December Competition, British Pales, Bitters and Milds

[dan125]

With December nearly upon us I thought I should kick off a thread for the monthly comp, which I'm down to judge - this time its our native delicacies - British Pale Ales, Bitters and Milds.
The comp is of course open to all kit, extract & AG beers that fit these styles.
Have been looking forward to this since putting my name down, but wanted to gauge interest as I know there's also the secret santa swap happening next month - so please let me know if you'll have a beer ready that you'd like to enter.

 

[marshbrewer]

I should have an ESB ready, so barring any major issues, I will be entering my first comp.

Gulp.

 

[dan125]

I should have an ESB ready, so barring any major issues, I will be entering my first comp.

Gulp.

Great stuff...its my first time judging one of the monthly comps too

 

[Ben2083]

Yep, I should have a mild ready, subject to a tasting in a few weeks. Will PM for details.

 

[jceg316]

I might have some best bitter left over from a couple months ago, if so I'll send some in.

 

[MickDundee]

When do you need the entries in by? I’ll be bottling an EKG pale next weekend so it’ll be carbed around the time the post goes weird for Christmas

 

[dan125]

When do you need the entries in by? I’ll be bottling an EKG pale next weekend so it’ll be carbed around the time the post goes weird for Christmas

No firm date set yet, but it'll be the w/e of the 5/6th at the earliest

 

[MickDundee]

No firm date set yet, but it'll be the w/e of the 5/6th at the earliest

Cheers, I’ll see how the beer turns out in early samples and then let you know if I’m entering.

 

[dan125]

As we're well into December I thought it was time to give the thread a little nudge.
I know there must be loads of you with some good British ales on the go for Chrimbo, so send em in to see how they compare to your fellow forumites (in my unqualified opinion only but full feedback will of course be given)
PM me for the delivery address to send your entries to.

 

[dan125]

Looks like the first of the entries are on there way still plenty of time to get your entries in folks

 

[steve123]

Could you pm your address and I will try and get one in the post. Is it one entry per person or could I send 2? Cheers

 

[Leon103]

Could you pm your address and I will try and get one in the post. Is it one entry per person or could I send 2? Cheers

Send as many as you like

 

[dan125]

Could you pm your address and I will try and get one in the post. Is it one entry per person or could I send 2? Cheers

Nice one steve123 - PM sent.

 

[steve123]

Have posted 2 different bottles today, I’ve never done any labels before so written the details on a bit of paper and stuck it to the bottle so nothing fancy!

 

[dan125]

Have posted 2 different bottles today, I’ve never done any labels before so written the details on a bit of paper and stuck it to the bottle so nothing fancy!

Nice one
Don't worry about the labels - there's no extra points for fancy labels

 

[marshbrewer]

I'm going to have to bow out, as the ESB I was going to send has turned out a bit pantaloons.

 

[Ghillie]

Is it one entry per person or could I send 2? Cheers

I've heard that @dan125 has a minimum entry requirement of 12 bottles, but I might be wrong as I've heard 24 mentioned too.

 

[dan125]

I'm going to have to bow out, as the ESB I was going to send has turned out a bit pantaloons.

No worries @jjsh - I saw you were having some problems with it clearing. There's only a few points for appearance if its just a visual thing??

 

[dan125]

I've heard that @dan125 has a minimum entry requirement of 12 bottles, but I might be wrong as I've heard 24 mentioned too.

we might as well just call it a kegful to save all the hassle of bottling

 

[dan125]

A brace of bitters from @steve123 arrived safe and sound yesterday