Bluegrass Cup Homebrew Competition 2025

Awards

Sponsors

Judges

Tony Aiken, Cory Aldrich, Charles Anderson, Chris Barnes, James Blamer, Joe Brewer, Clay Bunn, Lance Clayton, Phillip Cray, David Curran, Matthew Cutter, Tashina Deweese, Leah Dienes, Ed Dorroh, Summer Ferguson, Thomas Ferguson, Sam Franklin, Dirk Franzen, Craig Gardone, Ryan Harding, Michael Helzer, Ben Hoh, Sandy Hugill, Scott Joines, Louis Justement, Jeff Kirkner, Austin Leake, Craig Martin, Jim Martin, Katy Miller, Nathan Muleski, Jeff Muse, Ryan Naseman, Philip Nyman, Edward O'Neill, Gary O’Gorman, Wayne Palumbo, Joe Powell, Keith Reding, Alex Rezmerski, Mark Robinson, Ryan Sarhan, Brandon Schaefer, Mark Schentrup, Robert Schodorf, Chris Specht, Josh Stitzer, Erica Stott, Joe Stott, Thomas Sullivan, Linda Swihart, David Touma, Bernard Ulincy, Jim Vondracek, Jonathan Wurth, David Zalewski

Stewards

Sandra Bunn, Becky Curran, Mark Griewahn, Donald Harpring, Celeste Jenkins, Kristi Russell, Stephen Scheff, Geoffrey Sprinkle, Jackie Sprinkle, John Young

Staff

Organizer

Drew Speer

By the Numbers

275 Entries 74 Entrants

56 Judges 10 Stewards

90 Placing Entries

Table 1: Standard American Beer, Pre-Prohibition Lager, and Alternative Grain

15 entries

Judges: Chris Barnes, Jeff Muse, Robert Schodorf

Table 2: International and Czech Lager

12 entries

Judges: Scott Joines, Mark Robinson, Josh Stitzer

Table 3: Pale Malty European Beer

11 entries

Judges: Charles Anderson, Leah Dienes, Ryan Naseman, Thomas Sullivan, Bernard Ulincy, Jim Vondracek

Table 4: Pale Bitter European Beer

13 entries

Judges: Lance Clayton, Matthew Cutter, Louis Justement, Nathan Muleski, Keith Reding, Linda Swihart

Table 5: Amber Malty and Amber Bitter European Beer

11 entries

Judges: Cory Aldrich, Clay Bunn, Phillip Cray, Katy Miller, Erica Stott, David Zalewski

Table 6: Dark and Strong European BEer

15 entries

Judges: Cory Aldrich, Louis Justement, Katy Miller, Ryan Naseman, David Touma, David Zalewski

Table 7: German Wheat Beer

8 entries

Judges: Mark Schentrup, Chris Specht, David Touma

Table 8: British Bitter

10 entries

Judges: Tony Aiken, Joe Powell, Alex Rezmerski

Table 9: Brown British Beer

8 entries

Judges: James Blamer, Michael Helzer, Craig Martin, Edward O'Neill

Table 10: Scottish and Irish Beer

12 entries

Judges: David Curran, Tashina Deweese, Ryan Harding, Sandy Hugill, Philip Nyman, Jonathan Wurth

Table 11: Dark British Beer

8 entries

Judges: Tony Aiken, Charles Anderson, Philip Nyman

Table 12: Strong British Ale

8 entries

Judges: Summer Ferguson, Ben Hoh, Erica Stott

Table 13: Pale American Ale

9 entries

Judges: Ed Dorroh, Dirk Franzen, Craig Gardone

Table 14: Amber and Brown American Beer, Kentucky Common

10 entries

Judges: Sam Franklin, Ben Hoh, Joe Stott

Table 15: American Porter, Stout, and Barleywine

18 entries

Judges: Matthew Cutter, Sam Franklin, Gary O’Gorman, Josh Stitzer, Linda Swihart, Bernard Ulincy

Table 16: IPAs

19 entries

Judges: Chris Barnes, Clay Bunn, Phillip Cray, Craig Gardone, Wayne Palumbo, Joe Powell

Table 17: Sour Beers

11 entries

Judges: Joe Brewer, Jim Martin, Mark Robinson, Mark Schentrup, Thomas Sullivan

Table 18: Belgian Ale

8 entries

Judges: Thomas Ferguson, Austin Leake, Brandon Schaefer

Table 19: Strong Belgian Ale

10 entries

Judges: Lance Clayton, Scott Joines, Robert Schodorf

Table 20: Monastic

8 entries

Judges: Summer Ferguson, Gary O’Gorman, Wayne Palumbo

Table 21: Fruit and Spiced Beer

15 entries

Judges: Thomas Ferguson, Dirk Franzen, Ryan Harding, Austin Leake, Alex Rezmerski, Joe Stott

Table 22: Smoked Beer

7 entries

Judges: Jeff Kirkner, Craig Martin, Brandon Schaefer

Table 23: Wood Aged Beer

7 entries

Judges: David Curran, Ed Dorroh, Ryan Sarhan

Table 24: Standard Cider and Perry

11 entries

Judges: Nathan Muleski, Edward O'Neill, Keith Reding

Table 25: Specialty Cider and Perry

11 entries

Judges: Sandy Hugill, Chris Specht, Jim Vondracek

Table 26: Traditional and Fruit Mead

9 entries

Judges: Tashina Deweese, Leah Dienes, Jonathan Wurth

Table 27: Spiced and Specialty Mead

8 entries

Judges: James Blamer, Michael Helzer, Jeff Muse

Table 28: Pale Commonwealth, New Zealand Pilsner, New Zealand Am. Lager (Mixed Style)

8 entries

Judges: Jeff Kirkner, Jim Martin, Ryan Sarhan

Best of Show

Beer

Badass of the Bluegrass

74 Participating Brewers [Scoring Methodology]

Thank You

Congratulations to All Medal Winners