Winter Warmer Competition [Early 2016]

[Will_D]

What about a sub-competion for Meads/Ports/Sherrys ?

What about winter Warmer ciders?

[Shane Phelan]

Its your interpretation of the theme, if you think they suit the theme, and they get though your clubs own mini comp then its no problem. Like the summer competition they would be judged on aroma, appearance, flavour and mouth-feel with the last chunk of points being awarded for how well the entry matches the theme. 

[Will_D]

Its just that the OP stated:

"the tag line is 'Brew a beer that suits this scene' (image attached"

I think it would be great to have beer only and an open category!

[Shane Phelan]

Further down I say "This is not limited to the BJCP style at all, literally any beer or mead can be entered into this if it suits the scene depicted".

It is intentionally open and broad to allow people to be creative and not limit them to that fisherman's friend style that Ciderhead enjoys.

[Leann ull]

I enjoy that style alright, cinnamon all the way

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBv2OAhGqeM

[Shane Phelan]

I will pay your membership for the next 5 years if you do the Cinnamon Challenge. Not kidding!

[DEMPSEY]

That cinnamon challenge nut job  is deffo a candidate for a Darwin award

[DEMPSEY]

Speaking of Darwin awards this is one of my favourites

(1982, California) Larry Walters of Los Angeles is one of the few to contend for the Darwin Awards and live to tell the tale. "I have fulfilled my 20-year dream," said Walters, a former truck driver for a company that makes TV commercials. "I'm staying on the ground. I've proved the thing works."
Larry's boyhood dream was to fly. But fates conspired to keep him from his dream. He joined the Air Force, but his poor eyesight disqualified him from the job of pilot. After he was discharged from the military, he sat in his backyard watching jets fly overhead.

He hatched his weather balloon scheme while sitting outside in his "extremely comfortable" Sears lawnchair. He purchased 45 weather balloons from an Army-Navy surplus store, tied them to his tethered lawnchair (dubbed the Inspiration I) and filled the four-foot diameter balloons with helium. Then, armed with some sandwiches, Miller Lite, and a pellet gun, he strapped himself into his lawnchair. He figured he would shoot to pop a few of the many balloons when it was time to descend.

Larry planned to sever the anchor and lazily float to a height of about 30 feet above the backyard, where he would enjoy a few hours of flight before coming back down. But things didn't work out quite as Larry planned.

When his friends cut the cord anchoring the lawnchair to his Jeep, he did not float lazily up to 30 feet. Instead he streaked into the LA sky as if shot from a cannon, pulled by the lift of 45 helium balloons, holding 33 cubic feet of helium each.

He didn't level off at 100 feet, nor did he level off at 1000 feet. After climbing and climbing, he leveled off at 16,000 feet.

At that height he felt he couldn't risk shooting any of the balloons, lest he unbalance the load and really find himself in trouble. So he stayed there, drifting cold and frightened with his beer and sandwiches, for more than 14 hours. He crossed the primary approach corridor of LAX, where startled Trans World Airlines and Delta Airlines pilots radioed in reports of the strange sight.

Eventually he gathered the nerve to shoot a few balloons, and slowly descended. The hanging tethers tangled and caught in a power line, blacking out a Long Beach neighborhood for 20 minutes. Larry climbed to safety, where he was arrested by waiting members of the LAPD. As he was led away in handcuffs, a reporter dispatched to cover the daring rescue asked him why he had done it. Larry replied nonchalantly, "A man can't just sit around."

The Federal Aviation Administration was not amused. Safety Inspector Neal Savoy said, "We know he broke some part of the Federal Aviation Act, and as soon as we decide which part it is, a charge will be filed."

[nigel_c]

Think I saw that before. If I remember correctly he ended up being charged with criminal mischief.

That would look brilliant on any CV.

[Leann ull]

not like you to go off topic there Mr D. I thought to qualify you had to die?

[beerfly]

you can get an honourable mention, love the last part "We know he broke some part of the Federal Aviation Act, and as soon as we decide which part it is, a charge will be filed."

[imark]

Can we enter 33cl bottles? I generally bottle my strong beers in these as they make a better serving size.

[Shane Phelan]

Yeah Mark that is fine, I will update the op to reflect this.

[cris23costa]

Hi Guys. I am new here and I would like to know how to participate of the Winter Warmer Competition.

[Shane Phelan]

Hi Cris, have a read of all the summer session threads at the moment as it will be the same format. Have a mini competition in your local club first and the top beers go through to the final.