Hombrew Alley 2025

[FedoraDave]

I'm not sure why, but my annual go-to competition has been moved again. It used to be held in February, but a couple of snowy incidents probably made them change their minds, and last year it was held mid-April. This year's competition will be the first weekend in May. Again, I'm not sure why, but I only caught the announcement on the BJCP website last night.

So I'm registered, and I'm entering two German-style lagers. One, my first attempt at a schwarzbier, which I think conforms pretty well to the style guidelines. Good thing I set aside a couple of bottles specifically for the competition, because that keg ran dry a while ago.

The second is a helles bock, which I conditioned in the bottles, and they've been lagering for a couple of months. I don't know how mature they are, but I figured I've got nothing to lose by entering it.

So wish me luck. I'll post the results in May, as soon as I find out.

[LouieMacGoo]

I know from helping with a couple of local competitions that there are several factors such as availability of location needed for judging, conflicts with other beer/homebrewing related events, availability of judges and stewards. We've had to move around one competition quite a few times.