Venue: W J Kavanagh, Dorset Street, Dublin 1
Date: 29th June 2013 (10:00 - 17:00)
Topic's to be covered:
Styles
1. LIGHT LAGER
A. Lite American Lager
B. Standard American Lager
C. Premium American Lager
D. Munich Helles
E. Dortmunder Export
2. PILSNER
A. German Pilsner (Pils)
B. Bohemian Pilsener
C. Classic American Pilsner
3. EUROPEAN AMBER LAGER
A. Vienna Lager
B. Oktoberfest/Märzen
4. DARK LAGER
A. Dark American Lager
B. Munich Dunkel
C. Schwarzbier
5. BOCK
A. Maibock/Helles Bock
B. Traditional Bock
C. Doppelbock
D. Eisbock
Theory
Malt
Water
Just updating with some of the beer's we expect to be tasting on the day. There was one other taht I could source but it was well out of budget (€46 for a 2 litre bottle of Eggenberg Urbock Dunkel Eisbock) but if we get lucky along the way with other prices it might be worth trying!
Venue: W J Kavanagh, Dorset Street, Dublin 1
Date: 29th June 2013 (10:00 - 17:00)
Topic's to be covered:
Styles
1. LIGHT LAGER
A. Lite American Lager (Coors Light)
B. Standard American Lager (Padst Blue Ribbon)
C. Premium American Lager (Miller Genuine Draft)
D. Munich Helles (Spaten Premium Lager)
E. Dortmunder Export (Unable to source an example in time, will review on the next tasting day)
2. PILSNER
A. German Pilsner (Pils) (Warsteiner)
B. Bohemian Pilsener (Pilsner Urquell)
C. Classic American Pilsner (Unlikely to be able to source at any point)
3. EUROPEAN AMBER LAGER
A. Vienna Lager (Negra Modelo)
B. Oktoberfest/Märzen (Spaten Oktoberfest)
4. DARK LAGER
A. Dark American Lager (Unable to source an example in time, will review on the next tasting day)
B. Munich Dunkel (Hofbrau Dunkel)
C. Schwarzbier (Kulmbacher Monschof Premium Schwartzbier)
5. BOCK
A. Maibock/Helles Bock (Hirsch Mai Bock)
B. Traditional Bock (Monschof bockbier)
C. Doppelbock (Paulaner Salvator)
D. Eisbock
Theory
Malt
Water
Some of the beers...
I'll be there in the nick of time.
Pints after?
I could scour the offies in Cork if I had a shopping list and the required volumes.
If ya don't mind having a look John...
Here are a list of the BJCP recommended beers for the three styles I've been unable to source:
1E - DAB Export, Dortmunder Union Export, Dortmunder Kronen, Ayinger Jahrhundert, Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold, Barrel House Duveneck's Dortmunder, Bell's Lager, Dominion Lager, Gordon Biersch Golden Export, Flensburger Gold.
4A - Dixie Blackened Voodoo, Shiner Bock, San Miguel Dark, Baltika #4, Beck's Dark, Saint Pauli Girl Dark, Warsteiner Dunkel, Heineken Dark Lager, Crystal Diplomat Dark Beer
5D - Kulmbacher Reichelbräu Eisbock, Eggenberg Urbock Dunkel Eisbock, Niagara Eisbock, Capital Eisphyre, Southampton Eisbock
2litres for each category?
Quote from: johnrm on June 23, 2013, 09:49:12 PM
2litres for each category?
Yea 2 litres of each!
Quote from: Il Tubo on June 23, 2013, 09:47:51 PM
Padraic, have you asked Dean McGuinness directly?
No but they do not stock a lot of the beers required unfortunately, possibly for other styles but for lagers. I will check them out for the next few days.
Cremin and Radley are based in Little Island.
http://www.crdrinks.com/
I've not looked through their full range yet, but thay may be able to supply, or direct us towards a retailer that has the required beers in stock.
Just updateing the dropping of Malt from the theory side. There will be an introduction to tasting and the BJCP tasting that replaces it! It seemed like a better use of my time with a few days to go!
