Knickerbocker Battle of the Brews 2010 Winners

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Knickerbocker Battle of the Brews 2010 Winners

We had 313 entries from 102 brewers. The entries were arranged into 17 flights with approximately 18 beers per flight.

Place	Brewer	Style	Club	State

1 Light Beer		18 Entries	1 LIGHT LAGER 2 PILSNER 6 LIGHT HYBRID BEER
1	Benjamin Maeso	Blonde Ale	Upstate NY Homebrewer's Association	NY
2	Michael C. Reda	Classic American Pilsner		NY
3	Richard De Palma	American Wheat or Rye Beer	Westchester Homebrewers Organization	NY

2 Amber Beer		19 Entries	3 EUROPEAN AMBER LAGER 7 AMBER HYBRID BEER
1	Robert Sells	Düsseldorf Altbier	Northern Chautauqua Homebrewers	NY
2	David Iannacone	California Common Beer		NY
3	Andrew Zimmerman	Oktoberfest/Märzen		NY

3 English, Scottish, Irish Ales		17 Entries	8 ENGLISH PALE ALE 9 SCOTTISH AND IRISH ALE
1	David Knox	Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale)		TX
2	Gregory Mobley	Standard/Ordinary Bitter	Saratoga Thoroughbrews	NY
3	Chad Graham	Strong Scotch Ale	Saratoga Thoroughbrews	NY

4 Brown Ale, Dark Lager		19 Entries	4 DARK LAGER 5 BOCK 11 ENGLISH BROWN ALE
1	Jake Huwe, Steve Breault	Doppelbock	Saratoga Thoroughbrews	NY
2	Tom Ocque	Schwarzbier (Black Beer)	Upstate NY Homebrewer's Association	NY
3	Randy Rarig, Dave Sherfy	Doppelbock	Hudson Valley Homebrewers	NY

5 American Pale & Brown Ales		18 Entries	10 A American Pale Ale 10 C American Brown Ale
1	Stephen Wilson	American Pale Ale	Salt City Brew Club	NY
2	Benjamin Maeso	American Brown Ale	Upstate NY Homebrewer's Association	NY
3	Sean J. Lammerts	American Pale Ale	Saratoga Thoroughbrews	NY

6 American Amber Ale & Stout		18 Entries	10 B American Amber Ale 13 E American Stout
1	David Buckley	American Stout		NY
2	David Buckley	American Amber Ale		NY
3	James Dunn	American Amber Ale	Brewers In Endicott Region (BIER)	NY

7 Porter		15 Entries	12 PORTER
1	Bill Neidrich	Baltic Porter	Ithaca Practioners of Alemaking	NY
2	Aaron M. Wittman	Robust Porter		NY
3	Dennis Baker	Robust Porter	Saratoga Thoroughbrews	NY

8 Stout & Black IPA		19 Entries	13 A Dry Stout 13 B Sweet Stout 13 C Oatmeal Stout 13 D Foreign Extra Stout 23 B Cascadian Dark Ale/Black IPA
1	Bill Swallow & Angelos Tzelepis	Cascadian Dark Ale/Black IPA		NY
2	Dennis Baker	Sweet Stout	Saratoga Thoroughbrews	NY
3	Jeff Hillebrandt	Foreign Extra Stout		NY

9 IPA		18 Entries	14 A English IPA 14 B American IPA
1	Jake Huwe	American IPA	Saratoga Thoroughbrews	NY
2	Lee Jacobson	American IPA	New York City Homebrewers Guild	NY
3	Jeff Hillebrandt	American IPA		NY

10 Strong Beer		19 Entries	13 F Russian Imperial Stout 14 C Imperial IPA 19 STRONG ALE
1	Larry Goldstein	Imperial IPA		NY
2	Steven Landgren	Russian Imperial Stout	Upstate NY Homebrewer's Association	NY
3	Jeff Hillebrandt	American Barleywine		NY

11 Belgian & French Ale		17 Entries	16 BELGIAN AND FRENCH ALE
1	Richard Skains	Belgian Specialty Ale	Society of Northeast Ohio Brewers	OH
2	Damon Praefke	Saison		NY
3	Jeffrey Lapennas	Belgian Specialty Ale	Ithaca Practioners of Alemaking	NY

12 Belgian Strong Ale		19 Entries	18 BELGIAN STRONG ALE
1	Paul Krebs, James Azotea	Belgian Tripel	Saratoga Thoroughbrews	NY
2	Jonathan Moxey	Belgian Tripel	New York City Homebrewers Guild	NY
3	Marty Hanscomb	Belgian Dark Strong Ale		NY

13 Wheat, Smoked, and Chrismas Beer		19 Entries	15 GERMAN WHEAT AND RYE BEER 21 B Christmas/Winter Specialty Spiced Beer 22 SMOKE-FLAVORED AND WOOD-AGED BEER
1	Daniel Gavaletz	Other Smoked Beer	Hudson Valley Homebrewers	NY
2	Daniel Gavaletz	Weizen/Weissbier	Hudson Valley Homebrewers	NY
3	Mark Franey	Christmas/Winter Specialty Spiced Beer		NY

14 Sour & Fruit Beer and Cider		19 Entries	17 SOUR ALE 20 FRUIT BEER 27 STANDARD CIDER AND PERRY 28 SPECIALTY CIDER AND PERRY
1	Jake Huwe	Flanders Brown Ale/Oud Bruin	Saratoga Thoroughbrews	NY
2	Dana Bourque	Other Specialty Cider/Perry		CT
3	Jon Marks	Straight (Unblended) Lambic		NY

15 Spice, Herb, Vegetable Beer		21 Entries	21 A Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
1	Kerry Walker	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Hudson River Brew Club	NY
2	Matt Stewart	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Argyle Suds Society	NY
3	Richard De Palma	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Westchester Homebrewers Organization	NY

16 Specialty Beer		20 Entries	23 A Specialty Beer
1	Sean J. Lammerts	Specialty Beer	Saratoga Thoroughbrews	NY
2	Eric Coonradt	Specialty Beer		NY
3	Fritz Fernow	Specialty Beer	New York City Homebrewers Guild	NY

17 Mead		18 Entries	24 TRADITIONAL MEAD 25 MELOMEL (FRUIT MEAD) 26 OTHER MEAD
1	Daniel Gavaletz	Braggot	Hudson Valley Homebrewers	NY
2	Keith Looney	Pyment (Grape Melomel)	Saratoga Thoroughbrews	NY
3	Randy Rarig, Dave Sherfy	Semi-sweet Mead	Hudson Valley Homebrewers	NY

Best of Show
1	Robert Sells	Düsseldorf Altbier	Northern Chautauqua Homebrewers	NY
2	Jake Huwe	American IPA	Saratoga Thoroughbrews	NY
3	Bill Swallow & Angelos Tzelepis	Cascadian Dark Ale/Black IPA		NY

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Knickerbocker Battle of the Brews 2010 Winners

1 Light Beer

2 Amber Beer

3 English, Scottish, Irish Ales

4 Brown Ale, Dark Lager

5 American Pale & Brown Ales

6 American Amber Ale & Stout

7 Porter

8 Stout & Black IPA

9 IPA

10 Strong Beer

11 Belgian & French Ale

12 Belgian Strong Ale

13 Wheat, Smoked, and Chrismas Beer

14 Sour & Fruit Beer and Cider

15 Spice, Herb, Vegetable Beer

16 Specialty Beer

17 Mead

Best of Show