2018 New South Brew Off

Put on by The Clarksville Carboys, an AHA/BJCP comp that sported 163 entries with a little bling headed south! WBI garnered silver with a 41 and mini BOS rating, while bronze fell to Corporal Catbox v1.0 and a 33.5. So during it's tenure v1.0 garnered 2 🥉 medals and averaged 39 overall. So far WBI has banged out 2 🥈 and a 37 overall in 3 comps. Things are coming along nicely in my all grain conversion and minor tweaks based off the judges notes should push these to gold, I hope.

Brew Batch #106 Corporal Catbox v1.2 (aka War Dank Eagle)

Kegged up and on gas. FG 1.006-0.001 @58F to give a standard IPA abv of 6.8%. The nose is by far more what I was hoping for. Citra and Mosaic alone on final dry hop has brought a nose of danky-poo forward much more than it's predecessors. Can't wait to see what carb and cold storage bring to this one. It will only be available at AU Oktoberfest under the moniker War Dank Eagle. (Thanks to RP@OTB for the brain stormed name)

Brew Batch #106 Corporal Catbox v1.2

What looks to be the final iteration of the “ranked” kitty litter beer, I went with minute changes that I hope will make this a crowd pleaser at AUfest under the alias War Dank Eagle. Holding all else the same from v1.1 but with a cut back on CaraRed, as it seemed to make less of an impact than I wanted with a detriment to the haze as I took away wheat from the grain bill. So more wheat than it's predecessors and I dropped Eureka! from the final dry hop and simply split Citra and Mosaic in the hopes of dialing in this purring dank haze. OG 1.056+0.001 @77F. This is the 3rd pitch on this LA3 so it should take off by bedtime!

Bruce Street Brewfest 2018

On a whim, I entered Bruce Street Brewfest this mainly because of the cheap entry fees, little did I know:
https://www.facebook.com/therealbrucestreetbrewfest/

I'd take home bronze AND gold overall. These are my 7th and 8th national comp medals overall and from what I gather will involve a write up in Zymurgy. I may have started actually knowing what I'm doing?

Brew Batch #105 Melted Chocolate Bars

What better way to celebrate the end of summer except with Melted Chocolate Bars stout. OG 1.054+0.001 (1.060 expected, so still working on efficiency. But with a 1728 starter ramped up and 4oz of nibs waiting for 10 days of swimming this one should be perfect as the first chill of October sets in, if not before?

Brew Batch #104 Corporal Catbox v1.1

Kegged up for a test run at AUfest at 1.006-0.001@55F to give 6.1%abv and the hop change to Citra, Eureka! and Mosaic seems to whiff much more of the turd in the bottom of the box I'm looking for.