From synchro!judge-request at uu6.psi.com Fri Feb 18 07:23:26 1994 Received: from uu6.psi.com by goodman.itn.med.umich.edu with SMTP id AA11133 (5.65b/IDA-1.4.3 for spencer at hendrix.itn.med.umich.edu); Fri, 18 Feb 94 07:23:22 -0500 Received: from synchro.UUCP by uu6.psi.com (5.65b/4.0.071791-PSI/PSINet) via UUCP; id AA24269 for ; Fri, 18 Feb 94 06:11:03 -0500 Received: by synchro.com (smail2.5) id AA24010; 18 Feb 94 05:11:57 EST (Fri) Reply-To: judge at synchro.com (JudgeNet) Errors-To: judge-request at synchro.com Precedence: bulk Message-Id: <9402180511.AA24010 at synchro.com> From: judge-request at synchro.com (JudgeNet Administrator) To: judge-recipients at synchro.com (JudgeNet Recipients) Subject: JudgeNet Digest #695 (Feb 18, 1994) Date: 18 Feb 94 05:11:57 EST (Fri) JudgeNet Digest #695 Fri 18 Feb 1994 THE BEER JUDGE DIGEST Chuck Cox , digest administrator Michael Hall , archive administrator DIGEST SUBMISSIONS ONLY to judge at synchro.com ALL ADMINISTRATIVE REQUESTS to judge-request at synchro.com Send rank updates to the administrative address FTP archive information in /pub/judge/README on cygnus.ta52.lanl.gov Sponsored by SynchroSystems and the Riverside Garage & Brewery Contents: Comments on a beer I can get? (Gary Zipfel) Note for HWBTA Nat. judges (bickham) specialty beers (Chuck Wettergreen) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 17 Feb 94 8:37:37 CST From: zipfel at cs.wisc.edu (Gary Zipfel) Subject: Comments on a beer I can get? I'm a novice brewer, and I subscribed to this list to get some insight as to how beers are judged. I like the list, good S/N. Anyway, my question as a novice brewer and (hopefully) future judge is : Can some experienced judges critic a beer that we novices can find on the market. How about Bock? Are there any good bocks on the market? Perhaps Berghof (spelling?) Bock? Can anyone provide a critic of any beer I can get? Maybe even a weekly or monthly style? Thanks, - -- Zip (zipfel at cs.wisc.edu) Brewer of Madison's finest: FIB "And evolving from the sea would not be too much time for me to walk beside you in the sun" - Black Francis ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Feb 1994 10:43:59 -0500 (EST) From: bickham at msc.cornell.edu Subject: Note for HWBTA Nat. judges I've had a few requests to bring some glassware from the Chemistry stockroom at Cornell, so I thought I'd make the offer public. I'll be driving to Rockville, MD to help judge at the HWBTA Nationals on March 5th and 6th, so I can bring plenty of stuff to help brewers with yeast culturing and starters. I'm not in this to make money, so standard disclaimers blah blah blah apply. Item Price - --------------------------------- ----- Erlenmeyer Flask, 1 L $3.75 each Mercury Thermometer,-20 to 100C 4.25 each Culture Tube, 13 X 110 mm 0.55 each " " , 16 X 125 mm 0.75 each Sterile poly centrifuge tubes with caps, great for going from slant to full size starter 5.55 for a bag of 25 Anything else will check Hope to see you there! Scott ======================================================================== Scott Bickham bickham at msc.cornell.edu ========================================================================= ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 17 Feb 94 10:14:00 -0600 From: chuck.wettergreen at aquila.com (Chuck Wettergreen) Subject: specialty beers I have a question concerning the judging of specialty beers, such as fruit and herb beers. I would assume that the classic sub- category would be judged first according to the style under which it is submitted, and then further judged as to how well the special ingredient(s) are incorporated/matched/melded/complement the style. Is this correct? Which brings me to specialty beers which are not a classic style. It would seem, that without a standard or style to compare to, all the judge can do is first look for defects, and then look to "drinkability". Could someone please comment on the judging of these styles? TIA, Chuck Chuck.Wettergreen at Aquila.com * RM 1.3 00946 * ------------------------------ End of JudgeNet Digest ************************