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There is no reason why you shouldn't be able to log in or register an account. The site will actually open for adding entries at midnight on Saturday.

Those of you who have entries who wish to pay for them, can now do so...the paypal account to receive monies has now been set up. Please remember to click the "return to seller" button when you have completed payment otherwise your entries might not be marked as "paid" by the competition...

Well...the issue with running a relatively small comp and allowing the widest gamut of styles to be entered is that you get only maybe 1 or 2 examples of some styles and end up having to combine them with other styles which sometimes makes for a bit of a mish mash of a table to be judged (albeit...

Yes. When I gave up the organisation I hadn't added in the paypal address for payment. Never got updated whilst we were in "organisational limbo" so the "unexpected entrants" had no way to pay. The paypal info has now been updated and you will be able to pay when we relaunch on the 31st.

Basically the competition should never have opened for entries, as we hadn't finished completing the "website" following my resignation as organiser, at the end of May. After a couple of months with no progress on the website/comp build, I noticed that we had a number of entries despite never...

You can add the 2024 Anglian Craft Brewers Homebrew competition to the calendar. Will be held on Saturday November 16th and will focus on American Styles. Competition website is just being developed and further information should be available toward the end of the month with registration...

I bought a box the other day...they are awful....just like carbonated flavoured water with a little bit of an acidic kick. They bear no resemblance in terms of flavour to the beers they are based on. Save your money.

Probably find that the rubber sealing ring has gone a bit hard and no longer creates a firm seal. Time to buy a new one.

I think I rang and cancelled in about 5 minutes. They asked me why i wanted to cancel, i told them that the vast majority of the beers they sent were pale hoppy beers and there were not enough dark beers (despite me expressing a preference). The bloke on the other end of the phone...

I understand that it is being discontinued by Crisps (separately from what GEB are doing which is simply a reorg of their product lines) so if you fancy brewing with it then you need to get in sharp.

Inkbird IHT-1 https://inkbird.com/products/instant-read-thermometer-iht-1p Accurate compared to my Hanna digital thermometer which is calibrated. Can apply an offset if you find it is out. Magnetic so in my case it just sits, immediately to hand, stuck on the side of one of my shelving units...

The Brasserie du Boq Saison 1858 is superb....easily a match for Saison Dupont in my humble opinion.

Yes...we are trying to identify a date that doesnt clash with East Anglian brides wanting to get married...they seem to have a monopoly on booking suitable venues!!! :laugh8: Looking likely to be later in the year.

You may have missed it but the Welsh National was announced on FB a few days ago....judging date is Saturday 14th September. Comp website not opened up yet.

If you are worried about suck back when cold crashing, try fitting a John Guest one way valve into your blow off tube or airlock assembly....

Well done to all who placed. My Biere de Garde (HM) got 38 points which i was happy with as I only bottled it less than two months ago....it will hopefully develop further and will make an appearance at the 12th Hungarian International comp https://competition.elsosor.hu/ in May. My Belgian...

I have a single bottle of the La Choulette Brune in my stock....it is indeed a lovely beer. Unfortunately here in the UK, other than Ch'ti (and the occasional appearance of Gavroche from St. Sylvestre) the style is about as rare as hens teeth. I really need to hop on a ferry and do a tour of...

Modern Biere de Garde is nothing like a Lambic. Whilst the old farmhouse beers of the early 20th century will have had the very character that Evans described, they would also have been much lower ABV beers than what we see today. Its simply not possible to make a direct comparison between...

The sugar is useful as it allows a higher gravity beer with simple fermentables which help achieve (along with the low mash temp) the required dryness in the finish....it is the upfront maltiness with the dry'ish finish that makes this a challenging style to brew. The style does not call for a...

Doesnt answer your main question but here is an overview of the style that I wrote for my local club a few years ago... https://angliancraftbrewers.org.uk/2021/02/biere-de-garde-style-overview/