Hopper5000
Well-Known Member
Hey All,
I am planning on entering a competition pretty soon and am having some trouble picking a category to enter in. I have two barrel aged beers.
One is an imperial saison (Super Saison according to the new guideline) which was aged in a white wine barrel.
The other is a Curieux clone, so it was a Belgian Tripple aged in a bourbon barrel.
I am thinking that these should go into the wood aged category but I am not sure which would fit which one or if that's even appropriate.
I know there is the commercial clone beer category but the my version has way more barrel and booze flavor then the commercial example so I am not sure how well it would do in that category. However, I am not sure how well it might do in 33B because it's not a very common style to barrel age and the barrel flavor is very strong. It's got some hot alcohol flavor too (maybe I shouldn't enter it at all?)
I am also thinking maybe the Saison could go in the 33A Category but I am not really sure how well it fits in there. It does have a nice oak flavor and some mineraly flavor from the wine, but that's not really something that is described in that category.
Thanks for any help.
I am planning on entering a competition pretty soon and am having some trouble picking a category to enter in. I have two barrel aged beers.
One is an imperial saison (Super Saison according to the new guideline) which was aged in a white wine barrel.
The other is a Curieux clone, so it was a Belgian Tripple aged in a bourbon barrel.
I am thinking that these should go into the wood aged category but I am not sure which would fit which one or if that's even appropriate.
I know there is the commercial clone beer category but the my version has way more barrel and booze flavor then the commercial example so I am not sure how well it would do in that category. However, I am not sure how well it might do in 33B because it's not a very common style to barrel age and the barrel flavor is very strong. It's got some hot alcohol flavor too (maybe I shouldn't enter it at all?)
I am also thinking maybe the Saison could go in the 33A Category but I am not really sure how well it fits in there. It does have a nice oak flavor and some mineraly flavor from the wine, but that's not really something that is described in that category.
Thanks for any help.