Congrats again @Gameface, you cleaned up the awards. Also thanks for letting me know about this i had a fun time and learned as bunch. Pretty sure I tried about 200 to 300 beers and lot of them were styles I've never had. Btw they said leftovers were available at the beer nut for stewards if you want any today.
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You should brew one called Married Cousins that is a cross between YES and Third Cousin.
Quick update...
Didn't get skunked but didn't kill it either.
No medals for English Bitter. The reign has not ended, but it is on hiatus this year. I will be back.
YES did get a medal, but not as a bitter. Got third as an English Strong Ale (new category this year).
Third Cousin pulled in a Second place in Scottish Ales.
UGLI Baby was my lowest scoring beer, but that's sort of to be expected for a Double IPA that is about four months old. They really expect an in your face hop aroma from a DIPA and time is the enemy.
Stifle Tower was a combo type beer (think part shooting guard part small forward). Just not good enough as either one to medal but got mega positive comments and a thanks from one judge for entering it because he enjoyed it so much, it just didn't nail the category guidelines.
I'm not disappointed, but I had hopped for more.
ThanksCongratulations!
Kind of a down year. I had 7 entries and took first in the British Bitter with my Best Bitter "Queen Bee" and first in English Brown beer with my English Porter "Pistol Porter." No other medals.
I have some learning to do as far as modifying RO water, but I think I'll have it worked out before next year's comp and I think I will do significantly better.
Yeah, Utah water is not bad at all. But there are optipns that modified RO water provides. By controlling sulfates, for example, you can accentuate bitterness and give the beer a dryer finish. Chlorides emphasize the malty flavors. Etc.The Pistol Porter sounds really good.
I understand the reasoning behind using RO water. Start with the most pure version possible. I have used it extensively in the past in another hobby but you are right in that "reconstituting" RO water, there are a lot of pitfalls and it can get quite technical. In all honesty, I found that except for very special reasons, Utah water is actually pretty awesome right out of the tap. Maybe just run it through a carbon filter to remove minor contaminants or "tastes".
I'm considering if I want to judge this year. I'm just worried I'd suck at it. Plus it seems like a lot of work, especially if you do both days.Every year I think I'll have more time and will start brewing and have something to enter in this even if just very basic. But it never happens.
Anyways I signed up to steward again. I also told them I would like to judge but have not officially done it and am definitely a beginner. But if they wanted help and were willing to pair me with more experience judges I would like to do that. If not I'm happy to just steward.
They didn't seem to care of people were beginners or not good at it last time I went. So I'm willing to try. I have been trying to practice judging with the sheets on my own. But generally they put a good judge on a team with beginners. I assume If I judged I would lean on the grades more. I would just like the experience and see if I'm any good at it.I'm considering if I want to judge this year. I'm just worried I'd suck at it. Plus it seems like a lot of work, especially if you do both days.
I have been brewing like a madman. From May 20th to today I have brewed 60 gallons of beer. I have two more batches to go, one this weekend and another next weekend. That will be 80 gallons in two months! With my current set-up that's pretty much my max output.
Not normally a problem, but I'm not going to have a place to put it all and get all the different batches bottled for the brew off. Next weekend I'm going to bottle the better part of 20 gallons. Some of the bottles will be my Beehive Brew-off entries but most of them will be me trying to empty kegs and clear space so I can get the next group of beers chilled, carb'd and cleared so that they can be bottled in time.
This first set is:
Pistol Porter: English Porter. 5.4%ABV, 20IBUs, 21SRM
YES: British Strong Bitter. 6.2%ABV, 50IBUs, 10SRM
Queen Bee Bitter: British Best Bitter. 5.3%ABV, 40IBUs, 10.5SRM
Worker Bee Bitter: British Ordinary Bitter. 3.8ABV, 36IBUs, 14SRM
If you are a regular poster here and might be interested in receiving an assortment of beers PM me and I'll give you some details.
Second set, which will be ready late July will be:
Third Cousin: Scottish Export Ale. estimated 6%ABV, 20IBUs, 18SRM (fermenting now, keg 7-7)
Young's Extra Strong: English Strong Ale. estimated 9%ABV, 58IBUs, 22SRM (fermenting now, keg 7-14)
Great Australian Bite*: Australian Sparkling Ale. estimated 5%ABV, 40IBUs,4.4SRM (Brew 7-8)
Young's Golden Ale*: British Golden Ale. Estimated 5%ABV, 40IBUs, 4.4SRM (Brew 7-8)
Underway IPA: English IPA. estimated 7.8%ABV, 62IBUs, 8SRM (Brew 7-15)
*Same brew with different carbonation levels and different keg hops
noMake any mead from honey????
then why use the beehive branding? I think this is flagrantly false and misleading advertising
I will speak to Rubashov from Shyster, Shyster and Shyster about these deceptive trade practices...