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I have the growler filler for 650s. Don't imagine that the flow controls are miracle workers. You do still get some foam. I use the filler for growlers and sometimes bottles if I'm taking them to a bottle share or a friend's house. I wouldn't consider it for any sort of long-term storage...

Seriously?

I only considered proximity as well. I figured the shorter amount of time the beers spent with FedEx, the better off I'd be. Looks like I will have to reconsider next year.

Austin is posted. Still not Nashville http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/competitions/national-homebrew-competition/winners/

I think WLP099 would be more apt to throw into a bad situation. Seems more resilient to me than WLP090. That said, I've never had luck secondarily pitching to squeak out a few more points. One idea I've had though is pitching 099 on Day 3 of fermentation. Hopefully conditions aren't so...

Have you asked the organizers?

Well, looks like I'll have to wait even longer to hear Nashville's results! Thanks for submitting your entries to the Nashville judging center, and/or volunteering for the competition. The judging for your competition began last weekend, but the judges were unable to judge all of the entries...

Can you share where you got those shadowboxes? Looks nice!

Really enjoyed this article. I wasn't aware of dafont.com or InkSpace, thanks! I generally use Pixlr for my label tinkering. Also free. Not really intuitive unless you have some Photoshop experience but there are tons of tutorials to guide you through anything. Cheers!

Definitely raise the temp and rock the beer. I'd consider pitch in some 099 as well. You aren't far off. I wouldn't do anything drastic. Worse case, drink it! Don't oxygenate it.

And entries are generally 2x as expensive as smaller competitions.

Sorry, I have no experience with barrels. I generally have some oak soaking in bourbon but when needed, I usually toss the whole lot in.

Wow, much earlier than I was anticipating. Nashville still isn't for (2) more weeks.

One more of the big draws of homebrewing are the hobbies within the hobby. It probably starts because you're interesting in beer. But as you go, you'll find other interests as well. Like to build things? Build a brew stand or fermentation chamber. Like DIY on electronics? Go full...

You ever get anywhere with this @FredTheNuke?

I'd consider Trillium and Tree House before even thinking about anything else.

Contrarily, I tend to bulk age all my 10%+ beers in a keg under pressure, much like you described. I do throw a picnic tap on it from time to time to see how it's doing.

No, I just created the file for the brewers here. I usually only do one HUGE imperial stout a year and in NOV I did a Black Tuesday-esque beer. I probably will take a stab at this one one day though.

I entered this beer into a local competition (21A, 2008 BJCP) and took first place out of 19 entries. I haven't got the score sheets back yet.

The irony of that murky beer sitting on a Heretic coaster is not lost on me!