Recap: Thumb Brewery 2021 Home Brewers Competition
Recently, Thumb Brewery hosted yet another successful event for their 2021 Home Brewers Competition. Congratulations to each of the homebrewers who entered and placed!
The Forgotten Coast Collective was invited to the award ceremony which took place on Saturday, October 23, 2021. We were beyond thrilled to find that Thumb Brewery had received 25 entries into the competition. Who knew the Forgotten Coast had such active homebrewers?
Dave Sattelmeier came out on top winning the “best of show” category for his Fresh Flowers IPA submission. Patrons will be able to taste this delightful brew in the Spring of 2022 when he joins head brewer, Nick Bowlby to reproduce this beer as a special release for Thumb Brewery. Dave also received a first-place award for his stout entry, Black Abyss.
In addition to Dave’s award-winning IPA, there were many additional awards handed out for various beer styles including browns and ambers, stouts, IPA’s, as well as an experimental style category.
Members of the Cass River Homebrew Club submitted and won multiple awards for their entries. Most notably, first place in the brown/amber category with their Urban Squirrel entry as well as first place in the experimental category with Tart Of Darkness, a dark sour beer.
The winners left with heavy bags of swag and gifts in addition to their medals. Overall, it was a successful event which left me feeling all the more hopeful for craft beverage makers (and consumers) here on the Forgotten Coast. View all the winning beers and their brewers below!
Finally, the event wrapped up with a podcast being produced right there in the brewery called Honestly Oversharing. The episode featured Mark, one of the owners of Thumb Brewery, and their head brewer Nick as guests on their show. Needless to say, it was pretty interesting to witness a podcast being produced in a brewery. To listen to the full episode, click here.
The Forgotten Coast is beyond grateful for Thumb Brewery as well as all the contestants and judges who made this event possible. More craft beer happenings are on the horizon. Thank you for having us!
BEST OF SHOW:
Dave Sattelmeier - Fresh Flowers (IPA)
BROWNS / AMBERS:
1ST- Larry & Lori Kula - Urban Squirrel
2ND - Damon Turner - Chef PB
3RD - James Standing - Irish Heavy
STOUTS:
1ST- Dave Sattelmeier - Black Abyss
2ND - Cass River Club - Black Out
3RD - Stu Johnson - Big Chewy
IPA'S:
1ST- Dave Sattelmeier - Fresh Flowers
2ND - Mike Perman - Fog Delay
3RD - Larry Kula - Amarillo Rye-sing
EXPERIMENTAL:
1ST- Larry & Lori Kula - Tart Of Darkness
2ND - Bob Whitefoot - O'runge D'Lite
3RD - Cass River Club - Signal The Drednaught