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mile along with a delicious pint i miss the public house brewers stash beers that i would stop in for each release i am kind of bummed that i will not be able to participate in the aha big brew day with the members of the missouri association of serious homebrewers i am finally getting around to some of the education projects that i have been planning but made no movement on i guess this means i have been making some use of my evening and weekend hours but maybe i can take a week to sit back relax when all of this is over cheers the quarantine edition session where are you at nc brewers cup october 6 2015 october 6 2015 allen huerta 2015 beer best of show bjcp homebrew judging nc brewers cup nc brewers guild 1 comment this past weekend was the north carolina brewers cup it is an amazing sight seeing a number of nc breweries post the results of their beers that were entered into the competition it was also very nice to taste a good number of them some for the first time ever drinking these beers blind gave a real nice perspective of the work being done to further brewing in one of the fastest growing states view all the winners here the first day of the competition was all of the homebrew entries the nc brewers guild hosted this competition in conjunction for the nc state fair which is taking place in raleigh really soon i was hoping to get off easy but i opened the day judging ipa s not that there is anything wrong with that and the homebrewers did a really great job with them but i believe my judging partner and i went through approximately 13 ipa s before i moved on to do the mini best of show with the other group helping out with this category which was a total of 6 beers competing for the top 3 spots i guess i was rewarded for my efforts though the next flight i did which was relatively small was light lagers what some would call the complete opposite of an ipa during the afternoon session of belgian and french ales another relatively large flight but another great showing the category was mostly saisons but there was also a biere de garde you just don t see that often and it got me really excited when it was all said and done the winner went on to sit at the best of show table where i would soon be reunited with it as one would expect when it came down to judging best of show it was relatively hard there were a few that had to be knocked out over the most trivial things only the best beers made it this far and homebrewers have gotten far better over the past few years so you couldn t just kick out something that had a major flaw but happened to be best in the category when it was all said and done a belgian dark strong ale a schwarz bier and an american pale ale were the best to style top brewed beers at the table though all of the entrants who made it to that table should be proud of the beer they produced after day 1 came to a close we all left to get ourselves in the right mindset to judge the entries of the commercial contest the next day i met up with bryan and we decided to stop into fullsteam to check out their anniversary shenanigans after celebrating fullsteam and this_is_igor impromptu stouterday continues with l_allenh pic twitter com fkrvo0ug91 bryandroth bryandroth october 4 2015 platform twitter com widgets js the next morning i crawled out of bed not knowing which way is up i guess checking out miley cyrus on snl when i had to be up around 7am may not have been the best choice oh and the stout to keep me up during her performance i grabbed a quick breakfast with much coffee included and headed back to mystery brewing who was our host both days of the competition i was really excited when i saw the morning table assignments pilsners which sadly i do not remember very many nc brewed pilsners i have had before this day while judging through the entries i realized how big of a mistake this was there were many great pilsners that after it was all said and done i realized were available year round from some of the best breweries in the state i guess i have some catching up to do the quality and accuracy to style some of these beers had was indescribable a very eye opening experience what was next to follow though i thought i was already free from this pleasure the afternoon session was ipa s just like the start of my day hardly just 24 hours ago and there were 48 entries from breweries around the state the homebrew numbers were barely half of that there were a few extra sets of judges but that didn t help much at all coming down to the mini best of show looking at the 9 beers in front of us they all seemed identical in appearance several of the beers seemed to use nearly identical recipes i mean i don t know what was in them but the flavor and aroma were so similar that i thought my palate and nose were just broken the top 3 again were very difficult to come across they were the best of the best and again we go into best of show i thought judging best of show for homebrew was difficult i ve done it a few times since i received my bjcp rank but nothing could have prepared me for this this was not only my very first time judging commercial beer in a competition but my first time doing best of show in one as well talk about trying to find the best diamond in a sea of them it came down to the smallest details about each beer 23 set down in front of us and 3 selected as the best in nc the pressure was really on the results are linked above but these 3 beers from 3rd to 1st are the ones who went above and beyond this year also that pilsner that i was really embarrassed i never drank and is available year round from one of my favorite nc breweries umm yeah i should probably head to the store take a look at the list and drink some of the greatest beers nc has to offer edit information from the press release we had a record number of entries in both homebrewer 191 and commercial 362 categories we couldn t have done it without your hard work and support you can find all the results here www ncbeer org brewerscup and a press release is attached the top winners will be on display october 15 25 at the state fair in the education building cheers nc brewers cup homebrew advent calendar day 2 december 2 2013 allen huerta 2013 bjcp prep gingerbread stout homebrew homebrew advent calendar review tasting notes leave a comment today we step into a new world completely different from the last and i am very much looking forward to it a gingerbread stout i had one before at white street brewing that was fantastic real quick here are some notes from the brewer with the weather about to get cooler i was in the mood to try my hands at a gingerbread stout the goal was to end up with a sweet stout that had a full mouth feel and could provide a little warmth the recipe looks pretty involved so i wonder how that will play out some basic stats about this beer brew date 9 22 2013 kegged 10 27 2013 og 1 088 fg 1 032 abv 7 38 lets get to the tasting so i may have been in the real of i was not really paying attention i didn t care because it s quad day and i poured it a little overly aggressive my bad i got a lot of sweet character on the nose that i am attributing to the lactose in this sweet stout no hops esters or anything crazy but there was one aromatic that stood out above all else ginger let me just say i love ginger so that did not bother me at all i love how aggressive it was whether that was the brewers intention or not fantastic move i hate when a beer advertises