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Knickerbocker Battle of the Brews 2004 Winners

We had 179 entries from 55 brewers. The entries were arranged into 11 flights with approximately 16 beers per flight.

Place Brewer Style Club

Lager

 17 Entries
  • 2 EUROPEAN PALE LAGER
  • 9 GERMAN AMBER LAGER
  • 14 BOCK
1 Stephen Erickson Doppelbock Saratoga Thoroughbrews
2 Scott C. Ofslager Eisbock Upstate NY Homebrewer's Association
3 Terry Felton Doppelbock Sultans of Swig

English Ale

 19 Entries
  • 4 BITTER & ENGLISH PALE ALE
  • 7 INDIA PALE ALE
1 Jon Kretzer India Pale Ale  
2 Peter L. Devitt Special or Best Bitter  
3 Peter L. Devitt Strong Bitter/English Pale Ale  

American Ale

 16 Entries
  • 3 LIGHT ALE
  • 6 AMERICAN PALE ALES
1 Jon Kretzer American Wheat  
2 Stuart R. Siegel American Pale Ale Connecticut Valley Hop Dogs
3 Otto J. Behrens, Jr. California Common Beer Brewers In Endicott Region

Dark Beer

 17 Entries
  • 10 BROWN ALE
  • 13 EUROPEAN DARK LAGER
  • 15 PORTER
1 Philip Denlinger Schwarzbier Hudson Valley Homebrewers
2 Stuart R. Siegel Robust Porter Connecticut Valley Hop Dogs
3 Bruce Stott Schwarzbier Hop River Brewers

Stout

 15 Entries
  • 16 STOUT
1 Gary Davis Sweet Stout Saratoga Thoroughbrews
2 Ron McMahon Sweet Stout Saratoga Thoroughbrews
3 Kevin Flood, Mick Barnes Foreign Extra Stout Salt City Brew Club

Strong Ale

 17 Entries
  • 11 ENGLISH & SCOTTISH STRONG ALE
  • 18 STRONG BELGIAN ALE
1 Kevin Flood, Mick Barnes Old Ale Salt City Brew Club
2 Kevin Flood, Mick Barnes Old Ale Salt City Brew Club
3 Peter Siegel Tripel Brewers East End Revival

Barleywine & Imperial Stout

 15 Entries
  • 12 BARLEYWINE & IMPERIAL STOUT
1 David E. Purcell English-style Barleywine Sultans of Swig
2 Jeff Ballard Russian Imperial Stout Connecticut Valley Hop Dogs
3 Kevin Flood, Mick Barnes Russian Imperial Stout Salt City Brew Club

Wheat, Other Ale

 16 Entries
  • 5 SCOTTISH ALES
  • 8 KOELSCH & ALTBIER
  • 17 WHEAT BEER
1 Otto J. Behrens, Jr. Koelsch-Style Ale Brewers In Endicott Region
2 Nate Brese Weizenbock Brewers East End Revival
3 Peter L. Devitt Bavarian Weizen  

Strange Brew

 16 Entries
  • 20 LAMBIC & BELGIAN SOUR ALE
  • 21 FRUIT BEER
  • 22 SPICE/HERB/VEGETABLE BEER
  • 23 SMOKE-FLAVORED BEER
1 Nate Brese Fruit Lambic-style Ale Brewers East End Revival
2 Bryan Peretto, Josh Morano Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer Connecticut Valley Hop Dogs
3 Linda Rader Classic Rauchbier Niagara Association of Homebrewers

Specialty, Belgian & French Ale

 16 Entries
  • 19 BELGIAN & FRENCH ALE
  • 24 SPECIALTY, EXPERIMENTAL, HISTORICAL BEER
1 Bryan Peretto, Josh Morano Specialty, Experimental, Historical Beer Connecticut Valley Hop Dogs
2 Philip Denlinger Saison Hudson Valley Homebrewers
3 Kevin Flood, Mick Barnes Specialty, Experimental, Historical Beer Salt City Brew Club

Mead, Cider

 15 Entries
  • 25 MEAD
  • 26 CIDER
1 Peter Garofalo Other Fruit Melomel  
2 Frank Kobes Standard Cider and Perry Hudson Valley Homebrewers
3 Frank Kobes Traditional Mead Hudson Valley Homebrewers

Best of Show
1 Stephen Erickson Doppelbock Saratoga Thoroughbrews
2 Otto J. Behrens, Jr. Koelsch-Style Ale Brewers In Endicott Region
3 Peter Garofalo Other Fruit Melomel  

Brewmaster's Choice
  Philip Denlinger Schwarzbier Hudson Valley Homebrewers

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