25th Annual Music City Brew Off (2021)

Thanks to all who participated in the 25th Annual Music City Brew Off (2021).

There were 242 entries judged and 109 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

Best of Show Winners

Best of Show – Beer

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Christopher Owen	Daddy's Little Gnome	25A: Belgian Blond Ale	Louisville Area Grain and Extract Research Society, LTD
2nd	Evan Comeaux	Bs Stout	16D: Foreign Extra Stout
3rd	Andy Howell	Das Big Boi	4A: Munich Helles	Clarksville Carboys
4th	Heath Johns	Queen Of The Heavens	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer

Winning Entries

Table 1: Light Lager (15 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Glenn Thompson Co-Brewer: Kara White	This Is Your Kid's Beer	1A: American Light Lager	Mid-State Brew Crew
2nd	Glenn Thompson	Got Sunshine In A Cloudy Beer	1D: American Wheat Beer	Mid-State Brew Crew
3rd	John Spinella	Mexican Lager	2A: International Pale Lager

Table 2: Czech Lager (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	John Driscoll	Fatfinger - The Divide	3A: Czech Pale Lager
2nd	John Coloe	Czech Mate 3	3C: Czech Amber Lager	Saratoga Thoroughbrews
3rd	Christopher Owen	Czech Helles	3A: Czech Pale Lager	Louisville Area Grain and Extract Research Society, LTD

Table 3: Pale Malty Euro Lager (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Andy Howell	Das Big Boi	4A: Munich Helles	Clarksville Carboys
2nd	Paul Cahill	Bock Me Up Scottie	4C: Helles Bock	Barley Mob Brewers
3rd	John Driscoll	Fatfinger - Pull My Finger	4B: Festbier
HM	Christopher Owen	Flüssiges Brot	4B: Festbier	Louisville Area Grain and Extract Research Society, LTD

Table 4: Amber Malty Euro Lager (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Curtis Masiello	Paul's Oktoberfest	6A: Marzen
2nd	Matthew Williamson	McEnulty's Marzen	6A: Marzen	Bakersfield Organization Of Brewers
3rd	Gerad Miller	It Cost A Man's Life To Get This Out of Germany	6A: Marzen	Middletown Area Society of Homebrewers
HM	Michael Weber	Pairs Well With Lederhosen	6A: Marzen	Music City Brewers

Table 5: Bitter Euro (17 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Timothy Nyhus	Vienna 2.0	7A: Vienna Lager	Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
2nd	Bill Hodge	Pale Kellerbier	7C: Kellerbier
3rd	John O'Brien	The Persistence of Memory	5D: German Pils	Final Gravity Craft Brewers

Table 6: Dark & Strong Euro Lager (11 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Christopher Owen	Big Bad Goat	9B: Eisbock	Louisville Area Grain and Extract Research Society, LTD
2nd	Glenn Thompson	Vlad the Im-Porter	9C: Baltic Porter	Mid-State Brew Crew
3rd	Jared Aumen	Black-Eyed Katy	8B: Schwarzbier	Ann Arbor Brewers Guild
HM	John O'Brien	Garnet And Black	8B: Schwarzbier	Final Gravity Craft Brewers

Table 7: Germany Wheat Beer (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Gerad Miller	Germany Has Declared War On the Jones Boys	10A: Weissbier	Middletown Area Society of Homebrewers
2nd	Ted Webb	Wize Guyz Weizenbock	10C: Weizenbock	Western Kentucky Homebrewers Guild
3rd	Rick McCann	Herman the German	10B: Dunkels Weissbier
HM	Ted Webb	Halfway To Hefen	10A: Weissbier	Western Kentucky Homebrewers Guild

Table 8: Light British Ale (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Gary Caple Co-Brewer: Nathan Khoury	Eagle And Child	11C: Strong Bitter	Louisville Area Grain and Extract Research Society, LTD
2nd	Matt Tumulty	Castleman Esb V	11C: Strong Bitter
3rd	John O'Brien	Queen Of The Castle	11B: Best Bitter	Final Gravity Craft Brewers

Table 9: Dark UK Beer (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Evan Comeaux	Bs Stout	16D: Foreign Extra Stout
2nd	Rick Burkhardt	Gooszhbomber Brown Ale	13B: English Brown Ale	Foam Blowers of Indiana (FBI)
3rd	Samuel Hoopes	Sweet Stump	16A: Sweet Stout	Ninja Homebrewers
HM	Michael Weber	Who Wants S'more Stout	16B: Oatmeal Stout	Music City Brewers

Table 10: American & Euro Strong Beer (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Brian Sommers	Your Trip Is Short	22C: American Barleywine	Music City Brewers
2nd	Nik Volkert	Mouse Slayer	22C: American Barleywine	Woodstock Malt Monkeys
3rd	Paul Cahill	Double Hop To It!	22A: Double IPA	Barley Mob Brewers

