2017 National Brewing Championships

[fishjam45 (Colin)]

What's the link for the competition page or is it not up yet?

[nigel_c]

Meet the first of my 3 gold medals: https://imgur.com/a/1cDMY

Needs more hops.

[LordEoin]

More hops? I don't need to hide any flaws... 
Gold medal #2 will have about a seventh the amount.

[johnrm]

Last year...
http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.ie/competition/

[Bubbles]

What's the status with cider and mead in 2017?

[Will_D]

and Wine??

[Leann ull]

I was sure we said both of those cats were to be separated from the Nationals and run by 2 Dublin clubs ?

[Bubbles]

The idea was suggested alright.. 

But then we're essentially doubling/tripling up on the logistics and a lot of the organisation. And all for 2 or 3 dozen bottles of wine/cider/mead. Doesn't make sense, at least not until the number of entries in those categories grows considerably, imo..

[Leann ull]

But then we're essentially doubling/tripling up on the logistics and a lot of the organisation. And all for 2 or 3 dozen bottles of wine/cider/mead. Doesn't make sense, at least not until the number of entries in those categories grows considerably, imo..

Thats about the about the size of of a local club comp, just saying loike!

i'm sure the organisers will let us know 

[irish_goat]

Final touches to the comp website being done up. Should be launched in the next few days. 

[Leann ull]

Thats more exciting than Santa

[RedRoss]

This is going to be my first time entering, any tips?

[Pheeel]

This is going to be my first time entering, any tips?

Brew great beer

[Leann ull]

There is a thread somewhere

[pob]

This is going to be my first time entering, any tips?

1. Join up & become a member

2. Go down to a local club meet (they don't bite; well, not too often anyway)

3. Taste your beer before entering, get your mates to as well - if it's got off flavours, infected, oxidised, etc = don't enter it, it ain't gonna win (again local club will help out here)

4. Enter it in the category that it tastes like, not how you brewed it - a red might become a english bitter; an IPA, a Pale Ale as they condition