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Stout Bout Homebrew Competition

Great Fermentations on November 17th
From 12-5pm

• All entries need to fall within Category 13 – Stout Ale BJCP Guidelines for style.
• The first 15 people to register their brews using the Homebrew Competition Form are guaranteed a seat in the competition.
• 2 bombers of homebrew are required per entry. 1 bomber goes towards the tasting, and one is set aside for “the pot.” You can also enter four 12oz bottles, but 2 will go to the pot.
• We’ll label your entry at the start of the tasting (I’ll have plenty of sheets available when we start), but please make sure your brew is refrigerated.
• This tasting is blind, and each person who enters also gets to taste/judge each entry. The winner at the end of the tasting gets to take home the pot plus prizes!
What makes this event unique is that each participant is also a judge! All beers will be served randomly, and rated on a scale of 1-10. The entry with the highest average score receives a gift card to Great Fermentations, a special blog post on BIMP, and takes home one of every homebrew entered.

Erik Howell – Oatmeal Stout
Jenn Myers – S’more Sweet Stout
Hunter White – Udder Cream Russian Imperial Stout
Richard Meyer – Substitution Dry Stout
Mike Catlin – Breakfast Stout Russian Imperial Stout
Doug Dixon – American ExPat Grab Bag American Stout
Justin Kloer – Brown Sugar Chocolate Oatmeal Stout

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Brown Ales Tasting is Approaching Quickly

There’s still time to reserve your spot for the Brown Ales tasting coming up on Saturday. We’ll be grilling out, sampling brews, and enjoying a nice fire out at The BLVD apartment complex in Whitestown. There are some great entries in at the moment, but there is still room for plenty more beers. I’m planning on grilling out some burgers, but I’ll also have grilled vegetables for you herbivores. Keep your eyes peeled for the grills and fire pit on your right, just North of 6190 Central Blvd. Please make sure to Request a Brew for this event. This way we can make sure we don’t have any duplicate entries. As always, bring a 6 pack of your requested brew (3 bombers or a growler is also ok as long as you bring a brew to throw into the pot). You can find the full BJCP description of American Brown Ales and English Brown ales on the BJCP website. I’m planning the tasting for Saturday August 11th at 5pm. If you are having issues finding a beer to enter, pull from the list of suggested beers below:

SUGGESTED BEERS:
Anchor Brewing Brekle’s Brown
Barley Island Dirty Helen Brown Ale
Bell’s Best Brown
Brooklyn Brown Ale
Dark Horse Boffo Brown Ale
North Coast Acme Brown
Left Hand Deep Cover Brown Ale
Lost Coast Downtown Brown
Rogue Ales Hazelnut Brown Nectar
Saranac Brown Ale
Schlafly American Brown Ale
Schlafly India Brown Ale
Sierra Nevada Tumbler Autumn Brown Ale
Sun King Naptown Brown India Brown Ale
Thr3e Wise Men Brewhouse Brown
Triton Four Barrel Brown Ale
Upland Nut Hugger Brown Ale		 RESERVED BEERS
Anchor Steam Brekle’s Brown – Erik Howell (sample)
Barley Island Dirty Helen – Stef Korros
Bluegrass Brewing Nut Brown Ale – Michael Mustin
Brooklyn Brown Ale – Matthew Kennedy
Goose Island Nut Brown Ale – Bob Reynolds
Leffe Brown – Kyle Alder
Newcastle Brown Ale – Isaac Wagner
People’s Mr. Brown Ale – Dustin Edwards
Rogue Ales Hazelnut Brown Nectar – Jenn Myers
Sierra Nevada Tumbler Autumn Brown Ale – Mike Hutson
Sun King Naptown Brown India – Dan Arnett
Tyranena Rocky’s Revenge – Malina Sandman
Upland Nut Hugger Brown Ale – Dax Storm

You know the drill. First 15 to Request a Brew get a spot in our next tasting. Good luck!

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Interested in Joining a Beer Tasting Group?

Interested in joining Indy’s elite tasting group? Your homebrew or store bought entry will be pitted against some of the most highly rated brews per style available, as well as entries from other homebrewers. Our tastings are blind, allowing for an unbiased rating of your brew. If your beer is selected as the winner, you will receive 1 of each beer entry as your prize! There is no better feeling than walking in to a tasting with a six pack, tasting 15 beers, and then walking home with 15 beers. Here’s what you need to know to enter your brew:

1) Click the Request a Brew link on BIMP’s home page to see which style of beer will be we will be rating. The date and time will also be listed on this page.

2) Fill out the form on the Request a Brew page making sure your entry fits the guidelines of the the style and then click submit.

3) If your beer is selected for the tasting we will send you a confirmation email with address information for the tasting. We will also update our website with your beer request and name. Please bring a 6 pack of 12oz bottles or three 22oz bombers to the address listed in the email.

