The annual expo is on 25th June between 1-6pm at Franscian Well. This year is going to have the first Lee Valley Smash Homebrew competition. Entry Open 1 beer per person and entry is free. All styles welcome single hop and single malt brews only no adjunts or fruit herbs or spices. The competition will be judged by local brewers who are not members of Lvbc. More details to follow.
Hello :-)
West Cork woman here - do you have to be a member of the Lee Valley brewers to enter? I'm just cutting my teeth on all-grain at the moment and was planning on a SMASH next weekend, so could be good timing for me to try...
What do I need to do to participate?
Thank you :-)
SMASH Single Malt Single Hop Homebrew Competition
The Lee Valley Brewing Club are pleased to announce that we will be holding a SMASH Homebrew Competition in conjunction with the Homebrew Expo which will be held in the Franciscan Well, North Mall, Cork on Saturday 25th June 2016.
The Details of the Competition are as follows
Beer of any style can be brewed but it must only contain one type of grain and one type of hops. Yeast and Water. No adjuncts, flavourings etc to be added.
Two 500 ml bottles of beer per entry and one entry per person.
Each bottle to be labelled with the name of type of Malt and Hops used
Competition confined to Amateur brewers only.
Entries to be brought to the Homebrew Expo on Saturday 25th June 2016. To be judged at a later date.
Separate form to be completed with Name of Brewer.
Contact Points – Name Address, email and mobile phone no.
List of all ingredients including type of yeast – name of lab and type of and number of yeast.
There will be no entry fees and Prizes will be awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places – all plaque prizes.
The judging Panel will be independent of Lee Valley Brewing Club. Judging Panel's Decision will be final and cannot be challenged
We would welcome all home brewers to take part in this new Competition.
Happy Brewing!!!!
Sounds like great fun is drop off on 25th only option?
Hi FlimFlam ,
This comp is open to all homebrewers , so It's a great chance to get to meet other brewers , and on a great day out !!We'd be delighted to get to meet you .
CH
Yep , this comp is designed for a fun , straightforward , hassle free run , so no other drop days .
You can of course arrange with someone else to drop it in on the day , if you absolutely can't make it , But we really are trying to get as many as possible to make the trip in to the Expo .
Hi Wallacebiy,
Thanks for the welcome :-) Sounds great, will definitely come along.
Less than month to go to expo and smash.
Six days to Homebrew Expo.
See full range of activities in original post.
Homebrew Company will be in attendance - If anyone wants any special items from them brought down please contact Homebrew Company directly.
Hope to see you all next Saturday.
Next Saturday from 1pm.
Really enjoyed the visit to the Expo, and tasted a very nice Scottish "Amber Heath".
And picked up Shane's last corny for thirty pieces of silver. How rough was that?
Many thanks to all involved. A great day.
Another very good and successful Homebrew Expo was had. good attendance of very enthusiastic new and potential homebrewers. Very good selection of homebrewed beers for sampling on the day. Also very good interest in our First SMASH Homebrew Competition. Thank you to all in the Franciscan Well for assisting us on the day especially Noel, Dee and Tom. Roll on next year!!!!!!
Photos etc on Lee Valley brew club facebook page
Here are the results of of the Lee Valley SMASH Competition held in conjunction with the Homebrew Expo this year.
1st Prize Jack Cullinan, Co Wexford SMASH APA with Minch Pale malt and Citra
Joint 2nd / 3rd Laura O'Keeffe, Waterford SMASH IPA – Ale Malt and Centennial hops
Sean Wallace, Cork – LVBC Member Viennese SMASH – Vienna malt and Hallertauer hops
All beers judged by independent panel to BJCP Guidelines.
Scoresheets will be forwarded to all participants shortly.
Winners notified by text of results and will be contacted soon re prizes.
Thank you to all who entered the competition and to our judges for giving of their time to do same.
15 entries in total.
Competition was an outstanding success.
Congratulations to the winners and well done to all entrants.
Lee Valley Brew club