Music City Brew Off

Thanks to all who participated in the Music City Brew Off.

There were 319 entries judged and 165 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

Best of Show Winners

Best of Show – Beer

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	David O'Neal	Zero Mile Czech Pils	3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager	Covert Hops Society
2nd	Andrew Weaver	Max the Smokie From Okie	6B: Rauchbier	Lift A Leg Homemade Beer
3rd	Luigi Depari	Rye Rover, Rye Rover, IPA Come Over	11C: Strong Bitter	Cane Island Alers (CIA)
HM	Tim McKee Co-Brewer: Mp	Mon Cheri	29A: Fruit Beer	Cincinnati Malt Infusers

Winning Entries

Table 1: Standard American Beer (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Nik Volkert	Time For Yardwork	1B: American Lager	Woodstock Malt Monkeys
2nd	Ben Sookying	Drink Wheat Me!	1D: American Wheat Beer	Crown of the Valley Brewing Society
3rd	Nik Volkert	Nik's 2019 Wheat Beer	1D: American Wheat Beer	Woodstock Malt Monkeys

Table 2: International Lager (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	David O'Neal	Zero Mile Czech Pils	3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager	Covert Hops Society
2nd	Jack Buttress	Int"L Beer of Mystery	2A: International Pale Lager	Music City Brewers
3rd	Jeremy Buddemeier	Don't Call Me Tmave (pivo)	3D: Czech Dark Lager	Savannah Brewers League

Table 3: Pale Malty European Lager (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kevin Foster	Maibock	4C: Helles Bock	Cane Island Alers (CIA)

Table 4: Pale Bitter European Beer (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kevin Foster	German Pils	5D: German Pils	Cane Island Alers (CIA)
2nd	David O'Neal	Zero Mile Dortmunder Export	5C: German Exportbier	Covert Hops Society
3rd	Joseph Nance	Garden of Eden	5B: Kolsch	Music City Brewers
HM	Ben Sookying	I Leicht Bier	5A: German Leichtbier	Crown of the Valley Brewing Society

Table 5: Amber Malty European Lager (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Andrew Weaver	Max the Smokie From Okie	6B: Rauchbier	Lift A Leg Homemade Beer
2nd	Jay Brantley	Helen Sucks	6A: Marzen
3rd	Mathew King	Marzen Rover	6A: Marzen	Chicken City Ale Raisers

Table 6: Amber Bitter European Beer (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mark Forrester	Vienna Waits For You	7A: Vienna Lager	Music City Brewers
2nd	Jonathan Lizenby	Zim Alt	7B: Altbier	256 Brewers
3rd	Joseph Nance	I Am the Vine Vienna	7A: Vienna Lager	Music City Brewers
HM	Kevin Foster	Vienna	7A: Vienna Lager	Cane Island Alers (CIA)

Table 7: Dark Euro Lager/German Wheat Beer (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	John O'Brien	La Morena	8A: Munich Dunkel	Final Gravity Craft Brewers
2nd	Paul Cahill	Caramel Me Dunkel	8A: Munich Dunkel	Barley Mob Brewers
3rd	Jef Smith	Fat King	10C: Weizenbock

Table 8: Strong European Beer (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	John O'Brien	Alligator	9A: Doppelbock	Final Gravity Craft Brewers
2nd	Luigi Depari	Inebriator	9A: Doppelbock	Cane Island Alers (CIA)
3rd	Paul Cahill	Here Come More Vikings	9C: Baltic Porter	Barley Mob Brewers

Table 9: Pale British Beer (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Luigi Depari	Rye Rover, Rye Rover, IPA Come Over	11C: Strong Bitter	Cane Island Alers (CIA)
2nd	Luigi Depari	Rye Rover, Rye Rover, IPA Come Over	12C: English IPA	Cane Island Alers (CIA)
3rd	Nik Volkert	Basic Bitch Bitters	11C: Strong Bitter	Woodstock Malt Monkeys

Table 10: Brown British Beer (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	John O'Brien	Nut Brown	13B: English Brown Ale	Final Gravity Craft Brewers
2nd	Jacob Marcek	Karelian Black	13C: English Porter	Clarksville Carboys
3rd	Jacob Marcek	Mudi Brown Rye Ale	13B: English Brown Ale	Clarksville Carboys

