April Competition - Lagers

[Oneflewover]

Please bear with me for the feedback, will do my very best to get it all out this week, but I'm slightly pished and will have to make a start in the week. Will aim to get it provide feedback to all by next weekend. Thanks again everyone who entered

 

[dave_77]

In second place......
@dave_77 Italian Pils - a really clean, crystal clear, beautifully balanced lager

Thank you @Oneflewover and well done @matt76

 

[Broken Toe]

Well done all. And thank you @Oneflewover !

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Congratulations @matt76
Great job!

 

[matt76]

And in first place......
@matt76 Third Time Lucky Lager - this was just an incredibly elegant, well-balanced lager. Floral, herbal hop aroma supporting sweet grainy maltiness and a soft yet cleansing finish. Really clean and obviously well fermented. Well done mate

Well I have to say I am absolutely bowled over by that The recipe is here - never was it more true that brewers make wort and yeast makes beer!

Congrats to the other podium finishers and well done to everyone who entered

Massive big-up to @Oneflewover for the judging, it's a huge task to take on and do it justice

 

[Oneflewover]

Well I have to say I am absolutely bowled over by that The recipe is here - never was it more true that brewers make wort and yeast makes beer!

Congrats to the other podium finishers and well done to everyone who entered

Massive big-up to @Oneflewover for the judging, it's a huge task to take on and do it justice

Thanks Matt .

I think what set your lager apart was that it was incredibly clean and crisp (obviously a very healthy fermentation), with well-defined malt and that soft yet refreshing finish. I note with interest that you went for a chloride forward liquor. I suspect that several entrants had a sulphate forward or at least balanced liquor. Personal taste perhaps but in some of the beers it wasn't quite right in my opinion.

Anyway, well done and thanks again to all.

 

[Musby]

Well done to everyone who entered and congrats to the winners!

Thank you @Oneflewover for the judging! Hope you didn't have too much of a headache on Monday!

 

[Oneflewover]

Well done to everyone who entered and congrats to the winners!

Thank you @Oneflewover for the judging! Hope you didn't have too much of a headache on Monday!

Still recovering

I suspect that the feedback might take a little longer than this weekend; I've got a couple of nights out I'd forgotten about this week and have a saison to package ASAP. I WILL get feedback to all of you though

 

[Oneflewover]

As I feared I am struggling to get the feedback completed within the timeframe I was aiming for. I'm trying to give useful feedback so it's taking a while, plus life is getting in the way. I'm 50% there (12/24) and will keep beavering away this week. Thanks for your patience

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

Please don’t worry about it - personally I’d far rather have meaningful feedback than something done to hit an artificial time scale :-)

 

[aolcot]

Please don’t worry about it - personally I’d far rather have meaningful feedback than something done to hit an artificial time scale :-)

+1 to this as well

 

[Oneflewover]

Right, hopefully everyone will have had their feedback now, but please give me a shout if you haven't had yours before I chuck my notes away.

Thanks again everyone for entering, it was a real pleasure 'judging' the competition and I learnt a lot.