Thanks to all who participated in the Music City Brew Off 2024.
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 |
