The Great Quintessential Ales Competition

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I have an ESB kegged which I'm hoping to enter.

[Dr Brown Ale]

Just registered a Porter.

I wonder is anyone from Capital doing collections.

[Acott]

Registered for a Brown ale, will be the first brew in my new fermentation fridge...what could go wrong 

[sub82]

Just registered a Porter.

I wonder is anyone from Capital doing collections.

We're currently planning drop point format and hope to update soon.

[Bazza]

Hey All,

Guess what - the forecast for tomorrow is warm sunshine. Perfect weather for a sneaky brew (or 4) outside, in fact.

But, while you're brewing in the unseasonable heat, bear in mind that at any moment you could be plunged into the dank darkness that is the Irish Autumn, so an IPA or the like will bring you cold comfort when this eventuality happens.

'But what shall I brew, then?' I hear you cry. Well, just off the top of my head how about one, two, or all of the following:

11C. British Strong Bitter
13B. British Brown Ale
13C. English Porter
15B. Irish Stout

Yum*4

And afterwards ask yourself, as you're enjoying the fruits of your labour by a roaring fire, coughing your lungs up because you forgot to get the chimney swept:
Is it nice? Yep!
Would you like a nice shiny medal to glint in the glow of this smoky inferno? You betcha!
Are you missing Belfast, because she sure misses you? Sob! -Stoppit!
Are those tears in your eyes from the smoke?  Ach..feck off

...then you know what you have to do. The good news is, you've still 5 whole weeks to do it **

Go on....

Go on....

GWAN!!


-Barry

**_{3 weeks left to register}

[Partridge9]

Folks, I'm doing a pick up point for this comp

Probably best for people to club their entries to avoid lots of individual trips to malahide 

[sub82]

Folks, I'm doing a pick up point for this comp

Probably best for people to club their entries to avoid lots of individual trips to malahide 

Many thanks for this - it's really appreciated!

[Ciaran]

1st Prize update

Geterbrewed are kindly offering to sponsor the competitions BOS 1st prize and have offered to brew the winning recipe on their new Brewiks system and keg it for sale.  They will be offering a key keg home for the winner and are also looking into the possibility that the rest can be put out for sale with interested retailers (this part is TBC depending on interested parties).  There also may need to be some sensible caveats should there are any seriously hard to get ingredients used etc so further details may follow but hopefully no issues here given the categories of the competition.

[DoubleG]

Can you bring your entries with you on the day if you are judging or will you need the bottles in a few weeks before the judging day?

[Bazza]

Can you bring your entries with you on the day if you are judging or will you need the bottles in a few weeks before the judging day?

It's preferred that they're with us in adance to get labelling, etc done, but a handful on the day are okay. As long as you register in good time we can bring the labels with us on the day.

-Barry

[Bazza]

Have you seen that amazing prize??

Plenty of time to get a brew on and possibly see your winning brew being enjoyed by lucky punters in your local.

I know I'm sticking another brew on tonight to increase my chances 

Many thanks again to Geterbrewed for such an excellent prize!

- Barry

[Roo]

Well now.....must make some room in my schedule for a wee brew

[pob]

Great prize guys!

My entry went into the fermenter yesterday

[robotmonkey]

I may have to squeeze in another entry!

[BrewDorg]

Might have an entry myself. What's the story with drop offs at the moment? I could do Dublin, but not Belfast directly. I can also act as a drop off for Kilkenny and surrounding areas, I'd be willing to make the trip up if needed.