March comp - freestyle

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You're welcome to, will take a score penalty as (I think) outlined in the rules.

But happy to review and feedback on it.
 
Apologies for the delay.

Fantastic panel of beers and a pleasure to judge once again.

1st place 20180412_201124.jpgjceg316
Goatmeal stout

2nd place20180412_202936.jpgAcbev
victorian ipa

3rd place
20180412_213514.jpgIainM
coconut ipa

Only 6pts in the top 3 and 11 in the field of 5.

Thanks again for entering will pm out feedback before Monday.
 
Cheers wfr42 and congrats to acbev and jc3g316. Glad you liked the coconut IPA. It's an unusual beer.
 
One goat during the boil should suffice. Gives it a nice cheesy flavour.
 
Here's the recipe. You will probably notice I substituted goats for cocoa nibs.

Batch size: 25L
Efficiency: ~82%
OG: 1.057
FG: 1.008
ABV: 6.4%
IBU: 35

Fermentables
4kg Stout malt
0.5kg light crystal
0.25kg rolled oats (I used porridge oats)
0.25kg flaked barley
0.25kg chocolate
0.25kg black

Hops
20g Herkules @ 60min
30g Cluster @ 5 min

Extras
60g cocoa powder 10 mins in the boil
500ml of filter coffee just before bottling
150g roasted cocoa nibs 10 days in secondary.

Yeast
WLP005 British ale.
 

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