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I like the choice of a Schwarzbier, but wonder if a everyones submissions would be a bit better with a little more lagering time before the submission date...

Yeah, I agree.

Me three.

How long does everyone usually lager?

I'd want 4 weeks minimum for this, preferably 6.

Wow, I Didn't realize how soon they have to be submitted. Gonna be hard for anyone without kegs to do a proper lagering and have bottle's conditioned by then.

I won't get a chance to brew mine til after xmas.

Did anyone notice the date of the awards ceremony? I guess it will work as long as they keep our glasses filled, lol.

I won't be entering this one.

Tim Gregory wrote:Wow, I Didn't realize how soon they have to be submitted. Gonna be hard for anyone without kegs to do a proper lagering and have bottle's conditioned by then.

Especially since we don't know when they do the judging. I'd prefer not to give them anything that hasn't been in the bottle for at least 2 weeks.

If I don't get it brewed by the first week of January (like Jan 3), then I can't see me bothering at all.

Maybe they want a lager that's not really lagered (i.e. they don't want to tie up a vessel lagering beer when they have to brew it). I agree, it's barely enough time for a decent brew.

I don't think I'll be in on this one. Timing is tight.

Yeah, that's the real problem here as well. Although I might get a chance to sneak this in under the wire after I brew up my cereal brew. I'll have a nice big yeast cake to work with...hmmmmm. Maybe, but slim chance.

I'll be hitting it up again this year. The time frame is tight but that just adds to the fun. And it's a great excuse to brew more

LiverDance wrote: And it's a great excuse to brew more

Something you definitely needed huh?

Of course Too bad there wasn't more time we could create a recipe from Scratch as a Brewnosers collective and had a group get together to brew it. I think everyone should try and enter, it's not like we have many comps to choose from around here and a tshirt and sixer for $15 isn't a bad deal

Do you guys know if it has to be an all grain recipe? I have not started brewing all grain yet, but think it would be fun to at least try and make something worth entering. Plus, as liverdance mentioned, the 6 pack isnt a bad deal at all for the entry fee.

JEH, it does not have to be an all grain recipe. Extract brews have done very well in the past years and I believe last years winner used some extract but i'm not certain of that. Brew it up!

Excellent! Ive only done done partial mashes so im happy to hear that last years winner was one. This will take some research but should be fun!

I brewed one in early January that's lagering now and brewed another today with a friend that may not be ready in time, but what the heck. Today's may not be exactly to style either so judges comments should be interesting. We brewed it to what we wanted it to taste like. Today's was also more of a starter brew to build up my bock yeast for a Dopplebock and Eisbock I've been wanting to brew.

I too brewed an all grain in Early Jan. Just going to let it go as long as possible ; hope it goes well, but at least if I don't win I get to keep it all!!

I was planning to, but ended up with a nasty cold shortly after xmas and into the new year. I'm only starting to feel better now. I took a pass this year - I didn't really want to try and force/rush a lager when I barely had the energy to haul my sorry ass out of bed.

Best of luck to those who did enter.

Plus all you HRM locals bought up all the wyeast 2206 before I could get my hands on any

We brewed up a batch on Saturday and man was it cold! No problem getting that suck down to temp, that's for sure.

I brewed mine a few weeks ago. It was a slow start but got going and just finished up the fermentation. Hopefully it does okay. It was my first time attempting a true lager.

Well just dropped off the samples to Nobel, I don't think that they have very many people in this brew off as of yet.

whisle pig wrote:Well just dropped off the samples to Nobel, I don't think that they have very many people in this brew off as of yet.

Maybe you'll win the Nobel Prize for brewing.