Saturday, September 26, 2009

2009 Great American Beer Festival

The 2009 Great American Beer Festival is over and eight New York brews are taking home medals from Denver.

Category: 8, Rye Beer, 21 Entries
Silver: Blue Point Brewing Co. RastafaRye, Blue Point Brewing Co., Patchogue, NY

Category: 13 Out of Category – Traditionally Brewed Beer, 82 Entries
Silver: Brooklyner-Schneider Hopfen-Weisse, Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn, NY

Category: 16 American-Style Sour Ale, 32 Entries
Gold: Rosso e Marrone, Captain Lawrence Brewing Co, Pleasantville, NY

Category: 35 American-Style Dark Lager, 15 Entries
Bronze: Saranac Black Forest, Saranac/F.X. Matt Brewing Co., Utica, NY

Category: 55 Irish Style Red Ale, 32 Entries
Bronze: Saranac Irish Red Ale, Saranac/F.X. Matt Brewing Co., Utica, NY

Category: 59 German-Style Sour Ale, 13 Entries
Gold: Berliner Weisse, Southampton Publick House, Southampton, NY

Category: 63 French- and Belgian Style Saison, 56 Entries
Silver: Belgian Summer Ale, Great Adirondack Brewing Co., Lake Placid, NY

Category: 71 Foreign Style Stout, 20 Entries
Bronze: Whiteface Black Diamond Stout, Great Adirondack Brewing Co., Lake Placid, NY

New York's eight medals was good enough to place it as the 7th best state in terms of medals won. New York breweries only entered 117 beers which paled in comparison to California's 594 and Colorado's 459.

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