What category?

[bluue13]

I recently brewed an imperial stout with coffee and cinnamon and I'm thinking of entering it in my local homebrew competition.

Wondering if anyone familiar with the categories can recommend if I should enter it as 20C or 30A?

The cinnamon is not overly pronounced, just there with a bit of warmth.

My thought is that it might have to be 30A since the cinnamon is an added ingredient not typical to imperial stout?

Thanks in advance!

 

[brewstergalVT]

Can others taste the cinnamon if you don't tell them it's in the beer? If so, I'd enter it in 30A, if not then enter it as an imperial stout. Often as brewers we pick up things in our beers that those in a blind tasting can't detect. So friends that have a good palate are most helpful if they taste your beer without knowing there is cinnamon & coffee in the beer and are able give you some honest feedback about what they taste in the beer. Besides that, it's fun!

 

[dmtaylor]

Sounds to me like it's clearly 30A, or 30C Winter Seasonal might be even better, as the time of year is right.

 

[bluue13]

Great suggestions, thank you!