Table 11: Scottish & Irish Beer (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Dave Ratcliff	Patty's Red	15A: Irish Red Ale	PC Mashers
2nd	Charles Valentine Co-Brewer: Sabrina Valentine	35th Parallel	15B: Irish Stout	Smoky Mountain Homebrewers Association
3rd	Andrew Weaver	Gianger Tea A Teas	15A: Irish Red Ale	Lift A Leg Homemade Beer
HM	Jacob Marcek	Pharaoh Hound Red	15A: Irish Red Ale	Clarksville Carboys

Table 12: Dark British Beer (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	John O'Brien	Tropical Storm	16C: Tropical Stout	Final Gravity Craft Brewers
2nd	Edward O'Neill	Bessie's Best	16A: Sweet Stout	St. Louis Brews
3rd	Bradford Shoemaker	Wagwan	16C: Tropical Stout	Covert Hops Society

Table 13: Strong British Ale (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Joseph Nance	Gravity Doesn't Lie	17C: Wee Heavy	Music City Brewers
2nd	John O'Brien	Olde Forge Hammer	17D: English Barleywine	Final Gravity Craft Brewers
3rd	Cary Chitwood Co-Brewer: Steve Chitwood & Luis Jauergui	Oot Yer Nut	17C: Wee Heavy	Inland Empire Brewers [CA]

Table 14: American Ale (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Joseph Nance	All Things Made New Blonde	18A: Blonde Ale	Music City Brewers
2nd	Jonathan Lizenby	Pale Ale	18B: American Pale Ale	256 Brewers
3rd	Edward O'Neill	Wave That Flag	18B: American Pale Ale	St. Louis Brews

Table 15: Amber Brown & American Beer (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Kevin Foster	Trouble Behind Steam Beer	19B: California Common	Cane Island Alers (CIA)
2nd	Adam Fiddler	That's Not My Name	19A: American Amber Ale	Chicken City Ale Raisers
3rd	John O'Brien	Now Let Me Welcome Everybody To the Wild Wild West	19B: California Common	Final Gravity Craft Brewers
HM	Sean Stasny	The Great Sparge	19C: American Brown Ale	Music City Brewers

Table 16: American Porter & Stout (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Jonathan Lizenby	Patagonia Stout	20C: Imperial Stout	256 Brewers
2nd	John O'Brien	Winston Wolf	20A: American Porter	Final Gravity Craft Brewers
3rd	Joel Tishler	Winter Stout	20B: American Stout	Music City Brewers

Table 17: American IPA (8 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Alan Namminga	Rye IPA	21A: American IPA
2nd	Jonathan Lizenby	IPA	21A: American IPA	256 Brewers
3rd	Michael Wiggins	Jade IPA	21A: American IPA
HM	Nik Volkert	Rows & Hills Batch 2	21A: American IPA	Woodstock Malt Monkeys

Table 18: Strong American Ale (5 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Nik Volkert	Mouse Slayer	22C: American Barleywine	Woodstock Malt Monkeys
2nd	Jeff Rybak	Simcoe Half-Wit DIPA	22A: Double IPA	Bluff City Brewers & Connoisseurs
3rd	Paul Cahill	Seanóir	22A: Double IPA	Barley Mob Brewers

Table 19: European Sour Ale (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Corey Steen	Freestone	23F: Fruit Lambic	256 Brewers
2nd	Allen Duvall	Flanders Blend	23B: Flanders Red Ale
3rd	Kevin Foster	2018 Farmer's Daughter	23B: Flanders Red Ale	Cane Island Alers (CIA)

Table 20: Belgian Ale (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Lee Pribyl	Not Bpa Free	24B: Belgian Pale Ale	Bluff City Brewers & Connoisseurs
2nd	Christopher Price	Biere de Garde	24C: Biere de Garde	Louisville Area Grain and Extract Research Society, LTD
3rd	Michael Syrop Co-Brewer: Ron Mitchell	Wit Or Witout You	24A: Witbier	Covert Hops Society

Table 21: Strong Belgian Ale (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Rob Norman	Velvet Hammer	25C: Belgian Golden Strong Ale
2nd	Luigi Depari	Luigi's Saison	25B: Saison	Cane Island Alers (CIA)
3rd	Brian Sommers	The Queen of Iscandar	25B: Saison	Music City Brewers

