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!
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That's awesome, congrats!:-)

Brewed 10 gallons of Oktoberfest on Sunday, 5 gal regular and 5 gal with pumpkin (canned and baked) and spices (cinnamon, ginger, allspice, nutmeg) for a fall/halloween/thanksgiving Pumpkin Beer.

This is my second batch of Oktoberfest this year for our Oktoberfest party at the end of October (figure this batch will be done at the end of the month, and then two months of lagering will be fine). The first one I brewed towards the end of April is awesome, and still a lot left for the party.
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I'm just wrapping up brewing a hefeweizen.

6 lbs wheat LME
.5 lbs carapils
.5 lbs cara 20
1 oz Tettnaner 60 mins
1 oz Amarillo 15 mins
Wyeast 3068 Weihenstephaner

IBU's = 30
SRM = 7
abv = 4.7%

I'll tell you in a few weeks how it turned out! :-)
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Bottled "CohiBrew" on Saturday, my latest DIPA recipe, and racked my Belgian Christmas Ale to the secondary yesterday. Added some Saaz hops, whole cloves & cinnamon, will get a little vanilla extract in a few weeks at bottling time. Tasted pretty darn good right out of the primary, so this one should be :-) :-)
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I've got some water warming up right now for a partial mash "big" vanilla porter I'm making. Drinking some Surly Cynic Ale and listening to the Brian Setzer Orchestra.

9 lbs gold LME
1 lb Crystal 60
1 lb Chocolate
1 lb Brown Malt
.5 lb Aromatic
.5 Oat Malt
** 1.084 OG

1 oz Tettnanger 60 mins
.5 oz columbus 15 mins

Wyeast 1028 London Ale

The "Brew Your Own" calculator says this should come in at 1.028 FG, 8.1 abv, and 42 IBU's. I'll add some madagascar vanilla beans to the secondary.
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My porter seems to be chugging away nicely tonight. The OG came in a bit high at 1.088. My temp went a little high when I did my mini-mash, so I think that caused my OG to run a little high as well. Hopefully it won't be too tannic.
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20 gallons of Kentucky Common. I may or may not brew this weekend since all of them are still bubbling.
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Just harvested some inspiration to get a batch of homebrew going. Chinooks on the right, magnums on the left. I think it's IPA time :-)

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Those look great. Nice job!!!
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Nice! I can't wait to grow some.
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Dude, those pics made my mouth water.... no ****!
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Brewed a Christmas (spiced) Barleywine last night. :-) Hopefully is will be drinkable by Christmas.
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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
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Let's hear it. :-)
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Yeast should be arriving tomorrow for Saturday Brewday.
My stab at a KBS Clone (Extract Style):

Amount-- Item-- Type-- % or IBU
12.00 lb-- LME Golden Light (Briess) (4.0 SRM)-- Extract-- 73.85 %
1.25 lb-- Oats, Malted (1.0 SRM)-- Grain-- 7.69 %
1.00 lb-- Special B Malt (180.0 SRM)-- Grain-- 6.15 %
0.50 lb-- Caramel/Crystal Malt -120L (120.0 SRM)-- Grain-- 3.08 %
0.25 lb-- Chocolate Malt (350.0 SRM)-- Grain-- 1.54 %
0.25 lb-- Roasted Barley (300.0 SRM)-- Grain-- 1.54 %
1.50 oz-- Chinook [10.90 %] (90 min)-- Hops-- 48.9 IBU
0.50 oz-- Challenger [7.00 %] (30 min)-- Hops-- 7.5 IBU
0.50 oz-- Challenger [7.00 %] (15 min)-- Hops-- 4.9 IBU
0.50 tsp-- Yeast Nutrient (Primary 10.0 days)-- Misc
0.75 oz-- Oak Chips (Secondary 14.0 days)-- Misc
1.00 items-- Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min)-- Misc
2.00 oz-- Ground Coffee (Boil 0.0 min)-- Misc
3.00 oz-- Bittersweet Baker's Chocolate (Boil 10.0 min)-- Misc
1.00 lb-- Brown Sugar, Dark (50.0 SRM)-- Sugar-- 6.15 %
1 Pkgs-- Scottish Ale (Wyeast Labs #1728)-- Yeast-Ale
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The patient has been stabilized...
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Brewing my Pumpkin beer today
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Love to hear the recipe Gerard

going to be brewing a pale ale twice tomorrow. One batch with the chinook another with the magnums. Have some Mt. Hoods from a pal I will use at the end of the boil. Trying to get a feel for what the different hop types add to the brew.
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Just ordered 4.5 lbs of hops last week, not all for one batch (obviously?:-)), but I'm definitely brewing an IPA and a IIPA. :-) I like mostly late hop additions, more of the aroma and flavor versus bitterness. I also like seeing/tasting the evolution of the beer as the hop flavor/aroma fade over the weeks.
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Dark and Stormy Night Irish Stout
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