June 2021 Competition - Dark Beers

[RichardM]

Congratulations to the winners and thanks to @Dads_Ale for judging

 

[DocAnna]

Well done @Dads_Ale for being able to judge these and remain lucid enough to provide some brilliant outcomes - which won't have been easy with the collection of beers faced

 

[samale]

@pilgrimhudd I have a bottle here with your name on it.

 

[pilgrimhudd]

@pilgrimhudd I have a bottle here with your name on it.

I was going to send a belgian pale (for the comp) and my new half wheat to you this week, think you'll like it, the belgian pale is just there to make up numbers.

 

[Benfleet Brewery]

In case of interest, the recipe for my Old Ale is in my brew day thread here:
https://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/threads/mark-k’s-brewdays.91047/post-1028561

 

[pilgrimhudd]

In case of interest, the recipe for my Old Ale is in my brew day thread here:
https://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/threads/mark-k’s-brewdays.91047/post-1028561

Funnily enough I was going to copy your recipe a few months ago, wish I had now!

I will post up my saison recipe later, I have @strange-steve to thank as it was his recipe he kindly shared with me.

 

[Ellskitchen]

Congrats to the winners and everyone else for having a go. Thanks @Dads_Ale for judging and @Benfleet Brewery for sharing the recipe I'll be giving it a go.

 

[Broken Toe]

What a set of scores. Great work guys!

 

[dave_77]

Congratulations guys.. excellent scores

 

[pilgrimhudd]

This is my saison recipe.


Recipe borrowed and tweaked slightly from @strange-steve


Malt bill
3.5 pilsner
1 kg rye malt
250g choc rye
250g sugar

Overnight mash at 63.

60 min boil
30g ekg @60
20@ 15
20 flameout/whirlpool.

Wort tastes nice and finished at 1060. 20l in the fv

Yeast Mangrove Jack Saison, fermented at 25/26 brewfridge struggle to get to that temp!

 

[Dads_Ale]

Hopefully everyone should have received feedback on their beers.
I am not a qualified judge but tried to give constructive and honest feedback that hopefully people find useful.
Thanks for taking the time to enter the competition and I thoroughly enjoyed judging your beers.

 

[RichardM]

Hopefully everyone should have received feedback on their beers.
I am not a qualified judge but tried to give constructive and honest feedback that hopefully people find useful.
Thanks for taking the time to enter the competition and I thoroughly enjoyed judging your beers.

Thank you, the feedback I had backed up my thoughts on my entry.

 

[pilgrimhudd]

Thanks mate, really informative feedback!