However there are always the beer equivalents of Tenterfield terriers popping up - my Kiwi Gold Ales I am developing -
- but certainly NZ Pilseners are now talked about with the use of Motueka etc etc, but nothing in the BJCP as yet.
It would be good to see a specialty category to cover these brews. People keep telling me "put the beer in the Specialty Category" but I got the impression with our own club comp (could be wrong I'll double check) that specialties were limited to stuff like hazelnut etc with no real space on the entry form to say things like "a classic Pilsener with a New Zealand touch" whatever.
Bribie,
The BJCP comps allow for all your beer experiments - Just read the catergorys - The one you want follows:
18.7 Other Specialty [BJCP]
This is explicitly a catch-all category for any beer that does not fit into an existing style category. No beer is ever
out of style in this category, unless it fits elsewhere.
The category is intended for any type of beer, including the following techniques or ingredients:
Unusual techniques (e.g., steinbier, ice beers)
Unusual fermentables (e.g., maple syrup, honey, molasses, sorghum)
Unusual adjuncts (e.g., oats, rye, buckwheat, potatoes)
Combinations of other style categories (e.g., India Brown Ale, fruit-and-spice beers, smoked spiced beers)
Out-of-style variations of existing styles (e.g., low alcohol versions of other styles, extra-hoppy beers, imperial
strength beers)
Historical, traditional or indigenous beers (e.g., Louvain Peetermann, Sahti, vatted Porter with Brettanomyces,
Colonial Spruce or Juniper beers, Kvass, Grtzer)
American-style interpretations of European styles (e.g., hoppier, stronger, or ale versions of lagers) or other
variants of traditional styles
Clones of specific commercial beers that arent good representations of existing styles
Any experimental beer that a brewer creates, including any beer that simply does not evaluate well against existing
style definitions
This category can also be used as an incubator for any minor world beer style (other than Belgians) for which
there is currently no AABA category. If sufficient interest exists, some of these minor styles might be promoted to
full styles in the future.
Cheers Ross
Edit: Spelling