Summer Session Competition [15th August 2015]

[Leann ull]

Btw when are we getting the results Mr Barfly?

[pob]

Btw when are we getting the results Mr Barfly?

All here, with pics

The results were as follows:

• 1st Bren Murphy, with a blonde IPA
• 2nd Cahalbrua, with a beer that contained ginger and lime
• 3rd Bren Murphy, with a fruity red

The winners received these generous prizes:

1st – 25kg malt from The Mottly Brew, Vintage malt bag, T-shirt and Hat from Minch Malt and a €50 voucher for The Homebrewing Company.

2nd – 5kg malt and T-shirt and hat from Minch Malt, 6kg malt from The Mottly Brew

3rd – 6kg malt from The Mottly Brew and a T-shirt from Minch Malt

[fishjam45 (Colin)]

I think it's scoresheets, like myself, that he's after ...

[Shane Phelan]

Btw when are we getting the results Mr Barfly?

I think it's scoresheets, like myself, that he's after ...

I have the score sheets, I will get to them eventually.

[Leann ull]

Cheers Shiny

[fishjam45 (Colin)]

Ah ok,  it's just cos I'm so used to getting them quickly like the GCB comp 

[Simon_]

Well done guys, any chance you could publish recipes would love to have a proper go at a low abv beer?

Recipes would be great

[brenmurph]

Posted yesterday

[brenmurph]

As requested heres it is.

this was brewed on our kit at Fisherstown trad fest. We brewed for 3 days on our full kit so in practice what happened was the mash was about 2 hours and the boil quite long as well. We hadnt enough power via the extension lead the gave us so boil strength was poor ( this sometimes can lead to a hazy beer with a BETTER head. If ye note cold sparging yes we did a cold sparge with RO water simply because our power could not supply our 3kw water kettle so we just went cold sparge. The event was to demo brewing and it would have been a bonus if the beer was goo because we were constantly busy at our stand showing brewing from the barley ( yes barley plant on the table) all the way to beer samples.

Kellie claims some credit for this brew as her and gonky minded the mash and boil while i was entertaining enthusuiast festgoers and radio and tv inter viewers.

Recipe was simple as it was only designed as a demo not really to make a good beer here goes:

BeerSmith 2 Recipe Printout - http://www.beersmith.com
Recipe: fisherstown galaxy smash
Brewer: Brendan
Asst Brewer:
Style: German Pilsner (Pils)
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 29.41 l
Post Boil Volume: 27.04 l
Batch Size (fermenter): 25.00 l   
Bottling Volume: 24.00 l
Estimated OG: 1.039 SG
Estimated Color: 5.9 EBC
Estimated IBU: 43.0 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 76.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 76.0 %
Boil Time: 75 Minutes

Water RO water

Ingredients:
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Amt                   Name                                     Type          #        %/IBU         
3.00 g                Calcium Chloride (Mash 60.0 mins)        Water Agent   1        -             
3.00 g                Lactic Acid (Mash 60.0 mins)             Water Agent   2        -             
1.00 g                Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) (Mash 60.0 mins Water Agent   3        -             
4.25 kg               Pilsner (2 Row) Ger (3.9 EBC)            Grain         4        100.0 %       
15.00 g               Topaz [17.00 %] - First Wort 70.0 min    Hop           5        32.5 IBUs     
10.00 g               Amarillo [9.20 %] - Boil 10.0 min        Hop           6        3.7 IBUs     
10.00 g               Galaxy [14.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min         Hop           7        5.7 IBUs     
10.00 g               Amarillo [9.20 %] - Boil 1.0 min         Hop           8        0.4 IBUs     
10.00 g               Galaxy [14.00 %] - Boil 1.0 min          Hop           9        0.7 IBUs     
 
12g mauribrew lager yeast rehydrated and pitched at 18 c, fermented 16-18c 2 weeks and lagered for 3 weeks at 8c




Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body, COLD Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 4.25 kg
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Name              Description                             Step Temperat Step Time     
Mash In           Add 11.08 l of water at 72.4 C          66.0 C        60 min       

Sparge: Batch sparge with 1 steps of 18.0 C water
Notes:
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edit... lager yeast is Mauribrew lager ( our house lager yeast) 

[danger_zone]

Are the rest of us getting feedback sheets/scores?

[Shane Phelan]

When I'm filling out the competition report I will do the lot together.

[fishjam45 (Colin)]

Any word on the score sheets lads?

[fishjam45 (Colin)]

Any word on the score sheets lads?

I'm quoting myself here lads....
Part of entering a competition is getting feedback on what you may have done wrong and how to improve it.

[Shane Phelan]

I haven't forgotten about them. I will get to them at some stage and will update the thread when that happens.

[danger_zone]

Whats the craic with the scoresheets for this? Its been 2 months since the competition