Friday, March 2, 2012

2012 AHA National Homebrewing Competition

I've never entered any homebrewing competition's before.  Never even wanted to, but for some reason this year I did.  I wanted to enter only 2 beers, a still mead and my Kate the Great clone.  While logging in on the AHA's website I said fuck it and entered 3 beers.  My 4C's Rye IIPA was entered for the hell of it.  I've only brewed the 4C's once before and after a cold crash for 2 weeks it was one of the cleanest beers I've ever done.  I'm cold crashing the 2nd batch right now so it is more of a shot in the dark entry.  The 1st two that I listed are great beers and I am excited to see how the do.

A quick recap:

  • 100% Blackberry Mead, Aydan aged 6 years in Category 24B
  • Kate the Great, my Russian Imperial Stout aged on Oak for 8 months in Category 13F
  • IIPA 4C's Rye Red IIPA entered in Category 23.  6D is the base style but this beer is way to strong for the 6D style category

This should be fun.

2 comments:

  1. Good Luck.
    I also decided to enter 4 beers and it is my first time in NHC.
    Did you see how fast the entries filled up?

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  2. I have to say it was crazy seeing the entries add up. I'm sure that it's closed now in most of the cities.

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