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Knickerbocker Battle of the Brews 2009 Winners

We had 224 entries from 85 brewers. The entries were arranged into 15 flights with approximately 15 beers per flight.

Place Brewer Style Club State

1 Light/Dark Lager & Porter

 15 Entries
  • 1 LIGHT LAGER
  • 4 DARK LAGER
  • 12 PORTER
1 Michael C. Reda Standard American Lager NY
2 Kelly Socia Baltic Porter NY
3 James Rodriguez Munich Dunkel Ithaca Practioners of Alemaking NY

2 Pilsner & American Pale Ale

 16 Entries
  • 2 PILSNER
  • 10 A American Pale Ale
1 Mark Peffers American Pale Ale Hudson Valley Homebrewers NY
2 Michael C. Reda Classic American Pilsner NY
3 Reed Antis American Pale Ale Saratoga Thoroughbrews NY

3 Light Hybrid/Scottish/Irish Beer

 16 Entries
  • 6 LIGHT HYBRID BEER
  • 9 SCOTTISH AND IRISH ALE
1 Ed Dotter Scottish Export 80/- Saratoga Thoroughbrews NY
2 Christine Alborano Cream Ale NY
3 Gregory M. Mobley Kölsch Saratoga Thoroughbrews NY

4 English Pale Ale

 15 Entries
  • 8 ENGLISH PALE ALE
1 Richard De Palma Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale) Westchester Homebrewers Organization NY
2 Ian Passingham Standard/Ordinary Bitter Westchester Homebrewers Organization NY
3 Gregory M. Mobley Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale) Saratoga Thoroughbrews NY

5 Amber Beer

 13 Entries
  • 3 EUROPEAN AMBER LAGER
  • 7 AMBER HYBRID BEER
  • 10 B American Amber Ale
1 Damon Praefke American Amber Ale NY
2 Joe Spretty Oktoberfest/Märzen Saratoga Thoroughbrews NY
3 Michael C. Reda California Common Beer NY

6 Brown Ale

 14 Entries
  • 10 C American Brown Ale
  • 11 ENGLISH BROWN ALE
1 Brian Jankauskas American Brown Ale Troy Brew Club NY
2 Michael C. Reda Northern English Brown Ale NY
3 James Dunn Northern English Brown Ale Broome County Fermenters Association NY

7 Stout

 14 Entries
  • 13 A Dry Stout
  • 13 B Sweet Stout
  • 13 C Oatmeal Stout
  • 13 D Foreign Extra Stout
  • 13 E American Stout
1 Marty Hanscomb American Stout The Brewing Network NY
2 Brian Lennon American Stout OH
3 Douglas Wing Oatmeal Stout The Brewing Network NY

8 IPA

 14 Entries
  • 14 INDIA PALE ALE (IPA)
1 Jake Huwe American IPA Saratoga Thoroughbrews NY
2 Lee Jacobson, Heriberto Lima American IPA New York City Homebrewers Guild NY
3 Douglas Wing American IPA The Brewing Network NY

9 Belgian & French Ale

 17 Entries
  • 16 BELGIAN AND FRENCH ALE
1 John Barnes Belgian Pale Ale Salt City Brew Club NY
2 Art Richardson Belgian Specialty Ale New York City Homebrewers Guild NY
3 Gregory M. Mobley Bière de Garde Saratoga Thoroughbrews NY

10 Belgian Strong Ale

 15 Entries
  • 18 BELGIAN STRONG ALE
1 Justin Leeming Belgian Golden Strong Ale Rhode Island Fermentation Technicians RI
2 Jake Huwe, Reed Antis Belgian Tripel Saratoga Thoroughbrews NY
3 Jeff Wallace Belgian Golden Strong Ale Rhode Island Fermentation Technicians RI

11 Strong Beer

 14 Entries
  • 5 BOCK
  • 13 F Russian Imperial Stout
  • 19 STRONG ALE
1 Steve Landgren Russian Imperial Stout Upstate NY Homebrewer's Association NY
2 Brett Wyker American Barleywine NY
3 Kevin George English Barleywine MA

12 Wheat/Rye/Sour/Fruit Beer

 16 Entries
  • 15 GERMAN WHEAT AND RYE BEER
  • 17 SOUR ALE
  • 20 FRUIT BEER
1 Jake Huwe Flanders Brown Ale/Oud Bruin Saratoga Thoroughbrews NY
2 Marty Hanscomb Weizen/Weissbier The Brewing Network NY
3 Marty Hanscomb Weizen/Weissbier The Brewing Network NY

13 Spice/Herb/Vegetable/Smoke Beer

 17 Entries
  • 21 SPICE/HERB/VEGETABLE BEER
  • 22 SMOKE-FLAVORED AND WOOD-AGED BEER
1 Joe Spretty & Rick Fontaine Wood-Aged Beer NY
2 Luke St. Martin Other Smoked Beer Fitchburg Order of Ale Makers (F.O.A.M.) MA
3 Adam Starke Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer The Brewing Network NY

14 Specialty Beer

 14 Entries
  • 23 SPECIALTY BEER
1 Bill Swallow Specialty Beer NY
2 George Aldrich Specialty Beer The Brewing Network NY
3 Kerry Walker Specialty Beer Hudson River Brew Club NY

15 Mead & Cider

 14 Entries
  • 24 TRADITIONAL MEAD
  • 25 MELOMEL (FRUIT MEAD)
  • 26 OTHER MEAD
  • 27 STANDARD CIDER AND PERRY
  • 28 SPECIALTY CIDER AND PERRY
1 Joe Spretty Braggot Saratoga Thoroughbrews NY
2 Reed Antis Cyser (Apple Melomel) Saratoga Thoroughbrews NY
3 Joe Spretty Sweet Mead Saratoga Thoroughbrews NY

Best of Show
1 Jake Huwe American IPA Saratoga Thoroughbrews NY
2 Joe Spretty Braggot Saratoga Thoroughbrews NY
3 Michael C. Reda Standard American Lager NY

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