phish63 wrote:

pretty pumped!


http://mosquitobytes.com/Den/B...ETB2009/ETB2009.html

STEVELAWLESS wrote:

NICE! Judging that contest must be hell! ;) Im coming out of retirement!

little_alien wrote:

Congratulations :) Hmm, I presume it's a cost thing, or I'm just dumb, but how can one really judge a beer from a plastic cup?

phish63 wrote:

certain types of plastic cups don't impart any off flavors to the beer. that said, i'm not sure those are that type of plastic cup. i thought the same thing, but from what i've come to understand, lots of competitions use those clear plastic cups to do their judging in. i guess so long as all beers are judged on the same playing field, it's pretty fair.

i got third overall, so i'm not complaining!

;o)

little_alien wrote:

Still, you can't judge how a beer pours and how the foam looks from such a cup. Beer has more visual aspects to it than wine.

But you're right, at least they are all judged the same this way ;)

psymonkey wrote:

Wow! That's awesome man :-D I was just in Alaska and they know their beer up there fo sho!

phish63 wrote:

FT: My IPA
ISO: left coast IPA's

seriously..... i'll be brewing this again in the next couple weeks and if anyone is brave enough to try it, i'd love to trade some for some left coast lovin'.

cerebral wrote:

Well done mate! I love a good IPA :). Not had an American one from memory though.