1st Annual Big Spruce Homebrew Contest

[chalmers]

With a couple of the previous Garrison competitions, we've gotten together to share the beer we brewed/submitted and chat about scoresheets after the fact, do people have any interest in that?

[redoubt]

With a couple of the previous Garrison competitions, we've gotten together to share the beer we brewed/submitted and chat about scoresheets after the fact, do people have any interest in that?

Great idea! I know this is about Big Spruce, but I hope we can do this after the upcoming Garrison comp too! It would be nice to have some insight from those more experienced. Heck, it might be nice, as a noob, to sit in on one about the Big Spruce comp. Tasting beer is as much a skill as making the stuff and it might be helpful. Any chance that would be possible?

-Kirsten

[redoubt]

Heck, it might be nice, as a noob, to sit in on one about the Big Spruce comp. Tasting beer is as much a skill as making the stuff and it might be helpful. Any chance that would be possible?

Having given that some thought, scratch that. It was presumptuous even to ask. I imagine brewers would likely want (and with very good reason) to keep this sort of thing to their fellow competitors. My eagerness let me get a bit ahead of myself.


-Kirsten

[Tim Gregory]

I don't think anyone here would be against sharing their beer or their feedback with others.

[LeafMan66_67]

No issues here. As far as I can tell, we are all a sharing bunch!

[dean2k]

No issues here. As far as I can tell, we are all a sharing bunch!

Lol... And some probably share too much!

[TimG]

With a couple of the previous Garrison competitions, we've gotten together to share the beer we brewed/submitted and chat about scoresheets after the fact, do people have any interest in that?

I think Dec 27th is the only day that would work for this!

No this is not because I will be in town..

[redoubt]

Alright, I stand corrected. I guess I've spent too much time with folks who, no matter how friendly otherwise, guard their intellectual property like rabid squirrels with nuts. Glad to see it ain't so around here -- though I'd still understand if it was.

Thanks, guys. You're awesome.


-Kirsten

[akr71]

Alright, I stand corrected. I guess I've spent too much time with folks who, no matter how friendly otherwise, guard their intellectual property like rabid squirrels with nuts. Glad to see it ain't so around here -- though I'd still understand if it was.

Thanks, guys. You're awesome.


-Kirsten

Award winning recipes are a good start, but the brewer and having enough happy, healthy yeast have a far bigger impact on the quality of the beer.

[Bryan]

+1 to that...

Pitching the correct amount of healthy yeast, and controlling the fermentation temperature is very important.

[Tony L]

Can`t believe I missed this.

Congrats to all the winners.

Tim, my man. You must be brewing some great brews....

[Tim Gregory]

Thanks!

Beer was brewed yesterday. Watch for it next month.

[mr x]

Did you go down to brew it up?

[LeafMan66_67]

Some pictures of Tim's brew day from the Big Spruce Facebook page :

[Woody]

Sweet pics! Congrats Tim.

[Keith]

Thanks!

Beer was brewed yesterday. Watch for it next month.

Great Pics! Any word on when and where your beer will be available Tim?

[chalmers]

I know it will make it's debut (or pretty close to debut) at the Local Connection's event Jan 16 at the Halifax Club. So look for it around that time.

[RubberToe]

I finally got around to getting my score sheets. I just wanted to say that I'm impressed with the consistency of the 3 judges who scored my beer.

[spears104]

I just got my sheets today too. Although the scores were all pretty similar (low!) there was considerably different comments leading to the scores.

On a positive note, I got to have a little sample of the winner out of the tank after its second dry hop addition. I can agree it is an amazingly great IPA!

[HappyHopper]

I got mine as well .. They were more pleased with. My beer then I was!!

[LeafMan66_67]

From the Big Spruce Twitter Feed ...

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[mr x]

So was anybody out to try this the other evening?

[LeafMan66_67]

I hear it's in growlers in CB farm market today - hoping it's at Stillwell's this afternoon.

[GuingesRock]

I got my score sheets just now, thanks for bringing them Chalmers and Sandy. They are interesting. It’s interesting how each judge’s opinion can be totally different. Jeff Pinhey says “no astringency” and another judge says "low astringency" and the third judge says “quite astringent”. Two of the judges said the hops were cascade, one said “good use of Cascade”, but the only hops used were Amarillo and Galaxy. I was really pleased to have my beer reviewed favorably by Jeff Pinhey. Thanks to all three judges. I was pleased with the overall impressions of all three judges. Score 37/50.

The comment sheets are useful, particularly where they agree …If three out of three people say you have chill haze, then you have chill haze. Mind you, if two people say you have cascade, doesn’t necessarily mean you have cascade

[chalmers]

Beer was at Local Connections event, and Stillwell today. Excellent beer. Had to make a sub in the hops due to availability (subbed in Simcoe for Citra, I believe), but still excellent.