Table 22: Trappist Ale (19 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Paul Cahill	Here Come the Monks	26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Barley Mob Brewers
2nd	Kevin Foster	Brother Jerome 12	26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale	Cane Island Alers (CIA)
3rd	Tyler Selbrade	Seein' Tripel	26C: Belgian Tripel

Table 23: Historical, Smoked, & Specialty Beer (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Brian Sommers	Smoky Barn	32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer	Music City Brewers
2nd	Christopher Price	Grodziskie	27A2: Piwo Grodziskie	Louisville Area Grain and Extract Research Society, LTD
3rd	Jordan McIntyre	Smoke Jumpers Retreat	32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer

Table 24: American Wild Ale (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Corey Steen	Under Pressure	28C: Wild Specialty Beer	256 Brewers
2nd	Kevin Foster	Nz Brux	28A: Brett Beer	Cane Island Alers (CIA)
3rd	Kevin Foster	2018 Ginger	28C: Wild Specialty Beer	Cane Island Alers (CIA)

Table 25: Fruit Beer (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Tim McKee Co-Brewer: Mp	Mon Cheri	29A: Fruit Beer	Cincinnati Malt Infusers
2nd	Kyle Kiely	Key Lime Pie Gose	29B: Fruit and Spice Beer
3rd	Chris Powers Co-Brewer: Hayden Hyatt	Thai Phukwit	29B: Fruit and Spice Beer
HM	Nik Volkert	Nik's Daily Ration - Grape Ale Variant	29A: Fruit Beer	Woodstock Malt Monkeys

Table 26: Spiced Beer (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mark Gregory	Almond Joys Got Nuts, Mounds Don't	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Barley Mob Brewers
2nd	Jeremy Buddemeier	Brefuss	30C: Winter Seasonal Beer	Savannah Brewers League
3rd	Brian Ruswinkle Co-Brewer: Jimmy Noble	Pbm	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer

Table 27: Wood Beer (10 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Carek Gallant Co-Brewer: Randy Hill/ Blake Todd	Devils Beard Barleywine	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer
2nd	Andy Hardison	Andy's Specialty Imperial Stout	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer	Bluff City Brewers & Connoisseurs
3rd	Kevin Foster	Bourbon Vanilla Porter	33A: Wood-Aged Beer	Cane Island Alers (CIA)
HM	Jacob Lindholm	Jake's Kbs 2019	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer

Table 28: Cider (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Shane Denslow	Pineapple Cider	C2B: Cider with Other Fruit	Left Coast Brewers of Florida
2nd	Nik Volkert	Scottish Cider	C1A: New World Cider	Woodstock Malt Monkeys
3rd	Jeff Rybak Co-Brewer: Megan Theus	Kvider 3	C1A: New World Cider	Bluff City Brewers & Connoisseurs

Table 29: Specialty IPA (20 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Mark Gregory	The Juice Is Loose	21B: Specialty IPA	Barley Mob Brewers
2nd	Lee Pribyl	Walter's White IPA	21B6: White IPA	Bluff City Brewers & Connoisseurs
3rd	Mark Forrester	Honey Rye IPA	21B5: Rye IPA	Music City Brewers

Judging Session Locations and Dates

Pre-Judge
10/12/2019 1:00 PM, CDT

Pre-Judge 2
10/13/2019 1:00 PM, CDT

Pre-Judge 3
10/19/2019 1:00 PM, CDT

Pre-Judge 4
10/20/2019 1:00 PM, CDT

Competition Friday Pre-Judge
10/25/2019 4:00 PM, CDT

Competition Day
10/26/2019 9:00 AM, CDT

Account Registration Closed

Account registrations accepted 07/01/2019 12:00 AM, CDT through 10/24/2019 8:00 PM, CDT.

Entry Registration Closed

Entry registrations accepted 07/01/2019 12:00 AM, CDT through 10/04/2019 8:00 PM, CDT.

Entry Drop-Off Closed

Entry bottles accepted at drop-off locations 09/02/2019 4:00 PM, CDT through 10/04/2019 8:00 PM, CDT.

Please pay attention to the notes provided for each drop-off location. There could be earlier deadlines for some drop-off locations listed, particular hours when entries are accepted, certain individuals to leave your entries with, etc. All entrants are responsible for reading the information provided by the organizers for each drop-off location.

Entry Shipping Closed

Entry bottles accepted at the shipping location 09/02/2019 4:00 PM, CDT through 10/04/2019 8:00 PM, CDT.