i.e. will it be from the cask through a beer engine or will it be controlled, like a corny keg sort of setup? Carbonation and temperature can both change the overall character of the beer hugely!

Oh, and will be judged on clarity? Considering on a pro system we’d have the option of fining and / or filtering the beer. This ties back in with temperature again.

Thanks!

[adm]

HOMEBREW PRO-AM details.

Awesome. It's ON!

No idea what I'll brew for this, but I'd better get thinking about it.

[Phil_L]

Hmm, OK. A few questions if I may:

At what temperature will the beer be served at, for both the judging and in the prospective pubs? Will we have any control over the final level of carbonation if it is to be sold in pubs – i.e. will it be from the cask through a beer engine or will it be controlled, like a corny keg sort of setup? Carbonation and temperature can both change the overall character of the beer hugely!

Oh, and will be judged on clarity? Considering on a pro system we’d have the option of fining and / or filtering the beer. This ties back in with temperature again.

Thanks!

1, cask ale temps, albeit slightly cooler cask temps.
2, the beer will be judged by brewers (as well as writers etc) , for brew-ability, quality of beer, feasibility, and all-round beer performance. I am working on the judges forms as I type. It's tough, but try to brew beer that you love, you'd love to share with others and demonstrate your talents!
3, clarity, perhaps. The beer is fined in cask with Isinglass/aux finings, we also crash cool beers to drop as much yeast from the beer as possible, but we don't filter.

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[Phil_L]

Im guessing the brewery doesnt have the fermentation control needed

We, at the moment, can't get below 11'c in ferment. The cooling did crap out on us yesterday, so we might have a nice Icebank chiller in place in a couple of weeks, which hopefully means Kolsch! but, for the moment, it's ale temps only. Sorry. Love a lager myself, but with open ferment, and no lagering tanks, not going to happen!

[Phil_L]

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ENTRY FORMS!

I have had a few entries dropped at the brewery - so those of you in London or Kent, this is fine.

Can't wait for judging day!

ATB

Phil

[mysterio]

I'm going to do a brew for this tomorrow

[bosium]

Mines done, bottled it up yesterday

[leedsbrew]

Stupid question alert. I cannot find the link to download the labels

I think you've got to attach an 'entry form' to each bottle!

[Chunk1234]

Got a couple of things to enter. One's a bit different, one didn't turn out quite as well as I hoped. Be good to get the judges feedback if nothing else.

Still time to knock something else up too ...

[bosium]

Any idea when we will know the results?