Brew Na Bóinne November 25th 2017

[helmet]

Following on from our successful foray into the wonderful world of inter-county grudge matches, Wee County and Royal County Brewers are looking to open up our competition to the nation.


When: Nov 25th
Where: Boyne Brewhouse
What: Stout in all its glory be it sweet, dry, milk, spiced, American, Imperial or anything else in between.

And.......we're live. Registration can be completed at www.weecountybrewers.com (huge thanks to Mick in Kildare for all his help setting this up).

The prizes are shaping up nicely.

Brehon Brewhouse have weighed in and said they'll brew the winning beer, the grain for this is being sponsored by Loughran Family Malts.

We have vouchers from thehomebrewcompany.ie, malt and hops from themottlybrew.ie, a night's B&B in the D hotel in Drogheda and who knows what else will crop up between now and November!

All in all, it's well worth entering your finest stout!

[Jonnycheech]

I know you state that you will be accepting stouts in all their glory but will you be accepting fruit stouts?

[fishjam45 (Colin)]

I hope so too 

[helmet]

I know you state that you will be accepting stouts in all their glory but will you be accepting fruit stouts?

Can't see why not,  we'll nail down categories over the next while and get back to ya'll.

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[oblivious]

Ooh cool   

[Andrew]

Put me down as a judge...

[helmet]

Put me down as a judge...

Cheers Andrew, we'll be doing a call to arms closer to the time. Roll on stout season!

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[Blueshed]

Belgian stout is not a BJCP style,  would it be possible to enter one as 34B - mixed styles.

[imark]

Is it a bjcp competition? Will 33cl bottles be accepted?

[benji]

Like the sound of this, hopefully it won't be a  bjcp comp though

[Pheeel]

Like the sound of this, hopefully it won't be a  bjcp comp though

Why? There's a category for all beers even if it doesn't fit in neatly to one of the 'regular' categories

[benji]

Well I guess you can be marked down for entering in the wrong category for a start and I believe it stifles creativity 

[molc]

There's a few categories you can put your beer into if you believe it's original/not to style, so that shouldn't get in the way of creativity. Within each style there's quite a bit of wiggle room in the guidelines as well; usually the best beer rises to the top.

I'll agree a beer can be marked down for being in the wrong category, though the judges should usually point out if it's a flaw or just a style problem. It's very rare you get a great, medal possible beer in the wrong category.

[Pheeel]

Even if it wasn't a BJCP comp you'd still be expected to describe the style and if it didn't map to that style according to the judge you'd still get knocked down

[mr hoppy]

FWIW I don't believe CAMRA judge beer based on closeness to a style definition. So it's not the only way of doing it.