a specific ingredient and you cannot find it at all even something as simple as bourbon barrel aged as you can see from the photo the big fluffy tan head and the beer poured quite clear and deep brown the first sensation you get while drinking this one is the ginger that is cut by a very roasty bitter character sweet initially but then dries out and finishes slightly astringent but i would say appropriately so creamy full body perfect carbonation a little chocolate malt characteristic in there as well a nice warming character to round it all out i love this beer and glad it made the calendar might have been better on a cooler night but the advent calendar gods decided this would be the day cheers homebrew advent calendar day 2 homebrew advent calendar day 1 december 2 2013 allen huerta 2013 belgian special ale bjcp prep homebrew homebrew advent calendar review tasting notes leave a comment everyone that has heard me speak of the homebrew advent calendar has been asking all sorts of questions even before i knew all the answers the easiest thing i have found to tell them is well it is kind of like a chocolate advent calendar kind of like my 12 days of beermas but this time with 24 actually 25 beers and instead of them all being commercial again like beermas they are all homebrews now how might this work do i really have to brew 24 different beers to be able to enjoy one a day until christmas the beauty of this calendar set up by bull city homebrew is that i only had to contribute 1 beer to the calendar well 24 beers but you know what i mean totally takes out a lot of the work now that we have finally reached december 1st it is time to enjoy the beers one thing i failed to mention just like a true advent calendar you do not know what you are going to get until you open up the door bottle keeps you on your feet and it is a big surprise more fun than blind pickups at the store the guys at bull city gave us two options of how to access the beer information everyday there is a thread posted to the forum we are using for the organization of this calendar the thread contains all the information about the beer we are to be drinking on said day the part that is up to you do you want to read the description first or do you want to drink the beer first which did i choose well it is easier to writ these post while looking at the description and tasting the beer so that is the route i went the first beer is a belgian special ale not my beer and not really sure what exactly that is but i attributed it to the belgian pale ale category shrugs the beer started around 1 060 finished 1 010 6 7 abv used wyeast 1214 which is a belgian abbey yeast and it had a fairly simple base recipe with only bittering hop additions notes from the brewer the yeast should shine through with a nice red color and decent body for a winter version of a beer i ve tried before lets dive in right as i opened up this bottle esters filled the room it had a very big banana aroma there was a slight phenolic presence but it was very light and hard to come by you could also pull out a light beady character but not much at all no hop aroma as well i thought the aroma was pretty one dimensional but again big a short lived creamy very small white head formed on top but it dissipated just as fast as it came and a hazy copper color is what presented itself in front of me the very first and most prevalent taste throughout the beer was a yeasty character i don t mean like yeast flavors i mean a big yeasty taste past that you get a slight toast in the background no hop flavor a bit on the maltier side of the spectrum light phenols and a bunch of banana esters working with the toasted flavors it was kind of like banana bread i enjoyed that because i enjoy banana bread and also wells banana bread i thought i caught some light citrus flavors toward the finish but nothing distinguishable as the hop bitterness began to show its way through a slick oily mouthfeel very low carbonation level a medium body with a dry finish but it proceeded to seem a bit astringent slight warmth in the finish as well but at a very low level overall i thought there were some pretty strong characteristics that detracted from the overall experience of this beer but it was not a bad beer to start the calendar out on i thought the flavors seemed pretty one dimensional the banana and bready characters is what stuck out the most other than the yeast characteristic that held overhead the astringency in the finish was also something that detracted from the overall experience i suggested as well as a few others to the brewer that he pitch a higher concentration of yeast make a starter when brewing this again and maybe take another look at the base of the recipe i am not sure much about the recipe i e fermentation temperature mash temp etc etc but these are also issues that can possibly be looked at for various reasons in the recipe anyway day 1 is down 23 24 more to go i wonder what else is in store cheers homebrew advent calendar day 1 learn to homebrew day november 8 2013 allen huerta 2013 american homebrewers association craft beer nation eggnog milk stout homebrew learn to homebrew day ls ales the beer fairy 2 comments so as we all know or should know the american homebrewers association s learn to homebrew day was november 2nd this year 2013 people all over the country had set up events or even just something as simple as inviting their friends over for a lesson breweries homebrew shops etc etc etc just who ever wanted to share the love of homebrew for those of you who were not able to go out or had no events in your area this year the craft beer nation set up a hangout to briefly talk about homebrewing the ingredients and things you might need to get started you can watch that video here the beer fairy ashley and i showed up to talk about all that i hope we answered most basic questions but if you are watching you and you have further question feel free to ask here twitter or on google for learn to homebrew day i figured i would make a new beer for christmas one i have been wanting to do and trying to figure out for a few years eggnog is one of my favorite drinks and i am disappointed that without making it yourself you can only get it at one time of the year so hopefully finally i am able to get this eggnog milk stout to work the only way i thought to accomplish it was to use lactose nutmeg cinnamon and vanilla bean maybe i will add some vanilla when i keg it i guess it depends the character i want get the brewday went off without a hitch honestly a very simple brew one hop addition for bittering simple mash and a 60 minute boil i considered doing it for 90 minutes but i didn t i came in a few points low but that could be because i was aiming for 1 088 i think i d have to look at my notes instead of thinking off the top of my head i added all my spices and lactose at the 5 minute remaining mark because it was suggested to me that any earlier and i would lose the aromatic quality of my spices not what i want to do at all so yea once it ferments out i will take my first sips and report back how it taste i hope i hit the mark and can finally have another form of eggnog cheers learn to homebrew day sierra nevada beer camp august 7 2013 allen huerta 2013 beer camp contest craft beer homebrew sierra nevada the best beer in the world vote 4 comments so once again it is that time of year where sierra nevada has opened up their beer camp contest and 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