Grafton Show Home Brewing Competition 2015

[Arghonaut]

call it hopped whiskey and distill it!

It actually didn't taste too bad when i took a hydro sample. Will wait and see..... threw in a dry hop of centennial + citra for good measure, hiding the imperfections behind a wall of hops!

 

[shaunous]

works for many professional brewers, so why not.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

The official 2015 Grafton Brewing Comp Programme can be downloaded from the link below (for those that do not already have a copy):

www.graftonshowhomebrewing.com

Great work Matt

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Bribie, I have booked a room for the 24th & 25th

 

[Crusty]

Somebody dropped in the home brew competition brochure to my work today but I had the day off.
Thank you to whoever you are.
Cheers

 

[Brew Matt]

Somebody dropped in the home brew competition brochure to my work today but I had the day off.
Thank you to whoever you are.
Cheers

Some good samaritan no doubt......

 

[Crusty]

Thank you good samaritan.

 

[Lincoln2]

At this rate I'm going to enter my beer under someone else's name! Temp controlled freezer died a few days ago, was out all day yesterday and the day was way hotter than forecast, fermenters were at 29 degrees when I got home, my ice brick attempt at temp control failed. One has almost finished 30 hours after pitching and the other has only dropped two points.

I laughed at this post and then instant karma struck and the temp controller on my fermenting fridge crapped out - unfixable. Luckily, one of the founding members of Kyogle Gentlemen Brewers is a fridge mechanic. So I wander down the road and lo and behold he has second hand unit, better than the original.

All I had to do was feed him beers and skip over any INXS songs that came up on the ipod/stereo playlist. Not because he thinks they're rubbish, it's just that their music prompts painful memories of a romantic relationship back in the day. We decided that we would sit and watch the temp drop back down to 16c and drink more beers because it was a hot afternoon and the price of good beer is eternal vigilance.

 

[Arghonaut]

I laughed at this post and then instant karma struck and the temp controller on my fermenting fridge crapped out - unfixable. Luckily, one of the founding members of Kyogle Gentlemen Brewers is a fridge mechanic. So I wander down the road and lo and behold he has second hand unit, better than the original.

All I had to do was feed him beers and skip over any INXS songs that came up on the ipod/stereo playlist. Not because he thinks they're rubbish, it's just that their music prompts painful memories of a romantic relationship back in the day. We decided that we would sit and watch the temp drop back down to 16c and drink more beers because it was a hot afternoon and the price of good beer is eternal vigilance.

Damn, need to track down a fridge mechanic and entice them to join CRABS

Just kegged/bottled the two beers. The one that fermented out fully in 30 hours is actually quite good and a passable APA, so i bottled some of them and will enter it. The other one tastes like a bad curry that has been left out for a week, so i bottled up some of them and will enter them ​under sp0rks name.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

You coming Linc

 

[Lincoln2]

You coming Linc

Trying to. Scott & I need to organise brownie points with the wives and sort out time-off and logistics etc. I've got a mead and a milk stout I'm considering entering. I'll see how the stout develops over the next week or so.

 

[Bribie G]

Is it necessary to give a BJCP name to an entry or can you be a bit more flexible?
For example a light bodied hoppy golden ale that doesn't quite fit in as either a blonde ale or an APA, is it acceptable to describe it just as "golden ale"?

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Biribe

This is the local Agricultural Show

There are 3 basic styles

Pale Ale/Lager

Dark Ale/Lager

Stout

 

[Brew Matt]

Is it necessary to give a BJCP name to an entry or can you be a bit more flexible?
For example a light bodied hoppy golden ale that doesn't quite fit in as either a blonde ale or an APA, is it acceptable to describe it just as "golden ale"?

Hi Bribie,

It can be more flexible for this years comp (it is not even compulsary to name the style). You just have to select a class. Entrants are being encouraged to nominate the style of the beer(s) they enter to get them used to the concept.

Being a long term all grain brewer yourself, you are already used to this, but there are some brewers that are not experienced with styles or BJCP style guidelines (even some that are not on AHB!).

It is true that this comp is tied in with the local agricultural show, and has been running for a very long time with just general categories. Rather than 'flicking the switch' and making it a BJCP event overnight, it is hoped that the current transition will encourage those that are not experienced to consider developing their existing brewing skills, rather than dropping out altogether because things change too fast and appear too complicated.

Last years comp has already got the ball rolling, with a number of brewers putting a lot more thought and planning into their beers.

(There will be a least 3 professional brewers judging the beers this year).

Matt

 

[NeilArge]

Point taken about nominating beers in line with the three broad styles. I've got a couple of saisons I was going to enter and, obviously these would be entered as 'pale ales', but just hoping there'll be enough beers in different sub-styles (APA, AIPA, Kolsch, etc.) to enable meaningful comparison. Looking forward to it anyway.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

There are no real sub-styles. The only sub catagories are Made from a kit, Modified kit & Own recipe

Your beer is either Pale, Dark or Stout.

But as Matt eluded, things may change.

 

[NeilArge]

No worries - thanks for that. Sounds like a headache for the judges but that's their potential dilemma I guess.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Not really. just means each beer gets judged on its merits, not style

 

[NeilArge]

Is this the same set-up as last year?

 

[Brew Matt]

Is this the same set-up as last year?

Planning to have the judging more streamlined so it does not run as long as last year.

 

[NeilArge]

Thanks Matt. Should be fun.

 

[sp0rk]

So I guess that means we'll finish a littler earlier, then back to Roches to drink them dry?

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

So I guess that means we'll finish a littler earlier, then back to Roches to drink them dry?

Thats the plan.

Starting a lot earlier.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

And dont forget to go to the march in the morning

 

[Brew Matt]

So I guess that means we'll finish a littler earlier, then back to Roches to drink them dry?

Will have to see if Stu can organise some special beers on tap for the visiting brewing contigent from the 24th April.

Some Vintage would do the trick, or even that 1664 which tastes surprisingly good on tap.

 

[Bribie G]

They'd better still have the Reschs Original Draught.

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Will have to see if Stu can organise some special beers on tap for the visiting brewing contigent from the 24th April.

Some Vintage would do the trick, or even that 1664 which tastes surprisingly good on tap.

I will see. The Coopers rep is very hard to catch. There is a Cider on the Tap ATM. Maybe some Celebration or Artisan


Tap List is

Pale Ale
Mild Ale
Coopers Light
Carlsberg
XXXX
New
Resch's Draught
Dark Ale
Old
Guiness
Thatchers Cider

 

[Arghonaut]

I better book my room, hope you guys haven't taken em all!

 

[Ducatiboy stu]

Plenty left. I will book you one if you need

Tidal & rdeVjun have their rooms booked.

 

[Bribie G]

Place is a rabbit warren with dozens of rooms, as used to be the case when bullockys and swagmen descended in swarms for their nights rest and rum .. it's great to see the place back to its former glory when there's a mob staying there.
**** Best Western, this is the real deal.