November forum Comp- Lagers and pseudo.

[Broken Toe]

Results are in
3rd - @pilgrimhudd with "What the bock"
2nd - @Caramel Ox with Munich Dunkel
1st - @matt76 with Czech Pils

The quality of beer was by far the best I have had the pleasure of judging. What a lovely way to see off the year.

Thank you for sending them in.

 

[Broken Toe]

I'll get feedback written up today and sent out later tonight

 

[matt76]

Big round of applause to @Broken Toe for judging Well done to @pilgrimhudd and @Caramel Ox

My recipe is here - I'm convinced that a good healthy pitch of yeast followed by a low & slow fermentation is the name of the game, don't rush it.

 

[Twostage]

Well done finalists and thanks to @Broken Toe for organising.

@matt76 , bribe worked . I like the simplicity of the recipe, its on my do list

 

[Caramel Ox]

Big round of applause to @Broken Toe for judging Well done to @pilgrimhudd and @Caramel Ox

My recipe is here - I'm convinced that a good healthy pitch of yeast followed by a low & slow fermentation is the name of the game, don't rush it.

That’s a lot more hop than I would have expected in a small batch. My recipe is Greg Hughes all the way.

Thanks for judging @Broken Toe

 

[pilgrimhudd]

That's a nice way to wake up after my night shift, well done all, cheers @Broken Toe !

 

[matt76]

Well done finalists and thanks to @Broken Toe for organising.

@matt76 , bribe worked . I like the simplicity of the recipe, its on my do list

It's technically a SMASH beer and looks deceivingly simple, but the devil is in the detail of the process

 

[matt76]

That’s a lot more hop than I would have expected in a small batch. My recipe is Greg Hughes all the way.

Thanks for judging @Broken Toe

I think I got the hopping from this very old post.

Saaz is really low %AAU so you need a lot if you're going traditional and using it for bittering.

And it's a bitter style too, about 40 IBUs - although SMPH (25), Rager (30) and Tinseth (40) all give very different results! I think this version could actually take more bitterness so I'm thinking of trying this next time.

 

[Twostage]

It's technically a SMASH beer and looks deceivingly simple, but the devil is in the detail of the process

Yep, I think I'm developing an attraction for 'no hiding place' recipes. My first attempt at Helles had a single hop addition. My next planned brew is a Chinook Smash, I'm tempted to do that with a single hop addition.