Knickerbocker Battle of the Brews 2008 Winners

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Knickerbocker Battle of the Brews 2008 Winners

We had 227 entries from 74 brewers. The entries were arranged into 13 flights with approximately 17 beers per flight.

Place	Brewer	Style	Club	State

1 Light Beer		17 Entries	1 LIGHT LAGER 2 PILSNER 6 LIGHT HYBRID BEER 15 GERMAN WHEAT AND RYE BEER
1	Todd Snyder	Classic American Pilsner	Niagara Association of Homebrewers	NY
2	Caleb Eagan	Cream Ale		NY
3	Michael C. Reda	Weizen/Weissbier		NY

2 Amber Beer		18 Entries	3 EUROPEAN AMBER LAGER 7 AMBER HYBRID BEER 9 D SCOTTISH AND IRISH ALE - Irish Red Ale 10 B AMERICAN ALE - American Amber Ale
1	Dick Messick	American Amber Ale		MA
2	Rob Sells	Irish Red Ale	Northern Chautauqua Homebrewers	NY
3	Jake Huwe	American Amber Ale	Saratoga Thoroughbrews	NY

3 Dark Beer		19 Entries	4 DARK LAGER 5 BOCK 12 PORTER
1	James Azotea, Keith Looney, Jim Walser	Baltic Porter	Saratoga Thoroughbrews	NY
2	Caleb Eagan	Robust Porter		NY
3	Luke St. Martin, Greg Menafo	Robust Porter	Fitchburg Order of Ale Makers (F.O.A.M.)	MA

4 American Pale Ale		17 Entries	10 A AMERICAN ALE - American Pale Ale
1	Kci Kosmoski	American Pale Ale		NY
2	Paul Furuta	American Pale Ale		NY
3	Caleb Eagan	American Pale Ale		NY

5 English Pale Ale & Brown Ale		20 Entries	8 ENGLISH PALE ALE 10 C AMERICAN ALE - American Brown Ale 11 ENGLISH BROWN ALE
1	Tom & Jake Ocque	Mild	The Brewing Network	NY
2	Rob Sells	Southern English Brown	Northern Chautauqua Homebrewers	NY
3	Daniel L. Manglapus	Special/Best/Premium Bitter		NY

6 American IPA		19 Entries	14 B INDIA PALE ALE (IPA) - American IPA
1	Thia St. Martin	American IPA	Fitchburg Order of Ale Makers (F.O.A.M.)	MA
2	Todd Dirrigl	American IPA		NY
3	John Fura	American IPA	Saratoga Thoroughbrews	NY

7 Stout		20 Entries	13 STOUT
1	Rob Sells	Russian Imperial Stout	Northern Chautauqua Homebrewers	NY
2	Tom & Jake Ocque	American Stout	The Brewing Network	NY
3	John Fura	Oatmeal Stout	Saratoga Thoroughbrews	NY

8 Strong Ale		16 Entries	9 E SCOTTISH AND IRISH ALE - Strong Scotch Ale 14 A INDIA PALE ALE (IPA) - English IPA 14 C INDIA PALE ALE (IPA) - Imperial IPA 19 STRONG ALE
1	Todd Snyder	American Barleywine	Niagara Association of Homebrewers	NY
2	Greg Mobley	American Barleywine	Saratoga Thoroughbrews	NY
3	Manny Holl	American Barleywine	Hudson Valley Homebrewers	NY

9 Belgian & French Ale		15 Entries	16 BELGIAN AND FRENCH ALE
1	Rob Sells	Saison	Northern Chautauqua Homebrewers	NY
2	Brett Wyker	Belgian Specialty Ale		NY
3	Michael & Christy Tubbs	Bière de Garde		NY

10 Belgian Strong Ale		14 Entries	18 BELGIAN STRONG ALE
1	Ben Winkler	Belgian Blond Ale		NY
2	Dann Gavaletz	Belgian Blond Ale	Hudson Valley Homebrewers	NY
3	Marty Hanscomb	Belgian Dark Strong Ale		NY

11 Fruit, Smoked, Specialty Beer		17 Entries	20 FRUIT BEER 22 SMOKE-FLAVORED AND WOOD-AGED BEER 23 SPECIALTY BEER
1	Todd Dirrigl	Specialty Beer		NY
2	Thia St. Martin	Specialty Beer	Fitchburg Order of Ale Makers (F.O.A.M.)	MA
3	Ben Winkler	Classic Rauchbier		NY

12 Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer & Cider		19 Entries	21 SPICE/HERB/VEGETABLE BEER 27 STANDARD CIDER AND PERRY 28 SPECIALTY CIDER AND PERRY
1	Jeff McCauley	Christmas/Winter Specialty Spiced Beer	Troy Brew Club	NY
2	Randy Baril	Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer		MA
3	Craig Johnson	New England Cider		NY

13 Mead		16 Entries	24 TRADITIONAL MEAD 25 MELOMEL (FRUIT MEAD) 26 OTHER MEAD
1	Joe Spretty	Braggot	Saratoga Thoroughbrews	NY
2	Tom & Jake Ocque	Sweet Mead	The Brewing Network	NY
3	Randy Rarig	Open Category Mead	Hudson Valley Homebrewers	NY

Best of Show
1	Todd Snyder	American Barleywine	Niagara Association of Homebrewers	NY
2	Rob Sells	Saison	Northern Chautauqua Homebrewers	NY
3	Tom & Jake Ocque	Mild	The Brewing Network	NY

Brewmaster's Choice
1	Tom & Jake Ocque	Mild	The Brewing Network	NY

Webmaster Keith Michael Looney

Knickerbocker Battle of the Brews 2008 Winners

1 Light Beer

2 Amber Beer

3 Dark Beer

4 American Pale Ale

5 English Pale Ale & Brown Ale

6 American IPA

7 Stout

8 Strong Ale

9 Belgian & French Ale

10 Belgian Strong Ale

11 Fruit, Smoked, Specialty Beer

12 Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer & Cider

13 Mead

Best of Show

Brewmaster's Choice