For
Immediate Release
USBTC Announces 14th Annual Winter Competition
Winners
6)
Northwest/Pacific.
The USBTC takes a unique approach in
that its competition is held in multiple stages. Sequential field trials are conducted wherein
judges evaluate beers and select the best to advance to subsequent rounds. This allows beers to be judged in relatively
small flights while ensuring that the best beers are still determined through
head-to-head competition. All beers were tasted in blinded fashion and judged
on a hedonic scale.
The
USBTC recognizes that American brewers are continually establishing new beer
styles and reviving interest in classic styles. As one way to acknowledge
this, the USBTC devotes “pull-out” categories in each competition to a style that
is currently emerging or being faithfully carried on. In our most recent
event, Imperial IPA/Red Ale was selected as well as a USBTC-original
categorization, Yeast Killer! TM
For additional information on The
USBTC, How to enter beer or how to Contact us, please visit our web site at www.usbtc.com
The USBTC Grand Champions were:
Category Grand Champion Company Location Total Beers
Judged
Barleywine Old
Crustacean Rogue
Brewery
Strong/Old Ale Hibernation Ale Great Divide Brewing Company Denver, CO 28
Imperial IPA/Red Ale White
Knuckle Marin
Brewing Company Larkspur,
CA 39
Imperial Stout Dark
Lord Imperial Stout Three
Floyds Brewing Company
Stout Obsidian
Stout
Porter Mocha
Porter Rogue
Brewery
Brown Ale Hazelnut Brown Nectar Rogue
Brewery
Scottish-Style Ale Backwoods
Bastard Founders
Brewing Company
Belgian-Style Ale Gift of the
Magi The Lost Abbey
Dark Lager/Dunkel Black Bavarian Sprecher Brewing
Company
Vienna/Marzen Lager Festbier Victory
Brewing Company
Spice/Smoke Beer Frosty Frog Issaquah Brewery
YEAST KILLER! The Beast
Grand Cru Avery Brewing
Company Boulder, CO 8
The
regional winners (along with beers receiving honorable mention) from each
category were:
Region/ Regional
Champion/ Company Location
Category Honorable
Mention
Barleywine Old Ringworm McNeill’s Brewery Brattleboro,
VT
Strong/Old
Ale Hampshire Special
Ale D.L.
Geary Brewing
Honorable
Mention Double Bag Ale Long
Trail Brewing
Imperial
IPA/Red Ale No winner declared
Imperial Stout Imperial
Stout McNeill’s
Brewery Brattleboro,
VT
Stout Cream
Stout Boston
Beer Company
Porter Robust
Porter Smuttynose
Brewing Company
Honorable
Mention Samuel Adams Holiday Porter Boston
Beer Company
Brown Ale Pig’s
Ear Brown Ale Woodstock
Inn Brewery N.
Honorable
Mention Old Brown Dog Ale Smuttynose Brewing Company
Scottish-Style Ale Samuel
Adams Scotch Ale Boston
Beer Company
Belgian-Style Ale Allagash White Allagash Brewing Company
Dunkels Lager Samuel
Adams Black Lager Boston
Beer Company
Vienna/Marzen Lager Samuel
Adams Octoberfest Boston
Beer Company
Spice/Smoke Beer Wassail
Honorable
Mention Samuel Adams Old Fezziwig Boston
Beer Company
YEAST KILLER! Samuel Adams Utopias Boston
Beer Company
Region/ Regional
Champion/ Company Location
Category Honorable
Mention
Barleywine 275th Anniversary Ale General Lafayette Inn & Brewery
Strong/Old
Ale Indian Brown Ale Dogfish
Head Craft Brewery
Honorable Mention Wailing
Wench Middle
Ages Brewing Company
Imperial
IPA/Red Ale Double Simcoe Weyerbacher
Brewing Company
Honorable Mention Shipwrecker Double Red McKenzie
Brew House
Imperial Stout The Grim Reaper General
Honorable Mention Duck-Rabbit Imperial Stout The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery
Stout Black
Bear Stout Big
Bear Brewing Company
Porter
Brown Ale Duck-Rabbit
Brown Ale The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery
Honorable Mention Olde Richmond Brown
Ale The St. George Brewing Company
Scottish-Style Ale Kilt
Tilter Middle
Ages Brewing Company
Honorable Mention Foe Hammer John
Harvard’s Brewery Pittsburg,
PA
Belgian-Style Ale Ten John
Harvard’s Brewery Pittsburg,
PA
Dunkels Lager Dunkel
Lager Sly
Fox Brewing Company
Honorable Mention Saranac
Vienna/Marzen Lager Festbier Victory
Brewing Company
Honorable Mention Oktoberfest Beer
Spice/Smoke Beer Winter
Wonder Triumph
Brewing Company
YEAST KILLER!
