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Stout Bout Homebrew Competition Revisited

Thanks to all that made the Stout Bout Homebrew Competition at Great Fermentations such an awesome time! There were 10 great beers served, several of which beat out Hoppin’ Frog’s BORIS The Crusher Oatmeal Imperial Stout (a 2-time gold medalist at the Great American Beer Festival that I snuck in for kicks) in our blind tasting. Our top three homebrews selected this go-round were Josh and Ashley Jenkins’ Milk Stout, Doug Dixon’s American Stout, and Michael Catlin’s Breakfast Russian Imperial Stout. Great work guys! The entries were pretty spread out (we had entries for 5 of the 6 recognized BJCP stout categories), with two Russian Imperial Stouts (one was aged for 2 years), 3 Oatmeal Stouts, 2 Milk/Sweet Stouts, a Dry Stout, and an American Stout. Thanks again to Great Fermentations for lending us their classroom, and also to cosIT Photography for the outstanding camerawork. More photos can be found in a set on cosIT’s Flicker Photostream. Cheers!

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1 Week Until Stout Bout

Great Fermentations on November 17th
From 12-5pm

There are still seats available at our Stout Bout Homebrew Competition at Great Fermentations next week. You can submit your entry using the form below. Cheers!

• 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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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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6th Annual Brew-B-Q


The 6th Annual Brew-B-Q will be held at Great Fermentations on Saturday October 13th from 2:00-7:00pm. This event is an opportunity for the homebrew clubs of Indiana to get together and hangout, showcase some brews, and enjoy some great food. The event is free, however donations are welcome to cover food and amenities. There will be door prizes, smoked meats, and plenty of homebrew! Make sure to drop by BIMP’s tent for some tasty brew and a chance to win some free BIMP schwag! Make sure to “Like” the event on Facebook to spread the word. Here’s a list of the homebrew club participants:

— Angry Beaver Brewers – Avon
— Beer Is My Passion (BIMP) – Whitestown
— Bloomington Hop Jockeys – Bloomington
— Brew Labs of Indiana – Noblesville
— Columbus Area Classic Alers (CACA) – Columbus
— Dubois County Suds Club – Jasper / Dubois County
— Duneland Homebrewers Association (DHBA) – Valpo / Michigan City
— Foam Blowers of Indiana (FBI) – Indianapolis / Central IN
— Fossils (Fermenters of Special Southern Indiana Libations Society) – New Albany
— Homebrewers of Preferred Suds (HOPS) – Angola
— Howard County Homebrewers – Howard County
— Illiana Beer Rackers Union – Crown Point
— Indiana Brewing and Drinking Society (IBADS) – Indiana
— IUPUI Homebrew Club – Indianapolis / IUPUI
— Kosciusko Kettleheads – Warsaw
— Mad Anthony’s Serious Homebrewers (MASH) – Ft. Wayne
— MECA Brewers – Shelbyville / Central Indiana
— Michiana Extract & Grain Association (MEGA) – South Bend / Mishawaka
— Midwest Order of Ninkasi (MONK) / Tuxedo Park – Indianapolis
— Muncie Indiana Brewers (MIB) – Muncie
— Ohio Valley Homebrewers Association (OVHA) – Evansville
— Purdue Homebrewing Club – West Lafayette / Purdue
— St. Gambrinus Benevolence Society – Bloomington
— St. Munsee Order of Brewers – Muncie
— Tippecanoe Homebrewers Circle (THC) – West Lafayette
— Wabash Valley Fermentation ‘N Ale – Terre Haute

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White House Homebrew!

This just makes sense to me. From Anchor Brewing Company all the way to the White House, the microbrew movement is in full swing. On August 14th, Barack Obama confirmed that a small beer brewery has been added to the White House. Small batches of brew are created at this new facility for special occasions, but I wouldn’t be surprised if there is a steady flow of ridiculously good beer flowing through our nation’s capital. One such beer, the “White House Honey Ale” comes in both light and dark varieties, and is made with honey from the White House garden. At the moment there are no reviews on this ale, but I’d be more than willing to offer my services 🙂 Beer and American presidents have a history that goes all the way back to George Washington. In fact, Washington’s recipe was published not too long ago. This 30 gallon recipe calls for molasses instead of malted barley as the primary sugar. This technique was consistent with some English style Porters during that time period. Here are the recipes for the White House Honey Ale and Honey Porter if you are interested in brewing them yourselves. Looks like they are keeping the bittering hops a “secret.” It’s a partial mash recipe that looks pretty straight forward. Let me know if you make any!

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Behind The Scenes at the Brewer’s Cup

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I got the opportunity to help sort out all of the entries for The Brewer’s Cup Competition today! What a great experience. I had no idea how much work went into making this event happen. Literally hundreds, if not thousands of beers were submitted to Sun King Brewery. Each entry was numbered and entered into an Excel spreadsheet to keep them all straight. The stewards had cases of beer lined up like the opening text sequence in Star Wars. As a matter of fact, the beer you see in these pictures was really just the tip of the iceberg. Judging will take place at the Indiana State Fairgrounds on July 6-7, 2012. See you there 🙂

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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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War of the Wheats Update


There’s still 7 spots left in our next tasting on May 26th. If you are new to BIMP, all you need to do is Request a Brew. You can either pick from our list of suggested brews, or grab some inspiration from BeerAdvocate.com or Ratebeer.com’s Style Guide pages. Remember that each entry requires a 6 pack of the beer of your submitted choice. I’ll send you a confirmation if you get in with the address. Hope to see you soon!

Bell’s Oberon (Sample) – Erik Howell
O’Fallon’s Wheach Peach Wheat – Malina Sandman
Upland Wheat – Amanda Jackson
F@ck Your Face Mango Wheat – Dustin Edwards
Super Cuke Bavarian Cucumber Wheat – Erik Howell
Blue Moon Summer Honey Wheat – Matt Kennedy
Triton Fieldhouse Wheat – Lance Sanchez
Evil Charlie’s Dog Drool – Kyle Alder
Barley Island Flat Top Wheat – Stef Korros
North Coast Brewing Blue Star Wheat – Michael Mustin
Oaken Barrel Razz-Wheat – Isaac Wagner
Blue Moon Spring Blonde Wheat – Zac Jackson
Boulevard Brewing’s Unfiltered wheat – Brian
Sun King Firefly Wheat – Gary Dozier