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Railcar Scottish Ale comp.
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2015 2:18 pm
by dean2k
Did anyone post this yet?
From ACBB:
• While on the topic of Railcar, they just announced details on their 1st Annual Railcar Brewing Home Brew-Off. Open to all homebrewers in the Maritimes, the competition style is Scottish Export (14C) from the new 2014 BJCP Style Guidelines. Entries must be all-grain (no kits, extracts or sugars are permitted), and will be evaluated in a blind tasting by a panel of non-BJCP judges. The winner will get the opportunity to brew their beer with Mitch as a full-sized batch on the Railcar system, for commercial release as a Railcar seasonal! Registration is $15; each participant will receive a special 2015 Railcar Brew-Off glass. Entries are due by Thursday, March 26th (six 341 to 500 mL bottles are required); the top four will be selected for final judging. Awards and prizes will be handed out the following Thursday, April 2nd. For more information on rules and prizes, check out the link above. Fire up those kettles, homebrewers!
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Re: Railcar Scottish Ale comp.
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2015 2:50 pm
by gm-
Interesting, might join in. Never made the style, but sounds like it would be decent winter session beer.
Re: Railcar Scottish Ale comp.
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2015 3:54 pm
by dean2k
Entry info sheet
Re: Railcar Scottish Ale comp.
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2015 5:16 pm
by mcgster
Thats crazy that you have to submit 6 x 500ml bottles, thats half a batch for me!
Re: Railcar Scottish Ale comp.
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2015 5:19 pm
by LiverDance
mcgster wrote:Thats crazy that you have to submit 6 x 500ml bottles, thats half a batch for me!
Garrison rules say that as well this year.
Re: Railcar Scottish Ale comp.
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2015 5:59 pm
by GuingesRock
LiverDance wrote:mcgster wrote:Thats crazy that you have to submit 6 x 500ml bottles, thats half a batch for me!
Garrison rules say that as well this year.
I said the F word then Brian. My beer is all in 341ml bottles. Then I checked the Garrison rules.
Enough beer to fill 6 bottles (6 x 341ml or 6 x 500ml) to be submitted for review & judging purposes.
Re: Railcar Scottish Ale comp.
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2015 5:59 pm
by mcgster
Yah i just did the same thing Mark lol
I don't bottle anything in 500ml bottles since i started brewing 2.5 gal batches.
Re: Railcar Scottish Ale comp.
Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2015 2:00 pm
by akr71
Can someone point me to where Scottish Export is #14C and not Imperial IPA. Why would they frig with numbers so much from 2008 to 2014?
Never mind... found a draft version
http://www.bjcp.org/docs/2014%20BJCP%20 ... AFT%29.pdf
It even says "Do Not Use in Competitions"
Re: Railcar Scottish Ale comp.
Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2015 3:18 pm
by gm-
So 2014 rules tell you to avoid kettle caramelization at all cost while 2008 encourages it. Tricky stuff.
Re: Railcar Scottish Ale comp.
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 9:41 am
by chalmers
The draft still says "Do Not Use", but elsewhere on the BJCP site, it says that they can be used if the organizer wants to. However, this isn't a BJCP-sanctioned event, for whatever reason.
Good pick up, gm-, could affect the taste quite a bit.
Re: Railcar Scottish Ale comp.
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 9:54 am
by mcgster
gm- wrote:So 2014 rules tell you to avoid kettle caramelization at all cost while 2008 encourages it. Tricky stuff.
Yah you wouldn't be a happy camper if you went for a 120 minute boil to nail the caramelization and got dinged on it b/c of the change in the style guidelines!
Re: Railcar Scottish Ale comp.
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 10:20 am
by jacinthebox
We are gonna send our 3 Scots & a Frenchman
Re: Railcar Scottish Ale comp.
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 12:25 pm
by akr71
As much as I like brewing & drinking Scottish Ales, I think I may pass. My recipe (which has won for me in the past) is based on the old style guidelines and big on the kettle carmelization. Oh, I'm also not keen on giving away 6 500ml bottles...
Re: Railcar Scottish Ale comp.
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 12:30 pm
by mcgster
It doesn't look like you will be getting bjcp style feedback from this event either. It says you will be getting written feedback from the brewer but I'm really apprehensive sending beer to a non bjcp event after the ridiculous feedback from the NL comp.
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Re: Railcar Scottish Ale comp.
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 9:20 pm
by chalmers
akr71 wrote:As much as I like brewing & drinking Scottish Ales, I think I may pass. My recipe (which has won for me in the past) is based on the old style guidelines and big on the kettle carmelization. Oh, I'm also not keen on giving away 6 500ml bottles...
In the ACBB blurb quoted in the first post, we said 6 bottles 341-650 would be acceptable. This is direct from Mitch.
As for the kettle vs not caramelization, I'd say that the new style guideline is more "traditional" (whatever that means), so the caramel character should be coming from the malt. Having said that, I'd find it difficult to parse the two out on judging day.
I've emailed Mitch with the other questions brought up here and on FB, and will report back.
Re: Railcar Scottish Ale comp.
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 1:20 pm
by akr71
^ thanks Chalmers. Still pretty much on the fence - I've never brewed without Scotch Ale yeast and I'm not sure I have the patience to work up a starter from old slurry.
Re: Railcar Scottish Ale comp.
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 1:28 pm
by chalmers
Received more info from Mitch:
- The "Brewing Sheet Attached" is an indication to attach your own brewing sheet. So your BeerSmith/ProBrewer print out, or handwritten recipe.
- Scoresheets will be returned. Wasn't able to tell if these are the standard BJCP sheets, or something else, but at least you will receive blind, impartial, feedback.
Anything I've missed? I invited Mitch to check out this thread, so he may be in to comment directly.
Re: Railcar Scottish Ale comp.
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2015 8:29 am
by mcgster
Just curious if anyone brewed up a scottish export for this competition and will be shipping out some beer?
Re: Railcar Scottish Ale comp.
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2015 9:47 am
by dean2k
mcgster wrote:Just curious if anyone brewed up a scottish export for this competition and will be shipping out some beer?
I was hoping to but ... Life and stuff. Good luck.
Re: Railcar Scottish Ale comp.
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2015 8:47 am
by mcgster
Did anyone end up sending beer into this?
I brewed a batch to send off but decided against sending it on monday.
Re: Railcar Scottish Ale comp.
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2015 9:26 am
by jacinthebox
nope...comps are on hold for a bit
Re: Railcar Scottish Ale comp.
Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2015 10:51 am
by gm-
Wasn't that happy with mine, so I didn't submit it, might send it to the Brewnosers one just to see if it is at least to style.