Table 11: Pale American Ale (18 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Andy Howell	Big Boi's Style Hack	18B: American Pale Ale	Clarksville Carboys
2nd	Jared Aumen	46 Haze	18B: American Pale Ale	Ann Arbor Brewers Guild
3rd	Jeremiah Baer	Adventure Time	18B: American Pale Ale	East Side Brewers [IL]

Table 12: Dark American Beer (16 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Nik Volkert	I've Become Someone Else	20B: American Stout	Woodstock Malt Monkeys
2nd	Jerry Wood	Brown Ale	19C: American Brown Ale	Clarksville Carboys
3rd	Samuel Hoopes	Count This One Too	20C: Imperial Stout	Ninja Homebrewers

Table 13: IPA (18 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Andy Howell	Big Boi’s Big Booty Sweat	21A: American IPA	Clarksville Carboys
2nd	John Erste	Blackeye, Pa	21B2: Black IPA	Little Mountain Homebrewers Association
3rd	Christopher Owen	C3p0	21A: American IPA	Louisville Area Grain and Extract Research Society, LTD

Table 14: Sour & Wild Ales (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style
1st	Heath Johns	Lime + Rose Hip Saison	28C: Wild Specialty Beer
2nd	Evan Comeaux	Sour Barrel Beer #5	28C: Wild Specialty Beer
3rd	Evan Comeaux	Sour Barrel Beer #6	28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer

Table 15: Belgian (12 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Christopher Owen	Daddy's Little Gnome	25A: Belgian Blond Ale	Louisville Area Grain and Extract Research Society, LTD
2nd	Evan Comeaux	Saison Parfait #1	25B: Saison
3rd	Brad Warden	Standing By the Sea	25B: Saison	Barley Mob Brewers

Table 16: Historic & Alternative Ferment Beer (7 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Lee Solomon	Old Style Porter	27A8: Pre-Prohibition Porter	Barley Mob Brewers
2nd	Evan Comeaux	Poolside	27A1: Gose
3rd	Nathan Steigman	Amara Dulce	31B: Alternative Sugar Beer	Minnesota Home Brewers Association

Table 17: Fruit (13 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	John Spinella	North Grape	29A: Fruit Beer
2nd	Brian Sommers	Cherry Blossom	29A: Fruit Beer	Music City Brewers
3rd	Curtis Masiello	The Red Belgian	29A: Fruit Beer
HM	Matt Tumulty	Peachsmack	29A: Fruit Beer

Table 18: Spice, Herb, Veg (14 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style
1st	Evan Comeaux	Hot Coffee	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
2nd	Greg Holthaus Co-Brewer: Ruben Castillo	Obligatory Pumpkin Ale	30B: Autumn Seasonal Beer
3rd	Dennis Wilcox Co-Brewer: Chris Block	Close Proximity Lightning- Jalapeno IPA	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer

Table 19: Smoke & Wood (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Heath Johns	Queen Of The Heavens	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer
2nd	Dave Smart Co-Brewer: Gregg Ryan Steve Meyer	Raven the Red	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer
3rd	Ted Webb	Fly Like An Eagle	33A: Wood-Aged Beer	Western Kentucky Homebrewers Guild
HM	Drew Schrum Co-Brewer: John Knowles	Claw Of Archimedes	32B: Specialty Smoked Beer

Table 20: Cider (9 entries)

Place	Brewer	Entry Name	Style	Club
1st	Matthew Williamson	Hilde's Honey Perry	C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry	Bakersfield Organization Of Brewers
2nd	Bill Boyer	Being There - Voss Variant	C1A: New World Cider	North Georgia Malt Monkeys
3rd	Bill Boyer	Omas Apfelstrudel Cider	C2E: Cider with Herbs/Spices	North Georgia Malt Monkeys

Past Winners

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Judging Sessions and Dates

Bold Patriot Brewing Pre-Judging Session 1
11/06/2021 10:00 AM, CDT.

Bold Patriot Brewing Pre-Judging Session 2
11/07/2021 12:00 PM, CST.

Various Artist Brewing Pre-Judging Session 3
11/09/2021 5:00 PM, CST.

Flyte Cider Pre-Judging Session 4
11/11/2021 7:30 PM, CST.

Czann's Brewing 25th Annual Music City Brew Off - Friday
11/12/2021 5:00 PM, CST.

Czann's Brewing 25th Annual Music City Brew Off
11/13/2021 9:00 AM, CST.

Account Registration Closed

Account registrations accepted 08/20/2021 12:00 AM, CDT through 10/27/2021 11:59 PM, CDT.

Entry Registration Closed

Entry registrations accepted 08/23/2021 12:00 AM, CDT through 10/27/2021 11:59 PM, CDT.

Entry Drop-Off Closed

Entry bottles accepted at drop-off locations 10/18/2021 10:00 AM, CDT through 10/30/2021 10:00 AM, 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 10/18/2021 10:00 AM, CDT through 10/29/2021 8:00 PM, CDT.