For
Immediate Release
March1,
2007
USBTC Announces 13th 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 a single “pull-out” category in each competition to a
style that is currently emerging or being faithfully carried on. In our
most recent event, Barrel-Aged Beer was selected and included in
the Winter Competition.
The USBTC Grand Champions were:
Category Grand Champion Company Location Total Beers
Judged
Barleywine Old
Crustacean Rogue
Brewery
Strong/Old Ale White
Knuckle Marin
Brewing Company Larkspur,
CA 39
Imperial Stout Santa’s Little Helper Port Brewing Company Solana Beach, CA 30
Stout Obsidian
Stout
Porter Robust
Porter Smuttynose
Brewing Company
Brown Ale Pig’s
Ear Brown Ale Woodstock
Inn Brewery N.
Woodstock, NH 24
Scottish-Style Ale Wee Whale Heavyweight
Brewing Company
Belgian-Style Ale Biere de Noel Big Sky Brewing
Company
Barrel-Aged Beer Bourbon
Dark Lager/Dunkel Black
Bavarian Sprecher
Brewing Company
Vienna/Marzen Lager Riverwest Stein Beer Lakefront
Brewery
Spice/Smoke Beer Christmas Ale Sly
Fox Brewing Company
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
Samuel
Adams Millennium Boston
Beer Company
Strong/Old Ale Imperial
IPA McNeill’s
Brewery Brattleboro,
VT
Hampshire
Special Ale D.L.
Geary Brewing
Imperial Stout Imperial
Stout McNeill’s
Brewery Brattleboro,
VT
Stout Oatmeal
Stout McNeill’s
Brewery Brattleboro,
VT
Porter Robust
Porter Smuttynose
Brewing Company
Longfellow Winter Ale The
Shipyard Brewing Company
Brown Ale Pig’s
Ear Brown Ale Woodstock
Inn Brewery N.
Old
Brown Dog Ale Smuttynose Brewing
Company
Scottish-Style Ale Samuel
Adams Scotch Ale Boston
Beer Company
Clan Scottish Style
Ale Woodstock
Inn Brewery N.
Belgian-Style Ale Allagash
Grand Cru Allagash
Brewing Company
Barrel-Aged Beer Jim
Bean Bourbon Cask Stout Woodstock
Inn Brewery N.
Dunkels Lager Samuel
Adams Black Lager Boston
Beer Company
Vienna/Marzen Lager Samuel
Adams Octoberfest Boston
Beer Company
Spice/Smoke Beer Wassail McNeill’s
Brewery Brattleboro,
VT
Samuel
Adams Old Fezziwig Boston
Beer Company
Region/ Regional
Champion/ Company Location
Category Honorable
Mention
Strong/Old
Ale Old Man Winter
Ale Southern
Tier Brewing Company
Winter Storm
Imperial Stout Imperial
Stout The
Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery
Imperial
Stout Triumph
Brewing Company
Stout Milk
Stout The
Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery
Porter Porter Southern
Tier Brewing Company
Brown Ale Saranac
Brown Ale FX
Matt Brewing Company
Scottish-Style Ale Wee Whale Heavyweight
Brewing Company
Tasgall
Ale
Belgian-Style Ale Twelve Victory
Brewing Company
Barrel-Aged Beer Dominion
Millennium Old
Dominion Brewing Company
Dunkels Lager Dunkel Lager Sly
Fox Brewing Company Royersford,
PA
Vienna/Marzen
Lager Dominion Oktoberfest! Old Dominion Brewing Company
Spice/Smoke Beer Christmas Ale Sly Fox
Brewing Company
Rauchbier Sly
Fox Brewing Company
Barleywine Bare Tree Weiss Wine Two
Brothers Brewing Company
Big-Bellied IPA Via
Maria Trattoria Holland,
MI
Strong/Old
Ale Vintage Ale Capital
Brewery
Imperial Stout Schlafly
Reserve Barrel Aged Imperial Stout The
Stout Kalamazoo
Stout Bell’s
Brewery, Inc.
