Bluegrass Cup Homebrew Competition 2025

Best of Show – Beer

Badass of the Bluegrass (74 Participating Brewers)

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Table 1: Standard American Beer, Pre-Prohibition Lager, and Alternative Grain (10 entries)

Table 2: International and Czech Lager (10 entries)

Table 3: Pale Malty European Beer (11 entries)

Table 4: Pale Bitter European Beer (13 entries)

Table 5: Amber Malty and Amber Bitter European Beer (11 entries)

Table 6: Dark and Strong European BEer (13 entries)

Table 7: German Wheat Beer (6 entries)

Table 8: British Bitter (9 entries)

Table 9: Brown British Beer (8 entries)

Table 10: Scottish and Irish Beer (11 entries)

Table 11: Dark British Beer (7 entries)

Table 12: Strong British Ale (7 entries)

Table 13: Pale American Ale (8 entries)

Table 14: Amber and Brown American Beer, Kentucky Common (9 entries)

Table 15: American Porter, Stout, and Barleywine (16 entries)

Table 16: IPAs (16 entries)

Table 17: Sour Beers (11 entries)

Table 18: Belgian Ale (8 entries)

Table 19: Strong Belgian Ale (8 entries)

Table 20: Monastic (7 entries)

Table 21: Fruit and Spiced Beer (15 entries)

Table 22: Smoked Beer (7 entries)

Table 23: Wood Aged Beer (7 entries)

Table 24: Standard Cider and Perry (11 entries)

Table 25: Specialty Cider and Perry (11 entries)

Table 26: Traditional and Fruit Mead (9 entries)

Table 27: Spiced and Specialty Mead (8 entries)

Table 28: Pale Commonwealth, New Zealand Pilsner, New Zealand Am. Lager (Mixed Style) (8 entries)