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i'd maybe knock it down to 6-8g/L. I know the "big boys" seem to get away with stupid dry hop levels, but if I go above 8, i get some grassiness. There are diminishing returns above that amount anyhow.

you dry hopping? how much and for how long? pellet or whole? if flame out, how long you steeping for?

update on this: the brewday at Mad Dog took place earlier in the year. I learned a lot. Including I won't be giving up the day job to go pro, cause it was 5 days till my back recovered. It's hard work! anyhow the finished product, "Dippy Kitty" is now available in bottles in South Wales and the...

It was the highest scoring beer I judged that day. Maybe the highest score i've ever given a beer, in 5 comps i've judged. Seriously, it was brilliant. I ticked the "send me the recipe" box, lol. Not sure what the highest was on the day, but this would have been fairly close to this. Bear in...

it is a world class score. I actually judged this, it was an amazing beer with complexity that just kept on going. hats off to you.

I'm not sure how long they lasted in the BOS. I think they were eliminated fairly quickly TBH. I could not have stood the tension if I was watching! I was elsewhere with a beer lol.

If anyone downloaded their score sheets and they were hard to read, try again. Sarah rescanned them all, with different settings. contrast etc much better now. Dan - some good scores there. Sorry for beating you by a point on the IPA category..... Standard was very good this year. From the...

This was a bug in the website and should now be fixed. Try again, you should be able to edit!

yeah, I think that's the right call. where possible, enter to a style. pretty much all beers should be able to be made to fit somewhere other than mixed/experimental. and like I said, it may work in your favour if it stands out a little from the norm. now you may get a judge who judges every...

Dan - you totally should be able to edit entry, looks like it's not working. i'll contact the organiser now. they update this website software each year, and looks like there are a few bugs. Mick - mixed styles. What I would say, it does it really need a mixed style? in my experience the mixed...

This years comp is now open. As there is no UK national in 2018, expect it to fill up fairly quickly. its taking place back at the Tiny Rebel brewery in Newport, if anyone wanted to steward. We had a good time last year! https://homebrewcompetition.wales/

I did a blackberry porter (all grain) worked out really well. I froze the blackberries first. I used 2.5 KG in a 20L batch. I let the beer ferment for 3 days and then racked onto the thawed blackberries in secondary.

Sure: "And the last table prize is for Table 7: Pale American Ale, which was won by Michael Young. He is winning a selection of brewing goodies from the amazing people over at Blichmann Engineering. I hope you will enjoy them. Well done to Michael, and thank you very much to Blichmann...

sorry mate, looks like the Mad Dog prize was for best IPA, not best US Pale. My mistake. But looks like you won some Blichmann stuff: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WelshNationalHomebrewCompetition/permalink/708950332621673/ Notice of all the prizes has been posted on the Facebook group...

I had a fridge that got down to 0c without bypassing. but my newer (larger) one only got down to 5 or 6c. So I bypassed the thermostat, and hey presto, can get down to below freezing now. take it to bits. follow the wires to work out which did what, and connect em together. worked for me, and...

28 is still a very good score. if that was only comment, then at least you know you can fix for next time! and fact you knew what was wrong with it before hand, is a good thing! it's annoying when the batch you brew for the comp is not your best one, happened to me this year as well. glad you...

all gold medal winners get an entry to the UK comp.

Congrats fella! I got bronze in that category. Did you know prize for best US Pale was a brew day with Al at Mad Dog? http://maddogbrew.co.uk/ :thumb:

pdf score sheets with feedback are up for download on the website, around 12 hours after the competition finished. :thumb: congrats to those who won. it was a really good event, Tiny Rebel new brewery and tap room is very impressive.

Tiny Rebel brewery are having their official opening this day, too. This is a mixed blessing. Good news, lots of extra publicity for the comp and raising the profile of homebrewing. And Craig Charles is there as a DJ! Bad news, tickets sold out in under an hour, and entry to the brewery this day...