Liffey Brewer German Beer Comp.....Judges Required

[lordstilton]

I would say yes...but you'd have to confirm with an experienced judge. Your looking at around 6 beers to judge..you shouldn't need more than 100ml per beer..that would be spread out too..once you hang on for an hour after you should be well under the limit...any judges here able to confirm this??

[Will_D]

Is it possible to judge and drive after?, silly question I know but I have never done it.

Yes of course. You only need to swallow a very small amount of beer. Most of the judging is in in a non-swallow mode!

After all look how they taste wines!

12 beers over about 3 hours could be as swalloewing as little as 12 x 50 ml thats 600 ml or just over a pint!

Don't drink at lunch time and you can do another 12 in the afternoon.

While the judging etc is going on you've metabolised most of the drink (UNLESS you are doing the Hi alchol beers)

[Dr Jacoby]

I would never drive after judging. The beers can creep up on you very easily. But I guess if you were disciplined and really only sipped each beer you'd be fine. 

[Leann ull]

+1 Best not to

[brenmurph]

We need to drink as much beer as required to properly judge the beer.  In my opinion its not 50 or 100 ml.

[brenmurph]

And it would b very unprofessional as a group if we supported judges driving home after a day of judging.

[Leann ull]

Bren some of those beers will only be smelled

[Drum]

The real question here is should someone who has just judged (drank samples of) at least 6 unlabelled beers of unknown alcohol content be allowed to drive a car?

Really people? As so called responsible adults should we even have to ask?

Taxis arent that fe(k!N expensive

[lordstilton]

I stand corrected.. Take the advice of the experienced lads and don't drive

[auralabuse]

It obviously depends on where your getting the taxi to 😖

[brenmurph]

Tell yis wat ill bring my breathalyser along.@ ciderhead.. Some truth there ! 

[Simon_]

If so little of the beer is sampled (2 judges x 50 ml) why aren't 33cl bottles the competition norm? They're as readily available as 50cl and would be easier to transport and process

[Shane Phelan]

A best of show could have 5 judges, the head judge is often asked to assist judges with sampling, avoiding dregs, resampling to identity a subtle off flavour, loss if beer if its a gusher, can be reused if there is a mini bos keeping good bottle for main Bos, if one bottle is off but 2nd one is good then there might be enough for main bos.

There are many pros to having 500ml.

[Saruman (Reuben Gray)]

I'm glad a little sense has prevailed here.
Never drink and drive, it's not worth it.

[auralabuse]

Yeah, I was not sure, having never judged and not knowing the finer details. I'm afraid this rules me out, I was on a very tight timeframe as it was. I'm really sorry if this causes a problem.