jgarretson
Well-Known Member
So, my company had our second home brew festival this past weekend and we had four people enter six different beers. We had a citrus wheat, a apricot hop wheat, a pale ale, a hazelnut brown, a double IPA and a wee heavy.
We're already planning our next festival and want to do it in the late fall. I'd like to try and establish one style that will be judged because having people try to judge a pale ale against a hazelnut brown is impossible. Also, the judges were fellow employees who don't know much. We're going to get some pro judges from our local home brew shop.
My question is, if we designate a style like stout or porter, is that too broad? I was looking at the BJCP.org site and under stout, they have about six different designations. Dry, sweet, oatmeal and so on. If we say brew and enter a stout and we have a chocolate, a milk, a coffee and cherry stout, would that work? Or should we say only brew a very specific stout?
We're already planning our next festival and want to do it in the late fall. I'd like to try and establish one style that will be judged because having people try to judge a pale ale against a hazelnut brown is impossible. Also, the judges were fellow employees who don't know much. We're going to get some pro judges from our local home brew shop.
My question is, if we designate a style like stout or porter, is that too broad? I was looking at the BJCP.org site and under stout, they have about six different designations. Dry, sweet, oatmeal and so on. If we say brew and enter a stout and we have a chocolate, a milk, a coffee and cherry stout, would that work? Or should we say only brew a very specific stout?
