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Bodger

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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 06 4:50 pm Post subject: Anybody fancy a Downsizer Sloe Gin Competition ?

Last year my family and two others held a sloe gin making competition which was judged by my dear old mum.
Yours truly came third.
Do you fancy playing for the Downsizer trophy ?

I've got a small cup I'd be prepared to have engraved.

If enough people were interested we could nominate a judge each year and then we could post small samples of our brew for ajudication.
The judge would have to be of impecable honesty and have good taste of course.
To start the ball rolling ( and I havent said a word to him yet by the way ) my nomination as judge for the 2006 or would it be 2007 competition would be gil.
Any takers , please make themselves known on this thread.

jema
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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 06 5:09 pm Post subject:
Sounds either fun or a sneaky way to lay in stocks I'm in.

Bodger

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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 06 5:23 pm Post subject:
A competition of two so far jema. Lets hope we get some more people to have a go.. I'll PM gil so that it doen't come as a shock.

Penny Outskirts

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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 06 5:30 pm Post subject:
I'm in too

Bodger

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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 06 5:59 pm Post subject:
and then there was three. I'm going to call in some favours to see if I can get a few more competitors.

sean
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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 06 6:06 pm Post subject:
Depends when you run it. All of last year's is gone, and this year's is nowhere near ready yet.

Bodger

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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 06 6:10 pm Post subject:
I'm not an expert Sean but I reckon it would have to be this years stuff but judged early next year. I'd take advice on when .

MrsWW

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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 06 6:23 pm Post subject:
Only made sloe vodka this year. But . . . I do have my first ever effort of sloe gin that's a 3 year old vintage - does that meet the competition rules?

Bodger

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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 06 6:25 pm Post subject:
We aint got any rules yet. Again open to discussion. Mrs WW I havent made mine yet so its still not too late for you.

gil
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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 06 7:51 pm Post subject:

Happy to judge this

. Entries to be in end January 07, probably. Say around Candlemas (2nd February approx). Brighten up the darker months of winter.

Re older vintages than current (06). Some folk say sloe gin improves with keeping; others that the taste dulls. Those with pre-06 entries are welcome, though if there is a noticeable difference (and enough people enter the older version), I might split the competition into two categories : nouveau and vintage.

I'd nominate Jema to judge next year's.

jema
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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 06 8:03 pm Post subject:
This does sound fun, though might I suggest the judging is done by a panel, not of us here, but of Gil's selection. My experience is that the sweetness factor is quite a personal thing, so we would get a better result if more were doing the judging.

Bodger

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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 06 8:03 pm Post subject:
My judge agrees ! Its a goer then.

Penny Outskirts

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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 06 8:20 pm Post subject:
Excellent I know it's very early, but what's the best way to transport it up to Gil, and how much is needed for judging purposes?

jema
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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 06 8:29 pm Post subject:
Whisky minatures are often 5cl, a wine glass is I think 12cl. wine minatures are often 18cl. Personally I think 5cl would be a tough amount to judge, 12cl would be ample but quite a chunk perhaps of some peoples total brew!

High Green Farm

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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 06 8:56 pm Post subject:

jema wrote:

Whisky minatures are often 5cl, a wine glass is I think 12cl.

wine minatures are often 18cl.

Personally I think 5cl would be a tough amount to judge, 12cl would be ample but quite a chunk perhaps of some peoples total brew!

I'm in! Though I need to get picking tomorrow as we are off on holiday for two weeks, so tomorrow is the only time I'll get.

Perhaps the quantities judged should be fixed. Otherwise I'll happily send off a couple of litres to see if I can influence the judging!

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