Which bjcp category?

[bluelakebrewing]

To those of you with more advanced bjcp knowledge: which category would be most appropriate for the following beer?

- robust porter, made with pumpkin in the mash and spices at KO. Aged in a rum barrel with cinnamon and vanilla.

So should this beer be entered in the robust porter category, fruit/vegetable/ herb, or wood aged?

It really falls into all 3, but I'm sure there is one category that is more appropriate than others. What is it and why? Thanks much for the help!!

 

[midfielder5]

#23 specialty -- it is a catch all.

 

[Qhrumphf]

I'll defer to actual BJCP judges, but as a non-judge I'd say that Robust Porter is out, and between the other two, is the pumpkin and spice more prominent, or is the barrel character more prominent? I think rum and oak, and both often give off vanilla to me anyway. So without tasting the beer, I'd lean toward spice/herb/vegetable.

 

[ResumeMan]

Yeah, definitely Specialty. With all that extraneous stuff it would get clobbered as a Porter.

 

[bluelakebrewing]

Good thoughts. Thanks. 23 makes me a bit nervous cuz so many crazy beers get thrown in there, but I guess that kinda is what this beer needs.

 

[midfielder5]

ummm your beer *is* crazy