Black Box Challenge

BobbyOK · Post by **BobbyOK** » Sun Jan 24, 2016 10:06 pm

Bowserm wrote: Lots of great stuff, but no clearing agent which means we can dry hop the crap out of it.

Can or can't? That's where the presentation will become valuable. You can explain what tweaks you would have made if other ingredients had been available.

Related - I hope everyone has a picture in their presentation of the cinnamon sticks being left in the bag unused.

CartoonCod · Post by **CartoonCod** » Sun Jan 24, 2016 11:14 pm

I'm using them!

Bowserm · Post by **Bowserm** » Mon Jan 25, 2016 9:54 am

I've debated using mine, but at this point unsure.

Bowserm · Post by **Bowserm** » Mon Jan 25, 2016 9:54 am

Sorry for the double post

sheppard107 · Post by **sheppard107** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 9:53 pm

Does anyone know if the presentation/judging event is going to be open to the rest of us peons who didn't take up the challenge? Or is it participants/judges only? I'd be interested in seeing how of the masters of homebrewing tackled the challenge. And how the rest of you did too of course!

Post by **RubberToe** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 10:47 pm

I doubt it, it's during a time when Stillwell is actually closed.

sheppard107 · Post by **sheppard107** » Wed Jan 27, 2016 11:02 pm

Ah, right. I didn't look closely at the time.

wide_awake · Post by **wide_awake** » Fri Jan 29, 2016 4:29 pm

sheppard107 wrote:Does anyone know if the presentation/judging event is going to be open to the rest of us peons who didn't take up the challenge?

Yup, spectators are allowed.

MitchK · Post by **MitchK** » Sun Jan 31, 2016 8:22 pm

Sandy and I just brewed one of our potential entries.

henry · Post by **henry** » Wed Feb 03, 2016 2:29 pm

sheppard107 wrote:Does anyone know if the presentation/judging event is going to be open to the rest of us peons who didn't take up the challenge? Or is it participants/judges only? I'd be interested in seeing how of the masters of homebrewing tackled the challenge. And how the rest of you did too of course!

Yes! We welcome spectators. After all this is meant to be an afternoon of fun and camaraderie above all. With (hopefully) some awesome brews to evaluate.

CartoonCod · Post by **CartoonCod** » Fri Feb 05, 2016 10:30 pm

BobbyOK wrote: Related - I hope everyone has a picture in their presentation of the cinnamon sticks being left in the bag unused.

I thought about using it. I went as far as drawing a sample and tasting it with a bit of cinnamon... I'll never do that again. The cinnamon stays in the bag.

amartin · Post by **amartin** » Fri Feb 05, 2016 10:41 pm

Yeah, cinnamon is part of what made my bad barley wine bad. That and a lot of other things.

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Bowserm · Post by **Bowserm** » Sun Feb 07, 2016 9:38 pm

So you guys are saying I should not have used all 4 sticks?

GAM · Post by **GAM** » Mon Feb 08, 2016 11:36 am

Mitchell and I brewed mark 2 yesterday.

Smelled great.

S

CorneliusAlphonse · Post by **CorneliusAlphonse** » Mon Feb 08, 2016 12:08 pm

I've had delicious beer and awful beer brewed with cinnamon. Same goes for every other ingredient out there. Don't let anyone tell you what to do, that's half the fun of this competition:)

That being said, 4 sticks... Gutsy move!

MitchK · Post by **MitchK** » Tue Feb 09, 2016 4:06 pm

I should've pulled out the cinnamon for our coffee, would've made a great slide in the presentation.

GAM · Post by **GAM** » Tue Feb 09, 2016 4:14 pm

We can still fake that.

S

MitchK · Post by **MitchK** » Tue Feb 09, 2016 4:38 pm

If we fake it we don't have to ruin perfectly good coffee with cinnamon either.

LiverDance · Post by **LiverDance** » Mon Feb 29, 2016 3:18 pm

Does anyone know the pyrotechnics regulations at Stilly?

Keith · Post by **Keith** » Mon Feb 29, 2016 3:36 pm

A request similar to this was approved, however this would need to be a quick setup and tear down as traffic would be blocked briefly. Schoolhouse has donated the delivery bus, and they will be jumping the empty kegs in the basement.

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henry · Post by **henry** » Wed Mar 02, 2016 11:53 am

All,

I hope by now that all of you have brewed your beers, bottled and tasted them and are all convinced that you have winning entries!
We're all totally stoked to have this competition and we hope that you're all excited as well.
Remember,

There is a slight change of plans for the presentations this Sunday. Due to staffing constraints (The gang at Stillwell have been good enough to have the bar AND kitchen open for the duration of the presentations and judging) we have to start at NOON (that's 12:00) on Sunday March 6th.

Remember, you will have to make a 5 minute presentation with visuals as part of your score, so brush up on your public speaking skills (others will be watching!) Stillwell will be open so there may be people off the street. The media may be there too (they've been invited), although it's not guaranteed.

See you all there!
Henry

Bowserm · Post by **Bowserm** » Thu Mar 03, 2016 12:26 pm

Where is the best place to park? I parked at Scotia Square last time I was there to pickup grains. Anyone know anything closer?

mikeorr · Post by **mikeorr** » Thu Mar 03, 2016 1:48 pm

I usually don't have a problem finding on-street parking in the downtown area around Stillwell (ex: Granville St. at Province House, Lower Water, etc..)

Tim Gregory · Post by **Tim Gregory** » Thu Mar 03, 2016 2:07 pm

Sunday morning shouldn't be too bad for parking.

spickup · Post by **spickup** » Thu Mar 03, 2016 4:28 pm

Looking forward to Sunday. Do we know if the beers will be tasted and judged right after each presentation?

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