March comp - freestyle

[wfr42]

You're welcome to, will take a score penalty as (I think) outlined in the rules.

But happy to review and feedback on it.

 

[wfr42]

Apologies for the delay.

Fantastic panel of beers and a pleasure to judge once again.

1st place jceg316
Goatmeal stout

2nd placeAcbev
victorian ipa

3rd place
IainM
coconut ipa

Only 6pts in the top 3 and 11 in the field of 5.

Thanks again for entering will pm out feedback before Monday.

 

[ACBEV]

Thank you wfr42, well done to jceg316 for 1st place and all who entered. I'm chuffed. :fart:

 

[IainM]

Cheers wfr42 and congrats to acbev and jc3g316. Glad you liked the coconut IPA. It's an unusual beer.

 

[jceg316]

So pleased to have won! Well done @ACBEV and @IainM. Thanks @wfr42 for judging.

 

[Zephyr259]

I have to ask... Goatmeal Stout? How many goats did you use? :-)

 

[ACBEV]

I have to ask... Goatmeal Stout? How many goats did you use? :-)

I'd also like to know how you ground them too! Or were they added whole...

 

[jceg316]

One goat during the boil should suffice. Gives it a nice cheesy flavour.

 

[jceg316]

Here's the recipe. You will probably notice I substituted goats for cocoa nibs.

Batch size: 25L
Efficiency: ~82%
OG: 1.057
FG: 1.008
ABV: 6.4%
IBU: 35

Fermentables
4kg Stout malt
0.5kg light crystal
0.25kg rolled oats (I used porridge oats)
0.25kg flaked barley
0.25kg chocolate
0.25kg black

Hops
20g Herkules @ 60min
30g Cluster @ 5 min

Extras
60g cocoa powder 10 mins in the boil
500ml of filter coffee just before bottling
150g roasted cocoa nibs 10 days in secondary.

Yeast
WLP005 British ale.

 

[AlanHarper]

GOATS? a new one on me is that lactose free goat?