Plans for today involve helping judge beers for the Fifth StreetBrewpub Member Homebrew Competition. 
Yes, my life is generally enviable. So, in
the spirit of all things Brewvet and beer-related, I rode my bike to the event.
After all, since it is barely over a mile away (it was a 2.1 mile roundtrip),
it’s not like it was s strenuous trek.
Yes, my life is generally enviable. So, in
the spirit of all things Brewvet and beer-related, I rode my bike to the event.
After all, since it is barely over a mile away (it was a 2.1 mile roundtrip),
it’s not like it was s strenuous trek.
For those of you not in the know, Fifth Street Brewpub is a Co-op with something in the neighborhood of 2000 members. Thus, the competition is a
chance for all of the members who are also homebrewers 
to enter beers, with the
winner getting her or his beer brewed on the Brewpub’s 7 BBL system and served
in the taproom. There were 60 entries for the competition, which is pretty
impressive considering that there was a limit of two entries per person (and
most people only entered one beer)—I’ve been to smaller competitions that were
open to the public. Darren Link, the Fifth Street brewmaster, had sorted beers
into seven different flights; judges pushed the top one or two beers from each
flight into a Best of Show round that was judged by Darren and Sarah Browning. Niall Foster’s and Jim Witmer’s Thin Mint Stout won
overall, while my
Dandelion Saison ended up getting second place. However, my beer is going to
get brewed this summer, as Darren wanted to save the Thin Mint Stout for non-summer time enjoyment and brew
it as the Winter Seasonal. So I win, too.
After the competition was over, I had a Herbivore No. 2,
to enter beers, with the
winner getting her or his beer brewed on the Brewpub’s 7 BBL system and served
in the taproom. There were 60 entries for the competition, which is pretty
impressive considering that there was a limit of two entries per person (and
most people only entered one beer)—I’ve been to smaller competitions that were
open to the public. Darren Link, the Fifth Street brewmaster, had sorted beers
into seven different flights; judges pushed the top one or two beers from each
flight into a Best of Show round that was judged by Darren and Sarah Browning. Niall Foster’s and Jim Witmer’s Thin Mint Stout won
overall, while my
Dandelion Saison ended up getting second place. However, my beer is going to
get brewed this summer, as Darren wanted to save the Thin Mint Stout for non-summer time enjoyment and brew
it as the Winter Seasonal. So I win, too. After the competition was over, I had a Herbivore No. 2,
which is
an American wheat beer with ginger and lemongrass. It is a clean and bright
beer; the ginger and lemongrass flavors come across in the nose and the flavor,
imparting a crisp finish. Went down easy. Then a leisurely bike ride home for this gentleman gadabout (remember the pronunciation!).
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