I have not yet entered a beer competition, but I do foresee it in my future. So I was wondering, what is the original recipe etiquette.
Example: If I download a Pliny the Younger recipe off the net, and then brew an awesome beer, that wins 1st place, have I cheated?
The best beer that I have ever brewed, was "thunderworm's", All-Grain - American Wheat Beer - 2nd place Best of show.
That beer was amazing, and If thunderworm's beer was better than mine, then the God of Beer must have personally taken an interest his batch.
But I feel it would be wrong for me to enter that recipe in a competition.
Has there ever been a dispute?
Example: If I download a Pliny the Younger recipe off the net, and then brew an awesome beer, that wins 1st place, have I cheated?
The best beer that I have ever brewed, was "thunderworm's", All-Grain - American Wheat Beer - 2nd place Best of show.
That beer was amazing, and If thunderworm's beer was better than mine, then the God of Beer must have personally taken an interest his batch.
But I feel it would be wrong for me to enter that recipe in a competition.
Has there ever been a dispute?
"Hey that recipe is mine? I published it last year. Home Brew Talk Member "XYZ" even commented on the forum how fantastic a recipe it was, and how great the beer turned out."