Club competition - The Oslo - September 27th

[St. Fursey]

Location:
The Oslo, Salthill, Galway

Date:
Friday 27th September

Start time:
7.30pm (Entrants should aim to have their beers registered before this time)

Protocol:
All new members welcome
If you have some brews for tasting, bring along ~1 Litre of each, as this is a competition this month, we will be tasting any "non competition" beers after the competition around 9/10pm.
To show some thanks to our hosts for allowing us to drink homebrewed beers in their pub, it is customary to buy some drinks from the house. Not difficult given the great selection on offer!

We are going to get someone who isn't entering on the night to give each of the beers a number in the fridge where they are stored, only they will know what number corresponds to which beer and who owns it. As each beer is served, they will be very gently decanted into a pitcher first to ensure that the bottles can't be identified and that no one is left with dregs of yeast either.

We will hand out a couple of score sheets to everyone there, which should be enough for all the entries. Once the flight is done the numbers will go into an excel document which will take an average score for each entrant. The top beers will be selected to go though to the next round.

In terms of entry form, the steward on the night will only need two things from entrants, name and ABV. We will talk about recipes/styles/thoughts after the initial tasting which should only take two hours max. The main thing to avoid is people going "Oh this is XXXXX's beer so it must be good/bad etc.." which would skew the results.

Cost:
Free

Organiser/Contact:
St. Fursey (Enda), Kevco5 (Kevin)

Note this is not the normal beer tasting procedure and is only happening this month for the competition. We will go back to our regular format for future tastings.
 
Entrant Responsibilities
•   This competition is for full members only.
•   Your beer must be below 4% ABV before bottling to qualify for entry
•   You need two 500ml or three 330ml bottles of beer to enter this round. You may have multiple entries.
•   Upon arrival find the steward and get your beer registered
•   Inform the steward of your name and the ABV of your beer(s)
•   Ensure you have an additional two 500ml or three 330ml bottles of beer should you progress to the final (Set these aside at home just in case!)

Judge Responsibilities (Further clarification on the night)
•   Record Beer number and ABV for each beer as it is distributed by pitcher
•   Consult the theme and score the beer appropriately
•   The "Fit theme" will allow the judge to express how well they feel the beer fits the theme
•   After scoring the judge should add the scores and double check their values
•   Please keep feedback constructive and don't slate anyone's pride and joy!
•   If the water is low or dregs bucket full, take the initiative and fill/empty them yourself

Steward Responsibilities
•   Assign numbers randomly, name and ABV to beers as they are received onto a laptop
•   Put all beers in fridge assigned by staff
•   Gently fill pitcher with two bottles of each
•   Affix masking tape with current beer number and ABV to pitcher
•   Empty and rinse pitcher between each beer

Miscellaneous Preparation - TBC: responsibility Enda
•   Empty pitcher (Supplied by The Oslo)
•   10 - 15 Empty glasses (Supplied by The Oslo)
•   2 or 3  bottles of water (Supplied by The Oslo)
•   Two empty mayonnaise buckets (Supplied by The Oslo)
•   Space in fridge for 20-30 bottles
•   Masking tape & Markers to affix "Current" number onto pitcher
•   Print outs of score sheets
•   Laptop with Excell Sheet for scoring, names, ABV and number
•   Bottle opener for steward
•   Crackers
•   Tables, sizes, chairs, and a final number on the amount of people attending

[St. Fursey]

We need 1 - 2 Stewards; Club members who are aren't entering the competition.
Any volunteers?

[Kevco5]

There's a fair chance I'll be working later that night so will have to sit out judging. If someone else is handling the entries on the night (and will be only person to know who's entry is being served) I'd be more than happy to check completed score cards and provide average scores etc. as well as general steward duties!

[Hop Bomb]

Hop_Bomb:  1 entry

[Kevco5]

kevco5 - 1
barkar - 1
drowningmanatee - 1
Hop_Bomb - 1

[eanna]

I can volunteer for steward for this. Don't particularly want to bring my laptop out to a beer competition though.

[montofk]

kevco5 - 1
barkar - 1
drowningmanatee - 1
Hop_Bomb - 1
Montofk - 1

[DrowningManatee]

Just curious im assuming it has  to be a session beer(light in colour)? as in, could i enter a stout under 4%?

[Hop Bomb]

Yes it has to be less than 4% when being bottled (typo in the original post says equal to or less than 4%)

The target for the comp is:

'Summer Session Beers of <4%'. The beer should reflect the following -  Summer in a glass. Light, refreshing, medium body, thirst quenching, balanced beer of low ABV (a lawnmower beer). Something to enjoy on those two days of summer we get every year.

You can enter a stout but you would probably score low in the "fit theme" category as a stout doesnt fit the theme. Still another 40 points to play for though as its scored out of 50.

[DrowningManatee]

nice one, i reckon ill throw it in anyway for the craic

kevco5 - 1
barkar - 1
drowningmanatee - 2
Hop_Bomb - 1
Montofk - 1

[kev]

Dont have anything for this but will pop down anyway so can lend a hand

- presume its a friday not a tuesday though?

[Kevco5]

Yep Friday!

[St. Fursey]

I corrected the first post:
To confirm:
Beer must be below4% before bottling
It's on Friday 27th

Guest Judge on the night is Chris Treanor - you all know him as the head brewer at the Galway Bay Brewery. He's tough, but fair!

[Kevco5]

Would it be worth asking Brian from HBW if he'd like to come along?

[St. Fursey]

Would it be worth asking Brian from HBW if he'd like to come along?

Sure it would be the polite thing to do. I can drop him a mail