Black Box Challenge

[henry]

Henry,

It says we can only use ingredients inside the box. Does that mean no clearing agent if its not included? (Which I assume it isn't) I know I shouldn't assume.

Just what's in the box. Nothing more.

I've noted your request for clearing agent - I can't say whether or not any will be included.

Henry

[Bowserm]

I do agree that the time frame is a little tight, but I guess if you already have some recipes in rotation and they have all the proper ingredients, no test batch will be needed

[Bowserm]

Henry,

It says we can only use ingredients inside the box. Does that mean no clearing agent if its not included? (Which I assume it isn't) I know I shouldn't assume.

Just what's in the box. Nothing more.

I've noted your request for clearing agent - I can't say whether or not any will be included.

Henry

Thanks. I figured if it wasn't included, we couldn't use it. I just had to confirm for sure.

[LiverDance]

Just what's in the box. Nothing more.

Henry

So you will be supplying the water?

[Lucas]

Great idea! Too tight a timeline for me. Have fun everybody!

[Keith]

Just what's in the box. Nothing more.

Henry

So you will be supplying the water?

I jokingly said to Mike just to mix malt, yeast and hops in a bottle and submit that if there wasn't water in the box. Haha.

[jmacdonald]

Sounds like a great time, wish I had more time!

[chalmers]

Don't let experience, or lack thereof, be too strong of a negating factor. Who knows, you may have the next best homebrew recipe in you!

Besides water (which you provide, and can come from any source you choose), you are limited to using the ingredients in the box.

Yes, the judging won't be blind, but I think this is a new take on the traditional homebrew competition, and will be fun.

[CartoonCod]

I just registered. I see it as a puzzle, I can't wait!

[Buccaneer]

I get the purpose of the presentation, but having it count as part of your score puts people afraid of public speaking or those with little or no presentation experience (both in crafting and delivering) at a pretty significant disadvantage.

With essentially just enough time to make a single batch, you'd be better off hoping the ingredient list matches something you've already made and have currently available. If you were unscrupulous.

[jtmwhyte]

Since we can't all get in on this maybe we want to organize a club level version

[saosborne]

sounds like fun really nothing any different from what i usually do for brewing, decide what i want to make, go down to the basement and see what i have, make a recipe, then if it turns out ( or survives long enough) do a presentation (talk about it what i did, make excuses etc.) at the next brewnosers meeting if I can make it. the presentation part of it could be the most fun, kind of like naming your brew, make it fun. I dont think I've ever met a home brewer who didn't like talking about what they brewed, the chanages they had, what they brewed on, and what they would do their setup to brew "better beer" .I'd totally be in if I had the time.

[mikeorr]

As of this morning, 6 spots left...

[LeafMan66_67]

Nice - that filled up quick.

[henry]

So you will be supplying the water?

No. But that's a good technical point.
You supply the water.
You can get your water from wherever you like, but you cannot add anything to it that's not provided.

[Keith]

So you will be supplying the water?

No. But that's a good technical point.
You supply the water.
You can get your water from wherever you like, but you cannot add anything to it that's not provided.

I believe I found a unique water source.

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[GAM]

I get the purpose of the presentation, but having it count as part of your score puts people afraid of public speaking or those with little or no presentation experience (both in crafting and delivering) at a pretty significant disadvantage.

With essentially just enough time to make a single batch, you'd be better off hoping the ingredient list matches something you've already made and have currently available. If you were unscrupulous.

I think getting Mitch and I to stop talking may be the challenge.

S

[Taylor Vanbrewer]

Yeah, great idea for a comp but that timeline is too tight.

[KMcK]

That's quite cool. Tightish turnaround, I like it

Yeah, we like tight turnarounds for contests!

[mumblecrunch]

It said 4 spots left when I signed up a couple minutes ago (after remembering I'm not averse to embarrassing myself publicly), so now there's 3 left of the 20. Looks like I'm going to have to learn how to force carb.

I'm extremely curious as to what's going to be in the box.

[amartin]

If we brew next weekend when we get the stuff, we'll have six weeks, so that's enough time for a single batch to be bottle conditioned.

[mumblecrunch]

If we brew next weekend when we get the stuff, we'll have six weeks, so that's enough time for a single batch to be bottle conditioned.

Yeah, if you ignore the week/week-and-a-half of hemming and hawing and second-guessing myself and negotiating a brewday with my wife

I'll certainly be trying to pick up my box on the first day it's available and getting something on the go ASAP, but if standard reality kicks in I need to be ready with Plan B

[LiverDance]

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[MitchK]

I'm stoked for this. One of those twenty slots is taken by me and Sandy. Leed street neighborhood/hydrostone north or whatever they're calling this area this month represent, yo!

[GAM]

I call lunch at Stillwell next Saturday to see what's in the box!

S