March 2023 Competition - Freestyle

[phildo79]

Aye, that's the one.

 

[Stu's Brews]

A quick update from me...

I'll be judging tomorrow evening and will post the winners at the end of the night. All feedback will then be shared on Monday morning.

Good luck everyone!

 

[Tess Tickle's Brewery]

Sorry Stu, my lager wasn't good enough to share.

 

[Stu's Brews]

Sorry Stu, my lager wasn't good enough to share.

That's a shame - fingers crossed for next time!

 

[Stu's Brews]

Judging about to commence!

 

[Stu's Brews]

Judging complete - just going to confirm I'm happy with the order of the top 3 and then I'll be posting results!

 

[Stu's Brews]

Time for the results!

3rd place: @matt76 - Liberator WCIPA

2nd place: @Caramel Ox - American Pale Ale

1st place: @pilgrimhudd - First Gold Bitter

Congratulations to the top 3! @pilgrimhudd - I'll post a couple of beers off to you towards the end of the month as a prize.

I'll post all feedback tomorrow morning, once I've had a lie down and stopped stuffing Easter eggs into my face...

 

[Caramel Ox]

Wow thanks and well done @pilgrimhudd

 

[samale]

Well done @pilgrimhudd

 

[phildo79]

Are you allowed to have two beers that place?

Congratulations to @pilgrimhudd

 

[pilgrimhudd]

Time for the results!

3rd place: @pilgrimhudd - Victory ESB

2nd place: @Caramel Ox - American Pale Ale

1st place: @pilgrimhudd - First Gold Bitter

Congratulations to the top 3! @pilgrimhudd - I'll post a couple of beers off to you towards the end of the month as a prize.

I'll post all feedback tomorrow morning, once I've had a lie down and stopped stuffing Easter eggs into my face...

Oh wow, thanks Stu, that's brilliant, glad you enjoyed them both!

And well done @Caramel Ox !

 

[pilgrimhudd]

Are you allowed to have two beers that place?

Congratulations to @pilgrimhudd

Not sure, I didn't think so... might check at a quiet moment at work later.

 

[Stu's Brews]

Are you allowed to have two beers that place?

Congratulations to @pilgrimhudd

Hmm... I thought I've seen it happen before but will go check the rules...

 

[Stu's Brews]

Good catch @phildo79:

Participants can enter multiple beers per competition, however only one may compete for a winning position. This will be the beer with the highest score.

In which case, @matt76 gets promoted into 3rd place with his Liberator WCIPA. Congratulations!

 

[matt76]

Good catch @phildo79:



In which case, @matt76 gets promoted into 3rd place with his Liberator WCIPA. Congratulations!

Ooh, well this is a nice surprise Well done @Caramel Ox and @pilgrimhudd

 

[NormanHurst]

Well done to all the medallists!

 

[Stu's Brews]

All feedback has now been posted. Thanks to all the entrants and congratulations again to the top 3!

 

[Caramel Ox]

Thanks for the feedback. I agree it could use more hop aroma and have shifted the schedule around a bit for next time to allow 2g/L dry hop with a similar total hop.

This was my first kegged batch (50:50 keg and bottle). It was better on tap - something about the temperature or carbonation left the bottles seeming more bitter, or possibly the bottles lost more hop character and went out of balance.