The preliminary results are in for the Sam Adams Homebrew-B-Que competition that Eric posted about a few days ago and we did not advance to the finals. We entered Brains Explosion and Honey Brains and we had high hopes for them, but given the time of year of the contest and the preference of the judges (Eric knows that some of them are "hop-heads"), we probably shouldn't have been surprised by the result. IPAs and other mostly hoppy beers moved on to the finals. We are awaiting the judges comment cards, which we should receive within a week, but we will chalk this up as a learning experience. I still think we have two pretty good barleywines which should only improve with age and hopefully they will perform better in future competitions.
Next up is the 19th annual Spirit of Free Beer competition sponsored by Brewers United for Real Potables (BURP). We have entered Honey Brains and Weizenheimer for this competition. Weizenheimer should be ready to try and Eric sampled one last night and gave generally positive feedback. It was bottled two weeks ago, so it could probably use a little more conditioning. Judging for this competition takes place on May 14th, so hopefully the extra week of conditioning will allow the flavors and carbonation to fully develop.
We are still in the planning stages for our entry in the Pilsener Urquell Master Home Brew competition in August, although we have all the equipment we need to get started now and we will be brewing soon.
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