Great British Homebrew Competition reeesult!

[alecwallace]

Hi all,

I don't get to blow my own trumpet very often however the Great British Homebrew Competition results came out and I won Strong Bitter Category! I brewed an IPA using Citra, Galaxy and Summer. What I'm pleased with and others may like to know is it was BIAB and I used an overnight mash. The recipe is below and is quite basic. It was also dry hopped. The beer was very highly commended. Congrats to the overall winner Tom Wright.

Original Gravity (OG): 1.060 (°P): 14.7
Final Gravity (FG): 1.015 (°P): 3.8
Alcohol (ABV): 5.89 %
Colour (SRM): 5.4 (EBC): 10.6
Bitterness (IBU): 64.0 (Average)

85% Pale Malt
15% Munich I

0.9 g/L Citra (11.1% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil)
0.7 g/L Galaxy (13.4% Alpha) @ 30 Minutes (Boil)
0.9 g/L Summer (6.5% Alpha) @ 30 Minutes (Boil)
0.7 g/L Galaxy (13.4% Alpha) @ 10 Minutes (Boil)
0.9 g/L Summer (6.5% Alpha) @ 10 Minutes (Boil)
0.7 g/L Galaxy (13.4% Alpha) @ 5 Minutes (Boil)
0.9 g/L Summer (6.5% Alpha) @ 5 Minutes (Boil)


Single step Infusion at 64°C overnight. Boil for 90 Minutes

Fermented at 20°C with Safale US-05

[crafty john]

Well done that man, BIAB eh just goes to show that the purists can be wrong

[ArmChair]

Well done!


Really happy for ya, might even give this ago

[Martin G]

But it would have been even better with three vessels!!

Congratulations, one for the BIABers.

[Nigel1969]

Nice one, I think brewers can fall into the trap of being too scientific. It is an art to brew great beer.

[critch]

well done that man ,good hops galaxy and summer

im with martin though !

[jonnyt]

Please tell me it was no chill too

[6470zzy]

Hi all,

I won Strong Bitter Category! I brewed an IPA using Citra, Galaxy and Summer. What I'm pleased with and others may like to know is it was BIAB

Job well done And a BIAB to boot, there is hope for me yet, I gave up sparging years ago

Cheers

[orlando]

Well done that man and I'm not surprised that the old" boil in a bag" method is capable of making competition winning beer as I have made a number of AG's that aren't good enough for me, let alone a competition. I would love to see a competition element aimed at kit brewers as there will be good, bad and indifferent amongst these too I'm sure.

[lee1]

well done alec that does put biab on the map it is ag brewing in a different form well done will definatly try this recipie

[seymour]

Congratulations, very excited for you!

[WishboneBrewery]

where are the results announced?

[alecwallace]

Many thanks all...

Martin G - I have used two vessel in the past and will again for high gravity brews, packing too much in to a bag doesn't seem to work higher up the abv I go, but BIAB is nice and easy!

Nigel1969 - It is an art to brew great beer and a big slice of luck sometimes!

Jonnyt- I do no chill as well however this batch was chilled the normal way. If I have time ill chill asap but often try and spread a brew over three days

PDTNC - http://www.brewuk.co.uk/forums/viewtopi ... 24&t=45157

The main reason for BIAB is time efficiency. I overnight mash when my son goes to bed, boil the next morning with him as my assistant, and even no chill, and add yeast the following day. I keep everyone happy then as it takes less of my time. It is good too as it allows me to recalculate anything should I go off target. Which is most of the time. I really hope if people are unsure of whether to take up brewing, that they consider the options. I started to vessel (HLT and Boil kettle being one vessel) and tried BIAB. Then tried overnight mash, and then no chill. The flexibility is great.

Id love to have won overall but is a great boost to know that the beer I produce is sometimes on the ball!

[WishboneBrewery]

Thanks, and Congrats to all

[Rick_UK]

I'm glad you used a bog standard dry yeast which reinforces my view that dried yeasts can produce equally good beers.

Granted liquid yeasts have their place, especially for beers where most of the flavour is from yeast - eg Belgians, but I've always got good results without all the hassle and expense of liquid yeasts.

Congrats BTW!