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+1 - I always get beaten up when i say simcoe = passionfruit - glad i'm not alone

bury it or bin it but i'd love to do something more useful ...

we have the computer there most mini comps and even have our own program specifically written for our comps (well, for the QABC too I guess). And yes, it does the calcs for the consistent brewer award.

Small change this month - the lables will be on that trolley outside the kitchen and beers will be self-registered and left there. The Stewards will move them into the kitchen when they're ready to register them in the computer and assign them to groups for each table.

I read this as "we will keep hold of the equipment to make sure no one goes into competition against us".

Connoisseuraholic probably sums it up! Drinking Rodenbach Grande Cru right now while brewing my Dry Stout. Does it get any better than this?

Just about to lauter my Dry Stout. Chucked some oats in this time for something different. Also forgot to top up HLT so the sparge will be delayed until I have some hot water :(

Many thanks for all the positive replies. Many have said that they are unable to attend the meeting but are happy to help out on the day. This is fine as the meeting is more to organise publicity, prizes, logistics etc. and so attendance there is not necessarily required whereas help on the...

I'm in.

For all who are interested in assisting with the running of the QABC this year there will be a meeting at Ross's shop, Craftbrewer, 3285 Logan Road, Underwood, Qld 4119 on Monday March 29 2010 starting at 7:00pm sharp. If you can't make that meeting but are still willing to assist with...

Just to clarify my badly written words above, by "... assist[ing] people with beer evaluation and judging technique ..." the hope is that this will improve a brewer's ability to judge and critique their own beers and allow them to productively tweak and improve their beers and thus become better...

Relaxing now after finishing up a RIS this morning ... supposed to be a 90 minute boil but I accidentally did 70 minutes ... guess that's why I'm an amateur brewer! Got more wort than expected but gravity is down .... damn! Named this one "Princess Chrisy" after daughter #2. Edit: wort is...

Love that style :D

That is my understanding and exactly how I intend delivering mine to CB tomorrow morning. Ross/Ian - what labelling is required? Edit: If any?

Just kegged mine tonight too - ~14.82L @ FG 1.026 from OG 1.102 = ~9.99%ABV

Can't prove you wrong but my rule of thumb has always been 10 minutes. Regarding ingredients, if you use Pils malt or another similarly lightly kilned malt they are more likely to contain SMM (the DMS pre-cursor) and so benefit from a longer boil to blow it away. Other things a longer boil can...

let us not speak of those brown ales ... I leave mine open to allow it to fully drain - I worry that closing it in might invite something to grow in there. Not sure if they're standard on all houses but both my last places have had an angular row of bricks under the windows that if I place the...

Nothing.

Limiting factor last meeting was only having 6 jugs! I think we're rich enough to splash out on a few more prior to next meeting. Having said that, the BJCP "standard" is to judge 6 beers/hour (10 minutes each) so last meeting should have taken no more than an hour. Against that is the time...

Decided to measure temp of wort out of the chiller today - surprising results detailed here. Results I guess as expected but a variance of 14*C surprised me :blink: