National Homebrew Competition

[Stu's Brews]

Just to add that this doesn’t work on a lot of mobile browsers. I had to log in through my laptop to see it confirmed received.

On my phone I have to rotate the screen sideways so that it shows the columns for 'paid', 'received', etc.

 

[dreaddan]

Cheers I got double worried then as there was no tick!.
Used View desktop site on my phone to see it..

 

[MickDundee]

On my phone I have to rotate the screen sideways so that it shows the columns for 'paid', 'received', etc.

Yeah that works on Android but not iPhone.

 

[Deadhead]

I would doubt it...more likely to be lumped in with British and Irish Beers if they get combined with anything.

Probably will be left alone and depending on scores maybe only 1 or 2 places awarded (maybe none if the scores are not good enough).

Ahh, looks like 1 Judge pair, assigned to bitters and 1 assigned to dark lagers. Everything else is 2 or 3 judge pairs

 

[AJA]

Ahh, looks like 1 Judge pair, assigned to bitters and 1 assigned to dark lagers. Everything else is 2 or 3 judge pairs

It's interesting to see this. Just checked the BCJP guidelines and it says:
Competitions need a minimum of two judges per flight. The number of entries per flight can range from a low of 6 to a max of 12; however, as a general rule try to limit the number of entries in a flight to 6 or 8. It takes approximate 10-15 minutes per entry to judge and fill out the judging form, so judges can judge 4 to 6 entries in an hour (although many are faster)

I guess more than 12 and there's the chance of the alcohol affecting the judging performance.

 

[JockyBrewer]

It's interesting to see this. Just checked the BCJP guidelines and it says:
Competitions need a minimum of two judges per flight. The number of entries per flight can range from a low of 6 to a max of 12; however, as a general rule try to limit the number of entries in a flight to 6 or 8. It takes approximate 10-15 minutes per entry to judge and fill out the judging form, so judges can judge 4 to 6 entries in an hour (although many are faster)

I guess more than 12 and there's the chance of the alcohol affecting the judging performance.

It's less to do with alcohol and more to do with palate fatigue. For example there's only so much bitterness your taste buds can absorb in a period of time.

Personally for common styles I only drink about 75ml of each beer, so 8 beers is a bit more than a pint, which is fine unless you're judging imperial stout!

 

[DocAnna]

At the lab session at Herriot Watt last week we had a brief tutorial on how to nose the spirit and taste it, consistently across all batches. It really made me think about how to assess beer, same glass, same setting, same temperature, same hold, same timings.... oh and better to spit it out afterwards!

 

[Deadhead]

BCJP beer judge in your future

 

[dave_77]

Just to add that this doesn’t work on a lot of mobile browsers. I had to log in through my laptop to see it confirmed received.

You can open the desktop site via your mobile device via the 3 dots(settings) and then they appear also if your not near your laptop/pc

 

[JockyBrewer]

At the lab session at Herriot Watt last week we had a brief tutorial on how to nose the spirit and taste it, consistently across all batches. It really made me think about how to assess beer, same glass, same setting, same temperature, same hold, same timings.... oh and better to spit it out afterwards!

I’m pretty sure I was told as part of my judge training that you actually need to swallow beer to fully evaluate it.

But that might just be an excuse!

 

[Stu's Brews]

I’m pretty sure I was told as part of my judge training that you actually need to swallow beer to fully evaluate it.

But that might just be an excuse!

Absolutely correct for beer. I think it's at least in part due to the time if takes for bitterness to develop on the palate.

 

[Northern_Brewer]

I’m pretty sure I was told as part of my judge training that you actually need to swallow beer to fully evaluate it.

But that might just be an excuse!

No - it's a real thing, you taste bitterness at the back of your mouth and the only way to consistently present it to those receptors is to swallow it.

And swallowing beer is less of an issue than whisky or even wine.

The palate tiredness thing is a real problem though. You can train your palate for "endurance" to some extent, but a lot of it is just nursing the palate through a long tasting session - light ones first, bigger/heavier ones afterwards, lots of water, crackers etc.

 

[DocAnna]

I’m pretty sure I was told as part of my judge training that you actually need to swallow beer to fully evaluate it.

But that might just be an excuse!

We all sipped the spirits too, but they weren't all that palatable apart from one in particular. I'd think you'd need to swallow the beer too .

 

[YeastFace]

A few more seem to have turned up over the past couple of days, down to 55 outstanding (was 57 yesterday and 59 day before). Assume these were breakages being replaced rather than just late arrivals.

 

[Deadhead]

Good luck today folks!

Anyone know if the results will be live streamed?

 

[YeastFace]

Have asked Sarah on Twitter.

 

[YeastFace]

Sarah has said on FB she hopes to livestream from around 6pm.

Imagine it will an FB stream. Link to the page - Log into Facebook

 

[YeastFace]

And good luck all

 

[Agentgonzo]

We all sipped the spirits too, but they weren't all that palatable apart from one in particular. I'd think you'd need to swallow the beer too .

Did you taste new make? We've done that on various distillery tours before and it is FIREY!

the other trick we were taught in distillery tours for getting the aroma of whisky without the alcohol burn (or intoxication) was too put a few drops on your palm, then rub your hands together, then cup them over your nose and take in the aroma... It smells devine!

 

[Braufather]

when does everyone get their individual feedback?