25th Annual Music City Brew Off (2021)
Awards
Judges
Jonathan Adams, Ken Carman, Millie Carman, Logan Carson, Evan Comeaux, Evan Danielson, John Driscoll, Todd Hood, Eric Hosman, Andy Howell, Karen Lassiter, John Lawless, Joseph Nance, Andrew Perkins, Tyler Selbrade, Shirine Shagzadeh, Brian Sommers, Proctor Teague, Chris Thompson, Glenn Thompson, Michael Weber, Kyle Winje, Jerry Wood
Judges - Best of Show
Jonathan Adams, Eric Hosman, Karen Lassiter
By the Numbers
241 Entries
69 Entrants
23 Judges
67 Placing Entries
Table 1: Light Lager
15 entries
Judges: Logan Carson, Evan Comeaux (Head Judge), John Lawless (Head Judge), Brian Sommers (Head Judge)
1st
Glenn Thompson & Kara White
Mid-State Brew Crew
This Is Your Kid's Beer (1A: American Light Lager)
2nd
Glenn Thompson
Mid-State Brew Crew
Got Sunshine In A Cloudy Beer (1D: American Wheat Beer)
3rd
John Spinella
Mexican Lager (2A: International Pale Lager)
Table 2: Czech Lager
9 entries
Judges: Jonathan Adams, Glenn Thompson
1st
John Driscoll
Fatfinger - The Divide (3A: Czech Pale Lager)
2nd
John Coloe
Saratoga Thoroughbrews
Czech Mate 3 (3C: Czech Amber Lager)
3rd
Christopher Owen
Louisville Area Grain and...
Czech Helles (3A: Czech Pale Lager)
Table 3: Pale Malty Euro Lager
9 entries
Judges: Brian Sommers, Jerry Wood
1st
Andy Howell
Clarksville Carboys
Das Big Boi (4A: Munich Helles)
2nd
Paul Cahill
Barley Mob Brewers
Bock Me Up Scottie (4C: Helles Bock)
3rd
John Driscoll
Fatfinger - Pull My Finger (4B: Festbier)
HM
Christopher Owen
Louisville Area Grain and...
Flüssiges Brot (4B: Festbier)
Table 4: Amber Malty Euro Lager
16 entries
Judges: Ken Carman (Head Judge), Brian Sommers (Head Judge), Chris Thompson
1st
Curtis Masiello
Paul's Oktoberfest (6A: Marzen)
2nd
Matthew Williamson
Bakersfield Organization Of...
McEnulty's Marzen (6A: Marzen)
3rd
Gerad Miller
Middletown Area Society of...
It Cost A Man's Life To Get This Out of Germany (6A: Marzen)
HM
Michael Weber
Music City Brewers
Pairs Well With Lederhosen (6A: Marzen)
Table 5: Bitter Euro
17 entries
Judges: John Driscoll (Head Judge), Todd Hood, Joseph Nance, Kyle Winje
1st
Timothy Nyhus
Horsemen of the Hopocalypse
Vienna 2.0 (7A: Vienna Lager)
2nd
Bill Hodge
Pale Kellerbier (7C: Kellerbier)
3rd
John O'Brien
Final Gravity Craft Brewers
The Persistence of Memory (5D: German Pils)
Table 6: Dark & Strong Euro Lager
11 entries
Judges: Jonathan Adams, Evan Comeaux, Brian Sommers, Michael Weber
1st
Christopher Owen
Louisville Area Grain and...
Big Bad Goat (9B: Eisbock)
2nd
Glenn Thompson
Mid-State Brew Crew
Vlad the Im-Porter (9C: Baltic Porter)
3rd
Jared Aumen
Ann Arbor Brewers Guild
Black-Eyed Katy (8B: Schwarzbier)
HM
John O'Brien
Final Gravity Craft Brewers
Garnet And Black (8B: Schwarzbier)
Table 7: Germany Wheat Beer
12 entries
Judges: Millie Carman (Head Judge), Logan Carson, Glenn Thompson
1st
Gerad Miller
Middletown Area Society of...
Germany Has Declared War On the Jones Boys (10A: Weissbier)
2nd
Ted Webb
Western Kentucky Homebrewers...
Wize Guyz Weizenbock (10C: Weizenbock)
3rd
Rick McCann
Herman the German (10B: Dunkels Weissbier)
HM
Ted Webb
Western Kentucky Homebrewers...
Halfway To Hefen (10A: Weissbier)
Table 8: Light British Ale
7 entries
Judges: Todd Hood, Shirine Shagzadeh
1st
Gary Caple & Nathan Khoury
Louisville Area Grain and...
