Saturday March 31st NCB / MCB Saltaire Brewery IPA Comp

[Manx Guy]

Looking forward to meeting as many Jims folks as fancy a chinwag... also might be up for that post-drinking curry that was mentioned 3 pages back if anyone is up for it I'll be open to suggestions

I'll sithee

Paul

O aye!

Two foods that go So well with beer are: Pizza & curry - the latter being my personal favourite

See you there, then...

My flight back to the Island isn't until 5pm! (from Leeds/BFD) so I have wuite a bit of lattitude for boozing and curry!

I'm coming over with SWMBO and the lad in the cvar & then she is off to her sisters (on the Wirral) whil e Imeet you bunch in Shipley!


Guy

[WishboneBrewery]

I just copy/pasted from the original NCB announcement http://www.northerncraftbrewers.co.uk/futureevents.html added a few details, so you can blame me for opening the comp up to a wider audience if you like.
Last years 'Meeting' was merely that, a meeting and brewery tour with a fair bit of beer drinking / swapping / tasting (we hope all those latter things still hold true this year)

If you could make it up here, with or without a comp entry it would be great to meet you ahead of the Bristol comp

All of the publicity, your blog post included, lead me to believe that this was a closed shop between the NCB and MCB.

This sentence, in particular gave me that impression:

We invited the Midlands Craft Brewers, to make things a little different as last year it was just the NCB, so this will be a bit of an Inter region competition

I think there was a lack of clarity, perhaps, and it being open to all was not well communicated.

[unclepumble]

Less than 12 hours to go before the cut off point to enter your IPA.

Please email shane@bridestone.com today if you intend to enter, there will be no more accepted after midnight tonight.

UP

[coatesg]

I think the competition was made public on the NCB website sometime last year. Sorry we didn't make it more public on the forums at that time

I think I got the jist it was open (through twitter as well), but realised far too late to be able to brew anything for it. (Plus, postage is a killer again...)

[WishboneBrewery]

Well I thought the few homebrewers that follow me might like to have a go too, I didn't envisage a mass inundation of further-afield brewers so didn't think it a problem. Its all just good fun and beer

[alikocho]

I'd have entered if I'd realized early enough to brew for it, but until the middle of last week thought I wasn't eligible.

I can't really justify the time coming up.

[simple one]

I'm in. It's not a winner, but I want to read the comments and watch the judges faces.
Now I'll see if the wife will do the taxi thing.

[leedsbrew]

Nice, this is gonna be a great day! Can't wait to meet more JBKers! If past NCB meets are anything to go by it'll be a cracker!

[Tom_D]

Can't wait for this. Trip up north, get to meet some JBKers and drink some IPA... Splendid!

[Manx Guy]

I'm in. It's not a winner, but I want to read the comments and watch the judges faces.
Now I'll see if the wife will do the taxi thing.

Yeah my thoughts too...

I received my labels in the post the other day so decided to get the bottles out that set aside for the comp (Magners brown pint as per comp. spec.)

Now I happened to notice hop particles in two of the six and another had an uncompacted yeast sediment.
Glad I bottled six 'just incase'

Been sampling the beer (from 450ml swing tops) and its not a bad drinker so will see what the judges make of it!

Guy


Good luck all!

[simple one]

Guy... do you still want some of that Nelson Pale ale..... It's not great. There are alternative swaps if you want.

[Manx Guy]

Hi SO!

Sure bring whatever you are happy to share!


Guy

[alix101]

Can everybody put a label on themselves as it will make it easier...online name, and real.....

[WishboneBrewery]

We'll have to announce a JBK Group photo or something I'll be the guy behind the bar with the short shaved head!

[alix101]

Ill be the one with a trophy .......if I bring my own