February competition - Dark Beers

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Ok, so the winners are:

1. @Leon103's Export India Porter
2. @dave_77's Schwarzbier
3. @matt76 Hurricane porter and @Gio 's RIS

Also with so many entrants I wanna give a shout out to @Nottsbeer's dunkel and @Broken Toe 's imperial stout. Both very good beers which scored well. Feedback will follow soon.

Thanks J!

Congratulations @Leon103.

 

[Nottsbeer]

Congrats all, and to the judges. Well done on rating all those beers .

 

[jceg316]

Congratulations to the winners! I've sent out all feedback now so if anyone doesn't have it please let me know. Also some of you have been asking questions about feedback as I've been sending it out, if I've missed any questions please let me know and I'll reply .

 

[samale]

Well done @jceg316 not an easy job reviewing so many beers

 

[Leon103]

Here is the recipe

 

[paintingken]

Would the feedback be an email or in the inbox? Provided my beer actually reached you
Congratulations to the winner

Congratulations to the winners! I've sent out all feedback now so if anyone doesn't have it please let me know. Also some of you have been asking questions about feedback as I've been sending it out, if I've missed any questions please let me know and I'll reply .

 

[stripeyjoe]

Well done all and thanks @jceg316, that was a mammoth task!

 

[moto748]

Great work from the judges, appreciated.

 

[NormanHurst]

Here is the recipe

This dates from May 2021. Has this batch matured for that time or have you rebrewed more recently?

 

[matt76]

Well I am absolutely stoked to take a joint third place, I'm over the moon with that! The recipe can be found in my brew day thread here.

Well done to everyone else who entered and congrats to @Leon103 on the win

Many thanks to @jceg316 and your fellow judges I'm in awe of the effort it must take, not just to judge that many beers, but then to provide such detailed feedback - great job

 

[Leon103]

This dates from May 2021. Has this batch matured for that time or have you rebrewed more recently?

May is the date I made the recipe.
I brewed at the end of October so that it was ready for black Friday. It has definitely got better with age. Not much left of the second keg

 

[Oneflewover]

May is the date I made the recipe.
I brewed at the end of October so that it was ready for black Friday. It has definitely got better with age. Not much left of the second keg

Can't see the recipe well on my device, is it pretty much The Kernel recipe?

 

[dave_77]

Here is the recipe for the Schwarzbier
https://share.brewfather.app/MxDjTcwbPSOfuo

 

[jceg316]

Would the feedback be an email or in the inbox? Provided my beer actually reached you
Congratulations to the winner

I didn't get your beer unfortunately

 

[paintingken]

Oh dear, I’m guessing that your postman had an imperial stout for breakfast a few weeks back!

I didn't get your beer unfortunately

 

[moto748]

I'll look to try matt and Leon's recipe in future; I think a schwarzbier is a bit beyond my facilities!

 

[Leon103]

Can't see the recipe well on my device, is it pretty much The Kernel recipe?

Not far off

 

[Gio]

A little bit late, but there it is the recipe for the RIS:

Recipe: Op. 70 - Russian Imperial Stout
Brewer: Giovani Vizzotto
Style: Imperial Stout
TYPE: All Grain

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 26.94 l
Post Boil Volume: 23.44 l
Batch Size (fermenter): 21.00 l
Bottling Volume: 19.00 l
Estimated OG: 1.093 SG
Estimated Color: 148.7 EBC
Estimated IBU: 74.4 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 60.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 64.3 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
33.15 l Rochester - ME12XS 2019/12/14 Water 1 -
3.50 g Chalk (Mash 60.0 mins) Water Agent 2 -
1.50 g Baking Soda(NaHCO3) (Mash 60.0 mins) Water Agent 3 -
1.50 g Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 60.0 mins) Water Agent 4 -
8.60 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (5.9 EBC) Grain 5 81.6 %
0.68 kg Roasted Barley (Crisp) (1369.2 EBC) Grain 6 6.5 %
0.45 kg Special B (Dingemans) (290.6 EBC) Grain 7 4.3 %
0.31 kg Pale Chocolate (Thomas Fawcett) (535.0 EBC) Grain 8 2.9 %
0.25 kg Caramunich II (Weyermann) (124.1 EBC) Grain 9 2.4 %
0.25 kg Chocolate (Crisp) (1241.1 EBC) Grain 10 2.4 %
36.10 g Magnum [10.02 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 11 31.7 IBUs
30.00 g Magnum [12.49 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 12 32.9 IBUs
5.00 g Irish Moss (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 13 -
42.00 g East Kent Goldings (EKG) [4.89 %] - Boil 10.0 m Hop 14 6.5 IBUs
42.00 g East Kent Goldings (EKG) [4.89 %] - Steep/Whirl Hop 15 3.3 IBUs
0.5 pkg Hornindal Kveik Dry (Omega #OYL-091) Yeast 16 -
5.00 g Yeast Nutrient (Primary 5.0 days) Other 17 -


Mash Schedule: BIAB, Full Body
Total Grain Weight: 10.54 kg
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Name Description Step Temperatu Step Time
Saccharification Add 33.18 l of water at 73.4 C 68.0 C 60 min
Mash Step Add 0.00 l of water and heat to 72.0 C over 5 72.0 C 10 min
Mash Out Heat to 75.6 C over 7 min 75.6 C 10 min

Fermented at 32C for 14 days, slow cold crash over 14 days to 3.8C, kept in the kegerator for 8 months.
It was drinkable after 1 month, but more rounded after 3-4

 

[matt76]

Thanks to everyone who has submitted their beers so far. I currently have 13 for this competition, more than I thought so I'm gonna see if anyone is around to help me judge.

As mentioned judging will take place weekend of the 12th, so if anyone is considering submitting there is still time to get beers in. I'll be doing BJCP style feedback using this sort of sheet, but won't be inspecting bottles and not necessarily judge to guidelines. If it's a nice, well made beer it will do well! (I have seen well made tasty beers marked down because they're not to style in BJCP competitions.)

Really looking forward to trying all these beers.

@jceg316 I've been meaning to ask you, could you possibly re-post the judging/scoring sheet, dunno if it's just me but the link doesn't work. I wondered if it might be a useful tool when trying to assess my own beers

 

[jceg316]

@jceg316 I've been meaning to ask you, could you possibly re-post the judging/scoring sheet, dunno if it's just me but the link doesn't work. I wondered if it might be a useful tool when trying to assess my own beers

Sure! Try this link: bjcp scoresheet - Google Search

I think this is a different source but same sheet.