August 2021 - British Pale Ales, Bitters and Milds

[samale]

Blimey, I got 24.5 once for one that tasted soapy!

I actually just searched my messages, it got 20

 

[Benfleet Brewery]

4 beers down
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I forgot to say my London Bitter was fresh from the keg so, if you liked it, you can finish that last little bit in the bottle

 

[dan125]

Very tough to judge as the quality was overall very good.
Thanks all for the chance to try your beers, I really enjoyed it :hat:
Will leave to Dave to announce the results.

 

[dave_77]

@dan125 thanks for your help tonight.. difficult one to call.

The winner is....

 

[dave_77]

It's like deadline day and everyone has gone to bed

 

[dan125]

It's like deadline day and everyone has gone to bed

Maybe you should sleep on it

 

[dan125]

I actually just searched my messages, it got 20

I once scored under 15 for an aipa... one bjcp judge said it tasted of drains

 

[dave_77]

I will post the feedback later in the week but the top 3 were....
1. @Benfleet Brewery - London Bitter - 41 PTS
2. @The-Engineer-That-Brews - ruby mild - 41 pts
3. @Tanglefoot - ESB - 38 PTS

Benfleet just nudged it to first based on being closer to a bjcp style. We also felt that although the ruby mild was a really tasty beer at 4.5% @Benfleet Brewery bitter had the quality despite its abv.

I would add that all the beers scored over 30pts and probably only needed minor adjustments to get closer to the top 3.

 

[Tanglefoot]

Fantastic, well pleased with 3rd place !

I'm looking forward to reading your feedback, thanks to @dan125 and @dave_77 for taking the time to judge it.

Well done to @Benfleet Brewery and @The-Engineer-That-Brews engineer

 

[samale]

Well done @Benfleet Brewery

 

[pilgrimhudd]

Wahaay, well done everyone!

 

[Broken Toe]

Nicely done! @Benfleet Brewery @The-Engineer-That-Brews and @Tanglefoot great scores.

Cheers for the solid evening if drinking @dan125 and @dave_77

 

[Broken Toe]

I once scored under 15 for an aipa... one bjcp judge said it tasted of drains

Dam I thought I would have taken it with a stout of 19. That having drunk a bottle myself afterwards was like someone left the Calpol bottle open in the bottom of a box somewhere

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

I will post the feedback later in the week but the top 3 were....
1. @Benfleet Brewery - London Bitter - 41 PTS
2. @The-Engineer-That-Brews - ruby mild - 41 pts
3. @Tanglefoot - ESB - 38 PTS

Benfleet just nudged it to first based on being closer to a bjcp style. We also felt that although the ruby mild was a really tasty beer at 4.5% @Benfleet Brewery bitter had the quality despite its abv.

I would add that all the beers scored over 30pts and probably only needed minor adjustments to get closer to the top 3.

Wow thanks guys - I’m chuffed to bits with that
Congrats to everyone, and especially to @Benfleet Brewery - a worthy winner!

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

With credit to Greg Hughes, the Ruby Mild was as below.
Another time I'd scale back the grains to get something more like 1047, ferment slightly cooler and dry hop for aroma...

23L in FV, OG 1.054

Grain
4.5kg Warminster floor malted Maris Otter pale ale
150g Simpsons Crystal Medium
150g Simpsons Chocolate
125g Crisp torrified wheat

Hops
30g East Kent Goldings 5.6% at 70 min (whole hops)
1.2tsp Irish Moss at 10mins
15g East Kent Goldings 5.6% at 0 min (whole hops)

Mash
20 min at 56ºC
30 min at 65ºC
30 min at 68ºC
5 min at 75ºC

Boil
1hr 10

Ferment
Wyeast 1187 Ringwood Ale (1L starter)
22-24ºc

Water
0.5 Camden tablet
25% RO/DI
Ca 216, Mg 15, Na 27, SO4 172, Cl 257

 

[Benfleet Brewery]

I will post the feedback later in the week but the top 3 were....
1. @Benfleet Brewery - London Bitter - 41 PTS
2. @The-Engineer-That-Brews - ruby mild - 41 pts
3. @Tanglefoot - ESB - 38 PTS

Benfleet just nudged it to first based on being closer to a bjcp style. We also felt that although the ruby mild was a really tasty beer at 4.5% @Benfleet Brewery bitter had the quality despite its abv.

I would add that all the beers scored over 30pts and probably only needed minor adjustments to get closer to the top 3.

Oh wow. I really don’t know what to say. Looks like there were some good scoring beers entered this competition so I am just happy that mine was good enough to compete with them.
This was my attempt at a London Pride. I’m not sure I nailed it as a clone but is seems like I did at least get close to the style.
Thanks to @dave_77 and @dan125 for taking the time organise and judge the competition and well done every one who took part. Cracking scores.
In case anyone is interested, the recipe I used is in my brew day thread here:
https://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/threads/mark-k’s-brewdays.91047/page-6#post-1051835
Cheers

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

I will post the feedback later in the week but the top 3 were....
1. @Benfleet Brewery - London Bitter - 41 PTS
2. @The-Engineer-That-Brews - ruby mild - 41 pts
3. @Tanglefoot - ESB - 38 PTS

Benfleet just nudged it to first based on being closer to a bjcp style. We also felt that although the ruby mild was a really tasty beer at 4.5% @Benfleet Brewery bitter had the quality despite its abv.

I would add that all the beers scored over 30pts and probably only needed minor adjustments to get closer to the top 3.

Well done guys and especially of course to @Benfleet Brewery

 

[Hazelwood Brewery]

Well done guys and especially of course to @Benfleet Brewery

…and to @The-Engineer-That-Brews - I just noticed joint-winner, sorry TETB! (Think I may still be a bit sluggish after a weekend in Portsmouth with friends).

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

…and to @The-Engineer-That-Brews - I just noticed joint-winner, sorry TETB! (Think I may still be a bit sluggish after a weekend in Portsmouth with friends).

Heh, not quite: Benfleet edged it due to being closer to a recognised style :-P
It was a fair cop: I significantly overshot the abv I was aiming for

 

[Brewnaldo]

@pilgrimhudd did you ever do any work on identifying your soapy taste?