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Offline duboman

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Emphasize pilsner?
« on: March 13, 2013, 06:21:18 pm »
So I entered a Belgian blonde in a local comp and it scored a 33 which I was pretty pleased with but I'm confused...

Both judges said it was lacking the pilsner quality of the beer

The recipe was 85% pilsner !

Single infusion mash at 151 steady for 60 minutes and a 90 minute boil

Any thoughts as to what this comment means or how I would provide more emphasis? Could it be the water being too hard for the style?
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Emphasize pilsner?
« Reply #1 on: March 13, 2013, 06:29:42 pm »
Personally, unless they explained what they meant by a vague comment like that, I'd ignore it.
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Offline duboman

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« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2013, 07:02:01 pm »
Personally, unless they explained what they meant by a vague comment like that, I'd ignore it.

I was curious because both judges stated the same thing which kind of struck me-starting to truly wonder about the actual merit of some of these comps........outside of bling if you place:) several comps and vague, crappy uninformed comments are not a help!
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Re: Emphasize pilsner?
« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2013, 09:27:22 pm »
Maybe they meant it was lacking a grainy character usually associated with pilsner? Is there contact info for the judge? If so maybe they can explain what they meant.
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Re: Emphasize pilsner?
« Reply #4 on: March 13, 2013, 09:33:15 pm »
Maybe they meant it was lacking a grainy character usually associated with pilsner? Is there contact info for the judge? If so maybe they can explain what they meant.

This was my thought as well...

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Re: Emphasize pilsner?
« Reply #5 on: March 13, 2013, 10:10:31 pm »
or maybe they were expecting some sulphur or diacetyl?   :-\

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« Reply #6 on: March 14, 2013, 06:04:36 am »
or maybe they were expecting some sulphur or diacetyl?   :-\

Too funny!

I'll probably drop him an email and ask, I've got a few questions.....
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Re: Emphasize pilsner?
« Reply #7 on: March 14, 2013, 07:31:07 am »
They're probably quoting from the style guidelines.  Things like "lightly sweet Pils malt character", "Smooth, light to moderate Pils malt sweetness initially", "Often has an almost lager-like character, which gives it a cleaner profile in comparison to the other styles", "Relatively recent development to further appeal to European Pils drinkers".

Whether your beer is actually lacking an important characteristic of a Belgian Blond or they're just misguided is another question.

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Re: Emphasize pilsner?
« Reply #8 on: March 14, 2013, 03:37:13 pm »
+1 on narvin.

I just retook the BJCP test and unfortunately "outjudged" the proctors for my test. They gave a Heineken light that was skunked a 42 (I gave it a 32) judged as a German Pilsner and gave a fresh Hoogarden Wit a 35 (I gave it a 45) judged as a Wit.  >:(

The test proctor agreed with me and put it on his exam notes but I will see if this gets me the 90 I am looking to score.
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Re: Emphasize pilsner?
« Reply #9 on: March 14, 2013, 04:02:07 pm »
at least they both agreed ;D
i take a lot of comments with a big lump of salt now.  when i was a young naval officer going through engineer quals on my final watch board we did a back emergency drill.  two of the instructors said it was the best back emergency drill they had seen.  the third said i had no control of the throttleman and failed me.  go figure.
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