Rye Ale - Bronze Metal Winner for the American Beers Category |
You may remember that we posted that a few beers would be entered in the the Homebruin Cup II club competition. Judging took place yesterday and we are thrilled to have placed with one of the two entries that we supplied. A simple American Rye Ale that we put together took the bronze metal in the American Beers category. I'll post an abbreviated version of the recipe below if anyone wants to give it a go.
This was a tough competition with tons of great beers for every category. I had the privilege to serve as a steward for the Amber Beers category that the eventual best of show came out of and can tell you that while I did not get the opportunity to sample all of the gold metal winners the Scottish 80 that won the flight was truly spectacular.
Ryevalry - Named for the combination of English and American Ingredients
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Est Original Gravity: 1.052 SG | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Est Final Gravity: 1.011 SG | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 5.3 % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bitterness: 31.2 IBUs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Est Color: 15.2 SRM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Single infusion Mash @150°F for 60 minutes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Edit - The Yeast listed above was grown up in a 2 liter starter from the original tube for the 10 gallon batch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Many more posts to come! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Congratulations Andrew. I will celebrate your victory by pulling a pint of this brew right now.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the placings. Competition is getting harder everywhere, so now anytime you win a medal its a well won victory.
ReplyDeleteInteresting how the highest IBUs seemed to take the top spots... I guess the judges are like me and like their beers bitter.
ReplyDeleteGood job, keep the good work man
ReplyDeleteDude, you totally desserv this medal and much more, this blog is great, thanks for all.
ReplyDeletecongrats m8! keep up the good work
ReplyDeletemaybe i can buy citadel beer in germany one day ;)