CBE Blind Beer Tasting Results (Pale Ales and IPAs)
It was a lot of fun doing the blind tasting of Pale Ales and IPAs, an eye-opener to say the least! For those who did not participate, here is how we handled the tasting:
1. Pale Ales and IPA's were tasted separately.
2. Each beer was put in a plain brown bag and randomly assigned a number (Thanks Chris - she had the hardest job of all of us). Pale Ales were labeled P1-P9, while IPA's were labeled I1-I16.
3. Everyone was given a scoring sheet where they were asked to rate the beer on four characteristics (appearance, aroma, mouthfeel, and flavor) on a five point scale (0-5). Using these four scores, a total score was summed (0-20). Each scoring sheet also had room for notes/additional comments.
4. Once we finished tasting the flight of Pale Ales, everyone's scoring sheets were given to our official scorer and the overall scores were entered into the cpu. We then moved on to tasting the flight of IPA's and did the same thing scoring-wise.
5. Once we finished both flights of beers, we 'unveiled' the beers and the overall results.
Here are the results...
The Pale Ale results were interesting, 4 out of the top 5 were home brewed! Not surprising, AB's attempt at a Pale Ale fell well short of the mark.
As shown above, we tasted a lot of IPA's and Dogfish Head 90 minute came out on top, followed closely by Moylan's Hopsickle (hopefully this will be available in Columbia soon). Hoppin Frog surprised me though, slightly beating out one of my personal favorites, Pliny the Elder.
Here are some pictures of the tasting:
1. Pale Ales and IPA's were tasted separately.
2. Each beer was put in a plain brown bag and randomly assigned a number (Thanks Chris - she had the hardest job of all of us). Pale Ales were labeled P1-P9, while IPA's were labeled I1-I16.
3. Everyone was given a scoring sheet where they were asked to rate the beer on four characteristics (appearance, aroma, mouthfeel, and flavor) on a five point scale (0-5). Using these four scores, a total score was summed (0-20). Each scoring sheet also had room for notes/additional comments.
4. Once we finished tasting the flight of Pale Ales, everyone's scoring sheets were given to our official scorer and the overall scores were entered into the cpu. We then moved on to tasting the flight of IPA's and did the same thing scoring-wise.
5. Once we finished both flights of beers, we 'unveiled' the beers and the overall results.
Here are the results...
The Pale Ale results were interesting, 4 out of the top 5 were home brewed! Not surprising, AB's attempt at a Pale Ale fell well short of the mark.
As shown above, we tasted a lot of IPA's and Dogfish Head 90 minute came out on top, followed closely by Moylan's Hopsickle (hopefully this will be available in Columbia soon). Hoppin Frog surprised me though, slightly beating out one of my personal favorites, Pliny the Elder.
Here are some pictures of the tasting:
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Permalink Reply by Josh Rein on -
Thanks again Sanford for opening up Sycamore on a Sunday. It was very comfortable and I really enjoyed myself. Also, thanks again Chris for crunching numbers. This tasting was tons of fun!
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Permalink Reply by Scott Ferguson on -
Sounds like it was a good time! Sorry I wasn't able to make it.
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Permalink Reply by Jamie Smith on -
Scott Ferguson said:Sounds like it was a good time! Sorry I wasn't able to make it.
Sorry you missed out, it was a smaller group than usual which was surprising since it was on a Sunday afternoon. Very fun tasting though!
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Permalink Reply by Jeff Rice on -
A small crowd. An afternoon. Dang. Sorry I missed my two favorite elements of drinking. The third element is beer.
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Permalink Reply by Jeff Menter on -
This was awesome. Thanks to all who made it possible!
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