Self-congratulation thread

[heckmanm]

Since there's nobody else here to do it:  I brought home 3 ribbons from the Indiana State Fair Brewers Cup yesterday!

1st place Stout with a Dry Stout
1st place IPA with an AIPA
3rd place Scottish/Irish with an Irish Red

Over 400 homebrew entries in the competition.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go ice down my shoulder.  Must have sprained it somehow...

[Tip Top]

 

Nice work.  Too bad more of us don't know how good your homebrews are...

[Kegergator]

Wow, nice work there CHAMP!   

[regularguy]

That's awesome!  Congratulations.  Feel free to share some of those recipes.   

[coldchill]

Awesome, good work.  Could you pm me some of the AIPA.  Thanks, in advance.

[heckmanm]

Nice work.  Too bad more of us don't know how good your homebrews are...

I sent a couple out last year as bonus bottles in BOMC2, but I bottle mostly in EZ-cap swing-tops, so I don't ship them out much.  I only do a half-dozen or so from each batch in longnecks for competitions.

I'll see about bringing a few up to Madison for GTMW.  I'm sure we'll meet up at some point over the weekend.

[heckmanm]

That's awesome!  Congratulations.  Feel free to share some of those recipes.   

AIPA:
IPA 2007

A ProMash Recipe Report

Recipe Specifics
----------------

Batch Size (Gal):         5.50    Wort Size (Gal):    5.50
Total Grain (Lbs):       16.50
Anticipated OG:          1.077    Plato:              18.7
Anticipated SRM:          11.4
Anticipated IBU:         120.8
Brewhouse Efficiency:       70 %
Wort Boil Time:             90    Minutes


Grain/Extract/Sugar

   %     Amount     Name                          Origin        Potential SRM
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 66.7    11.00 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row)              Belgium        1.037      3
 24.2     4.00 lbs. Munich Malt                   Germany        1.037      8
  6.1     1.00 lbs. Crystal 40L                   America        1.034     40
  3.0     0.50 lbs. Cara-Pils Dextrine Malt                      1.033      2

Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.


Hops

   Amount     Name                              Form    Alpha  IBU  Boil Time
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 28.00 g.     Columbus                          Pellet  14.80  51.7  45 min.
 56.00 g.     Simcoe                            Pellet  13.40  35.1  20 min.
 28.00 g.     Simcoe                            Pellet  11.90   9.3  10 min.
 28.00 g.     Simcoe                            Pellet  11.90   9.3  10 min.
 56.00 g.     Simcoe                            Pellet  11.90  15.4  5 min.
 56.00 g.     Simcoe                            Pellet  11.90   0.0  Dry Hop


Extras

  Amount      Name                           Type      Time
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  1.00 Tsp    Irish Moss                     Fining    15 Min.(boil)
  1.00 Tsp    Yeast nutrient                 Other     15 Min.(boil)


Yeast
-----

White Labs WLP002 English Ale


Stout:
The Right Thing to Brew

A ProMash Recipe Report

Recipe Specifics
----------------

Batch Size (Gal):         5.50    Wort Size (Gal):    5.50
Total Grain (Lbs):       10.75
Anticipated OG:          1.052    Plato:              12.8
Anticipated SRM:          44.2
Anticipated IBU:          28.1
Brewhouse Efficiency:       75 %
Wort Boil Time:             60    Minutes


Grain/Extract/Sugar

   %     Amount     Name                          Origin        Potential SRM
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 69.8     7.50 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row)              Belgium        1.037      3
  9.3     1.00 lbs. Flaked Oats                   America        1.033      2
  9.3     1.00 lbs. Roasted Barley                America        1.028    450
  7.0     0.75 lbs. Crystal 60L                   America        1.034     60
  4.7     0.50 lbs. Chocolate Malt                Belgium        1.030    500

Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.


Hops

   Amount     Name                              Form    Alpha  IBU  Boil Time
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 20.00 g.     Wye Target                        Whole   11.00  28.1  45 min.


Extras

  Amount      Name                           Type      Time
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  1.00 Tsp    Irish Moss                     Fining    15 Min.(boil)
  1.00 Tsp    Yeast Nutrient                 Other     15 Min.(boil)


Yeast
-----

White Labs WLP004 Irish Stout


Irish Red:
Irish Red Ale

A ProMash Brewing Session - Recipe Details Report

Recipe Specifics
----------------

Batch Size (Gal):         5.50    Wort Size (Gal):    5.50
Total Grain (Lbs):        9.75
Anticipated OG:          1.050    Plato:              12.3
Anticipated SRM:          17.5
Anticipated IBU:          21.8
Brewhouse Efficiency:       75 %
Wort Boil Time:             60    Minutes


Grain/Extract/Sugar

   %     Amount     Name                          Origin        Potential SRM
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 87.2     8.50 lbs. Pale Malt(2-row)              Great Britain  1.038      3
  2.6     0.25 lbs. Roasted Barley                Great Britain  1.029    575
 10.3     1.00 lbs. Crystal 30L                   America        1.035     30

Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.


Hops

   Amount     Name                              Form    Alpha  IBU  Boil Time
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 14.00 g.     Wye Target                        Pellet  11.50  19.3  40 min.
 10.00 g.     Goldings - E.K.                   Pellet   4.75   2.5  20 min.


Yeast
-----

White Labs WLP004 Irish Stout

[Organized Chaos]

Nice job dude... I was going to shoot my IIPA to that competition, but will be getting it in the Michigan one for sure..

If you want to ship me some to enter, I can drop them off for you.

[Kegergator]

How does one go about entering this contests?

[heckmanm]

How does one go about entering this contests?

For Michigan, I found this link with details, including this one:

1. Who is eligible to enter?
Any Michigan made, non-commercial, home produced beer, cider or mead is eligible.
Entries may not be submitted in the name of another person. An entrant is defined as
the one or more people submitting an entry that had an active role in brewing the entry.
An entrant may not be an entire brew club.

That leaves us both out, unless we want to let OC get all the glory.  (Incidentally, Indiana has no such restrictions - we had an entry from Brazil!)

[Organized Chaos]

How does one go about entering this contests?

For Michigan, I found this link with details, including this one:

1. Who is eligible to enter?
Any Michigan made, non-commercial, home produced beer, cider or mead is eligible.
Entries may not be submitted in the name of another person. An entrant is defined as
the one or more people submitting an entry that had an active role in brewing the entry.
An entrant may not be an entire brew club.

That leaves us both out, unless we want to let OC get all the glory.  (Incidentally, Indiana has no such restrictions - we had an entry from Brazil!)

I didn't know MI had the limitations. I bought some hops from Great Fermentations in IN, and they sent me an email about your state fair..