TO Beer Week Contest - we have winners!

[ratchet]

Congrats guys.... good job!

[mr x]

Well Damn! I just got home & saw the results in my inbox

Congrats Tim, Sean & Kyle. A big thanks to TonyL for the APA recipe (even if I didn't use the citra hops).

I'm not sure if that's the same Tim Gregory or not. Hope it is...

That's me! My Belgian dubbel won gold! I entered four beers and that's definitely not the one I expected to win anything, but I'll take it!

So, do you have any left, like maybe for Saturday?

Is there now another level for a best beer award at that competition?

[Tim Gregory]

I think I have a few bottles I can bring.

The gold medal beers all go through to the next round (judged this weekend) with a bunch of prizes. Apparently I win something but what it is depends how it does in the finals.

[mr x]

I am thinking we should have a forum dedicated to award winners and upcoming competitions. It would be a good way to keep up the visibility and encourage people entering.

[Jimmy]

I am thinking we should have a forum dedicated to award winners and upcoming competitions. It would be a good way to keep up the visibility and encourage people entering.

What do you suggest as a forum? I can add one later tonight if you want.

[mr x]

'Award winners/Competitions', something like that?

[LiverDance]

Great Job everyone and good luck in the second round Tim. We are starting to gain some momentum

[derek]

I am thinking we should have a forum dedicated to award winners and upcoming competitions. It would be a good way to keep up the visibility and encourage people entering.

Sounds like an excellent idea

[TimG]

Nice work to all the medal winners! I would be curious to hear the details of the winning beer recipes, if you'd rather keep them closer to your heart that is cool too. Just hoping to learn a little bit of what makes a good beer (recipe at least).

[mr x]

That's something else I'd like to see as well, unless the winners prefer to keep them secret (*cough* repackaged a bottle of Westmalle *cough*).

[BobbyOK]

Well done on the awards guys! Awesome news all around.

That's something else I'd like to see as well, unless the winners prefer to keep them secret (*cough* repackaged a bottle of Westmalle *cough*).

If it's anything like the IPA category at the CBAs a repackaged Westmalle would get docked points for being "too Belgian".

[Tim Gregory]

That's something else I'd like to see as well, unless the winners prefer to keep them secret (*cough* repackaged a bottle of Westmalle *cough*).

Who told You!?!

The recipe on this was pretty simple. Pilsner Malt and probably aboutg 25% of that dark candy syrup we got in, and I think a tiny bit of Carapils. One early addition of saaz. Fermented on the chimay yeast.

I read Brew like a Monk and did pretty well everything he said. Kept the grainbill simple, maybe underpitched a little, fermented it warm, and lagered it.

My complaint about this beer is that it has no foam stability. The head is gone after about 30 seconds. I thought I'd get dinged for that.

[KMcK]

My 'secret' ingredient was demerara sugar. The magic was performed by the 3711 French Saison yeast. I have some WLP565 Belgian Saison I Yeast and hope to try that in my next saison.

Tim, I'd like to take a look at Brew like a Monk (if it's yours to lend).

[mr x]

The recipe on this was pretty simple. Pilsner Malt and probably aboutg 25% of that dark candy syrup we got in, and I think a tiny bit of Carapils. One early addition of saaz. Fermented on the chimay yeast.

I read Brew like a Monk and did pretty well everything he said. Kept the grainbill simple, maybe underpitched a little, fermented it warm, and lagered it.

Simple, but I bet the quality ingredients made the difference, the syrup in particular.

[Tim Gregory]

That syrup rocks.

No prob Kyle, I'll bring it on Saturday

[BBrianBoogie]

Well done guys!

[mr x]

That syrup rocks.

No prob Kyle, I'll bring it on Saturday

Awesome, looking forward to trying that one.

[akr71]

Nice work to all the medal winners! I would be curious to hear the details of the winning beer recipes, if you'd rather keep them closer to your heart that is cool too. Just hoping to learn a little bit of what makes a good beer (recipe at least).

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Townshend Pale

No, I went with a tried and true recipe supplied by TonyL
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Sure will.
For 6 gallons @ 71% efficiency and 1047 OG

10 pounds CM 2 row
1 pound Crystal 40L
1/4 pound malted wheat
.5 Oz Amarillo @ 8.2AA for 60 ( All pellet hops used )
1 Oz Citra @ 13.4 for 20
1 Oz Cascade @ 5.9 for 15
1 Oz Cascade @ 5.9 for 5

Mashed at 152F for 60

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Only I subbed the citra for cascade and fermented with wyeast 1056

[mr x]

Do you mean you used citra instead of cascade?

[akr71]

No, the other way 'round - I had no citra so used cascade instead and then dryhopped with amarillo (if memory serves).

[KMcK]

That syrup rocks.

No prob Kyle, I'll bring it on Saturday

Awesome, looking forward to trying that one.

We were referring to the book. I doubt it tastes as good as the beer he made.

[mr x]

lol. Well, he better bring the beer too, or it's rebottled Westmalle.

[NASH]

Well done on the awards guys! Awesome news all around.

That's something else I'd like to see as well, unless the winners prefer to keep them secret (*cough* repackaged a bottle of Westmalle *cough*).

If it's anything like the IPA category at the CBAs a repackaged Westmalle would get docked points for being "too Belgian".

[NASH]

Congrats ladies! Keep on brewin'

[chalmers]

Congrats guys, so glad to hear about the medals, and the rest of us jokers who entered but didn't place will have fun reading the notes. I suspect both of mine were undercarbed (at the least).