At the end of this month entries close for the Society Of Beer Advocates National Homebrew Championship, the winning beer will be brewed professionally at the Hallertau Brewbar I will be entering several beers, earlier this week I bottled the two beers I will be entering bottle conditioned, Brooklyn ESB and Chilka IPA. I also have 2 beers in fermentors right now which will be entered in riggers straight from the corny in a near to cask conditioned form. Tonight I enjoyed a pint of draught Brooklyn ESB (that which wasn’t bottled for competition went into a corny) with my meal. Brooklyn ESB is a 5.2 % abv ale brewed with Marris Otter, 2 types of crystal and a mixture of Fuggels and Goldings hops. At the moment it tastes malty with a tangy English hop edge. There is a slightly grainy aroma reminiscent of the smell of freshly ground malt, hopefully it will subside as the ale conditions. Chilka IPA is also on the bar, its a 5.6% abv ale brewed from pearl pale malt and very generously hopped with NZ Cascade, Goldings and Fuggels with a dose of Styrian Goldings at the end of the boil. It tastes incredibly bitter with a nice rich malt character just balancing the hops. After the competition has been judged by a panel lead by pro beer judge and beer journo Geoff Griggs there will be an awards party held that will be open to the public, a mixture of homebrewed and micro brewed beer will be on offer and its sure to be the largest range of handpulled beer on offer in NZ this year.
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