Venue: W J Kavanagh, Dorset Street, Dublin 1
Date: 29th June 2013 (10:00 - 17:00)
Topic's to be covered:
Styles
1. LIGHT LAGER
A. Lite American Lager (Coors Light)
B. Standard American Lager (Padst Blue Ribbon)
C. Premium American Lager (Miller Genuine Draft)
D. Munich Helles (Spaten Premium Lager)
E. Dortmunder Export (Unable to source an example in time, will review on the next tasting day)
2. PILSNER
A. German Pilsner (Pils) (Warsteiner)
B. Bohemian Pilsener (Pilsner Urquell)
C. Classic American Pilsner (Unlikely to be able to source at any point)
3. EUROPEAN AMBER LAGER
A. Vienna Lager (Negra Modelo)
B. Oktoberfest/Märzen (Spaten Oktoberfest)
4. DARK LAGER
A. Dark American Lager (Unable to source an example in time, will review on the next tasting day)
B. Munich Dunkel (Hofbrau Dunkel)
C. Schwarzbier (Kulmbacher Monschof Premium Schwartzbier)
5. BOCK
A. Maibock/Helles Bock (Hirsch Mai Bock)
B. Traditional Bock (Monschof bockbier)
C. Doppelbock (Paulaner Salvator)
D. Eisbock
Theory
Water
+ 2L of infected beer complements of JohnC. (he dropped it over to me last night) :o
Have ye got the 'off' beer from the Well?
Shane/Ronan lost that puppy and had it returned in the Well.
A 6pack of swing tops.
did not want to chance walking through the north inner city with a six pack at 1am so left them with shane
Even off beer is valuable to us.
What are we like?!
Have to say this was a great day. Just apart from tasting 14 different lager styles, running the gamut (whatever that is) from Coors Light through Schwarzbier to Doppelbock, interesting talk by Will_D on water and Padraic's "How to taste beer and pass the BJCP exam", very good to meet some of the guys from Belfast, Galway and Cork. I reckon we'll have a rake of new, recently-approved, shiny-clean judges for the next National in March.
Hats off to Padraic ;D
Aye, he's one stellar chap!
Yep, the forum needs an "Awesome" badge. Padraic and Will were great today. I really appreciate the effort that went into putting together the whole show.
Footnote: I thought the MGD was going to be the worse thing I'd taste today, until that Maibock came along.
Thanks all! it was a good experience going through all of the beers one after the other!
Thanks again to Will and Kevin! It wouldn't have happened without you!
And thanks to everyone else, it might have happened without you but I have a good feeling about the NHC having a very talented group of judges! It was great to see a lot of different clubs were represented! (Obviously the capital brewers being the main club were the best represented :P)
Would anyone like to do a writeup about the day?
grand day out...as usual when like-minded people get together for banter (and of course the more formal stuff) you pick up loads of ideas and tips to improve both knowledge and brewing skills.
looking to the next one, tanx to all involved
Really enjoyed the day. Pitty I couldn't stay longer to thank WJKs properly (i.e. Drink beers)
Looking forward to the next one already!
Roll on August!
I think next time we should get a few more and so it would help to introduce ourselves a bit as I didn't catch everyones names and my memory is terrible!
During the day a few people asked about the entries to the NHC comp in March.
Here is a summary:
1 Light Lagers 2
2 Pilsner 7
3 European Amber Lager 9
4 Dark Lager 2
5 Bocks 1
6 Light Hybrid Beer 14
7 Amber Hybrid 2
8 English Pale Ale 19
9 Scottish & Irish Ale 7
10 American Ale 33
11 English Brown Ale 9
12 Porter 19
13 Stout 36
14 India Pale Ale 37
15 German Wheat and Rye Beer 16
16 Belgian and French Ale 18
17 Sour Ale 2
18 Belgian Strong Ale 17
19 Strong Ale 3
20 Fruit Beer 1
21 Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer 22
22 Smoke Flavored and Wood Aged Beer 5
23 Specialty Beer 15
24 Traditional Mead 1
25 Melomel (Fruit mead 2
26 Other Mead 0
27 Standard Cider and Perry 15
28 Specialty Cider and Perry 5
Total Entries: 319
Emma and I (stupidly) left our notes behind us in Kavanaghs after the tasting. I rang them but they dont seem to have them. Im wondering if anyone might have picked them up? They were left onto the side near the table we had pints at after.
Thanks.