what category for beer competition?

[golfgod04]

So I brewed a Belgian Dubbel recipe but made a few tweaks to it. I call it an American Double because I used cascade hops and I used pure 100% apple syrup from a local orchard. It came out delicious, takes like a dubbel with hints of apple. Do I submit it in the Belgian Dubbel category or in another?

 

[m00ps]

im guessing if you made it right, it should have belgian yeast esters as the dominant flavor. definitely enter it as a dubbel

 

[golfgod04]

I used Safbrew Abbaye Dry Yeast

 

[dammBrewer]

If you have the fruity esters from the Abbaye yeast, then enter it as a Dubbel. If not, it might do well in the Specialties or "Fruit Beer" category. Heck, enter both and see what the judges think.

 

[BrewerBrad82]

+1 To entering both categories. Double the chances!

 

[golfgod04]

competition is limited entries so you can only each beer in 1 category. In a future competition, I definitely will.

 

[CA_Mouse]

Since you added apple juice to it, I would think that it no longer fits in the Dubbel category. I would enter it as a Fruit Beer with the base beer being a Dubbel.

 

[golfgod04]

hi, it wasn't apple juice, it was apple syrup. ive seen many people use maple syrup in their dubbels so thats why I chose apple syrup. My local orchard was selling it this year for the first time and through a poll on this site, many people suggested brewing it in a dubbel.