Knickerbocker Battle of the Brews 2007 Winners

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Knickerbocker Battle of the Brews 2007 Winners

We had 186 entries from 57 brewers. The entries were arranged into 10 flights with approximately 19 beers per flight.

Place	Brewer	Style	Club	State

1 Lager		20 Entries	1 LIGHT LAGER 2 PILSNER 3 EUROPEAN AMBER LAGER 5 BOCK
1	Scott Ofslager	Doppelbock	Upstate NY Homebrewer's Association	NY
2	Joe Spretty	Oktoberfest/Märzen	Saratoga Thoroughbrews	NY
3	Lyn Howard	Bohemian Pilsener	Hudson Valley Homebrewers	NH

2 Dark Beer		19 Entries	4 DARK LAGER 12 PORTER 13 STOUT
1	Rob Sells	Russian Imperial Stout	Northern Chautauqua Homebrewers	NY
2	Joe Spretty	Dark American Lager	Saratoga Thoroughbrews	NY
3	Thomas Eagan	Oatmeal Stout	New York City Homebrewers Guild	NJ

3 British & Hybrid Beer		19 Entries	6 LIGHT HYBRID BEER 7 AMBER HYBRID BEER 8 ENGLISH PALE ALE 9 SCOTTISH AND IRISH ALE
1	Randy Rarig	Cream Ale	Hudson Valley Homebrewers	NY
2	Garry A. Seefeldt	Northern German Altbier	Niagara Association of Homebrewers	NY
3	James Azotea	Strong Scotch Ale	Saratoga Thoroughbrews	NY

4 American & Brown Ale		20 Entries	10 AMERICAN ALE 11 ENGLISH BROWN ALE
1	Manny Holl	American Pale Ale	Hudson Valley Homebrewers	NY
2	Fritz Fernow	American Brown Ale	New York City Homebrewers Guild	NY
3	Brett Swartz	Mild	Upstate NY Homebrewer's Association	NY

5 IPA		19 Entries	14 INDIA PALE ALE (IPA)
1	Fritz Fernow	English IPA	New York City Homebrewers Guild	NY
2	Caleb Eagan	American IPA		NY
3	Rob Sells	Imperial IPA	Northern Chautauqua Homebrewers	NY

6 Belgian/French and Sour Ale		16 Entries	16 BELGIAN AND FRENCH ALE 17 SOUR ALE
1	Eric Stiffler	Saison		CA
2	Rob Sells	Saison	Northern Chautauqua Homebrewers	NY
3	Greg Mobley	Belgian Specialty Ale	Saratoga Thoroughbrews	NY

7 Strong Ale		17 Entries	18 BELGIAN STRONG ALE 19 STRONG ALE
1	Greg Mobley	Old Ale	Saratoga Thoroughbrews	NY
2	Manny Holl	American Barleywine	Hudson Valley Homebrewers	NY
3	Garry A. Seefeldt	Belgian Dubbel	Niagara Association of Homebrewers	NY

8 Wheat, Fruit, & HSV Beer		18 Entries	15 GERMAN WHEAT AND RYE BEER 20 FRUIT BEER 21 SPICE/HERB/VEGETABLE BEER
1	Garry A. Seefeldt	Fruit Beer	Niagara Association of Homebrewers	NY
2	Randy Rarig	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer	Hudson Valley Homebrewers	NY
3	Garry A. Seefeldt	Fruit Beer	Niagara Association of Homebrewers	NY

9 Specialty Beer		20 Entries	22 SMOKE-FLAVORED AND WOOD-AGED BEER 23 SPECIALTY BEER
1	James Azotea	Specialty Beer	Saratoga Thoroughbrews	NY
2	Fritz Fernow	Specialty Beer	New York City Homebrewers Guild	NY
3	Thomas Eagan	Specialty Beer	New York City Homebrewers Guild	NJ

Mead, Cider		18 Entries	24 TRADITIONAL MEAD 25 MELOMEL (FRUIT MEAD) 26 OTHER MEAD 27 STANDARD CIDER AND PERRY 28 SPECIALTY CIDER AND PERRY
1	James Azotea, Chris Gersey	Cyser (Apple Melomel)	Saratoga Thoroughbrews	NY
2	Randy Rarig	Metheglin	Hudson Valley Homebrewers	NY
3	Rick Young	Cyser (Apple Melomel)		VT

Best of Show
1	Fritz Fernow	English IPA	New York City Homebrewers Guild	NY
2	James Azotea	Specialty Beer	Saratoga Thoroughbrews	NY
3	Rob Sells	Russian Imperial Stout	Northern Chautauqua Homebrewers	NY

Brewmaster's Choice
1	Fritz Fernow	English IPA	New York City Homebrewers Guild	NY

Webmaster Keith Michael Looney

Knickerbocker Battle of the Brews 2007 Winners

1 Lager

2 Dark Beer

3 British & Hybrid Beer

4 American & Brown Ale

5 IPA

6 Belgian/French and Sour Ale

7 Strong Ale

8 Wheat, Fruit, & HSV Beer

9 Specialty Beer

Mead, Cider

Best of Show

Brewmaster's Choice