NZ National Homebrew Competition 2011 RESULT

NHC result

I was so stoked on Saturday night having my result in my hand.

My beer did very well in the competition.

I got 4 golds, 5 silvers and 9 bronzes.

The champion brewer won 4 golds and 2 bronzes, and I didn't become champion brewer in the competition because of his gold winning beers were better than my gold winning beers. I had a chance to become a champion brewer and get 30L stainless conical fermenter. Sucks.

Anyway, the following is the detail.

American Wheat Ale - Gold

Black IPA 2nd - Gold

Sweet Stout - Gold

Pumpkin Amber Ale - Gold

Lagunitas IPA clone 2nd - Silver

Vanilla Scotch Ale - Silver

Motueka Golden Ale - Silver

Snake Dog IPA clone - Silver

Black Saison - Silver

NZ IPA - Bronze

Black IPA 1st - Bronze

NZ IIPA - Bronze

Schvale - Bronze

Hefeweissen - Bronze

Lagunitas IPA clone 1st - Bronze

Sauvin Oatmeal Stout - Bronze

American Brown Ale - Bronze

Rye Red Ale - Bronze

Hoppy Wit - No Medal

Smoked Porter - No Medal

Dunkel Wit - No Medal

ESB - No Medal

Strawberry Wheat - No Medal

Brown Ale - No Medal


I have been asked to send another bottle of Pumpkin Amber Ale and Sweet Stout for the NHC organiser to be judged again to choose the best beer. I'm guessing that the champion brewer, Zane Smith who started 6 months ago had better Spiced beer and Sweet Stout.


Well, result is the result. I'm starting my contract brew business next year. Now I know which beer I can brew commercially. I'm going to rebrew the gold winning beer first and Sauvin Oatmeal Stout, which I thought was the best beer I entered, but entered to wrong category...


Wheat Ale, Sweet Stout, Pumpkin Amber Ale, Black IPA....
Which one should I brew first?

NZ National Homebrew Competition 2011

Finally, the time of the year.

National Homebrew Competition 2011.

By the way, I have been busy with my work even more after the rugby games started... (with watching them as well)


Anyway.
I remember getting bronze for my IPA for first time and that was actually my first homebrew ever. (what a luck)
I brewed at my friends' place who are now selling their beer as ParrotDog. They released their first beer this year that is known as Bitter Bitch IPA. (selling at my work and many other beer pubs in Wellington)

This year, I am entering 24 different beers. (A beer case!)
Yes, indeed. Carpet Bomb.


I had beer tasting of my homebrew with my friend and workmate on Sunday.

It was a good night. They liked my beers and I was surprised with some of them how my beer matured well.

Rye IPA, Brown Ale, ESB, Sauvin Oatmeal Stout, 

American Wheat, Hoppy Wit, Motueka Golden

from the top.

We didn't taste all the 24 beers, but some of them. I kept 2, 3 bottles of each brews for entering competition and tasting before the competition. 

Hoppy Wit, if you can remember, was a cool beer. My E.S.B tasted pretty good too. 

I was happy about my Sauvin Oatmeal Stout the most. It lost that grassy character and now more, smooth, chocolaty, passion fruity -  like chocolate smoothie with some fruits on the rim. 

I can not wait to get the result back from NHC. 

The entering time is during October and the judges will taste the beer in early November.

Before that I have Pacific Beer Expo coming up and will be busy for that.

I hope I can brew some beer more this month though.

...after the tasting