Cotteridge Convetion III - 20th May 2017

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Message mR_fr0g beers 29120 º places 44 º 16:45 Wed 1/18/2017 Where did the 1.5L volume limit come from? Many a scoops limit is better?
Message Leighton P beers 33712 º places 1204 º 16:49 Wed 1/18/2017 Originally posted by Garrold If anyone is busting to boost more than the tasting might provide then it’s not going to be difficult. Cotts tap list is usually top tier, and Brum offers a pile of ticks before and after. Can’t see the problem. Yeah, no argument here. Folks usually do a few scoops in Brum beforehand, and then afterwards. Personally, after the past two visits for CottCon I have returned to London not wanting to drink ANY MORE BEER.
Message Mr_Pink_152 P beers 14467 º places 455 º 16:53 Wed 1/18/2017 Originally posted by Leighton If MacBoost’s survey is to be believed, then there are folks in favour of upping the volume. For those lobbying for more, what would be your preference? I still think we should cap things more than years past. Rich, how much time to we have? We would want to keep in mind a beers/hour rate. If that rate gets high enough, then you’re just pouring, passing and rating constantly the whole time - which may or may not be what people want. I’d say we should aim for a slower pace than the past two years. Another way to look at the volume question is, How much beer would you drink in the given time frame? Not everyone can down - or wants to down - 750ml worth of beer each hour for four hours straight, especially if we’re talking high-abv brews. I’m open to others’ ideas. I’m curious to hear what everyone else is thinking. I would say people bring about 3 beers per person. A combo of 2 X 500ml and 2 X 330ml per beer. Therefore between 3000ml and 1980ml per person.

Message Garrold beers 10670 º places 149 º 17:00 Wed 1/18/2017 Chris, have you been on the beer? That adds up to 1660ml, and that’s with bringing four bottles.
Message Garrold beers 10670 º places 149 º 17:04 Wed 1/18/2017 Let’s just bring 2 or 3 bottles each. 500ml just about gets round. Less than that and folk miss out. 650ml bomber needs to be a minimum. Unless it’s a chilli beer...
Message Leighton P beers 33712 º places 1204 º 17:11 Wed 1/18/2017 Originally posted by Garrold Let’s just bring 2 or 3 bottles each. 500ml just about gets round. Less than that and folk miss out. 650ml bomber needs to be a minimum. Unless it’s a chilli beer... Yeah, that’s actually a really good call. Three bottles, at least 500ml each, preference for larger - I could get behind that. In this way, if somebody has three great bottles they can bring them and not get caught out by the ’1500ml rule’. I’d still be keen to hear what our total time is. If you get far above 10 beers per hour, the pace can be a little tedious.
Message RichTheVillan beers 10685 º places 101 º 01:25 Thu 1/19/2017 Originally posted by adnielsen Have you gents considered inviting Gaza and Tony Two Sips? I invited Tony but he wanted to bring along hand bottled fesitval goldes that he’d been storing in his boiler cupboard.

Message The_Osprey beers 10591 º places 178 º 01:39 Thu 1/19/2017 Originally posted by Garrold Let’s just bring 2 or 3 bottles each. 500ml just about gets round. Less than that and folk miss out. 650ml bomber needs to be a minimum. Unless it’s a chilli beer... Seconded
Message mR_fr0g beers 29120 º places 44 º 06:58 Thu 1/19/2017 Originally posted by Garrold Let’s just bring 2 or 3 bottles each. 500ml just about gets round. Less than that and folk miss out. 650ml bomber needs to be a minimum. Unless it’s a chilli beer... +1 for this.
Message SarkyNorthener beers 5200 º places 142 º 07:05 Thu 1/19/2017 I will be bringing a four pack of these, naturally. https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/aldi-lager/411187/