Irish
Stout Sprecher
Brewing Company
Porter Edmund
Fitzgerald Porter
Chief
BlackHawk Porter Tyranena
Brewing Company
Brown Ale Rocky’s
Revenge Tyranena
Brewing Company Lake Mills,
WI
Scottish-Style Ale Dirty
Bastard Founders
Brewing Company
Belgian-Style
Ale Black Tulip Trippel New
Barrel-Aged Beer Bourbon
Enigma New
Glarus Brewing Company New
Dunkels Lager Black
Bavarian Sprecher
Brewing Company
Vienna/Marzen Lager Riverwest
Stein Beer Lakefront
Brewery
Winter
Skal Capital
Brewery
Spice
Beer
Barleywine Old
Ruffian Barleywine Great
Divide Brewing Company Denver,
CO
Strong/Old
Ale Hibernation Ale Great
Divide Brewing Company Denver,
CO
Imperial
Stout Yeti Imperial
Stout Great
Divide Brewing Company Denver,
CO
Gonzo
Imperial Porter Flying
Dog Brewery Denver,
CO
Stout Zonker
Stout
Porter
Planet
Porter
Brown Ale Ellie’s
Brown Ale Avery
Brewing Company Boulder,
CO
Scottish-Style Ale Old
Chubb Oskar
Blues Cajun Grill & Brewery Lyons,
CO
Belgian-Style Ale Abbey New
The
Reverend Avery
Brewing Company Boulder,
CO
Barrel-Aged Beer Samael’s
Oak Aged Ale Avery
Brewing Company Boulder,
CO
Dunkels Lager Ugly
Pug Rahr
Brewing Company
Vienna/Marzen Lager Old
Scratch Amber Lager Flying
Dog Brewery Denver,
CO
Spice/Smoke Beer Snow
Bound Winter Ale Left
Hand Brewing Company Longmont,
CO
Region/ Regional
Champion/ Company Location
Category Honorable
Mention
Barleywine
Old Dipsea Marin
Brewing Company Larkspur,
CA
Old
Blarney Moylan’s
Brewing Company Novato, CA
Strong/Old
Ale White Knuckle
Double IPA Marin
Brewing Company Larkspur,
CA
Moylander
Double IPA Moylan’s
Brewing Company Novato, CA
Imperial Stout Santa’s
Little Helper Port
Brewing San
Marcos, CA
Old
Viscosity Port
Brewing
Stout San
Quentin Breakout Stout Marin
Brewing Company Larkspur,
CA
Porter Sierra Nevada Porter Sierra
Nevada Brewing Co.
Steelhead
Scotch Porter Mad
River Brewing Company
Brown Ale Downtown
Brown Lost
Coast Brewery
Acme
Scottish-Style Ale Kilt
Lifter Scotch Ale Moylan’s
Brewing Company Novato, CA
Belgian-Style Ale Lost
and Found Ale The
Lost Abbey
Brother
David Belgian Style Ale
Barrel-Aged Beer Older
Viscosity Port
Brewing
Angel
Share The
Lost Abbey
Dunkels Lager No winner declared
Vienna/Marzen Lager No winner declared
Spice/Smoke Beer Our
Special Ale Anchor
Brewing
Barleywine
Old Crustacean Rogue
Brewery
Old
Blowhole (2004) Kona
Brewing Company
Strong/Old Ale Aftermath
Imperial IPA Hale’s
Ales Seattle,
WA
Bifrost
Winter Ale Elysian
Brewing Company Seattle,
WA
Imperial Stout Imperial
Stout Rogue
Brewery
Stout Obsidian Stout
Polar
Bear Stout Coeur
d’Alene Brewing Company
Porter Black
Sand Porter Kona
Brewing Company
Troll
Porter Hale’s
Ales Seattle,
WA
Brown
Ale Hazelnut
Brown Nectar Rogue
Brewery
Lakeside British Ale Coeur
d’Alene Brewing Company
Scottish-Style Ale Stone
Thrower Scotch Ale Big Sky Brewing Company
Kilt Lifter Pike
Brewing Company
Belgian-Style Ale Biere de Noel Big Sky
Brewing Company
Monk’s Uncle Tripel
Ale Pike
Brewing Company Seattle,
WA
Barrel-Aged Beer Old
Blowhole Bourbon Barrel Aged Barleywine Kona
Brewing Company
Strong
Dark Ale Big
Sky Brewing Company
Dunkels Lager No winner declared
Vienna/Marzen
Lager No winner declared
Spice/Smoke Beer Smoke
Ale Rogue
Brewery