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[LiverDance]

I just found out this moring that my beer has been selected as one of the final four to be judged in a first ever Brew Off sponsored by a local brewing company Garrison Brewing. Winner gets their beer released as a seasonal! I just want to give shout outs to Justin and Steve for helping design and brew this great beer and to everyone on these boards who have guided me in my brewing evolution! Wish me luck. Here is the process and what the winner gets. Review, Judging and Awards Reception:Ø All entries will receive a written evaluation (including suggestions if applicable) by our award-winningBrewmaster, Daniel Girard.Ø The top four (4) entries will be selected by Daniel Girard for final judging by BJCP certified judges;Ø Awards will be handed out at a reception on Thursday May 28, 2009 at Garrison Brewery (1149 MarginalRoad) and finalists are asked to bring a quantity of their brew for attendees to sample.Prizes:Ø The Gold Medal winner will be invited to join Daniel in brewing a full-sized batch of their recipe for packaging& release as a limited edition seasonal. They will also receive two flats (48 bottles) of the finished beer, a $75Noble Grape gift certificate & be presented with a trophy that will remain on display at the brewery;Ø Prizes also be given out for Silver, Bronze & Honourable Mention including gift certificates from Noble Grape. :cheers:Cheers LD

[realbeerguy]

Congrats!

[D86D]

Outstanding. Congratulations. That's gotta feel good

[Deerslyr]

Congrats and Good Luck! There is absolutely nothing wrong with saying you want to win it all! The possibility of brewing on a larger scale and releasing it to the public is too cool!

[aquahijo]

that's awesome..hope you kick ass and win

[ncbeerbrewer]

That is awesome and congratulations. I am sure you are more than thrilled with an opportunity like that, it is the dream of many a homebrewer. What style of beer did you brew for the competition? Congrats and hope you win it all. Mike

[LiverDance]

Thanks for the well wishes everyone. The style was ordinary bitter, everyone had to brew the same style and now it's down to 4. I do hope we win cause brewing a beer and releasing it to the public would be an incredible experience. This is also the first time i've ever entered anything into competition

[ncbeerbrewer]

Wow is that first time luck? Final four is like being in the competition best of show round that I know of at least. I am sure its a tastey brew being final four and they were all the same style. Nice work.

[earthtone]

see you there! I wish I could try some of your brew

[stellarbrew]

Congratulations, that's got to be a good feeling. Best of luck in the final round. I hope you win.

[boo boo]

Good luck. I couldn't enter the comp because they only accepted entries from the 3 Atlantic provinces and excluded Nfld.You must have brewed an exceptional beer.

[LiverDance]

Sorry to hear that they exclude Nfld, that doesn't really make sense to me. I'm sure you would have done well also. The beer is good, once you drink one you just want more, which i'm sure is a great marketing tool

[TelemarkBrew]

congrats, you mind sharing the recipe?

[LiverDance]

There isn't much to the recipe but it seems to have done the trick. We brewed 40 Litres and split the batch between WY1098 and WY1968 for 2 seperate entries. The WY1098 is the one that will be judged tomorrow in the finals. Standard/Ordinary Bitter Type: All Grain Batch Size: 40.00 LBoil Size: 48.45 L Boil Time: 60 min Equipment: 10 Gallon Brewhouse Efficiency: 70.00 Amount Item Type % or IBU 6.60 kg Pale Malt, Maris Otter (5.9 EBC) Grain 91.41 % 0.42 kg Caramel/Crystal Malt - 80L (157.6 EBC) Grain 5.82 % 0.20 kg Aromatic Malt (51.2 EBC) Grain 2.77 % 70.00 gm Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] (60 min) Hops 26.2 IBU 30.00 gm Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] (30 min) Hops 5.7 IBU 30.00 gm Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] (1 min) Hops 1.9 IBU 1 Pkgs British Ale (Wyeast Labs #1098) Yeast-Ale Original Gravity: 1.040 SGFinal Gravity: 1.010 SG Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 3.86 % Bitterness: 33.7 IBU Est Color: 16.4 EBC Mash ProfileSingle Infusion60 min Mash In Add 18.05 L of water at 173.0 F 156.0 F Fermented at 64 F for 10 daysSecondary at 66 F for 10 days

[McNuggets]

shout outs to Justin and Steve for

Which Justin and Steve. How did you do?

[DaBearSox]

wow...that is really really close to my esb....GOOD LUCK~!

[earthtone]

wow what a good night!!! congrats brian, you deserve it man!

[LiverDance]

Thanks for the wishes everyone. We ended up winning the competition and now get to brew with the big boys! It all seems a little crazy right now, i still can't believe we won.

[gnef]

nice! congrats! take a lot of pictures of the brewday and share them.

[Deerslyr]

Thanks for the wishes everyone. We ended up winning the competition and now get to brew with the big boys! It all seems a little crazy right now, i still can't believe we won.

Awesome! Now you can do the Happy Dance!