Thor
Well-Known Member
My local brew club has monthly beer contests, with each month being a different BJCP style (style are at http://www.bjcp.org/2004_BJCP_Guidelines.pdf). I brewed an American Ale recipe which I changed a bit, including the addition of more DME to bump up the malt characteristics and ABV a bit (used 7 pounds instead of 6 DME). I notice that the wort had a higher SG than the style guidelines suggest.
Does this mean I am no longer in that style, or, since other style guidelines (hop contentrations, hop varieties, type of malt, types of grains, etc) were in style, that I just brewed a higher ABV version of the same style?
Does this mean I am no longer in that style, or, since other style guidelines (hop contentrations, hop varieties, type of malt, types of grains, etc) were in style, that I just brewed a higher ABV version of the same style?