FOAM cup 2021 came and went with 2 Beat-12 entries in it, Vanilla Cyanidine and It Ain't Helen...Georgia. The competition was deep with 475 brews and part of the High Plains Brewer of the Year circuit. (Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota, or Minnesota). Vanilla Cyanidine oddly enough after garnering a 29 and 29.5 in previous comps it seems to have settled a bit with the best feedback being "Reminiscent of a warm cherry pie with melty vanilla ice cream". The 38 overall got it a 🥉 though! Then my lowly 2nd brew attempt on It Ain't Helen...Georgia. RP@OTB said don't change a thing on batch#1, so I didn't (except for the yeast
, had to try the Munich 2203 on it). The consensus on it was to lower the bitterness a touch, which is easy to do, but overall the brew was to style with good bread/crackery notes and a clean crisp finish. 39 overall, 🥇! So OK is no longer an elusive state on the medal board and I've got to say there's a masterful difference in the BJCP cert'ed scores. They were in depth scrawls of consciousness by people that were "in" the beer moment. That I can truly appreciate and the scores were even posted early. Both entries got a 40 from one judge or the other, so super proud.
