2017 National Brewing Championships

[johnrm]

It makes sense in one respect to bring the competition to the judges, but it shows commitment to see judges travel to the comp.
As a plus you get to see the country and meet some great people and have a bit of craic.
Everything else in this country is Dublin Centric, but the comps don't need to be.
The finals in Cork a few years ago worked out very well.

[Will_D]

I can always get you the Rugby Club on a Saturday (depending on dates i.e. NOT a rugby weekend)

Two walk in fridges, large well lit function room, catering by arrangement.

Taxi from Malahide Railway/Bus stop and Swords Bus would be less than Connolly to Alfies.

Can also get a tame coach ( 20 to 55 seater) if needed

Just saying like!

Will

[johnrm]

Does that coach pass Midleton?

[delzep]

Would we all have to brew Heineken clones? 

[irish_goat]

Traditionally the first leg was always held outside of Dublin both to give local clubs the chance to host and so that people who can't make it to Dublin get a chance to join in. It's a nice way of seeing parts of the country and getting local club members more involved in the NHC too. It's something I'd not like to see go, to be honest.

There's no reason we have to have the 2nd leg in Dublin but it's a necessity unless somewhere can promise to get 50 bodies on the ground to judge and steward.

On that note, if any local club wants to host a leg of the nationals now is the time to start thinking about it. We need a pub willing to host us, they need to have fridge space/a cold room to keep entries cold, be able to do a decent lunch+pint deal to feed everyone on the day and preferably have some decent beer for sale too. Good transport links are pretty essential and you need to be able to help source judges and stewards from the local area too. Have had one club get in touch already so don't stall if your club is interested too. FIFA style brown envelopes are very much accepted.

[mick02]

FIFA style brown envelopes are very much accepted.

[phoenix]

Thats settled then, first leg in Malahide, second leg in Dublin

[LordEoin]

but what about Clare and the feckin' Blaskets?

[delzep]

Aren't the Blaskets in Kerry?

[irish_goat]

We draw the line at parts of Ireland with no civilisation. Cork in 2013 was obviously an exception. 

[Leann ull]

Soft crushed duckshell high velum envelope incoming from GCB with full planning permission

[wallacebiy]

I'll be opening my last bottles of my competition beers this Friday at a tasting .


Curious to see what happened , as the beers described in my scoresheets don't seem to match at all with the beers I made .

Further to this , I opened the last beers , and we had a tasting around , 10 people with experience didn't find the off flavours that judges said were in the beers .


I'm confident that I won't be following any of the "advice " marked by the judges on my competition entries

[redshift]

Thanks to everyone involved in the competition, I can imagine it's a huge amount of work to organise, and I was very happy with my results and the feedback. Who should I contact regarding collection of medals?

[DEMPSEY]

Me

[mr hoppy]

I was wondering how many entries there were in the pale lager category. Can't tell from the Comp home page (as there were no medals.) Would anyone know?


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