Thanks to everyone for participating in the 6th annual Boot Brew Fest! The Festival Awards are listed below.
People’s Choice – Beer
1st Place – Mark Boudreaux – It Gose Down Good!
2nd Place – Gary Guillory – Barley’s Stout
3rd Place – John Black – Zydeco Rita
People’s Choice – Other (Cider, Mead, Seltzer)
1st Place – Brian Biggs – Odin’s Gumbo
2nd Place – Guy Grady – Hillbilly Banana Hammok
3rd Place – John Black – Cherry Bomb
Brewer’s Choice
1st Place – Ken Duffy – Irish Red
2nd Place – Wes Kulcak – Krampus
3rd Place – Alan Wells – Helly ‘Bron James
Best Decoration & Presentation
1st Place – Tiki Hut Brewers
2nd Place – Bay Area Mashtronauts
3rd Place – Redstick Brewmasters
FESTIVAL BEER ENTRIES
Here is a list of the 2026 beer entries.
| Homebrew Logo | Homebrew Club or Home Brewery Name | Homebrew Name | ABV (optional) | IBU (optional) | Homebrew Notes (optional) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiki Hut Brewers (members of Central AR Fermenters) | Lime Tree Lager | 4.5 | 10 | A refreshing American style light lager infused with lime. The perfect beer for enjoying during a day at the lake, or lounging around the pool. | |
| Tiki Hut Brewers (members of Central AR Fermenters) | Soak It In Cider! | 5.0 | 0 | A cold and refreshing tropical mango cider!! A sweet apple cider infused with tropical mango puree. To quote Mr. Jimmy Buffet's song, Tin Cup Chalice, "I wanna go back, to the islands..." Enjoy it!! Soak It In Cider!! | |
| Tiki Hut Brewers (members of Central AR Fermenters) | ARKANSAS ULTRA | 4.3 | 12 | Coming to you from the hills of Arkansas, with only 96 calories 3.2g of carbs.... we bring you "ARKANSAS ULTRA"!! We brewed this one not just to be light....but to be EXTRA light and refreshing! Made with extra pale 2 row malt, lots of rice and American Crystal hops!! This Arkansas offering should remind you of a very popular big name light beer, but with just a little more handcrafted flavor. Cheers! We hope you enjoy!! | |
| https://bootbrewfest.com/wp-content/uploads/fluentform/ff-fb05819a064d01560497b9fcdcd3a558-ff-Yorkshire-Bitter-Label.png | Dead Yeast Society | Doghouse Yorkshire Style Strong Bitter | 5 | 34 | This is the Yorkshire Style version of an English Strong Bitter. It was brewed using Golden Promise pale ale malt instead of Maris Otter, and yeast used was Wyeast 1469, NOT the 1968 used in the ESB version of the style. Hops used were British Fuggles hops (60 min and 10 min additions. |
| https://bootbrewfest.com/wp-content/uploads/fluentform/ff-3d4db24dd8d06b381b32c4a680bcb7b9-ff-Doghouse-Irish-Red-v8.png | Dead Yeast Society | Doghouse Irish Red | 4.5 | 23.76 | THERE WAS NO OPTION TO SUBMIT THIS BEER TO THE COUNTRY CLASH TENT UNDER IRELAND. I PUT ENGLAND, BUT WILL HAVE A SIGN THAT INDICATES THE BEER IS IRISH, NOT ENGLISH. This beer was brewed with a majority of ordinary 2-row malt (Rahr; 93.5%), then additions of British Caramel 60 (5.2%) and Midnight Wheat (2%) 10 minutes before mash-out. Yeast: Omega OYL005 Irish Ale yeast. A Caramel Draw (an old Irish trick), in which about a quart of wort is taken at the beginning of the boil, boiled hard in a saucepan for 15-20 min, set aside, then added back to the boil 10 minutes before the end. This adds melanoidins without the addition of a lot of caramel malt, and allows the beer to finish dry. |
| Dead Yeast Society | Odin's Gumbo | 17 | Sweet Dark Cherries, Tart Montmorency Cherries, Cinnamon, and Wildflower Honey aged on Amburana Oak. | ||
| https://bootbrewfest.com/wp-content/uploads/fluentform/ff-e8f548bf10100502df8aeb54b059888a-ff-MatouLogo.jpg | Matou Brewing | Not If We Jam It! | 3.5 | 0 | Sour with raspberry |
| https://bootbrewfest.com/wp-content/uploads/fluentform/ff-8078388755f0071a1c3a50d5d6e7bc04-ff-MatouLogo.jpg | Matou Brewing | The First Layer | 4.6 | 18.5 | Light and malty pale beer |
| Redstick Brewmasters | Irish Red | 6.7 | Irish Red | ||
| Redstick Brewmasters | Rumplestiltskin | 8 | 15 | Braggot is a beer with a lot of honey, about half way between a beer and a mead | |
