Title: Drop-off point for Belfast Homebrewers English Ales Comp
Post by: Bubbles on August 12, 2015, 03:13:51 PM
Post by: Bubbles on August 12, 2015, 03:13:51 PM
Lads,
If you have any SDB entries for the Belfast English Ales comp, please PM me well in advance to arrange drop-off. The closing date for the comp is 7th November.
Please see here (http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.ie/forum/index.php/topic,10165.0.html) for further details on entry forms, fees etc.
Cheers,
Bubbles.
If you have any SDB entries for the Belfast English Ales comp, please PM me well in advance to arrange drop-off. The closing date for the comp is 7th November.
Please see here (http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.ie/forum/index.php/topic,10165.0.html) for further details on entry forms, fees etc.
Cheers,
Bubbles.
Title: Re: Drop-off point for Belfast Homebrewers English Ales Comp
Post by: molc on August 14, 2015, 08:52:49 AM
Post by: molc on August 14, 2015, 08:52:49 AM
Anyone planning on doing something for this? Can't say I know a lot about English ales and what's nice tbh.
Title: Re: Drop-off point for Belfast Homebrewers English Ales Comp
Post by: Bubbles on August 14, 2015, 09:04:17 AM
Post by: Bubbles on August 14, 2015, 09:04:17 AM
Yes, I'll probably enter a beer, probably a bitter.
Get yourself a bottle of Timothy Taylor Landlord would be a good start. Bitter is often overlooked, but sometimes nothing else will do. Ask shiny, he's a big fan.. ;)
Get yourself a bottle of Timothy Taylor Landlord would be a good start. Bitter is often overlooked, but sometimes nothing else will do. Ask shiny, he's a big fan.. ;)
Title: Re: Drop-off point for Belfast Homebrewers English Ales Comp
Post by: irish_goat on August 14, 2015, 09:06:46 AM
Post by: irish_goat on August 14, 2015, 09:06:46 AM
The Fullers range is a good bench mark too. I get English styles all the time in spoons so I've grown quite partial to them. Never tried to brew one though.
Title: Re: Drop-off point for Belfast Homebrewers English Ales Comp
Post by: Bubbles on August 14, 2015, 09:57:54 AM
Post by: Bubbles on August 14, 2015, 09:57:54 AM
Fullers beers are top notch if they're fresh. I've got a couple of stale examples recently which were dreadful. London pride on cask, which I've had in Spoons and the Magpie Inn, is amazing.
I'm also very partial to Spitfire, though it's probably a bit mass produced for some real ale aficionados. It's a cracking beer, malty and toasty without a lot of caramel sweetness. Lovely light roasty finish on it.
I'm also very partial to Spitfire, though it's probably a bit mass produced for some real ale aficionados. It's a cracking beer, malty and toasty without a lot of caramel sweetness. Lovely light roasty finish on it.
Title: Re: Drop-off point for Belfast Homebrewers English Ales Comp
Post by: molc on October 12, 2015, 05:50:14 PM
Post by: molc on October 12, 2015, 05:50:14 PM
Heya are you taking entries for this at the meet up this month by any chance? Can organise with north county if not, so not a biggie.
Title: Re: Drop-off point for Belfast Homebrewers English Ales Comp
Post by: Bubbles on October 12, 2015, 07:15:30 PM
Post by: Bubbles on October 12, 2015, 07:15:30 PM
No other interest at the moment dude, so probably best to drop it off with NCB if they have other entries. It will save Mr CH a time consuming detour off the M50.
Disappointed not to be entering myself, but the beers I did at the end of the summer were overcarbed. No point in entering them..
Disappointed not to be entering myself, but the beers I did at the end of the summer were overcarbed. No point in entering them..
Title: Re: Drop-off point for Belfast Homebrewers English Ales Comp
Post by: sub82 on October 31, 2015, 11:37:47 AM
Post by: sub82 on October 31, 2015, 11:37:47 AM
If anyone's still interested in this competition, it's the last week for entries - £5/€5 per beer!!
The Great Quintessential English Ales Competition (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1J1hlyRsMRUAyX72V5yg2agrVFrcsnM7_iOZVIOhTHOc/viewform)
The Great Quintessential English Ales Competition (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1J1hlyRsMRUAyX72V5yg2agrVFrcsnM7_iOZVIOhTHOc/viewform)
Title: Re: Drop-off point for Belfast Homebrewers English Ales Comp
Post by: Bubbles on October 31, 2015, 01:50:01 PM
Post by: Bubbles on October 31, 2015, 01:50:01 PM
Sadly not! 
Title: Re: Drop-off point for Belfast Homebrewers English Ales Comp
Post by: sub82 on October 31, 2015, 07:47:30 PM
Post by: sub82 on October 31, 2015, 07:47:30 PM
Ah grand no worries man! How's it all going anyway?