2009 TAP-NY Preview

With TAP-NY just a few short days away, we are putting up a preview blog.



Last Year's Winners

F.X. Matt Memorial Cup

Best Craft Brewery in New York State
Ithaca Beer Company

Gold Medal - Ithaca 10, Ithaca Beer Company
Silver Medal - Flower Power IPA, Ithaca Beer Company
Bronze Medal - Brown Ale, Brooklyn Brewing Company

Matthew Vassar Brewers' Cup

Best Craft Brewery in the Hudson Valley
Brown's Brewing Company

Gold Medal - White Ale, Olde Saratoga Brewery
Silver Medal - American Style Triple, Captain Lawrence Brewing
Bronze Medal - Mother's Milk, Keegan Ales

2009 Invited Breweries

The following breweries were invited but are not attending.
Black Forest Brew Haus
Buffalo Brewpub
Cooper's Cave Ale
Davidson Brothers
High Point Brewing Company
Syracuse Suds Factory

Adirondack Pub & Brewery - Lake George
C.H. Evans/Albany Pump Station - Albany

"It's a surprise."

Blue Point Brewing Co. - Patchogue, LI
Brewery Ommegang - Cooperstown

Witte

Rare Vos

Hennepin

Three Philosophers

Biere de Mars

Brick House Brewing Co. - Patchogue, LI
Brooklyn Brewery - Brooklyn
Brown's Brewing Co. - Troy Bru Rochester - Rochester
Butternuts Beer & Ale Co. - Garrattsville

Heinnieweisse Weissebier
Snapperhead IPA
Porkslap Pale Ale
Moo Thunder Stout

Outrage Ale (IPA)

Harvest Ale (Sour)

Saison

Captain Lawrence Brewing - Pleasantville
Cave Mountain Brewing - Windham
Chatham Brewing Co. - Chatham

Maple Amber

Dive Bar Ale

India Pale Ale

Porter

Chelsea Brewing Co. - Manhattan
Cooperstown Brewing Co. - Cooperstown

Old Slugger

Nine Man Ale
Benchwarmer
Strike Out

Back Yard
Pride of Milford
Striker (Possibly)

Custom Brew Crafters - Honeoye
The Defiant Brewery - Pearl River

Prohibition Lager

Muddy Creek Lager

Belgian Style Trippel

Eddie's Brewery - Orchard Park
Ellicottville Brewing Co. - Ellicottville
Flying Bison Brewing Co. - Buffalo
Gilded Otter - New Paltz

Pale Ale

Altbier

Dunkelweizen

Great Adirondack Brewing - Lake Placid
John Harvard's Brew House - Lake Grove, LI

Double Trouble Bock

Vienna Lager

India Pale Ale

Heartland Brewery - Manhattan
High Falls Brewing Co. - Rochester
Horseheads Brewing Co. - Horseheads
Hyde Park Brewing Co. - Hyde Park
Ithaca Beer Co. - Ithaca

Alphalpha

Brute

a cask-conditioned version of Flower Power IPA (Really Good Last Year)

Cascazilla

Apricot Wheat

Keegan Ales - Kingston
Kelso of Brooklyn - Brooklyn

King Arthur's Steakhouse and Brewery - Oswego
Lake Placid Pub & Brewery - Lake Placid

Pulpit Rock Doppelbock

Sunrise Stout

Lake Placid IPA

UBU Ale

Barley Wine

Landmark Brewing Co. - East Syracuse
Legacy Brewing Co. - Reading, PA
Market Street Brewing - Corning
Middle Ages Brewing - Syracuse
Olde Saratoga Brewing Co. - Saratoga Springs

Talon

Olde Saratoga Lager

Eye of the Hawk (Mendocino)

Red Tail (Mendocino)

Pearl Street Grill & Brewery - Buffalo
The Peekskill Brewery - Peekskill
Ramapo Valley Brewing Co. - Suffern
Rohrbach Brewing Co. - Rochester
Roosterfish Brewing Co. - Watkins Glen
Sackets Harbor Brewing Co. - Sackets Harbor
Saranac/Matt Brewing Co. - Utica
Shmaltz Brewing Co. - Saratoga Spgs. & Bklyn.
Sixpoint Craft Ales - Brooklyn
Skytop Steakhouse & Brewery - Kingston
Southampton Ales and Lagers - Southampton
Southern Tier Brewing - Lakewood
Unibroue - Chambly, Quebec
Wagner Valley Brewing Co. - Lodi
Warwick Valley Winery Hard Ciders - Warwick



I will be posting the beers that these breweries will be bringing as I hear back from the breweries.