Esb Winter Brew Comp 2009 - Ales From The British Isles

[Korev]

Hi Guys,

We are running a bit more ambitious competition this year for Ales from the British Iles. This will be a BJCP registered competition. No restrictions on brewing technique except must be home brew. We are looking to arrange drop off points around Sydney and the Illawarra. We are looking at an entry fee around $5.00 and we are chasing up some sponsorship.

Closing 24 July 2009
Judging 1 August 2009

We are going to use the recently posted AABC 2009 Style Guidelines with the Permitted categories and styles as below
Refer to[topic="0"] http://www.aabc.org.au/[/topic] for full 2009 style guidelines

1 LOW ALCOHOL (<4% ABV)

1.3 Scottish Light Ale
1.4 Southern English Brown Ale
1.5 Mild Ale
1.6 English Bitter

8 BITTER & PALE ALE
6.6 English Pale Ale
8.1 English Best Bitter
8.2 English Extra Special/Strong Bitter (ESB)
13.1 English IPA

9 BROWN ALE
9.1 Northern English Brown Ale
9.2 Irish Red
9.3 Scottish Ale

10. PORTER
10.1 Brown Porter
10.2 Robust Porter

11 STOUT
11.1 Dry Stout
11.2 Sweet Stout
11.3 Oatmeal Stout

12STRONG STOUT (>6% ABV)

12.1 Foreign Extra Stout
12.2 Russian Imperial Stout

14 STRONG ALE (>6% ABV)

14.1 Old Ale (English Strong Ale)
14.2 Strong Scotch Ale
14.3 English Barley wine

Have added the date to the Competition calendar. Entry forms will be posted at a later date. BJCP judges mark your calendars.

View attachment 090516_Final_2009_ESB_Winter_Comp_Entry_Form.pdf

Many thanks to the following HBS for agreeing to be additional drop-off points:
NB: Entries at these locations by close of business, Friday 24th July 2009

Daves Homebrew, North Sydney, NSW
The Country Brewer, Thornleigh, NSW
Absolute Homebrew, St Marys, NSW

Cheers
Peter
Competition Organiser

 

[Doc]

Awesome.

Please 10.3 Baltic Porter

Doc

 

[Peter Wadey]

Awesome.

Please 10.3 Baltic Porter

Doc

Sorry Doc,
You'll have to save it for the the NSW comp.
Now I know how competitive you are, so I should forewarn you that both Barry & I have samples ready.

Rgds,
Pete

 

[Korev]

Hi Doc,

Ref inclusion10.3 Baltic Porter sorry but no - we needed to draw the line somewhere so British Iles it is not Scandinavia.

Cheers
Peter

 

[JonnyAnchovy]

Hope to make this my first comp entry. Hope the judges are gentle!

 

[Muggus]

Sounds good!
Good excuse to brew an English bitter this arvo.

 

[Bizier]

Excellent.

 

[Korev]

Now no one but P3 has spotted the obvious mistake that it should be Isles not Iles. So no harm done!
P1

 

[AndrewQLD]

Nice pick up, fixed.

 

[Peter Wadey]

Bump for those brewing over Easter and wondering what to brew.

Rgds,
P3

 

[Barry]

Bump. Hope everyone is brewing great GB ales. Sponsorship etc is well underway. Also keep the day free if you want to judge or steward. We aim to make it a great day for all concerned.

 

[Peter Wadey]

Competition guidelines & entry forms have been appended to the 1st post in the thread.

Note:
Last year we restricted the comp. to the Sydney region.
We are feeling a little more courageous this year, so have lifted that restriction.

Rgds,
Peter (P3)

 

[Korev]

Guys

I have calibrated my tastebuds while in the UK - have beer engine in luggage and just enough time when I get back to brew a quaffer for the judgement day!

Cheers
Peter (P1)

 

[MCT]

I'll be dropping off my entry tomorrow if all goes to plan.
I'm another comp virgin and am looking forward to the judges telling me just what sort of brewery infections I have that I can't taste anymore :unsure:

 

[dpadden]

a touch early....no?

 

[MCT]

a touch early....no?

I'm going there to pick up a bag of grain anyway, and this one was bottled last year.
Just thought I'd enter it for the comments.

 

[BOG]

Are there drop off points defined yet for Sydney Brewers?

So much easier to drop them off at the local HBS and buy some more supplies at the same time. (Daves maybe?)


BOG

 

[Peter Wadey]

Are there drop off points defined yet for Sydney Brewers?

So much easier to drop them off at the local HBS and buy some more supplies at the same time. (Daves maybe?)


BOG

Hello BOG,
We have arranged some additional drop-off points.
Keep a lookout for updates at the bottom of Post #1 in this thread.

Rgds,
Peter Wadey

 

[BOG]

Peter,

Found it thanks. Will see what I can russel up for an entry.

BOG

 

[Barry]

Also Al's at Woonona