Western Australia State Amateur Brewer Comp 2015

[Spohaw]

Just checked the scores ......... That's kind of embarrassing haha

Only things that did remotely ok was my wit and American wheat

Everything else .... Ba duhhhh haha

Can't wait to see the comments on the score sheet to see where I went horribly wrong

 

[nvs-brews]

exactly what i was thinking...
All my entries were kit... next year all AG..

Be keen to see what was mentioned, really better take on what they said regarding the cider so i can try for a better medal!

 

[Spohaw]

Been doing AG for a year and three months thought I was getting better haha

Only my second wit I've made and second American wheat ( for ag used extract for a few others ) so hopefully next year I'll do better

First fruit beer ever made ... IPA had a massive fault ( I found that out after I sent it ) and my Braggot was the third one I made but I've changed the recipe each time ..... I'll be going back to the first recipe ..... I got a 33 for the first one and 22 for the third one haha

 

[Spohaw]

Might have to stop making different beers all the time and start trying to refine some that I like to drink haha

Still great fun even though I did poorly haha !

 

[danestead]

yep, so my munich dunkel of last year which scored 40.33 got 20.67 this yr. hmmmm.

Got hammered this year it seems.

 

[Spohaw]

Was it a bottle from last years batch danestead ?

 

[danestead]

Was it a bottle from last years batch danestead ?

Nope, it was the very slightly adjusted version which I thought would improve it.

 

[Spohaw]

Must have changed it a lot to drop 20 points

 

[danestead]

Must have changed it a lot to drop 20 points

Hahaha yeah you would of thought so. We will see if it comes back with any major issues like infection etc on the comment sheets. It got 12.25/20 in the PRBS a month ago which is the equivalent of 30.6 in the WASABC so its a bit all over the shop. I just hope I can take home some positive feedback from the comments because it sure is depressing going from a sensational beer to something that scores as if its barely drinkable!

The adjustments were IBU's from 20 up to 22. Crystal from 5.2% down to 4.0%. Mashed a few degrees hotter to fix the 'dry' comments from last year. Everything else the same.

 

[Spohaw]

It's all about the feedback hey !

I mash everything at 64 so I'm expecting a lot of dry comments too ..... I like crisp beers not really a fan of overly thick ones

 

[Spohaw]

Water , yeast health and mash temp are things I need to look at
I've already started reading up ......

Great feed back guys , thanks !

Hope it's not so bad next year haha

 

[danestead]

Aceytaldehyde is my major problem. Got to work on that but not really sure how as I thought I was doing everything right already.

 

[nacnud]

Anybody know what's happening with this years WASABC? I can't find anything on it :huh: