{"id":2998,"date":"2015-10-02T16:20:30","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T20:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adamchandler.beer\/?p=2998"},"modified":"2015-10-02T16:20:30","modified_gmt":"2015-10-02T20:20:30","slug":"homebrewing-won-best-beer-my-company-home-brew-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/10\/02\/homebrewing-won-best-beer-my-company-home-brew-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Homebrewing: Won best beer @ my company home-brew competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:5940,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/21867003376&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20190125121202\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/21867003376\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 16:24:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-05 00:24:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-16 09:39:21&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-30 16:19:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-06 12:12:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-10 19:11:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-10 19:11:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5941,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/21705313508&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20190125121140\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/21705313508\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 16:24:15&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-05 00:24:22&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-15 11:06:36&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-30 16:19:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-06 12:12:17&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-10 19:11:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-10 19:11:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5942,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/21705332228&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251104164155\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/21705332228&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-05 00:24:22&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-16 09:39:22&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-08 02:55:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-08 02:55:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>I haven\u2019t been very happy with my most recent brews but I do have 4 kegs of stuff that is still just aging and 2 carboys that are just wild ales and a string of 1 liter force carbed swing-tops of sour beers that are aging. I decided to enter the company home-brew competition in the light beer category. A Peach flavored unblended lambic that I made using a Lambic blend from I believe White Labs. It\u2019s over 2 years old I think and I won. Some of the other brews were really special.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Home-brew Competition Winners&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/21867003376\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  title=\"Home-brew Competition Winners\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Home-brew Competition Winners\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"427\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5769\/21867003376_212a321f95_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;OkTomberFest 2015&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/21705313508\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  title=\"OkTomberFest 2015\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"OkTomberFest 2015\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"427\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/611\/21705313508_a3084e3ef0_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;OkTomberFest 2015&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/21705332228\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  title=\"OkTomberFest 2015\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"OkTomberFest 2015\"  width=\"427\"  height=\"640\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/567\/21705332228_c5fe340e02_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I haven\u2019t been very happy with my most recent brews but I do have 4 kegs of stuff&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-03-17T02:04:59Z","apple_news_api_id":"89b740bb-c844-4118-b100-26e8e8f63355","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-03-17T02:04:59Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AibdAu8hEQRixACbo6PYzVQ","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[186],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2998","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-homebrewing","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-Mm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1396,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2013\/03\/21\/homebrewing-required-reading\/","url_meta":{"origin":2998,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 Homebrewing: Required Reading","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"March 21, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Still being a total noob at home brewing, I try to spend more time reading and learning than I do brewing. 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