Oh Well, What the Hell Pale Ale could be a winner
A few weeks back, I entered my “Oh Well, What the Hell” Pale Ale and my House Pale Ale (a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale clone using Pilsner yeast to ferment due to the cold temperature in my basement) into the tasting competition of the 16th Annual Battle of the Brews .
I don’t know which House Pale Ale it is. It could be this one. But, who knows? Darn it. If you want to get feedback on your brewing you should at least remember which batch it is, so you can know which tweaks might have worked or not. Well, frankly, the House Pale Ale batches I had made tasted pretty similar, but nothing like Sierra Nevada‘s Pale Ale. SNPA has a slightly metallic taste, in my opinion. I like SNPA, but when I tasted the two back-to-back they were quite different. The difference could be the use of Pilsner yeast instead of California Ale yeast.
Well, Gabe Jackson of the Sonoma Beerocrats sent me an email last night letting me know that one of my entries had “placed in our Battle of the Brew/Craft Cup Homebrew Competition!” Cool. But which ones placed, we do not know yet.
Paul, the president of our Lake County Homebrew Club, entered our club’s Bourbon Barrel Stout that we made at the 2011 Big Beer Brew Day. He was told he also placed.
Still, I guess that’s pretty good feedback. I seem to be making decent beer.
The 16th Annual Battle of the Brews is happening on March 31, 2012 at Grace Pavilion at the Sonoma Fairgrounds. And, I’m going. the BOTB is held for charity. According to their website: “For 15 years, the Active 20-30 club of Santa Rosa has held the Battle of the Brews fundraiser. This event has raised nearly $1,000,000 dollars, the proceeds of which have been distributed by our Youth Benevolent Fund to help change the lives of needy children.”
CliffsNotes for the 16th ANNUAL BATTLE OF THE BREWS:
Local charity fundraiser. Beer tasting, food and music. Must be 21 to enter; valid California Driver’s License required at time of entry.
- Date: Saturday – March 31, 2012
- Hours: 2:00 – 8:00p.m.
- Location:Grace Pavilion
- Admission: Advance Tickets are $40/pp for Main Event & $95/pp for the Craft Tasting
- Organization: Active 20-30 Club of Santa Rosa #50
- Website: www.battleofthebrews.com
Related articles
- The saga of the “Oh Well, What the Hell” Pale Ale. Off Flavors. (52beers.wordpress.com)
- This week on Brew Disasters: pale ale (52beers.wordpress.com)
- Working on developing a ‘house’ pale ale (52beers.wordpress.com)
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