Homebrewers - Whats in the fermenter?

[kaisersozei]

Originally Posted by kaisersozei

Well, I got some good news this morning!

Two years ago I used a DFH 90m IPA clone recipe to brew a beer that came out more like DFH Burton Baton. After two years in the bottle, it was probably more like a barleywine than a DIPA but I thought the ABV was a bit off. I decided to enter it in this year's Dominion Cup (a pretty sizeable homebrew competition in Virginia that draws entries from all over.)

The results came out today and Asylum Imperial IPA placed second in the "IIPA, Barleywines, Old Ales" category!

http://dominioncup.jrhb.org/DomCupWinners2010.php

Should be getting the score sheets back this week, will be interested to see the judges' notes!

I got the scores yesterday and I know everyone's been anxiously waiting this followup The principle judge on the panel for my beer was BJCP Master qualified and a professional brewer--which makes me his comments.

He loved it, scoring 46/50!

On flavor he said: "Great hop character, suspect burst hopping (which I did ) nice 'juicy' hop flavor. Good malt backbone, tail is hop flavor but not overly bitter, slight smoke note." His overall impression was "Awesome IPA, great hop profile, commercial quality brew, similar to Hopslam!"



I'd be happy to share the recipe (partial mash) if anyone wants to try it out.

Gerard