| Dead Yeast Society | It Gose Down Good! | 4.7 | 10.6 | Jalapeno and Cucumber | |
| Tiki Hut Brewers (members of Central AR Fermenters) | Hillbilly Banana Hammock | 5.5 | Settle in and get comfy with a Hillbilly Banana Hammock!! The Hillbilly Banana Hammock is a refreshing, cold, carbonated apple cider infused with Banana-Strawberry puree! You know bananas, and you know hammocks...now come get to know the Hillbilly Banana Hammock!!! | ||
| Bay Area Mashtronauts | Printemps | 6 | 30 | ||
| https://bootbrewfest.com/wp-content/uploads/fluentform/ff-c579e91d7b7175c2d15b9d5237dd2090-ff-Untitled-design.jpeg | Bay Area Mashtronauts | Zydeco Rita | 4 | American Light Lager with margarita flavor | |
| https://bootbrewfest.com/wp-content/uploads/fluentform/ff-9ba612a7eaf345755184fd53221165dd-ff-White-Ibis-Rice-Lager-logo2.png | Bay Area Mashtronauts | White Ibis | |||
| https://bootbrewfest.com/wp-content/uploads/fluentform/ff-6309fcec7c7e00ab8f9a880789ffd9b5-ff-IMG_0078.jpeg | Big Dog Brewery | Raz-A-Taz | 4.25 | 0 | |
| Big Dog Brewery | The Musky | 4.25 | |||
| Big Dog Brewery | Lively Lime | 4.62 | |||
| Big Dog Brewery | Hilltop Citra | 5.52 | |||
| Big Dog Brewery | Barley’s Stout | 5 | 18 | ||
| Bay Area Mashtronauts | Solitude | 5 | 45 | German Pilsner | |
| https://bootbrewfest.com/wp-content/uploads/fluentform/ff-0fc0737f410af452f483d13ee6e6b325-ff-Boobie-Jiggle-Logo.jpg | Redstick Brewmasters | Boobie Jiggle | 7.1 | 59 | |
| https://bootbrewfest.com/wp-content/uploads/fluentform/ff-f71a5638cd4753c41d5e41695bc7210b-ff-Untitled-design.jpeg | Bay Area Mashtronauts | Cherry Bomb | 7 | 0 | Hard cider with tart Cherry juice |
| Fullabull Brews | Saison | 6 | |||
| Fullabull Brews | Old Ale | 9 | |||
| Fullabull Brews | Mango Blonde | 3 | |||
| Fullabull Brews | Strawberry Mango Wine | 7 | |||
| Bay Area Mashtronauts | Last Minute Blonde | 4.7 | 23 | ||
| Bay Area Mashtronauts | Slice of Midnight | 10 | Ripe BlackBerry with a hint of cinnamon oak | ||
| Bay Area Mashtronauts | Helly 'Bron James | 5 | 18 | Munich Helles | |
| https://bootbrewfest.com/wp-content/uploads/fluentform/ff-56514f05d6e0ba6c4648658a9685d63e-ff-MatouLogo.jpg | Matou Brewing | Forgetabout Reinheitsgebot | 4.6 | 38.4 | The Reinheitsgebot, or German Beer Purity Law, is a 1516 Bavarian regulation stating that beer must be brewed only with water, malt (barley), and hops... They would never approve of adding grapefruit to the mix. Skandalös! |
| https://bootbrewfest.com/wp-content/uploads/fluentform/ff-f03fffa67bb0c0393e58f8d956a43623-ff-MatouLogo.jpg | Matou Brewing | The Bluegrass Miracle | 5 | 23.4 | A clean, dry, refreshing, slightly malty dark beer with high carbonation. Mild-tasting, with light toast and caramel flavors, served very fresh as a sessionable saloon beer. |
| https://bootbrewfest.com/wp-content/uploads/fluentform/ff-5485b37a1f7aed64ae47fd46cdaf252a-ff-MatouLogo.jpg | Matou Brewing | Cidre Chaud | 6 | 0 | French Cider with cinnamon stick, cloves, star anise, and orange fruit |
| https://bootbrewfest.com/wp-content/uploads/fluentform/ff-27dfcbc1cf69773fe42ba3d32b8dcd6a-ff-Boot-Blackberry-Wheat-Label-small-format.jpg | Bay Area Mashtronauts | Shepherd's Blackberry Cobbler | 4.3 | ||
| https://bootbrewfest.com/wp-content/uploads/fluentform/ff-c58185b39993a968df2c48b665df8bf9-ff-Boot-Witbier-Label-small-format.jpg | Bay Area Mashtronauts | Witty Shepherd's Belgian Witbier | 4.9 | ||
| Tiki Hut Brewers | Kolsch Play | 5 | 24 | ||
| Tiki Hut Brewers | Heep’s Gaelic Leann Dubh | 5 | 40 | ||
| Bay Area Mashtronauts | Lawnmower Beer | 5 | Cold, crisp, fresh German beer | ||
| Bay Area Mashtronauts | Ich bin ein Berliner | 3 | 8 | Will be served at the educational tent at 2pm for approximately 15 minutes. | |
| Dead Yeast Society | Mjölnir’s Handle | Blueberry mead with wildflower honey and oak. | |||
| https://bootbrewfest.com/wp-content/uploads/fluentform/ff-bf209f5ead8d1b212838ea10bc365986-ff-Krampus-Label-small-format.jpg | Bay Area Mashtronauts | Krampus | 14.2 | Will be served at the educational tent at 3:00 p.m. for approximately 15 minutes. |