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!

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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Stout Bout Results Posted!

List in Order of Beers Served:
Guiness Extra Stout (Sample) Erik Howell
1) Bell’s Special Double Cream Stout Dan Sandman
2) Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout Cory Fellors
Rainbow In The Dark (TPB Homebrew Kit) Erik Howell
4) North Coast Old Rasputin Imperial Stout Krista Boles
5) Left Hand Milk Stout Mark
6) Stone Belgo Anise Imperial Russian Stout Dawn-Marie Paul
7) Breckenridge Oatmeal Stout Erica Garcia
8) Hoppin’ Frog B.O.R.I.S. The Crusher Oatmeal-Imperial Stout Brian Paul
9) Bell’s Kalamazoo Stout Brad and Bryce
10) Kyle’s Homebrew Kyle Alder
11) Great Divide Yeti Russian Imperial Stout Nate Boles
12) Big Buck Oatmeal Stout (TPB Homebrew kit) Zac Jackson
13) Bluegrass Brewing Co. Bourbon Barrel Stout Dax Storm
14) Young’s Double Chocolate Stout Mark
15) Dark Horse Blueberry Stout Dustin Edwards
Beers in Order of Highest to Lowest Scores:
1) Bell’s Kalamazoo Sout 8.000
2) Hoppin’ Frog B.O.R.I.S. The Crusher Oatmeal-Imperial Stout 7.679
3) North Coast Old Rasputin Imperial Stout 7.643
4) Great Divde Yeti Imperial Stout 7.333
5) Young’s Double Chocolate Stout 7.083
6) Kyle Alder’s Stout (homebrew) 6.929
7) Big Buck Oatmeal Stout (homebrew) 6.917
8) Breckenridge Oatmeal Stout 6.786
Left Hand Milk Stout 6.786
9) Dark Horse Blueberry Stout 6.700
10) Bell’s Special Double Cream Stout 6.429
11) Bluegrass Brewing Company Bourbon Barrel Stout 6.250
12) Rainbow in the Dark (Homebrew) 6.000
Stone Belgo Anise Russian Imperial Stout 6.000
13) Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout 5.429