Sam Adams Long Shot..... Whatcha got?

[phished880]

I assume we have some folks here entering the longshot comp, so what is everyone entering?

I've got "black love" a black wit with rose hips i'll be entering. lets hear yours.

Oh yeah, good luck! Your gonna need it

 

[SumnerH]

I did a bergamot-ginger wit, but it turned out way too heavy on the bergamot so I'm not going to enter it. I'm hoping it mellows with a few months of aging.

 

[madbare]

I entered my Coconut Milk Stout. First time entering anything!

 

[BendBrewer]

I made a Cubensis Cream Ale but it melted the bottles.

 

[jdp]

I am not going to part with any of mine. I feel it would be unfair to Tasty

 

[SpanishCastleAle]

Brooklyn lager clone.

 

[Revvy]

When's the deadline? Inevitably I blow the timing, or end up not having 3 bottles of what I want to enter.

 

[Homercidal]

Watermelon Onion Kolsch

 

[sjlammer]

I made a Cubensis Cream Ale but it melted the bottles.

Tricky... magic mushroom Cream Ale.... disgusting, but inevitably i would end up loving it.

 

[ShortSnoutBrewing]

Revvy - I believe entries are due the 28th.
I had to represent and entered my Cascadian Dark.

 

[Babachewy]

When's the deadline? Inevitably I blow the timing, or end up not having 3 bottles of what I want to enter.

I looked at the rules and you need to basically have 7 bottles (a few to enter and a few to save for later analysis if you win).

I wanted to enter my Vienna bock, but I only got 3 bottles before the keg died. :-/

 

[ShortSnoutBrewing]

I looked at the rules and you need to basically have 7 bottles (a few to enter and a few to save for later analysis if you win).

I wanted to enter my Vienna bock, but I only got 3 bottles before the keg died. :-/

Oh snap...I totally skipped over the part of needing to hold on to 3 extra bottles. EEK...I better bottle some more and hope I still have enough. Not that I plan on actually progressing in the competition.

 

[madbare]

Just got my email notification from Sam Adams that my entry was received safe and sound.

I believe the deadline to get beer in is the 28th of May for those of you still wondering. Also this is for Category 23 beer.

 

[ShortSnoutBrewing]

There must be an echo in here....

 

[remilard]

I looked at the rules and you need to basically have 7 bottles (a few to enter and a few to save for later analysis if you win).

I wanted to enter my Vienna bock, but I only got 3 bottles before the keg died. :-/

Enter three, rebrew, problem solved.

 

[madbare]

Enter three, rebrew, problem solved.

You have to submit 4 for the first round...Anything else results in a DQ

 

[Dave258]

Watermelon Onion Kolsch

Sounds............interesting.

 

[swankyswede]

I was going to do a Thai wit with kaffir lime leaves, lemongrass, and ginger, but my local asian market was out of all three.... so I tried to do a blood orange wit, but overdosed on the coriander. Tastes like crap, so I guess I'll have to try again next year...

 

[remilard]

You have to submit 4 for the first round...Anything else results in a DQ

Yeah, reading comprehension problem on my part.

 

[Kickass]

Just my opinion, but I’d be pretty shocked if one of the next three wasn’t a Cascadian Dark Ale. There has been a lot of hype lately and I’d bet the odds that, given they get a well represented bottle, SA would add it to the lineup.

I’m not saying I’ve got it figured out but I’d be willing to brew something simply for the sake of wining and recognition rather than something I really enjoy.

 

[Duffer]

Just my opinion, but I’d be pretty shocked if one of the next three wasn’t a Cascadian Dark Ale. There has been a lot of hype lately and I’d bet the odds that, ........

This is an interesting point. I'm not near good enough to enter, but I'd guess that these 'high-end' contests receive hundreds of awesome brews.

A brewer who is really serious about a competition like this one should have his finger to the winds of micro-brewing style trends and submit a brew that not only is awesome but is also hip and froody. Read the tea leaves of trendiness (which with a required lead time could be just a lucky guess in the end) and submit THAT!

 

[remilard]

Recently homebrewers have won with old ale, barleywine, IIPA and traditional bock. Not exactly recent craft brewing trends. The beer is not picked based on what SA wants in the six pack. BJCP judges pick the finalist and the winner is a people's choice type thing.

I wouldn't mind seeing Tasty win again with his Janet's Brown. Imperial Brown/Brown IPA/India Brown Ale is a style that deserves to be a craft trend. It is interesting, distinctly different than IPA and has even been around since the 80s thought it never really caught on.

 

[CenturyStanding]

I'm entering three:

A Red Wine Ale

A Hoppy, Oak-Aged Saison

And an over-hopped Roggenbier that's been freeze-concentrated like an Eisbock

 

[SourHopHead]

Chocolate/Cherry Stout: Received and Valid.
Red/Green Chili Ale: Received and Valid.

Good luck to everyone. Will we get score sheets? I hope they are gentle.

 

[spaceboi13]

1. Against the Wall, Weizenbock
2. Don't Call Me Honey, Blonde
are leaving today via UPS Red, hope they arrive ok

 

[Spunkmeyer]

I entered a Maple Steam Beer. Still waiting for them to confirm receipt of my entry, which got to them on the 17th according to UPS. I sent an email to SA about it but haven't heard back yet.

Getting nervous now.

 

[SourHopHead]

You're not alone. They do say give 1 week for processing. I'm sure they are getting all the deliveries at once.

 

[Spunkmeyer]

You're not alone. They do say give 1 week for processing. I'm sure they are getting all the deliveries at once.

That's my hope -- it's just them being slow entering it into the system as opposed to them losing my entry somewhere in the bowels of SA. I have enough bottles left to send another entry if needed, but time is running out.

 

[CenturyStanding]

Quick question ... my "yeast samples" were delivered via UPS yesterday. I said to delivery the packages to Sam Adams Brewery at 30 Germania St., Boston MA (as it was given to me by Sam Adams), but my tracking number said it was delivered to Sam Adams Brewery at Jamaica Plain, MA. Is this normal or should I be concerned?

 

[elkdog]

Quick question ... my "yeast samples" were delivered via UPS yesterday. I said to delivery the packages to Sam Adams Brewery at 30 Germania St., Boston MA (as it was given to me by Sam Adams), but my tracking number said it was delivered to Sam Adams Brewery at Jamaica Plain, MA. Is this normal or should I be concerned?

Jamaica Plain is a neighborhood in Boston, and the SA Brewery is in that area, so it's likely just the substation the package went through. No worries.