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m sure that there is merit to it history and all but recommending to ferment it at 100f for 2 days etc is this something that is really good for the beer are we just pushing the envelope maybe i am just too much of a traditionalist you often see me walk the other way with the oj being passed off as beer but that is a different story back to the normally scheduled program i streamed most of my double brewday to my ig story which is now saved to my profile i thought this was the best way to go about having a virtual big brew since we could not be all together i even went ahead and participated in the toast at the appropriate ti me that the aha leads overall i think it was a fine event the best we can do anyway i went through the socials and checked out the different systems and processes people were using i just got an electric system myself but it was crazy how may electric systems i saw on this day back in 2009 i did not even know this was an option as time went on i started seeing them made more and more but they all looked complex and expensive i bought the anvil foundry based on cost and reviews from those all around plus it is a lot lighter and more compact in my old age and small apartment vs the 3 keggle herms very happy with my first brewday results now just to monitor these beers until i get them in the kegs they are already looking good to be honest but i think i need to recalibrate my tilt hydrometers as both those sg s are considerably lower than calculated cheers aha virtual big brew the quarantine edition session where are you at may 1 2020 may 1 2020 allen huerta 2020 aha anvil foundry beer blogging friday big brew day bjcp craft beer dark angel homebrew infinity bottle kombucha malört public house brewing soap the session leave a comment this is post is in response to the session topic presented by fuggled as the days draw on i sit here wondering how the rest of the year is going to shape up my day to day life has not made a drastic change i am both more and less busy while having an increase in working hours catching up on podcast during my commute on a completely clear highway is going to be one of the most missed aspects of our time moving through the unknown like many others i look forward to the little things even though i terminated many plans before official notices of cancellation these times slightly reminds me of undergrad school work sleep beer in an ongoing cycle back in those days i did not do half the travel that i plan in even half the year finding a balance between the preparation required in order to raise my bjcp rank completing coursework for online courses that were never developed to be online and doing what i can to help keep my local with a flow of income has definitely been an interesting tug and pull for about a month now i would buy a case of beer every friday it would not all be consumed within that week but it did start piling up to the point where i would run out of space if i did not slightly increase my consumption in some way besides grilling and drinking a touch more i decided to use a bit of the beer to make soap and just like everyone else i ve tried my hand at sourdough got a batch of sauerkraut going restarted my kombucha habit started taking part in malört o clock began constructing a whiskey infinity bottle and bought an electric brewing system out with the herms and in with the foundry i guess this is where i am at before we all crossed through into a life that slightly reminds me of dark angel i was at the brewery often enough for most the staff to know me but not enough to have my own seat at the bar when i stop by for curbside pick up it is nice to see some familiar faces people that i may only spend a few hours with a month but the faces that always bring me a smile 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...