Club Competitions and Challenges
Starting in 2020 we started having regularly scheduled intra-club competitions to help keep our brewing fresh. Let’s say there are some beers I (Wick) personally wouldn’t have brewed if it weren’t for these competitions. Let’s say the Vienna Lager I brewed in 2021 will become a staple beer at my house. Also the creativity that has exploaded from these recipes has been great.
If you have any questions, comments, complaints, drop me an email at events@gtrbrewers.org.
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2021 Club Duels
This year we’re changing up our intra-club competition. This will hopefully make us brew outside of our comfort zone and be creative. Each participant for each round will receive one point. If you win your “duel” you’ll receive another point. Then all of the duel winners will then go up against each other for an overall winner for that round to score an extra point. Each round you can score up to 3 points. These duels are a work in progress, just email Wick at events@gtrbrewers.org if you have any suggestions to improve.
Cheers and Good Luck!
Challenge 1: Makeshift Mashout (May 2021)
Ingredients
- Chocolate Malt
- Dark Invert Syrup
- Imperial Rustic B56
| Match-up | Winner |
|---|---|
| Wick / Bryan | Bryan |
| Richard B / Jimmy/Bill | Jimmy/Bill |
| Joe / Josh | Joe |
| Eric / Chris N | Eric |
Overall Winner: Joe
| Standings | Points |
|---|---|
| Joe | 3 |
| Bryan | 2 |
| Eric | 2 |
| Jimmy/Bill | 2 |
| Chris N | 1 |
| Josh | 1 |
| Richard B | 1 |
| Wick | 1 |
Challenge 2: Brewing Draft - June 2021
| Brewer | Malt | Yeast | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joe | Flaked Rice | S-04 | Mosaic |
| Josh | Vienna | Voss | Amarillo |
| William | Special B | BE-256 | First Gold |
| Jimmy B | Honey Malt | Bell Saison | EKG |
| Chris N | Pale Chocolate | Imperial Juice | Nelson Sauvin |
| Bryan | Crystal-40 | Imperial A10 Darkness | Northern Brewer |
| Richard B | Golden Promise | 34/70 | Simcoe |
| Wick | Malted Oats | Scottish Ale | Motueka |
| Chris E | Flaked Oats | Hefe | Honey |
| Jimmy/Bill | Victory | Wyeast 3711 | Fuggles |
| Eric | Maris Otter | US-05 | Citra |
| Richard D | Flaked Barley | West Yorkshire | Cacao Nibs |
| Match-up | Winner |
|---|---|
| Josh / William | Josh |
| Eric / Jimmy/Bill | Jimmy/Bill |
| Bryan / Chris E | Bryan |
| Richard D / Joe | Joe |
| Chris N / BYE | Chris N |
| Jimmy B / Wick | Wick |
Overall Winner: Bryan
| Standings | Points |
|---|---|
| Bryan | 5 |
| Joe | 5 |
| Jimmy/Bill | 4 |
| Eric | 3 |
| Chris N | 3 |
| Josh | 3 |
| Wick | 3 |
| Richard B | 1 |
| Chris E | 1 |
| Jimmy B | 1 |
| Richard D | 1 |
| William | 1 |
Challenge 3: Sessions Beers (Under 5% ABV) - August 2021
| Match-up | Winner |
|---|---|
| Josh / Bryan | Bryan |
| Eric / Wick | Eric |
| Richard B / Jimmy/Bill | Jimmy/Bill |
| Chris N / Joe | Joe |
Overall Winner: Eric
| Standings | Points |
|---|---|
| Bryan | 7 |
| Joe | 7 |
| Eric | 6 |
| Jimmy/Bill | 6 |
| Chris N | 4 |
| Josh | 4 |
| Wick | 4 |
| Richard B | 2 |
| Chris E | 1 |
| Jimmy B | 1 |
| Richard D | 1 |
| William | 1 |
Challenge 4: SMaSH - October 2021
| Match-up | Winner |
|---|---|
| Jimmy/Bill / Bryan | Jimmy/Bill |
| Joe / Wick | Joe |
| Chris N / Eric | Eric |
| William / BYE | William |
Overall Winner: Jimmy/Bill
| Standings | Points |
|---|---|
| Jimmy/Bill | 9 |
| Joe | 9 |
| Bryan | 8 |
| Eric | 8 |
| Chris N | 5 |
| Josh | 5 |
| Wick | 5 |
| Richard B | 2 |
| William | 2 |
| Chris E | 1 |
| Jimmy B | 1 |
| Richard D | 1 |
Challenge 5: Brewers Choice - December 2021
| Match-up | Winner |
|---|---|
| Jimmy/Bill / Wick | Jimmy/Bill |
| Joe / Bryan | Joe |
| Josh / Eric | Eric |
Overall Winner: Jimmy/Bill
| Standings | Points |
|---|---|
| Jimmy/Bill | 12 |
| Joe | 11 |
| Eric | 10 |
| Bryan | 9 |
| Josh | 6 |
| Wick | 6 |
| Chris N | 5 |
| Richard B | 2 |
| William | 2 |
| Chris E | 1 |
| Jimmy B | 1 |
| Richard D | 1 |
2020
- Last Brewer Standing
