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Knickerbocker Battle of the Brews 2005 Winners

We had 173 entries from 50 brewers. The entries were arranged into 9 flights with approximately 19 beers per flight.

Lawrence Brewers GuildSalt City Brew ClubHudson Valley HomebrewersSalt City Brew ClubNiagara Association of HomebrewersSalt City Brew ClubSalt City Brew ClubSalt City Brew ClubNiagara Association of HomebrewersSalt City Brew ClubUpstate NY Homebrewer's AssociationSaratoga ThoroughbrewsHudson Valley HomebrewersSalt City Brew ClubHudson Valley HomebrewersSalt City Brew ClubNiagara Association of HomebrewersNiagara Association of HomebrewersSalt City Brew ClubHudson Valley HomebrewersHudson Valley Homebrewers
Place Brewer Style Club

Lager

 20 Entries
  • 1 LIGHT LAGER
  • 2 PILSNER
  • 3 EUROPEAN AMBER LAGER
  • 4 DARK LAGER
  • 5 BOCK
1 Andy Booth Bohemian Pilsener
2 Pete Kirkgasser, Pete Garafalo Classic American Pilsner
3 Joseph J. Carlin Munich Dunkel

English Pale, Scottish, Irish Ale

 19 Entries
  • 8 ENGLISH PALE ALE
  • 9 SCOTTISH AND IRISH ALE
1 Manny Holl Scottish Export 80/-
2 Pete Kirkgasser, Pete Garafalo Strong Scotch Ale
3 Garry A. Seefeldt Scottish Export 80/-

American Ale and Hybrid Beer

 18 Entries
  • 6 LIGHT HYBRID BEER
  • 7 AMBER HYBRID BEER
  • 10 AMERICAN ALE
  • 11 ENGLISH BROWN ALE
1 Paul Kretzer American Pale Ale
2 Pete Kirkgasser, Pete Garafalo Kölsch
3 Russ Leitheuser Cream Ale

Porter and Strong Ale

 19 Entries
  • 12 PORTER
  • 19 STRONG ALE
1 Mark Chudzicki Old Ale
2 Pete Kirkgasser, Pete Garafalo Brown Porter
3 Paul Shafer Robust Porter

Stout

 19 Entries
  • 13 STOUT
1 Linda Rader Russian Imperial Stout
2 Kevin Flood, Mick Barnes Foreign Extra Stout
3 Scott C. Ofslager Foreign Extra Stout

IPA and German Wheat Beer

 20 Entries
  • 14 INDIA PALE ALE (IPA)
  • 15 GERMAN WHEAT AND RYE BEER
1 Stephen Erickson English IPA
2 Philip Denlinger Imperial IPA
3 Lindsey Reider American IPA

Belgian and French Ale

 20 Entries
  • 16 BELGIAN AND FRENCH ALE
  • 17 SOUR ALE
  • 18 BELGIAN STRONG ALE
1 Philip Denlinger Saison
2 Francois Espourteille Flanders Red Ale
3 Kevin Flood, Mick Barnes Belgian Dark Strong Ale

Strange Brew

 19 Entries
  • 20 FRUIT BEER
  • 21 SPICE/HERB/VEGETABLE BEER
  • 22 SMOKE-FLAVORED AND WOOD-AGED BEER
  • 23 SPECIALTY BEER
1 Garry A. Seefeldt Fruit Beer
2 Garry A. Seefeldt Christmas/Winter Specialty Spiced Beer
3 Joe Spretty Specialty Beer

Mead, Cider

 19 Entries
  • 24 TRADITIONAL MEAD
  • 25 MELOMEL (FRUIT MEAD)
  • 26 OTHER MEAD
  • 27 STANDARD CIDER AND PERRY
1 Gary Awdey Common Cider
2 Mark Chudzicki Braggot
3 Pete Kirkgasser, Pete Garafalo Sweet Mead

Best of Show
1 Manny Holl Scottish Export 80/-
2 Philip Denlinger Saison
3 Mark Chudzicki Old Ale

Brewmaster's Choice
  Philip Denlinger Saison Hudson Valley Homebrewers

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