Beer category/ style

[Nathan Buckner]

If you brew a beer with oak chips and it had a solid oaky flavor after a few days to a week. What would it technically be classified as? Because it's not technically oak "aged". Planning on submitting it into a home brew competition and need to know how to label it.

 

[3 Dawg Night]

But it is technically oak-aged, right? It's just not aged for very long. I think judges likely care more about the "oak" part than the "age" part. If you just call it an oaked-whatever, you'll be fine.

 

[AlexKay]

Yep, always pick your category based on what the beer tastes (smells, looks) like, not at all on how you got there.

 

[3 Dawg Night]

Yep, always pick your category based on what the beer tastes (smells, looks) like, not at all on how you got there.

Yep. A couple of years back, I brewed a American amber ale and entered it in a competition. It scored 33 and won 3rd in the amber category. On a whim, I also entered it in the Irish beers category as an Irish red, where it scored 37.5 and won 2nd!