In the spirit of FebBREWary's joint JamBEERee meeting, our February IPA competition included entries from three of the four homebrew clubs that participated in the event: BURP, DC Homebrewers and GRiST. All told, ten beers were entered in the competition…
Popenoe Mountain is a pretty relaxing place, as any BURPer who has been there is well aware. The relaxed attitude carried over to the June competition, which was judged at some point mid-afternoon Saturday after various judges and entrants had…
Thanks to Joe Federico for hosting this month's meeting. The competition was for ciders and meads - both of which seem to be growing in popularity exponentially. It was particularly intriguing and fun for a couple of reasons. First, it's been more…
Have you ever been to an outdoor gathering where it was so hot (even with a cold brew in hand) that you said “If I find a pool, I swear I’m going in with or without clothes!”? Well, there was…
This month's popular vote competition was held in conjunction with BURP's Annual Chili Cook Off and was for the "Best Beer with Chili". There were a total of eight very different entries for this year's competition, including an international pale lager, a…
March’s competition was the annual McCoubrey Stout Competition held during BURP’s monthly meeting. This was the first competition using the 2015 BJCP Guidelines and had an impressive 20 total entries! The categories and number of entries were as follows: 15B (Irish…
To all ye competitors; Our next meeting will be here before you know it. It will be held on March 19 (for directions, click here and you will be instructed to login). The March competition will be for Stouts, and is…
February’s competition held during the JamBEERee meeting is in the books. The competition was for categories 6 and 7 (Light and Amber Hybrids) from the 2008 BJCP Guidelines. Many thanks to Andy Anderson, Colleen Cannon, Mike Reinitz and Bill Ridgely…
By Greg Leifer and Dave White The purpose of the BURP monthly competitions is to encourage brewers to advance their brewing skills by improving recipe formulation and/or technique based on objective and constructive feedback from score sheets or by…