January Forum Comp - American Pale Ales
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phildo79
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Is the cut-off date January 31st?
Judging won’t be until the middle of February due to work commitments. Aiming for somewhere between 10th and 14th, so as long as they’re with me by the 10th of Feb then I’ll happily accept.
phildo79
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I'll maybe pull off a bottle when I am kegging. See how the brew turns out before mailing.
Sounds good!
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Alright I think for this one I'll submit my Mosaic NEIPA. About a week in the keg and it's delicious. Will bottle one tonight and let it sit in the fridge a few days to see if it holds up.
Ghillie are you up for tasting a couple more. I have the one that has the diastaticus issue and I am curious if you taste the same thing I do? I also have a west coast IPA with citra that's aging very nicely.
Ghillie are you up for tasting a couple more. I have the one that has the diastaticus issue and I am curious if you taste the same thing I do? I also have a west coast IPA with citra that's aging very nicely.
Happy to sample as many or as few as you like. But obviously only one entry can be entered into the competition.
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Last taste test this weekend before sending. I made the mistake of entering the last pale ale comp without tasting. The beer got slaughtered 
and rightly so.
and rightly so.
phildo79
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Think I will keg my brew tonight. Have a cheeky taste, obviously, and pull off a bottle. Leave it for a week before pouring a sample. I have only ever made one pale ale of this 'style' before and it took 3 weeks to come good. The only other pale ale I have made is a clone of Zombie Dust, twice. I remember popping a bottle of ZD just 11 days after brew day and it was lovely. However it is a beer with an enormous amount of hops for the volume. This Mosaic/CTZ pale has nowhere near the amount of dry hops. I am wondering if all those dry hops in the ZD have masked the greenness of the beer.
Time is on your side then as you have around three weeks till judging.
I wouldn’t worry about green beers in that style. I’ve made some pales with huge amounts of DH and all hop burn was gone in about a week or less.
The fresher the better for pales IMO.
How many entries we up to now Ghillie? Really looking forward to helping you judge this month, thanks for letting me!
5 in the keezer settling out so far.
I’m counting about 8 in total so should make for a good tasting
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I didn't pull off a bottle last night. If I bottle from the keg, how long will it last before it starts to degrade?
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I've had some last for a couple months and taste just fine. I try to fill to the brim though seems to hold the carb levels better.
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Last ? What type of labeling do you typically do. Just beer style? Any other info needed if bottle conditioned, recipe etc..?
edit: should have read
Bottles must contain:
The brewers name
Forum alias
Name of beer
Style
ABV%
Its not necessary, but the participant may include any other information such as IBU, OG, FG etc. This will not score any extra points though.
edit: should have read
Bottles must contain:
The brewers name
Forum alias
Name of beer
Style
ABV%
Its not necessary, but the participant may include any other information such as IBU, OG, FG etc. This will not score any extra points though.
stigman
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Hi ghillie could you pm me your address I just kegged a dipa that should be good around judging time.
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