1st place... I almost pooped myself.

1st homebrew comp I ever entered happened this weekend. 1st place in the stout category. Granted there were only 18 entries for the category, but I almost just pooped myself. Amped up!~

Way to go!!!!!

Congrats!

You should have followed through, if only for dramatic effect.

Congrats!

Hang that 1st place ribbon with pride!

what was the wining recipe?

Congratulations! Post that recipe!

Must have had coffee milk in it!

othevad said:

1st homebrew comp I ever entered happened this weekend. 1st place in the stout category. Granted there were only 18 entries for the category, but I almost just pooped myself. Amped up!~

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:rockin:

othevad said:

1st homebrew comp I ever entered happened this weekend. 1st place in the stout category. Granted there were only 18 entries for the category, but I almost just pooped myself. Amped up!~

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Nice!

A pic of the medal or beer would be nice.

This story woulda been so much better if it were an actual poop story. Congrats anyway.

Nicely done

fantastic!

Congrats! Pic please!

Congrats on the win and to holding it to just a shart.

Now championship recipe or it didn't happen.

That's awesome! Congratulations!

Congrats!

Pic!

Well done!

Please share the prized recipe.

Congrats man! That has to be very exciting! May many more blue ribbons come your way!

NICE! recipe please

Hey guys.

Here's the recipe. I didn't have cocoa (or couldn't find it on beersmith)
but I added 3/4 a cup with 10 mins left in the boil as well as a 1/2 a cup to the bottling sugar at bottling. No ribbon for pics yet, the contest was halfway across the country =)

Recipe: Chocolate Oatmeal Milk Stout TYPE: All Grain
Style: Oatmeal Stout
---RECIPE SPECIFICATIONS-----------------------------------------------
SRM: 33.1 SRM SRM RANGE: 22.0-40.0 SRM
IBU: 31.5 IBUs Tinseth IBU RANGE: 25.0-40.0 IBUs
OG: 1.062 SG OG RANGE: 1.048-1.065 SG
FG: 1.014 SG FG RANGE: 1.010-1.018 SG
BU:GU: 0.505 Calories: 203.2 kcal/12oz Est ABV: 6.4 %
EE%: 72.00 % Batch: 5.00 gal Boil: 6.52 gal BT: 60 Mins

---WATER CHEMISTRY ADDITIONS----------------

Amt Name Type # %/IBU
1.00 tsp Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 60.0 mins Water Agent 1 -

Total Grain Weight: 12 lbs Total Hops: 2.50 oz oz.
---MASH/STEEP PROCESS------MASH PH:5.40 ------
>>>>>>>>>>-ADD WATER CHEMICALS BEFORE GRAINS!!<<<<<<<
Amt Name Type # %/IBU
8 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 2 66.7 %
1 lbs Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM) Grain 3 8.3 %
1 lbs Oats, Flaked (1.0 SRM) Grain 4 8.3 %
8.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L (20.0 SRM) Grain 5 4.2 %
8.0 oz Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM) Grain 6 4.2 %


Name Description Step Temperat Step Time
Mash In Add 13.75 qt of water at 164.6 F 150.0 F 75 min

---SPARGE PROCESS---
>>>>>>>>>>-RECYCLE FIRST RUNNINGS & VERIFY GRAIN/MLT TEMPS: 72.0 F/72.0 F
>>>>>>>>>>-ADD BOIL CHEMICALS BEFORE FWH
Fly sparge with 4.65 gal water at 168.0 F

---BOIL PROCESS-----------------------------
Est Pre_Boil Gravity: 1.055 SG Est OG: 1.062 SG
Amt Name Type # %/IBU
1.00 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] - Boil 60.0 Hop 7 15.7 IBUs
1.00 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] - Boil 15.0 Hop 8 7.8 IBUs
1 lbs Milk Sugar (Lactose) [Boil for 15 min](0 Sugar 9 8.3 %
0.50 oz Magnum [14.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 10 8.0 IBUs

---FERM PROCESS-----------------------------
Primary Start: 1/29/2012 - 4.00 Days at 67.0 F
Secondary Start: 2/2/2012 - 10.00 Days at 67.0 F
Style Carb Range: 1.90-2.50 Vols
Bottling Date: 2/12/2012 with 2.3 Volumes CO2:
---NOTES------------------------------------


P.S. Don't pay attention to the fermentation schedule as well as the efficiency. I realized I was messing around with some stuff in Beersmith and didn't put it back. Did my normal 2 weeks in primary and a little over a week in 2ndary.

Congrats on the win. I just had the same thing happen in our homebrew competition. My first competition as well. Entered an imperial stout and took gold with 32 entries in the category. Also posted the recipe on my website.

http://www.chrisheier.com/homebrew/evil-shenanigans-imperial-honey-stout/

Great job! Recipe looks good, but one thing I did notice is that your total grain weight states 12lbs. I only see 11 lbs. Also the 2row starts as your second grain. What's the missing pound? Or is this just a typo?

Congrats, that's awesome!

Nice!

Nice. I make a couple stouts pretty similar to that. I'm a big fan of that grain bill.

I might have to make this, looks really tasty! Thanks for sharing and congratulations on the victory!

Thanks guys =)

Zeus, the only thing I can think of for the grain total was that this was a 2nd revision and I had changed the recipe slightly from the first time. Not sure what the dealio was with that. Maybe some error in BS that didn't update. No idea.

Could it be counting the pound of lactose in the total?

And congrats on the win! Have you had a chance to see any judge feedback yet?

Congratulations! What yeast did you use? I don't see it listed.