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I crafted a beer that's consistently turned out awesome. I labeled it as and American Pale Ale but now that I want to enter it I'm noting that it misses the BJCP style in a couple areas. What should I enter it as if I want to compete? My understanding is that mis-styling it will cause you to...

Well, when I pour from the keg it's carbonated fine. But when I chill it it gets pretty flat.

Yeah, I need to try to prime the next keg full. I don't have a fridge yet to store my keg in. When I pull a flip top bottle and fill it up to chill it's, of course, pretty flat.

Kegging is frustrating me because I haven't had a good batch since I started with the keg. It keeps getting infected with lacto. I take the whole keg down and soak it for hours with pbw then rinse and sanitize. In the last three batches that plasticy sour off taste creeps back in over time...

Doh! I guess Sorachi Ace is proprietary. Picked a bad hop to really take an interest in. Guy at the local shop said it was effected by growing shortages this year. Anyone recommend a hop like Ace?

Does anyone have Sorachi Ace? The hop isn't really prevalent in shops and I have one favorite recipe of mine that calls for it.

Funny, I'm on my way to put together a heat stick today because I actually deformed the element on our electric stove while brewing last. Picking up a new element, too. Doh!

I first used Sorachi Ace in an American Pale Ale along with Crystal. After tasting it first in Elysian Brewing's Loser Pale Ale. It turned out amazing. I'm brewing another batch next week and trying to think of where else I can use this hop.