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Well after many days of waiting, we finally bottled the Schokolade Bock today. We only did 60 cases. I’m afraid there is going to be a Bock shortage. So you better hurry up and get your Bock now! Dan, our salesman, has gotten quite a few tap accounts with this beer… So we may run short on bottled product. However I am pulling an all nighter on thursday night to make a double batch. Sometimes you just got to buckle down and get the beer made. I just hate to run out of beer. It makes everyone around here cranky!

I’m going to enter this beer into the world beer cup this winter. I can’t decide if our Schokolade Bock should go in as a Traditional Bock or as Schwarz Beer. Its been a long time since I’ve had a Schwarz(black) Beer. I’m afraid this beer is too dark to do well in the Bock category, and maybe too sweet/malty to do well in the Schwarzbier category. If any beer judges are reading this, let me know what you think. If it doesn’t fit in either of these categories, well, where does it go then? Nowhere?

This is a problem we have with many of our beers. Our Oatmeal Stout for example, is too mild to fit into any of the 5 categories for Stout, and may not have even enough black malt to fit into the Robust Porter category. Its a great beer, its just too mild to fit into the styles that are dominated by ‘big’ stouts and porters. When it costs about 150$ to enter a beer into one of these contests, you really have to think about it. The world cup is only held once every two years so i’m really anxious to get some beers entered into it. A GABF medal is great, but a World Cup Medal, competing against all the breweries of Europe, is simply the best!