The line-up has been officially set for the second annual Great Taste of Cottage Grove, which will take place this Saturday, October 19. The event will be a blinded tasting of 5 different beers in 5 different categories. 21 participants will rank the beers from favorite to least favorite. Votes will be tallied and metals will be handed out. I will track results via Twitter with #gtocg
Here is the line-up:
| Wee Heavy/Scotch Ale | Odds |
| Third Tier Scotch | 9 to 1 |
| Leinies Big Eddy Wee Heavy | 5 to 1 |
| AleSmith Wee Heavy | 9 to 2 |
| Lake Louie Reserve Scotch | 4 to 1 |
| Founders Dirty Bastard | 5 to 1 |
| Oktoberfest | Odds |
| Third Tier TurnerToberfest | 4 to 1 |
| Three Floyds Munsterfest | 9 to 2 |
| Great Lakes Oktoberfest | 7 to 2 |
| Ayinger Oktoberfest | 6 to 1 |
| New Glaurs Staghorn | 5 to 1 |
| Oatmeal Stout | Odds |
| Weiser Brewing Baby Drop | 9 to 2 |
| Ale Asylum Big Slick | 4 to 1 |
| Samuel Smith’s Oatmeal Stout | 6 to 1 |
| Rogue Shakespeare | 4 to 1 |
| New Holland The Poet | 6 to 1 |
| Old Ales | Odds |
| Bells Third Coast | 3 to 1 |
| Founders Curmudgeon | 5 to 1 |
| North Coast Old Stock | 8 to 1 |
| Hair of the Dog Adam | 5 to 2 |
| Smuttynose Really Old Brown Dog | 9 to 1 |
| Wet Hopped | Odds |
| Third Tier Pick Your Own IPA | 7 to 1 |
| Surly Wet | 5 to 2 |
| Town Hall Fresh 100 | 4 to 1 |
| Deschutes Chasin Freshies | 6 to 1 |
| Three Floyds Broo Doo | 3 to 1 |
Beer Representatives by State/Country
Wisconsin- 8
Michigan- 4
Oregon – 3
California- 2
Minnesota – 2
Indiana – 2
New Hampshire – 1
Germany – 1
England – 1
Ohio – 1