That’s it! Good luck and may the force be with you 🙂

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Last Call For Battle of the Belgians

There’s still time to enter your brew for BIMP’s first all homebrew competition at Great Fermentations! Be a part of an all homebrew blind tasting where the winner receives a $25 gift card to GF, one of every beer entered, and a special blog post on BIMP. Please reserve your spot for this tasting on the Homebrew Competitions tab. All entries must adhere to Category 16 – Belgian and French Ale BJCP Guidelines for style. All entrants are also judges. Bombers will be need to be labeled (click here for label sheet), refrigerated, and brought to Great Fermentations by July 28th at 11am for checkin. We start at 12:00pm. Here’s the current list of brewers entered:

Ommegang Belgian Pale Ale – Erik Howell (sample)
Brabo’s Tripel – Michael Mustin
Saison (To Be Named) – Steve Kent
Il Faited Belgian Pale Ale – Erik Howell
DA Trippel – Mike Trueblood
Noel Xmas Ale – Deron “Dabbo” and Robert David Hale
Mikey’s Summer Saison – Michael Mustin
Belgian Witbier (to be named) – Dustin Edwards

Any beer not used in the competition will be returned it’s rightful owners 🙂

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One Week Until Scottish Fest

There’s only one week left to register for our tasting next Saturday. This one is definitely one not to miss. BJCP Guidelines (Category 9 – Scottish and Irish Ales) describe Scottish Ales as primarily malty with low to moderate hop bitterness, and a low to medium body. The ABV will vary from 3-10% based on the type of ale brewed, and can vary in color from light copper to deep amber. Scottish Ales are categorized in a rather interesting way. Beers were classified by their price in schillings, with the stronger beers being more expensive (Strong Scotch Ale or “Wee Heavy” 90/-) and lighter beers being less expensive (Scottish Light 60/-). Here is a list of higher rated suggested brews that fit the style and may give you the edge to win the round:

Belhaven Wee Heavy
Belhaven 80 +/- Scottish Ale
Belhaven McCallum’s Stout Scottish Ale
Great Divide Claymore Scotch Ale
Tyranena Sheep Shagger Scotch Ale
Bluegrass Brewing Co. Bourbon Barrel Scotch Ale
Black Swan Scottish Ale
Sun King Wee Mac Scottish Ale
Belhaven Premium Scottish Export
Belhaven St. Andrew’s Ale

As you can see, Belhaven Brewery has numerous beers to choose from. My suggestion would be to hit up Kahn’s and see what they have available. I know for a fact that Sun King always has Wee Mac on tap if you’re into the $5 Friday scene 🙂 Looking forward to the 30th. Scottish Fest will be taking place at The Blvd Apartments. I’ll be sending formal invites with directions soon.

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Registration Window Open For Indiana Brewer’s Cup

Registration has begun for the Indiana Brewer’s Cup at the State Fair. Three bottles per entry will need to be submitted to Sun King Brewery between now and June 22nd along with a $10 entry fee which can be submitted here. Each bottle will need to have a completed bottle ID form affixed to it with a rubber band. Once submitted, each exhibitor will receive two tickets to the Brewers’ Cup Award Reception on Saturday, July 7 at 6:00 pm on the Indiana State Fairgrounds where the results will be announced. Make sure that your bottles are not labeled or caps marked in any way as it may disqualify your entry. For those of you just now bottling, you should still have more than enough time for your entries to condition. Best of luck!

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Battle of the Belgians Homebrew Competition

Battle of the Belgians has begun! BIMP’s first all homebrew blind tasting will be held at Great Fermentations on July 28th from 12pm-5pm. Here are the details. All beers need to fall within Category 16 – Belgian and French Ale BJCP Guidelines for style. The first 15 people to register their brews using the Homebrew Competition form are guaranteed a seat in the competition. 3 bombers of homebrew are required per entry. 2 bombers go towards the tasting, and one is set aside for “the pot.” Bombers will be need to be labeled (click here for label sheet), refrigerated, and brought to Great Fermentations by July 28th at 11am for checkin. What makes this event unique is that each participant is also a judge! All beers will be served randomly, and rated on a scale of 1-10. The entry with the highest average score receives a $25 gift card to Great Fermenations, a special blog post on BIMP, and takes home one of every homebrew entered. Once the tasting is over, I’ll post the list of beers in order of when they were served, each individual beer’s score, graphs, and more! Looking forward to seeing you all there. Good luck!

Ommegang Belgian Pale Ale – Erik Howell (sample)
Mikey’s Summer Saison – Michael Mustin
Saison (To Be Named) – Steve Kent
Il Faited Belgian Pale Ale – Erik Howell
Double Aught Belgian Strong Golden Ale – Mike Trueblood

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Upland UpCup 2012 Results

UpCup was AWESOME! I’m definitely entering again next year. There were 80+ entries in total, 12 of which were selected for best in show. The event was catered with food from the restaurant, there were multiple brewery tours with Caleb, and of course a great selection of Upland brews. Congrats to Andrew from the Foam Blowers of Indiana for a well deserved win.

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Great Fermentations In-Store Homebrew Competition

Great Fermentations will be hosting an in-store IPA competition using their VIPA recipe as the base for the grain bill. This should be a pretty interesting competition. Hop additions and yeast are completely up to the brewer, however Simcoe and Galaxy are off the table due to the hop shortage. The winner receives a $50 Great Fermentations gift card, along with being mentioned on the updated VIPA IPA recipe kit. The winner also gets to brew a batch at Great Fermentations for a Friday Night Club. Entries (2 bottles) are due June 15th and the winner will be announced June 22nd. Click here for a complete listing of the rules. I’ve listed the recipe below:

VIPA Recipe
Ingredients:
9.9 lbs. Unhopped light liquid malt extract (or 13 lbs of pale for all-grain recipe)
1.0 lb. 40º L crystal malt, crushed
8.0 oz. Biscuit malt, crushed
1.8 oz. Centennial hops, added at the beginning of the 60 min. boil
1.0 tsp. Irish moss, added with 20 minutes left in the boil (not included)
.5 oz. Centennial hops, added with 10 minutes left in the boil
1.0 oz. Centennial hops, added as a dry hop
Choice of one: Wyeast American II Ale yeast (#1272), White Labs Burton ale
yeast or Nottingham Dry yeast.
Recipe Details: OG: 1.077 FG: 1.015
SRM: 10 IBU: 72