Any Interest in Beaus + MoB 2021 Oktoberfest "Mystery Box" Iron Brewer Competition?

I registered earlier today but didn’t pay since I just got home, Did I lose my spot?

No, you haven’t lost your spot.

Great. Paid

Apparently I’m going to be the one to ask… What’s in the box? What’s in the boooox??? @MarcGuay

Sold out!

Thanks all for your interest. The registration form is now closed, if you haven’t proceed with your payment, please do.

I will drive to Marc’s place in Verdun thursday night and bring the majority of the boxes to Sam’s place in Villeray.

Tristan will pickup boxes for people on south shore ( That’s Luc. Anybody else?)

If you prefer to pickup your box in Verdun, please let me know before Thursday and I’ll leave it there.

Cheers!

@President it’s a mystery. No spoil.

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But but but… Marc knows! Why does Marc get to know before everyone else?

Oh.

I see.

Because he graciously offered his place to house the goods in a place that the MoB crew could easily drop them off on short notice? Yeah, that makes sense. (Thanks @MarcGuay !).

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I’ll find out tomorrow. Picking up my box from Alex at lunch time. I’ll probably brew something pretty boring with what’s in the box since that’s the kind of brewer I am. :smiley:

I don’t have to use everything that’s in there, right? It’s just like the IronAler? I use whatever I want from the box without adding anything but salts and acidity?

Denis

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@DenisB Exactement

Here is a reminder of the rules:

Competition Format & Rules:
This competition is in an “Iron Brewer” format, similar to TV shows like
Iron Chef or Chopped. Use only what’s in your provided kit (with a few
exceptions – see below).

Ingredients will be supplied and muling/pickups coordinated as last year
(i.e., distribution through neighbourhood hubs). Kits will include base
malt, specialty grain, hops, yeast and some other surprises. Every
participant will get identical ingredients. There is only one size kit this
year. The included malt should be plenty for all batch sizes up to 10
gallons, but will result in a pretty low gravity 10 gallon batch if you
choose to go that route.

None of the grain will be milled. If you do not have a mill, please
coordinate with someone that has a mill.

Items should be used as provided. No ingredient modification such as
roasting or smoking malt.

There will be a lot of flexibility possible. Not all ingredients or
quantities need to be used. Some or none of each ingredient can go into
your beer. Leftover ingredients are yours to keep. Your batch size is
completely up to you. You can brew as many iterations of the recipe or a
variety of recipes with your ingredients so long as you aren’t adding
anything that wasn’t included in the box that isn’t salts or fining
agents. If you choose to brew ten 1 gallon batches, do it. If you do a
single 10 gallon batch and it’s terrible, enter it anyway.

Water adjustment salts and fining agents are permitted.

Beer can be naturally or force carbonated, however, it is the brewer’s
responsibility to ensure carbonation is appropriate on exchange day.

Has the exchange day been determined?

Yes, but it hasn’t been announced yet.

OK, it’s just so that I could plan my brewing schedule. I should have an empty fermenter by the end of the month, so I could probably brew around Nov 1st.

I’m confident an experienced brewer such as yourself can ferment in virtually anything. You only need to make 6 bottles.

Are we allowed to submit more than one beer if we make smaller batches with the ingredients provided?

No; you can make smaller batches, but you can only submit one entry.

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Payment sent

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I’m near Vaudreuil, where can I pick up?

Hi Glen. The options are Verdun, Villeray, Anjou, and Brossard. If you want to pick up in Verdun or Brossard let me know before this evening when Xavier takes whatever is left eastward.

That deadline just turned to ASAP since Eric is going to come by now to grab the boxes for Villeray and Anjou - last call!