September 2024 - American Pale Ales

[Stu's Brews]

Morning everyone!

It's time to announce the September competition, which is for all types of American Pale Ales.

I'll be accepting anything that falls under BJCP categories 18 (Pale American Ale), 19 (Amber and Brown American Beer) and 21 (IPA).

I'll also accept things like a Cream Ale from other categories, however American-style lagers won't be accepted.

I suspect this will be a fairly popular month anyway, but to try and add an extra layer of excitement I will be offering up a bottle of our Hook Norton wedding beer to the lucky winner:

I will be judging on the first weekend of October (5th/6th) so there is plenty of time to send off your entries. If you'd like to enter, please PM to get my address.

Good luck everyone!

 

[pilgrimhudd]

I want a grand union so I will be entering my wc ipa. I think I have your address but will check later.

 

[Leon103]

Giving it a boost

 

[Stu's Brews]

Giving it a boost

Thanks had been meaning to do that as there has been very little interest so far.

 

[Benfleet Brewery]

Please PM me your address. I have something I’d welcome your feedback on please

 

[nidge]

American brown ale ready at last, will pm for address and hopefully get to you in the next couple of days

 

[Stu's Brews]

@Benfleet Brewery - your beers have arrived. Safely tucked away in the fridge for next weekend.

 

[Benfleet Brewery]

@Benfleet Brewery - your beers have arrived. Safely tucked away in the fridge for next weekend.

Ah, excellent. Thank you for confirming

 

[Stu's Brews]

@nidge - your beer has arrived.

Currently planning on judging this weekend so also a last call for any final entries - only 3 received so far.

 

[pilgrimhudd]

@nidge - your beer has arrived.

Currently planning on judging this weekend so also a last call for any final entries - only 3 received so far.

I'll get 2 in the post tomorrow.

 

[pilgrimhudd]

Sos mate, I've just run out of time to get them in the pòst. Going to miss out on this one.

 

[pilgrimhudd]

You drinking Saturday?

 

[Stu's Brews]

You drinking Saturday?

Yeah that is most likely, could also be Sunday depending on how the weekend pans out.

 

[pilgrimhudd]

Yeah that is most likely, could also be Sunday depending on how the weekend pans out.

Well sod it, 2 in the post, made me late for work but lifes for living.

 

[Stu's Brews]

Well sod it, 2 in the post, made me late for work but lifes for living.

@pilgrimhudd - your beers arrived today. Unfortunately our postman decided it would be a good idea to throw the parcel over a 6ft gate. One bottle has survived, but sadly the one in the clear bottle has suffered an early demise on the patio.

 

[pilgrimhudd]

@pilgrimhudd - your beers arrived today. Unfortunately our postman decided it would be a good idea to throw the parcel over a 6ft gate. One bottle has survived, but sadly the one in the clear bottle has suffered an early demise on the patio.

Oh balls, that was the better of the two.

 

[Stu's Brews]

Oh balls, that was the better of the two.

I shall posthumously award it one point more than the survivor

 

[Agentgonzo]

@pilgrimhudd - your beers arrived today. Unfortunately our postman decided it would be a good idea to throw the parcel over a 6ft gate. One bottle has survived, but sadly the one in the clear bottle has suffered an early demise on the patio.

Plastic bottles in future pilgrim?

 

[pilgrimhudd]

Plastic bottles in future pilgrim?

In my experience the beer doesn't keep as well in plastic bottles. I realise this may be a controversial statement to make. Somewhere between the 30 min boil and preparing a starter for dried yeast or not.

I also like the satisfying pssshhh you make when you open a beer with a bottle opener. Especially after you've spent 10 minutes looking for it.

 

[Stu's Brews]

Plastic bottles in future pilgrim?

To be fair to @pilgrimhudd the bottles were well packaged but couldn't quite account for a rogue postman. Probably the only thing that might have helped would be some fragile labels to hopefully make them think twice about lobbing things over a 6ft gate.

I always use glass myself and in several years of sending beers off for competitions, swaps, etc. I've never had a breakage.