Hatchbrew
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Any feedback is good with me. Take it for what you will. Competition are a lot of fun...find an honest opinion about your beer from judges and critiques from your fellow brewers.
AZ_IPA said:Drink a warm Bud Light if you want to notice acetaldehyde.
Is that right, or are you being facetious? I'm actually curious about what these off flavors taste like.
AZ_IPA said:It's true. I never noticed it until someone else pointed it out...
Here's Palmer's list of off-flavors & causes if you haven't already seen it.
http://www.howtobrew.com/section4/chapter21-2.html
For all the time I've spent reading that, I'm still amazed at how many sections I've never seen. This is really helpful. Thanks!
Yooper said:I've judged a number of competitions. Most beers fall under 29. A rare beer may score 40. A winner may score in the high 30s.
Hey, thanks for the encouragement!
In terms of judging, what's it like? When I entered the beer they asked if I'd want to judge, as entering and judging beers are, according to them, great ways to learn about the different styles, as well as beer as a whole.
So yeah...what's it like to judge? How valuable has it been?
Drink a warm Bud Light if you want to notice acetaldehyde.
I was going to say that even with your mistake you scored higher than a big percentage of those folks, so I'd say you should be pretty proud. This gives me hope that my 1st batch in the primary right now will turn out pretty good, especially since I started my fermentation a good bit above the desired temp.I'm going to remember this. You're right- in the grand scheme, it did pretty well. Hell, a 26 is considered "good".
dcummings1998 said:Does anyone have a style guide I can read? I have been trying to find one online, but all I can find is a guide for tasting, not for what should be in the profile of each type of beer.
EDIT: Just found http://www.bjcp.org/docs/2008_stylebook.pdf
I also have an app on my phone called BJCPDroid which is extremely handy.
dcummings1998 said:BJCP Styles on the iPhone. Thanks!
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