Botanical brew & Q

[Stoutman82]

So this weekend on sunday there is a brewing contest in fort Wayne Indiana. My question is who's going what do you have entered? I myself have 4 entries and am really stoked. This will be my first competition and I'm excited to get some feedback on how my beers taste to someone that isn't me and not a friend. If there are slot going from the forum maybe host a meetup and throw some pictures up here from it. I hope to see some others from here going should be fun. My entries are a stout, American brown ale, wood flavored, and specialty. I might bring some samples if anyone going is up to trade/try. Cheers

 

[flatrockbrewing]

So this weekend on sunday there is a brewing contest in fort Wayne Indiana. My question is who's going what do you have entered? I myself have 4 entries and am really stoked. This will be my first competition and I'm excited to get some feedback on how my beers taste to someone that isn't me and not a friend. If there are slot going from the forum maybe host a meetup and throw some pictures up here from it. I hope to see some others from here going should be fun. My entries are a stout, American brown ale, wood flavored, and specialty. I might bring some samples if anyone going is up to trade/try. Cheers

I sent a few beers to this contest still waiting for a flight and best of show winners list. Anyone know if they are going to post winners online?

 

[Stoutman82]

Carmen who was one of the people running it said they would mail out the notes in a week or so and have them online. They only had 33 entries so they only did best in show at the awards. I'm curious to know how my 4 did also.

 

[flatrockbrewing]

Carmen who was one of the people running it said they would mail out the notes in a week or so and have them online. They only had 33 entries so they only did best in show at the awards. I'm curious to know how my 4 did also.

Here are the offical results straight from Carmen:

Honorable Mention- no particular order

Lawrence Pritchard for his American India Pale Ale

Dave Stahl- for his Specialty Beer a Coffee Oatmeal Stout aged on Cacao Nibs

Matt Dressler- for his Robust Porter

Ben Fogt- for his Belgian Pale Ale

Lawrence Pritchard- For his Strong Ale, an American Barleywine





Winners!

Third Place- From the Dark Lager category with a Munich Dunkel that had “dead on” malt character- Dave Stahl



Second Place- From the Spice, Herb or Vegetable category with a Scottish Export 80 made with Heather flowers that “struck a nice balance” and was “very drinkable”- John Vogt



First Place- From the Bock category with a Traditional Bock that was a “well balanced, well made beer”- Dave Stahl

I had two honorable mentions still working on that barleywine recipe just not right yet....

 

[Stoutman82]

Wondering when we'll get notes on our brews since none of those are mine

 

[flatrockbrewing]

Wondering when we'll get notes on our brews since none of those are mine

She said they will be mailed out sometime this week.

 

[Stoutman82]

Ah good to know cheers

 

[Stoutman82]

Heres some photos from the event with the exception of the last one it was from the parking garage

 

[Stoutman82]

So I finally got my scores was a bit of a gut check on one of mine. This was my first competition though so it's learning experience.
My american brown got a measly 17.6 but would have been a better fit in Christmas beer.
My wood aged got a 27.3 but was too oaky.
My specialty beer received a 28 but was too alcoholy for a pale ale? Which is weird since it's specialty and not supposed to be normal.
And my stout got a 35 "a pretty down the road example of what a stout should be"

Overall I'm ok with how I did for my first competition and less then a year doing homebrewing under my belt hopefully I'll come back strong next year.