FARAMANIA

Faramania is a competition specifically for homebrewers helping to create hop history,

 as homebrewers can trial experimental hop varieties.

FEATURES

  • The homebrewers are able to trial Charles Faram experimental hop varieties where only a handful of hop cones are yet in existence.
  • This quantity is way too small to send to commercial brewers for trial, so this process enables us to fast-track brand-new varieties through the Charles Faram Hop Development Programme.
  • Awards are presented to the winning brewers after the judging sessions.
  • Faram’s will take the judge’s comments and score back to base to analyse and determine which hops to continue within the programme.

2022 WINNING BREWERS & HOPS

Overall Gold Winner
Overall Bronze Winner
Pale Ale Gold Winner
IPA Gold Winner
  • In February a standard bittering hop and a sample of a Charles Faram experimental variety were sent to the participating brewers from Midland Craft Brewers, Hereford Homebrew Club and Worcestershire Homebrew club.
  • We watched the progress of the brews through social media and reports from the WhatsApp group as brewers excitedly made regular updates.
  • In 2022 the judging took place Saturday 9th April at Sociable Beer in Worcester with commercial brewers and homebrewers on the panels.

BEER CATEGORIES

Pale Ale 4.0 – 5.5% ABV 

IPA 5.5 – 7.5% ABV 

  • Category includes Blonde, Golden, American Ales 
  • Beer must be pale and golden in colour
  • The beer must be hop forward with the hop character of the Charles Faram variety hop character to be noticed
  • Must not contain any speciality ingredient*
  • Beer may contain Wheat, rye and other cereal grains, but must remain true to style. We recommend <20
  •  *Spice/Herb/Honey/Coffee/Chocolate/Fruit/Vegetable/Wood Aged/Smoked Malts//Nuts and others as per the imagination of the Brewer.
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  • Category includes British IPA, American IPA, NEIPA and Strong British Bitter 
  • Beer should be pale and golden in colour
  • The beer should be hop forward with the Charles Faram variety hop character to be noticed
  • Must not contain any speciality ingredient*
  • Beer may contain Wheat, rye and other cereal grains, but must remain true to style. We recommend <20%
  • *Spice/Herb/Honey/Coffee/Chocolate/Fruit/Vegetable/Wood Aged/Smoked Malts//Nuts and others as per the imagination of the Brewer.