The grading was not that good. They had the wrong beer for the Black IPA. Their comments did not match the beer and one judge could not rate my Fireside Chocolate Porter because he could not compare to a standard beer. It must have been a new judge. It is very similar to Double Chocolate Boch beer except I used an ale yeast and added some peppermint. Not sure what's was up with the judge. He gave me a zero which killed the average. The In Cinn Lager had a keg issue. The new keg I used had a bad beer tube that leaked in air. I fixed the keg yesterday. The flaring on the tube was bad.
Here is one of the many compliments of the three beers;
Tony Gilardi Comment:
BTW - your InCinn lager was good, and the Black IPA was pretty amazing. I'd have to taste the Fireside porter again.
Thanks,
Tony Gilardi
Beer & Sweat
The world's Largest Keg - only Homebrew Competition
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Drawbridge Hotel
Beer & Sweat – This Saturday the 20th. I will be submitting 3 beers. Two months ago I had to create an emergency InCinn Lager brew for Beer & Sweat. The beer has been lagering for two weeks. This is the best lager yet. I went back to the old fashion way of cooling. I took a 55 gallon plastic container and cut it in half. I took one half and placed the 6.5 gallon carboy in the container and wrapped it with an insulator. I covered the top with four inches of towels. Every morning and evening I placed two one gallon milk jugs of ice in the container.
1. InCinn Lager – Amber German Lager
2. FireSide Chocolate Mint Porter – Double Chocolate Mint Porter
3. Hip Palbo Ack – Black Hop IPA
Cheers,
Tom
