King of the Mountain 2021

 

KOTM was put on by Little Mountain Homebrewers Association and seems to be another wash for me in the state of OH. Not sure about scores because sheets haven't' been posted, I just know that Nonanal got a 325 and WBI received 275. Wonder if they forgot the (.) when posting? Nonetheless, I'm still clamoring for some jewelry in the Buckeye. And Fedex didn't help matters either with crappy delivery times. 

Limbo Challenge 2021

Part of the Lone Star Circuit, The Limbo Challenge was all about making sessionable beers. So I slid Vanilla Cyanidine and KeeWeePee 2.0 in and hoped for the best. I'm learning quickly that though my wife likes the fruited sours, BJCP judges not so much. VC schlepped a 29.5 with a "nice" base beer but the vanilla and cherry seemed to much. KWP 2.0 got a 50!! But so did every other beer in the "Lawnmower" category, which was simply a BOS pick. Ah, TX eludes the medal board but the comp was well run and I couldn't have asked for better communication from Jimmy "The Data Guy".

Brew Batch #160 Teenage Dirtbag

Being a huge Wheatus fan, this one only seemed natural. This is a wheatwine recipe I've had tucked away for quite sometime and just now had good reason to at least beta batch it. A friend has a freed up 5 gallon Balaton bourbon barrel, so this one will fill it for a good soak. I made extra to top it off over it's metamorphosis in the barrel, so I'll be able to try the base beer as is. OG 1.082+0.001 @78F. Should finish around 10% thanks to a healthy 001 pitch from CBB.

Red Apron

Got one of those coupons for Blue Apron but found the meal prep service I really want 😄

New Jersey State Fair Homebrew Competition 2021

 

SCUBA put this event on and the awards were handed out at the Sussex County Fairgrounds. I can mark The Garden State off the medal list cause When Doves Rye (33B) got gold in it's category to make it to mini-BOS then received bronze overall with a monstrous 40. I'll retiring it like The Cosby Show (on top of ratings). Vanilla Cyanidine had the judges confused between a good Berliner base and the lactose/dark cherry combo, 29 overall. So I'm not sure if I'll put it in the next one or swap out for Nonanal. I have to hand it to SCUBA, this was a well communicated and executed event. The scores AND sheets were posted within an hour or the live awards ceremony. Regardless of honors, any comp that can manage that with 293 entries is seasoned and runs well.