Today, I entered a beer in my first home brew challenge. It was a small affair with friends, co-workers and nine entries. The cool thing about being a grad student is that we're all pretty nerdy and like good beer, but we're poor, so there ends up being a high concentration of home brewers (at least at our institution). We had a great time and sampled a bunch of good beers.
The category for the brew-off was rather broad: wheat beers. I had already brewed and bottled the Blood Orange Hefeweizen when I heard about the brew-off, so I waited and hoped for the best as far as the sulphur smell dissipating. Sure enough, after about a month in the bottle, the smell had mellowed and now it's almost gone. While my brew didn't place in the competition, it was well received, and I did get to trade a couple for what I thought was the best beer there. All in all, it was a fun day, and I'm looking forward to the next one!
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