July 2021 competition- Belgian Beers

[dave_77]

thanks @samale . Hope judging on your holidays wasn't too much of a hardship.
Well done @Hopsteep & @Mrhandsome , looked a close one

 

[samale]

thanks @samale . Hope judging on your holidays wasn't too much of a hardship.
Well done @Hopsteep & @Mrhandsome , looked a close one

It was great, I let the children smell and wet their lips on the beer. It added to the experience, my son loved the cherry sour

 

[samale]

@dave_77 I will think of something nice as a prize.

 

[Mrhandsome]

Damn that was a close race! Congratulations @dave_77 and @Hopsteep, and thanks for judging @samale

 

[pilgrimhudd]

Well done all!

 

[Broken Toe]

Nicely done @dave_77 and @Hopsteep and @Mrhandsome !!

Cheers @samale for giving up your time on this!

 

[pilgrimhudd]

Just out of interest @Hopsteep is that the same tripel you sent to the march comp?

 

[dan125]

Well done @dave_77
Great beer and a worthy winner.
:hat:

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

The winner @dave_77 Belgian Brett Saison. 41 points
Really top quality, really fresh and bright. Brett character is not over powering and adds to the lemon drop hop's.

Well done

Well done @dave_77

I think that’s the same beer I tried at homebrew club? Deserved win.

 

[dave_77]

Well done @dave_77

I think that’s the same beer I tried at homebrew club? Deserved win.

Cheers. Yup same one.

 

[user 18729]

Just out of interest @Hopsteep is that the same tripel you sent to the march comp?

I think it must be! Very low carbonation with the few that I bottled. I’m hoping that by Christmas they might have a little more fizz

 

[user 18729]

Congrats @dave_77

 

[pilgrimhudd]

I think it must be! Very low carbonation with the few that I bottled. I’m hoping that by Christmas they might have a little more fizz

Pleased that mine and @samale scores are only one apart! Looking back at my feedback, i said that if yours had been fizzier you'd have won!

 

[samale]

I am only back from holidays and had to work yesterday. I will make a start writing up the feedback. I should have it done for the weekend.

Cheers everyone

 

[samale]

That should be all the feedback sent out. Any questions just send me a message.
Thank you to everyone that entered the competition, difficult but very enjoyable judging a wide variety of styles. Congratulations to @dave_77 , @Mrhandsome & @Hopsteep . Three beers to be proud of :hat:

 

[Mrhandsome]

@samale has requested the recipe for my quad so I'm posting it here for everyone.

I went the traditional route with a very simple malt bill

For 10l:
1.9kg Extra Pale Malt
1.6kg Pilsner Malt
480g(ish) Homemade Dark Belgian Candi Syrup added with 10 minutes left on the boil

I added some acid to my brewing water(for the first time ever) at 0.5ml per litre, a campden tablet and did a double mash. I mashed at 64°C and used the first runnings from this and boiled it down into a thick dark syrup whilst the second mash was on. The syrup actually got so hot it started to melt my spoon!

After the double mash it was business as usual. 60 min boil using 8g Zeus for bittering and 15g Hallertauer Mittelfrueh at 30 and 10 mins for 35 IBUs overall. I fermented with WLP530 Abbey Ale yeast at around 21°C (I forgot to write the temperature in my notes) and primed the bottles to 3 volumes.

O.G. 1.100
F.G. 1.010
12.2% ABV
85% Brewhouse Efficiency (helped by the double mash)

Here's a picture of the boiled down syrup from the first runnings.