Eagle And Child (11C: Strong Bitter)
2nd
Matt Tumulty
Castleman Esb V (11C: Strong Bitter)
3rd
John O'Brien
Final Gravity Craft Brewers
Queen Of The Castle (11B: Best Bitter)
Table 9: Dark UK Beer
16 entries
Judges: Logan Carson, John Driscoll (Head Judge), Eric Hosman, Tyler Selbrade
1st
Evan Comeaux
Bs Stout (16D: Foreign Extra Stout)
2nd
Rick Burkhardt
Foam Blowers of Indiana (FBI)
Gooszhbomber Brown Ale (13B: English Brown Ale)
3rd
Samuel Hoopes
Ninja Homebrewers
Sweet Stump (16A: Sweet Stout)
HM
Michael Weber
Music City Brewers
Who Wants S'more Stout (16B: Oatmeal Stout)
Table 10: American & Euro Strong Beer
7 entries
Judges: Jonathan Adams, Todd Hood, Shirine Shagzadeh
1st
Brian Sommers
Music City Brewers
Your Trip Is Short (22C: American Barleywine)
2nd
Nik Volkert
Woodstock Malt Monkeys
Mouse Slayer (22C: American Barleywine)
3rd
Paul Cahill
Barley Mob Brewers
Double Hop To It! (22A: Double IPA)
Table 11: Pale American Ale
18 entries
Judges: Logan Carson, John Driscoll, Joseph Nance, Kyle Winje
1st
Andy Howell
Clarksville Carboys
Big Boi's Style Hack (18B: American Pale Ale)
2nd
Jared Aumen
Ann Arbor Brewers Guild
46 Haze (18B: American Pale Ale)
3rd
Jeremiah Baer
East Side Brewers [IL]
Adventure Time (18B: American Pale Ale)
Table 12: Dark American Beer
16 entries
Judges: Jonathan Adams (Head Judge), Millie Carman, John Driscoll (Head Judge), Tyler Selbrade
1st
Nik Volkert
Woodstock Malt Monkeys
I've Become Someone Else (20B: American Stout)
2nd
Jerry Wood
Clarksville Carboys
Brown Ale (19C: American Brown Ale)
3rd
Samuel Hoopes
Ninja Homebrewers
Count This One Too (20C: Imperial Stout)
Table 13: IPA
18 entries
Judges: Logan Carson, John Driscoll, Joseph Nance, Proctor Teague
1st
Andy Howell
Clarksville Carboys
Big Boi’s Big Booty Sweat (21A: American IPA)
2nd
John Erste
Little Mountain Homebrewers...
Blackeye, Pa (21B2: Black IPA)
3rd
Christopher Owen
Louisville Area Grain and...
C3p0 (21A: American IPA)
Table 14: Sour & Wild Ales
7 entries
Judges: Millie Carman (Head Judge), Joseph Nance
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
Judges: John Driscoll, Todd Hood, Joseph Nance, Kyle Winje
1st
Christopher Owen
Louisville Area Grain and...
Daddy's Little Gnome (25A: Belgian Blond Ale)
2nd
Evan Comeaux
Saison Parfait #1 (25B: Saison)
3rd
Brad Warden
Barley Mob Brewers
Standing By the Sea (25B: Saison)
Table 16: Historic & Alternative Ferment Beer
7 entries
Judges: Brian Sommers (Head Judge), Glenn Thompson
1st
Lee Solomon
Barley Mob Brewers
Old Style Porter (27A8: Pre-Prohibition Porter)
2nd
Evan Comeaux
Poolside (27A1: Gose)
3rd
Nathan Steigman
Minnesota Home Brewers Association
Amara Dulce (31B: Alternative Sugar Beer)
Table 17: Fruit
13 entries
Judges: Ken Carman, Karen Lassiter (Head Judge), John Lawless (Head Judge), Jerry Wood
1st
John Spinella
North Grape (29A: Fruit Beer)
2nd
Brian Sommers
Music City Brewers
Cherry Blossom (29A: Fruit Beer)
3rd
Curtis Masiello
The Red Belgian (29A: Fruit Beer)
HM
Matt Tumulty
Peachsmack (29A: Fruit Beer)
Table 18: Spice, Herb, Veg
14 entries
Judges: Ken Carman (Head Judge), Evan Danielson, Eric Hosman (Head Judge), Chris Thompson
1st
Evan Comeaux
Hot Coffee (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)
2nd
Greg Holthaus & Ruben Castillo
Obligatory Pumpkin Ale (30B: Autumn Seasonal Beer)
3rd
Dennis Wilcox & Chris Block
Close Proximity Lightning- Jalapeno IPA (30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer)
Table 19: Smoke & Wood
9 entries
Judges: Ken Carman, John Driscoll
1st
Heath Johns
Queen Of The Heavens (33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer)
2nd
Dave Smart & Gregg Ryan Steve Meyer
Raven the Red (33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer)
3rd
Ted Webb
Western Kentucky Homebrewers...
Fly Like An Eagle (33A: Wood-Aged Beer)
HM
Drew Schrum & John Knowles
Claw Of Archimedes (32B: Specialty Smoked Beer)
Table 20: Cider
9 entries
Judges: Ken Carman (Head Judge), Millie Carman
1st
Matthew Williamson
Bakersfield Organization Of...
Hilde's Honey Perry (C2F: Specialty Cider/Perry)
2nd
Bill Boyer
North Georgia Malt Monkeys
Being There - Voss Variant (C1A: New World Cider)
3rd
Bill Boyer
North Georgia Malt Monkeys
Omas Apfelstrudel Cider (C2E: Cider with Herbs/Spices)
Best of Show
Beer
Judges: Jonathan Adams, Eric Hosman, Karen Lassiter
1st
Christopher Owen
Louisville Area Grain and...
Daddy's Little Gnome (25A: Belgian Blond Ale)
2nd
Evan Comeaux
Bs Stout (16D: Foreign Extra Stout)
3rd
Andy Howell
Clarksville Carboys
Das Big Boi (4A: Munich Helles)
4th
Heath Johns
Queen Of The Heavens (33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer)
Thank You
Congratulations to All Medal Winners
