tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post7926532834807885841..comments2023-11-02T07:13:53.064-07:00Comments on Beervana: What Brewers NoticeJeff Alworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-47573881766157697312017-01-23T13:01:47.667-08:002017-01-23T13:01:47.667-08:00Anon, classic styles that run below 6% and are not...Anon, classic styles that run below 6% and are not overbalanced by any particular ingredient or additive. I judged porters/stouts, and we had stuff ranging from 5% to probably 10% (we didn't know the ABV), and the imperial stouts and Baltic porters were not getting the same kind of disproportionate love they do by geeks. Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-5564221241769484842017-01-23T12:59:18.040-08:002017-01-23T12:59:18.040-08:00Michael, I've never seen a judge spit in a bee...Michael, I've never seen a judge spit in a beer competition. The reason has to do with the experience of the beer. Aftertaste is such a critical piece of things, and a beer can change radically during and after the swallow. What shocks me is that wine-drinkers spit. <br /><br />If you judged a whole day, you probably drank around 60-65 beers and had maybe 100 ounces in total. That's aboutJeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-19013733393015353782017-01-23T12:07:56.674-08:002017-01-23T12:07:56.674-08:00What would you consider to be a good example(s) of...What would you consider to be a good example(s) of a subtle, well-composed beer?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-42903979505753519182017-01-23T11:52:36.250-08:002017-01-23T11:52:36.250-08:00While some do spit, most do not, as the finish of ...While some do spit, most do not, as the finish of a beer and how it lingers in the mouth and sinuses is important in judging. That being said, most judges do not finish their sample, and if a beer is obviously not going to advance the judge will utilize a small amount of the sample for the judging notes then dump the rest. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01468121385966136691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-34722305410387062302017-01-23T11:42:56.312-08:002017-01-23T11:42:56.312-08:00Do judges at these events spit? I would imagine ev...Do judges at these events spit? I would imagine even a 3oz pour X 100 = blotto, or at the very least an impairment of critical judgement?Michaelhttp://fanuzzi.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-71929434388379589192017-01-23T11:30:51.470-08:002017-01-23T11:30:51.470-08:00Excellent post.Excellent post.Pete Dunlophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17456380762400522665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-81949387912497449972017-01-23T11:12:11.349-08:002017-01-23T11:12:11.349-08:00I have found just drinking with professional brewe...I have found just drinking with professional brewers has helped inform and tune my own palette. I have also seen the same preference for a well constructed 'simple' beer other something more in your face. I remember John Keeling saying in an interview with him on Fuggled that his favourite Fullers beer was Chiswick Bitter.Alistair Reecehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15929927359428659775noreply@blogger.com