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what about going one step further with Reuben's idea and hold a Beoir homebrew competition? Something like ...

1. Members who have donated to Black's decide the style (Double IPA??).

2. Competition open to all Beoir members to brew their interpretation of the style.

3. Members who have donated to Black's agree a representative judging panel.

4. All entries tasted at the Jan/Feb ICB monthly meet in the Bull & Castle. Winner gets brewed by Blacks.

Logistics wise this is very straight forward, plus we could get a nice press release for both Beoir & Blacks out of it

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+1 thats a brilliant idea.

We have already decided upon a style. I believe we are going for a double IPA similar to Dogfishhead 90 minute IPA. Or perhaps we haven't decided yet? Anyway, since we can't get dogfish head over here these days, why not brew our own.

Id be in favour of just doing a cloned recipe as well. Adding in a competetion is a whole other ball game.

My vote would be decide on a recipe this week, someone contact sam and ask what date he can make it all happen in january

I love the idea of a competition. Always good to see peoples interpretation of a style. And will fit in nicely with my brewing schedule <!-- s:D --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="" title="Very Happy" /><!-- s:D -->