Barleywine Curmudgeon Old Ale Founders
Brewing Company
Strong/Old
Ale Dragon’s Milk New
Holland Brewing Company New
Holland, MI
Imperial
IPA/Red/Amber Dreadnaught Imperial IPA Three
Floyd’s Brewing Company Munster, IN
Honorable Mention Double IPA
Imperial Stout Dark
Lord Imperial Stout Three
Floyd’s Brewing Company Munster, IN
Honorable Mention B.O.R.I.S. The Crusher Imperial Stout Hoppin’
Frog Brewery
Stout Spetsnaz Stout Grumpy Troll Restaurant & Brewery
Honorable
mention Oatmeal Stout Goose
Island Brewing Company Chicago, IL
Porter Alpha Klaus
Christmas Porter Three
Floyd’s Brewing Company Munster, IN
Brown
Ale Rocky’s Revenge Tyranena Brewing Company Lake
Mills, WI
Honorable Mention Bender Surly
Brewing Company
Scottish-Style
Ale Backwoods Bastard Founders
Brewing Company
Honorable
Mention Brewmaster’s
Reserve Scotch-Style Ale Sprecher
Brewing Company Glendale,
WI
Belgian-Style
Ale Gulden Frog Belgian
Ale Hoppin’ Frog Brewery
Dunkels Lager Black
Bavarian Sprecher
Brewing Company
Vienna/Marzen Lager Winter
Skal Capital
Brewery
Honorable
Mention Riverwest
Stein Beer Lakefront
Brewery
Spice
Beer Schlafly Christmas Ale The
YEAST KILLER!
Barleywine Old Ruffian Great
Divide Brewing Company Denver,
CO
Honorable Mention Jack’s Reserve Barleywine The
Covey Restaurant & Brewery Ft.
Worth, TX
Strong/Old
Ale Hibernation Ale Great
Divide Brewing Company Denver,
CO
Imperial
IPA/Red/Amber Double Dog Flying
Dog Brewery Denver,
CO
Imperial Stout Yeti
Imperial Stout Great
Divide Brewing Company Denver,
CO
Stout Zonker Stout
Porter State Pen
Porter
Brown Ale
Scottish-Style Ale Kilt
Lifter Four
Peaks Brewing Company
Belgian-Style Ale Fourteen Avery
Brewing Company
Honorable
Mention Collaboration Not Litigation
Ale Avery
Brewing Company Boulder,
CO
Dunkels Lager No winner declared
Vienna/Marzen Lager
Spice
Beer Java
Imperial Stout
YEASTKILLER! The Beast Grand Cru Avery
Brewing Company Boulder,
CO
Region/ Regional
Champion/ Company Location
Category Honorable
Mention
Barleywine
Angel Share The Lost Abbey
Honorable Mention Old Blarney Moylan’s
Brewing Company Novato, CA
Strong/Old
Ale Arrogant Bastard Stone
Brewing Company
Imperial
IPA/Red Ale White Knuckle Double
IPA Marin
Brewing Company Larkspur,
CA
Honorable Mention Hopsickle Imperial
IPA Moylan’s
Brewing Company Novato, CA
Imperial Stout Older
Viscosity Port
Brewing
Honorable Mention Imperial Stout Moylan’s
Brewing Company Novato, CA
Stout Dry Irish
Stout Moylan’s Brewing Company Novato, CA
Porter Point Reyes
Porter Marin
Brewing Company Larkspur,
CA
Honorable Mention Smoked Porter Stone
Brewing Company
Brown Ale Downtown
Brown Lost
Coast Brewery
Honorable
Mention Acme
Scottish-Style Ale Kilt
Lifter Scotch Ale Moylan’s
Brewing Company Novato, CA
Belgian-Style Ale Gift
of the Magi The Lost Abbey
Honorable Mention Red Poppy
Dunkels Lager No winner declared
Vienna/Marzen Lager No winner declared
Spice/Smoke Beer Our
Special Ale Anchor
Brewing
YEAST KILLER! No winner declared
Barleywine
Old Crustacean Rogue
Brewery
Honorable Mention Old Blowhole Kona Brewing Company
Strong/Old Ale Wreck
the Halls Full Sail Brewing Company
Imperial
IPA/Red Ale Imperial
Imperial Stout Imperial
Stout Rogue
Brewery
Honorable Mention The Abyss
Stout Obsidian Stout
Honorable Mention XXXXX Stout Pike
Brewing Company Seattle,
WA
Porter Mocha Porter Rogue Brewery
Honorable Mention Black Sand Porter Kona Brewing Company
Brown
Ale Hazelnut
Brown Nectar Rogue
Brewery