Liffey Brewers Dublin Area Homebrew Competition 2014 ***Prizes Announced ***

[delzep]

Folks,

I invite you all to enter the 2014 Liffey Brewers Dublin Area Homebrew
Competition. The competition is registered with BJCP and will be
judged to their standards by a team of hard working BJCP trainee
judges on the day. The competition will run on February 1st 2014 in
the Lucan County Bar beside the Spa Hotel. All are welcome to attend
on the day of judging for a few (well priced) pints and a bit of a
laugh. There is a Dublin Bus stop (7186) outside the door with buses
to/from the city centre every 10 minutes. Routes are 66/66A/66B and
67.

Competition details

The competition is open to all. It is limited to 50 entries total,
with a maximum entry of two per person. The cost per entry is €2, and
the winner takes all!

Entries may be made in any of the BJCP categories which are listed
here http://www.bjcp.org/styles04/

The judging will begin at approximately 1pm on the day and should last
for a couple of hours.

Entry details

Entries are now being taken, and are to be made by email only to . Please use the Excel entry form attached to the bottom of this post. Alternatively, you may enter your beer(s) using the following format in the body of your email

First name
Surname
NHC forum nickname
BJCP Category
Beer name
Liffey Brewers Competition Judge (y/n)
Phone Number
Email
Planning to attend on the day (y/n/maybe)

Entries not made by email may be disqualified. Changes to your entry may be made by email up until 31 January 2014. Once your entry is confirmed you may drop 1 x ~500ml, or 2
x ~330ml bottles along with payment to a drop point. Non-swingtop bottles must be capped with plain caps of any colour (including markings of any kind) to ensure anonymity. Please PM the drop point facilitator closest to you for more details on where and when to drop off your beer(s)

Malahide: Will_D
Clondalkin: delzep
Leixlip: Tube
South Dublin: JimmyM
Kildare: brenmurph
City Centre: Beerfly

More drops points to be confirmed shortly

You can also drop and pay for registered entries on the day of the
competition up to 1pm but please be aware they will be competing
against settled and chilled entries. All bottles are non-returnable, so please consider this
if using swing-tops etc. When dropping off beers can everyone please put some sort of identification on the bottle (e.g. your name and the name of the beer). Unlabelled beers unfortunately cannot be judged and must be excluded


For any further information, please contact
delzep@nationalhomebrewclub.com or ask on the Liffey Brewers forum on
the National Homebrew Club's website.

Thank you and good luck

[delzep]

Yep thats no problem, once the info is present and correct. Entries are now being taken and email entries may be made up until 31st of January

[baphomite51]

hi id like to enter this will be my first competition but iv got one question, when entering a beer do they have to fit exactly into the outlined ranges for a paticular bjcp category, say if the colour was too dark for a porter would it then be in the specialty category?

[Padraic]

hi id like to enter this will be my first competition but iv got one question, when entering a beer do they have to fit exactly into the outlined ranges for a paticular bjcp category, say if the colour was too dark for a porter would it then be in the specialty category?

If it's a good beer and is only a little out in one of the ranges it should be fine! Re your porter example, I'd have to check but I'm almost sure there is no too dark in porter.

I'd say only call it specialty if it's miles out of the parameters or if you have specialty ingredients!

[baphomite51]

the srm for a baltic porter by the guidlines is 17-30, my recipe is pushing 60, everything else fits in perfect, how would be judged?

[Padraic]

the srm for a baltic porter by the guidlines is 17-30, my recipe is pushing 60, everything else fits in perfect, how would be judged?

Color is under appearance along with clarity and head, so three components with 3 points available, the most you should drop for not the right colour would be 1 point, so all else going perfectly you should get 49 points with ease!

[baphomite51]

thats not so bad, cheers for that padraic

[Komodo021]

Is it possible to change the beer(s) being entered at some point? Obviously within a reasonable time 

[delzep]

Is it possible to change the beer(s) being entered at some point? Obviously within a reasonable time 

I don't see any problems with that, just send me a follow up email if you wish to change

[Komodo021]

Brilliant, thanks

[delzep]

Slight addition to the terms of entry - non-swingtop bottles must be capped with plain caps (incl uding markings of any kind) to ensure anonymity

[baphomite51]

Did I see somewhere that there was a catogory for clone beers?

[Ciderhead]

Slight addition to the terms of entry - non-swingtop bottles must be capped with plain caps (incl uding markings of any kind) to ensure anonymity

Are you looking for one colour or something as colour is a giveaway as well?

[irish_goat]

Interestingly the BJCP allows caps with graphics or text on them as long as they have been blanked out with black ink.

A lot of flip tops have the brewery stamp on it so maybe someone should bring along a black marker/paint stamp.

[baphomite51]

Did I see somewhere that there was a catogory for clone beers?

No, but it's an interesting idea though!

Anyone know how popular clones are in the club do many people do them?