National Homebrew Competition

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

First time for me so I have questions please.

The website says you can't label it. How do they know who's is who's?

Sorry for dumb question.

 

[Stu's Brews]

First time for me so I have questions please.

The website says you can't label it. How do they know who's is who's?

Sorry for dumb question.

The labels that you attach to the bottle have your entry number and a barcode on it (you download / print these from the competition website).

The online system matches the entry number/barcode to you but it means the judges don't know who's beer it is as they just see a number.

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

Ah I see, thanks Stu.

 

[Deadhead]

Just mark them up at home with something that can come off the bottle easily (I use a chalkboard marker pen) so you don't mix them up if you have a gazillion bottles floating around like I do.

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

no problem there hun we've nothing at all ready at the minute. Going to brew every weekend though now until stocks replenished

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

Just realised I've condemned myself into sending them a 'young' beer

Oh well, all the better for the experience I guess.

 

[Deadhead]

Just make something that tastes good young like a wheat beer or something mega hoppy!

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

Just make something that tastes good young like a wheat beer or something mega hoppy!

Good idea - or I could get the kveik out lol. It's vile though

 

[DocAnna]

Just realised I've condemned myself into sending them a 'young' beer

Oh well, all the better for the experience I guess.

Well I'm just properly appreciating how little time I have for this too ! Looks like a busy weekend brewing and hope they like fresh tasting beers

 

[AnimatedGIF]

How far out is it? If it's only slightly outside the style guidelines then I think you'll be fine as it's not like they measure the ABV to confirm it is within the specified range.

I just realised I made a mistake in my original post - the FG is lower. So the ABV is 0.1% higher than the guidlines, so maybe I shall indeed be ok. Annoyingly I think there is a mistake in the recipe I used in that the yeast is more attenuative than the author believed, as both my brew and Brewfather came out 5 gravity points lower after fermentation.

 

[AJA]

I just realised I made a mistake in my original post - the FG is lower. So the ABV is 0.1% higher than the guidlines, so maybe I shall indeed be ok. Annoyingly I think there is a mistake in the recipe I used in that the yeast is more attenuative than the author believed, as both my brew and Brewfather came out 5 gravity points lower after fermentation.

Tbf the measured ABV based on OG/FG is only an approximation anyway. If you were to measure accurately than you might get a materially different ABV.

 

[AnimatedGIF]

Tbf the measured ABV based on OG/FG is only an approximation anyway. If you were to measure accurately than you might get a materially different ABV.

That's good to know. I shall stick with the original category.

 

[Stu's Brews]

I just realised I made a mistake in my original post - the FG is lower. So the ABV is 0.1% higher than the guidlines, so maybe I shall indeed be ok. Annoyingly I think there is a mistake in the recipe I used in that the yeast is more attenuative than the author believed, as both my brew and Brewfather came out 5 gravity points lower after fermentation.

You'll be fine - if it was 1.0% higher then you'd have something to worry about but there's almost certainly no way that a judge is going to know and as @AJA says, you're measurement could easily by 0.1% or more away from the actual number.

 

[YeastFace]

How far out is it? If it's only slightly outside the style guidelines then I think you'll be fine as it's not like they measure the ABV to confirm it is within the specified range.

I'd agree. I watch Mean Brews on YouTube and there's definitely a theme of beers winning Gold/BoS which are outside the guidelines - usually strength.

 

[Benfleet Brewery]

You'll be fine - if it was 1.0% higher then you'd have something to worry about but there's almost certainly no way that a judge is going to know and as @AJA says, you're measurement could easily by 0.1% or more away from the actual number.

If I remember correctly, I think that even commercial breweries have a 0.5% grace, so long as this deviance isn’t a regular occurrence.

 

[Braufather]

Sounds like a 1D American wheat beer?

https://www.bjcp.org/style/2015/1/1D/american-wheat-beer/

I was thinking that myself with noble hops. Not much to go on at the brewery never got back to me.

 

[Braufather]

Just realised I've condemned myself into sending them a 'young' beer

Oh well, all the better for the experience I guess.

Me too. Brewed a 7% IPA yesterday that definitely won’t have conditioned to it’s peak by then. Will brew a hazy that might tomorrow.

 

[Broken Toe]

Anyone got an address where to send it? It's happening at LHG but they've not actually given a shipping address?

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Anyone got an address where to send it? It's happening at LHG but they've not actually given a shipping address?

Not yet. They possibly won’t publish the address until a couple of days before the shopping window. People sometimes send their beers before the window if the address is published early and then there’s an issue with storing (and not losing) entries before the venue is geared up.

 

[Stu's Brews]

Not yet. They possibly won’t publish the address until a couple of days before the shopping window. People sometimes send their beers before the window if the address is published early and then there’s an issue with storing (and not losing) entries before the venue is geared up.

Yep, pretty sure I saw them post on Twitter that it would be announced nearer the time to stop exactly that from happening.