Garrison Home Brew off 2017

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Garrison Home Brew off 2017

Post by jacinthebox » Wed Oct 12, 2016 6:01 pm

Details are up now...start brewing
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Re: Garrison Home Brew off 2017

Post by Lisa J » Wed Oct 12, 2016 10:39 pm

I've put together a recipe. Now I need to test it...
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Post by jacinthebox » Thu Oct 13, 2016 8:24 am

I'm going to brew at the end of the week...it will age in the carboy for a couple months
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Re: Garrison Home Brew off 2017

Post by Keith » Thu Oct 13, 2016 8:43 am

I'm unsure if Mike is brewing for it or not, but I'm going to sit this one out.
We took this category in the HRB comp last year and I feel the recipe should only be brewed on HRB's setup or our own.

If anyone wants some directory on the style, I'd be willing to provide some guidance. Just shoot me a PM.
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Post by sheppard107 » Fri Oct 14, 2016 8:24 am

Any locally available commercial examples? You know, for research ...

BJCP lists the following in the style guidelines:

Belhaven Wee Heavy,
GordonHighland Scotch Ale
Inveralmond Blackfriar
McEwan's Scotch Ale
Orkney Skull Splitter
Traquair House Ale

Any suggestions?
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Post by jacinthebox » Mon Oct 31, 2016 7:49 am

Brewed my entry yesterday
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Post by dougroy » Tue Jan 10, 2017 6:47 pm

My beer won't start!

I used Wyeast 1728 (Scotch Ale). My gravity was 1099 and the temperature was right around 20 deg C. I brewed on Sunday and after 2 days, no bubbles or foam. No noticable activity.

Noble Grape advised to give it a good stir and wait another 24 hours rather than pitching in another yeast straight away.

My gut says to follow that advice. Any contrarians? -Doug

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Post by dougroy » Tue Jan 10, 2017 6:51 pm

sheppard107 wrote:Any locally available commercial examples? You know, for research ...

BJCP lists the following in the style guidelines:

Belhaven Wee Heavy,
GordonHighland Scotch Ale
Inveralmond Blackfriar
McEwan's Scotch Ale
Orkney Skull Splitter
Traquair House Ale

Any suggestions?
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Re: Garrison Home Brew off 2017

Post by Tim Gregory » Tue Jan 10, 2017 7:03 pm

dougroy wrote:My beer won't start!

I used Wyeast 1728 (Scotch Ale). My gravity was 1099 and the temperature was right around 20 deg C. I brewed on Sunday and after 2 days, no bubbles or foam. No noticable activity.

Noble Grape advised to give it a good stir and wait another 24 hours rather than pitching in another yeast straight away.

My gut says to follow that advice. Any contrarians? -Doug
Did you do a starter?

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Post by amartin » Fri Jan 13, 2017 4:28 pm

Has it picked up? If there was no starter, the yeast would have a tough time with a 1.099 wort. Even with a regular strength wort you'd want a starter.

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Post by jacinthebox » Fri Jan 13, 2017 8:48 pm

I find most Wyeast older the 4 months old really slow (when making a starter). If this was a direct pitch u should check the gravity as it most likely won't finish for you.
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Re: Garrison Home Brew off 2017

Post by Buccaneer » Sat Jan 14, 2017 2:38 pm

I would concur with this. I've had a bunch of different Wyeast packages lately that were old and slow. My last one was an Oktoberfest blend that was 6 months old. I had to do a 3 stage starter and even then fermentation was slooooow.

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Re: Garrison Home Brew off 2017

Post by maxkeg » Wed Jan 25, 2017 11:54 am

Any reason adding oak cubes to a Wee Heavy for the competition would be an issue? Just want to make sure it is with in the limits of this beer style for the brew off.

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Post by oceanic_brew » Sun Jan 29, 2017 3:06 pm

maxkeg wrote:Any reason adding oak cubes to a Wee Heavy for the competition would be an issue? Just want to make sure it is with in the limits of this beer style for the brew off.

There's no mention of oak flavor in the BJCP guidelines for this style although one of the more famous examples seemed to be aged in oak fermentors. Can't remember the name but I saw a picture of the brewery.


I brewed mine back in October, used Scottish ale yeast, huge starter and fermented at 62 degrees since then. No oak and it's delicious.

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Re: Garrison Home Brew off 2017

Post by oceanic_brew » Sun Jan 29, 2017 3:30 pm

Oh and my Scottish ale wyeast package was nearly 4 months old and even with a 2 ltr starter pitched into a 1.084 OG wort it wasn't necessarily an explosive fermentation. I've researched a boatload about this style and yeast and the temperature I picked definitely played a part in how slow it was but even the starter seemed a little weak.

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Re: Garrison Home Brew off 2017

Post by oceanic_brew » Sun Jan 29, 2017 3:33 pm

Here it is
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Post by LiverDance » Sun Jan 29, 2017 4:00 pm

bottled mine up today :cheers3:
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Re: Garrison Home Brew off 2017

Post by chalmers » Tue Jan 31, 2017 10:34 pm

maxkeg wrote:Any reason adding oak cubes to a Wee Heavy for the competition would be an issue? Just want to make sure it is with in the limits of this beer style for the brew off.

As oceanic mentioned, there's no mention of oak in the BJCP, so judges may find it to be a fault if it's too much. There's certainly some room for a pleasant wood character, but I'd keep it low. If you have the ability to oak half and leave the other untouched, you could then blend it down if the character is too much.

Good luck! I won't be able to judge this year, unfortunately.

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Re: Garrison Home Brew off 2017

Post by oceanic_brew » Fri Feb 03, 2017 8:30 pm

I like the idea of oaking half, it also gives you some ability to play around with other variables; temps, different styles of progressive rock, fabrics in your kilt, cuddling. The possibilities!!!

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Re: Garrison Home Brew off 2017

Post by chalmers » Thu Feb 09, 2017 11:00 pm

Beers are due this weekend, good luck y'all!

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Re: Garrison Home Brew off 2017

Post by oceanic_brew » Fri Feb 10, 2017 10:08 am

Thanks man!

Me wee heevy finally conditioned to where I wanted over the last week. After the comp I'm bottling the rest and aging it for six months before drinking any. This one just keeps getting better every week.

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Post by jacinthebox » Fri Feb 10, 2017 10:17 am

dropped mine off this week (noble)
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Re: Garrison Home Brew off 2017

Post by Tim Gregory » Fri Feb 10, 2017 10:49 am

chalmers wrote:Beers are due this weekend, good luck y'all!
Thanks for the reminder. I completely forgot. :cheers2:

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Post by LiverDance » Fri Feb 10, 2017 12:15 pm

Tim Gregory wrote:
chalmers wrote:Beers are due this weekend, good luck y'all!
Thanks for the reminder. I completely forgot. :cheers2:

Me too :lol: :chug:
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Re: Garrison Home Brew off 2017

Post by chalmers » Fri Feb 10, 2017 12:16 pm

Glad I mentioned it. I bet the other entrants... not so much. ;)

Probably shoulda mentioned something in the blog, too.

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