Knickerbocker Battle of the Brews 2006 Winners

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Knickerbocker Battle of the Brews 2006 Winners

We had 143 entries from 59 brewers. The entries were arranged into 11 flights with approximately 13 beers per flight.

Place	Brewer	Style	Club	State

Light Beer		13 Entries	1 LIGHT LAGER 2 PILSNER 3 EUROPEAN AMBER LAGER 9 SCOTTISH AND IRISH ALE
1	Stephen Erickson	Munich Helles	Saratoga Thoroughbrews	NY
2	Dick Messick	Oktoberfest/Märzen		MA
3	Stephen Erickson	Lite American Lager	Saratoga Thoroughbrews	NY

Dark Beer		13 Entries	4 DARK LAGER 5 BOCK 12 PORTER
1	Sean White	Maibock/Helles Bock	New York City Homebrewers Guild	NY
2	Stephen Erickson	Robust Porter	Saratoga Thoroughbrews	NY
3	Jeffrey Horner	Robust Porter	Hudson Valley Homebrewers	NY

Hybrid Beer		13 Entries	6 LIGHT HYBRID BEER 7 AMBER HYBRID BEER
1	Vladimir Kowalyk	American Wheat or Rye Beer	New York City Homebrewers Guild	NY
2	Jeffrey Horner	California Common Beer	Hudson Valley Homebrewers	NY
3	Stephen Moyle	American Wheat or Rye Beer		CA

American Ale		12 Entries	10 AMERICAN ALE
1	Kci Kosmoski and Donn Kosmoski	American Amber Ale		NY
2	Mary Izetelny	American Pale Ale	New York City Homebrewers Guild	NY
3	Don Rowell	American Amber Ale		NC

IPA		13 Entries	14 INDIA PALE ALE (IPA)
1	Jeffrey Horner	Imperial IPA	Hudson Valley Homebrewers	NY
2	Richard Fontaine	American IPA		NY
3	Joseph J. Carlin	English IPA		NY

Brown Ale and Stout		14 Entries	11 ENGLISH BROWN ALE 13 STOUT
1	James Azotea	Oatmeal Stout	Saratoga Thoroughbrews	NY
2	Wayne Beckerman	Mild	Hudson Valley Homebrewers	NY
3	Dennis and Cynthia Clack	Dry Stout		OR

Strong Ale		12 Entries	18 BELGIAN STRONG ALE 19 STRONG ALE
1	Greg Mobley	American Barleywine	Saratoga Thoroughbrews	NY
2	Kci Kosmoski and Donn Kosmoski	American Barleywine		NY
3	Philip Denlinger	English Barleywine	Hudson Valley Homebrewers	NY

EPA, Wheat/Rye, and Sour Beer		12 Entries	8 ENGLISH PALE ALE 15 GERMAN WHEAT AND RYE BEER 17 SOUR ALE
1	Greg Mobley	Weizenbock	Saratoga Thoroughbrews	NY
2	Phil Clarke Jr.	Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English Pale Ale)	New York City Homebrewers Guild	NY
3	Rodney A. Tillinghast, George DiPiro & Mark Chudzicki	Berliner Weisse		NY

Belgian/French Ale and Fruit Beer		12 Entries	16 BELGIAN AND FRENCH ALE 20 FRUIT BEER
1	Linda Rader	Belgian Specialty Ale	Niagara Association of Homebrewers	NY
2	Sean White & Adam Winkel	Fruit Beer	New York City Homebrewers Guild	NY
3	Philip Denlinger	Witbier	Hudson Valley Homebrewers	NY

Spice/Herb/Vegetable and Specialty Beer		15 Entries	21 SPICE/HERB/VEGETABLE BEER 23 SPECIALTY BEER
1	Bruce Staelens	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer		NY
2	Joe Spretty & Rick Fontaine	Specialty Beer		NY
3	Jeffrey Horner	Specialty Beer	Hudson Valley Homebrewers	NY

Mead, Cider		14 Entries	24 TRADITIONAL MEAD 25 MELOMEL (FRUIT MEAD) 26 OTHER MEAD 27 STANDARD CIDER AND PERRY 28 SPECIALTY CIDER AND PERRY
1	David K. Broadwell	Other Fruit Melomel	Lone Wolf of Pittsford HBC	NY
2	Gary Awdey	Common Cider		NY
3	Gary Awdey	English Cider		NY

Best of Show
1	Vladimir Kowalyk	American Wheat or Rye Beer	New York City Homebrewers Guild	NY
2	Kci Kosmoski and Donn Kosmoski	American Amber Ale		NY
3	James Azotea	Oatmeal Stout	Saratoga Thoroughbrews	NY

Brewmaster's Choice
	Bruce Staelens	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer		NY

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Knickerbocker Battle of the Brews 2006 Winners

Light Beer

Dark Beer

Hybrid Beer

American Ale

IPA

Brown Ale and Stout

Strong Ale

EPA, Wheat/Rye, and Sour Beer

Belgian/French Ale and Fruit Beer

Spice/Herb/Vegetable and Specialty Beer

Mead, Cider

Best of Show

Brewmaster's Choice