Foreign Export Spiced Stout recipe wins Holiday Wine Cellar’s annual Homebrew Competition: Ballast Point will brew the winning recipe in time for HWC’s 46th Anniversary in March 2011
(Escondido, CA) – Homebrewer Alex Tweet’s creative Foreign Export Spiced Stout has been named the winner of Holiday Wine Cellar’s Second Annual Homebrew Competition, topping 150-submissions from more than 90 brewers.
“It was very difficult to narrow down the top beers due to the extremely high level of talent that was showcased,” says Jordan Wilson, beer buyer for Holiday Wine Cellar. Wilson says the winning brewer, Alex Tweet, ” hands down impressed and wowed all the judges with his one of a kind recipe and perfectly executed beer. We are very excited about this year’s recipe and can’t wait for everyone to try it.”
The unusual recipe, judged in the India Export Stout, Foreign Export Spiced Stout category, sat in secondary fermentation with the hot madra curry, toasted coconut, unsweetened coconut, red pepper, cumin, Tea and Kaffir Lime leaves. A panel of eleven judges were individually assigned style categories that were then narrowed down to about 20 beers, from which the winner was selected.
The recipe will be brewed commercially by local microbrewery and distiller, Ballast Point Brewing Company, winners of multiple awards in highly-regarded beer competitions across the country. The beer will be available in bottles exclusively at Holiday Wine Cellar and on draft at better beer bars across Southern California.
COMPLETE LIST OF WINNERS
Winner: Alex Tweet
Beer: India Export Stout, Foreign Export Spiced Stout
Foreign Export Stout that sat in secondary with the following: hot madra curry, toasted coconut, unsweetened coconut, red pepper, cumin, Tea and Kaffir Lime leaves.
Second Place: Derek Freese
Beer: Afterthought IPA, IPA
Third Place (tie): Dave Bartlett
Beer: Halloween Pumpkin Ale, Spiced Pumpkin Ale with nutmeg, clove, cinnamon, allspice, brown sugar, and molasses.
Third Place (tie): Chuck McLaughlin
Beer: Camo Rye IPA – Rye IPA dry hopped with chamomile
Fourth Place: Scott Pownall
Beer: Third Eye, American Barley Wine 12.5%
Top 10 other Finalist Beers (not in any order)
Scott Pownall: Revelations Imperial Stout
Justin Burnsed : Driftwood DIPA, Wood aged Double IPA
Justin Burnsed: Rye Me to the Moon, Specialty Rye
Alex Tweet: Mr Fancypants, Imperial Brown w/ maple, vanilla, bourbon, oak
Alex Tweet: Double Black Eye, Imperial Porter/Double IPA
Drew Mraz: Garibaldi Wit Ale, Belgian Wit w/ agave and spice
Todd Higginson: Fat Crabby: Robust Coconut Porter
Ken Schmidt: Pele’s Breath, German Wheat w/ Serrano Peppers
Daniel Guy: Big Mikes Barley Wine, Bourbon Barrel Aged Barley Wine
Patrick Zabrocki: Endemic, American Pale Ale 100% Organic
About Holiday Wine Cellar:
Family owned and operated since 1965, Holiday Wine Cellar is North County’s landmark destination for rare wines, craft brews and exceptional spirits. Open 7-days a week, we offer scheduled beer and wine tastings, and we feature the Enomatic wine dispensing device for self-guided wine tasting in North County’s only retail wine cellar. Shop online at www.holidaywinecellar.com.