First Time Contest Recipe Suggestion

[yimmyyames]

I joined a local homebrew club over the summer and plan on entering a competition they are hosting in October. I’m still a relatively new extract brewer and have no visions of placing well in this contest. That said, I am excited to participate and take part in my first contest.

My biggest obstacle at this point is time. A busy summer has not given me the time to brew until this weekend. At this point I only have 5 weeks to the contest. As much as I’d like to do a more complex recipe a little more outside the box, I think in order to present something respectable I’ll have to be mindful to pick something on the simple side that will taste good in this short time.

Any suggestions? I was able to filter Northern Brewer’s Extract Recipes by time and The Innkeeper seems like it could be a good choice. I’d welcome any other thoughts.

 

[theveganbrewer]

BierMuncher's OktoberFAST might work. It's a good beer for the season, and it'll be ready fast. It's all-grain, but someone converted to extract.

Oktoberfest (BierMuncher)
Oktoberfest/Marzen

Type: Extract
Date: 7/5/2008
Batch Size: 5.00 gal
Boil Size: 3.25 gal
Boil Time: 90 min Equipment: Brew Pot (4 Gallon)

Ingredients

3.86 lb Pilsner Liquid Extract (3.5 SRM) Extract 41.16 %
1.40 lb Amber Liquid Extract (12.5 SRM) Extract 14.95 %
1.33 lb Pale Liquid Extract (8.0 SRM) Extract 14.23 %
1.15 lb Caravienne Malt (22.0 SRM) Grain 12.25 %
1.09 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 20L (20.0 SRM) Grain 11.61 %
0.54 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 5.80 %
1.27 oz Tettnang [3.20 %] (60 min) Hops 11.0 IBU
0.63 oz Tettnang [3.20 %] (45 min) Hops 5.0 IBU
0.63 oz Tettnang [3.20 %] (30 min) Hops 4.2 IBU
1 Pkgs SafAle English Ale (DCL Yeast #S-04) Yeast-Ale


Beer Profile

Est Original Gravity: 1.050 SG
Measured Original Gravity: 1.010 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.013 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.005 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 4.83 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 0.65 %
Bitterness: 20.2 IBU Calories: 43 cal/pint
Est Color: 12.5 SRM Color: Color

Steep grains as desired (30-60 minutes)
Recipe by BierMuncher

Im by far an expert but..
I would sub. most or all of the LME with DME and I guess the malts are steeped. Also probably don't need the 90min boil since our grain will be steeped beforehand.

Thread is here...https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f63/biermunchers-oktoberfast-ale-ag-39021/

 

[naiek]

Is it a BJCP style competition? I would think using an ale yeast for a lager style would made the finished beer not to style and your score would suffer considerably. My $0.02 would be
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f66/bee-cave-brewery-haus-pale-ale-31793/

 

[duboman]

http://https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f70/simple-hefeweizen-186432/

A nice clean, simple Hefe would finish with plenty of time and is not very difficult to brew up, good luck!