As some of you know I brewed my Citra-Nilla IPA for this Rat Fest competition. This was purely a public opinion competition, meaning that everyone (over 250 people) that bought a ticket and attended were able to vote for their favorite beers. There were 28 different, unique brews with seven homebrew clubs brewing four beers each. In addition to my Citra-Nilla beer my club (Sons of Liberty) brewed a Sour Raspberry Wheat, a Chocolate & Toasted Coconut Stout and a Mango Habanero Saison. All very solid beers in my opinion.
Unfortunately we didn't take first place in any of the four categories, Best Group of Beers, Best Overall Beer, Best Sour and Most Unique Beer. However my club did come in second for Best Group of Beers and my Citra-Nilla IPA took second place for Best Overall Beer so I am hardly disappointed and in fact I am very encouraged by feed back from the public and overall comments that my beer was completely and unexpectedly a damn good beer.
~Cheers
Worrying can spoil the taste of beer more then anything else! ~ Charles Papazian
Yazoo Sue Smoked Porter
Octoberfest
Le Petite Saison
Czech Pale Lager
A Toast to Big Fuzzy Russian Imperial Stout at 10%
Belgian Blond
Flower Power IPA
4 Kilts Clueless Belgian Strong
One Wort Two Yeast with Wyeast 2206
One Wort Two Yeast with WLP940
Shipwreck Saison
2nd out of 28 beers is something to be proud of, and with 250 independent opinions too. Congrats!
I have over 9,000 posts on "another forum", which means absolutely nothing. Mr. Beer January 2014 Brewer of the Month with all the pomp and circumstance that comes with it...
Certificate in Brewing and Distillation Technology
Beers I regularly brew:
Bell's Best Brown clone
Irish Hills Red - I call this "Ann Arbor Red"
Mackinac Island Red - I call this "Michigan Red"
Oatmeal Stout - I call this Not Fat, Stout - Oatmeal Stout
Bottled 5 gallons of Ann Arbor Red on 4/18/17. Bottled 5 gallons of Michigan Red on 5/8/17.
Brewed in 2017 - 22.13 gallons (19.91 in 2012, 48.06 in 2013, 61.39 in 2014, 84.26 in 2015,46.39 in 2016)
Brewed in lifetime - 282.14 gallons
Drinkable beer on hand - 13.58 cases, with 6.11 cases ready in May and early June.
Average cost per 12 pack through all beer brewed - $6.27(ingredients only)
Currently Conditioning:
Cherry Mead
California Moscato
Currently enjoying:
Hardly Apple Cider on tap
Hardly Cherry Lime-Aid on tap
Oktoberfestive-Ale on tap
PGA Cider (Pear, Ginger, Apple) on tap 3rd Founders Cup 2016 King Of The Mountain on tap
Bottoms Up Brown on tap GOLD 2016 Ohio Brew Week Silver 2016 Ohio State Fair Silver 2016 Son of Brewzilla, Silver 2015 Son of Brewzilla, Bronze 2015 King Of The Mountain on tap
NITWIT BELGIAN STRONG ALE Banjo-Dawg RCE bottled
DAWG LB PALE ALE bottled
CITRA SLAPPED AMBER ALE bottle
MO FREEDOM SMaSH bottle
HOP TO IT IMPERIAL IPA bottle
