The New York State Brewers Affiliation (NYSBA) is happy to announce the winners of its eighth annual New York State Craft Beer Competitors, introduced by Final Brew Service. The awards ceremony was hosted by Malteurop and occurred Mar. 22 at 6:30 p.m. on the Albany Capital Middle, because the closing occasion of the New York State Brewers Convention. Breweries and craft beer lovers all through the state tuned into the ceremony by way of livestream on the New York State Craft Beer YouTube Channel.
Throughout the extremely anticipated awards ceremony, 96 awards have been introduced throughout 30 fashion classes, together with two new classes this 12 months: Cream Ales and Darkish Lagers. Along with gold, silver and bronze medals awarded in every class, judges chosen the “NYS Governor’s Craft Beer Cup” because the best-in-show beer, which was awarded to Kingston Customary Brewing Co. for Love is Overtaking Me within the Barrel Aged (Bitter) class.
The “NYS Brewery of the 12 months” award was given to the brewery with the best variety of factors within the competitors primarily based on the variety of medals received. Grimm Artisanal Ales claimed the title for its third time, additionally profitable Brewery of the 12 months in 2021 and 2022.
“It’s unimaginable to not solely see lots of the identical breweries win medals every year, but it surely’s a real testomony to the standard of the beer in New York State to see so many new breweries win for the primary time,” stated Paul Leone, Government Director of NYBSA. “It reaffirms the truth that high quality continues to be of the best precedence to the brewers in our state.”
Winners of the 2024 New York State Craft Beer Competitors are:
Mild Lagers (Conventional)
- Gold: Eleven – Sturdy Rope Brewery
- Silver: Bezucha Brothers – West Kill Brewing
- Bronze: Brook & Reed – Drowned Lands
Mild Lagers (Fashionable and Up to date)
- Gold: Contiguity – Threes Brewing
- Silver: UN1 Basmati Rice Lager – Transmitter Brewing
- Bronze: There & Again Helles – Vivid Eye Beer Firm
Amber Lagers
- Gold: Pleasantbräu Oktoberfest – Soul Brewing Firm
- Silver: Fly In Any Climate – Rising Storm Brewing Firm
- Bronze: Polotmavy Pekar – Wayward Lane Brewing
Darkish Lagers (NEW!)
- Gold: Darkish Encounter Druthers – Brewing Firm
- Silver: Dusk – Wagner Valley Brewing Firm
- Bronze: Heavy Handed – Kills Boro Brewing Firm
Wheat Beers (American, Wit, Hefe)
- Gold: Grimm Weisse – Grimm Artisanal Ales
- Silver: Collect Home – Drowned Lands
- Bronze: Lit Wit – Shep’s Brewing Firm
Golden & Blonde Ales
- Gold: Prototype – Kings County Brewers Collective
- Silver: Freudian Sips – Energetic Ingredient Brewing Firm
- Bronze: KOLSCH NO.2 – EBBS Brewing Firm
Cream Ales (NEW!)
- Gold: Cream Ale – Jail Metropolis Brewing
- Silver: Premium Cream Ale – 18th Ward Brewing
- Bronze: Wolves Den Cream Ale – 1812 Brewing Firm
Amber & Purple Ales
- Gold: NYS Celtic Purple Ale – K2 Bros. Brewing
- Silver: Altbier – Swiftwater Brewing
- Bronze: Prince Sager-Heimer – Sager Beer Works
Pale Ale
- Gold: Moderance – Wild East Brewing Firm
- Silver: Lighter Than Air – Grimm Artisanal Ales
- Bronze: RIP Pale Ale – Wooden Kettle Brewing
Hazy Pale Ale
- Gold: Future Reminiscence – 18th Ward Brewing
- Silver: Kaaterskill – West Kill Brewing
- Bronze: Particle – UNDERGROUND BEER LAB
American IPA
- Gold: Golden Hour – Lengthy Island Farm Brewery
- Silver: Frisco Child – Okay Beer Firm
- Bronze: Venomous Villains – Kings County Brewers Collective
Hazy IPA
- Gold: Variable – UNDERGROUND BEER LAB
- Silver (tie): Spectral Mass – UNDERGROUND BEER LAB
- Silver (tie): Citmo IPA – Resurgence Brewing Firm
- Bronze: The One V-56 – New York Beer Challenge
Experimental IPA
- Gold: Island Addition – New York Beer Challenge
- Silver: Eternally Ever – Different Half
- Bronze: River Swell – Drowned Lands
American DIPA
- Gold: 5 Cent Deposit Double IPA – Vivid Eye Beer Firm
- Silver: Pacific Daybreak – Captain Lawrence Brewing Firm
- Bronze: Lean To – West Kill Brewing
Hazy DIPA
- Gold: FaultLine – Barrier Brewing Firm
- Silver: Jasper – Fidens Brewing Firm
- Bronze: Over and Out – Wayward Lane Brewing
Barrel Aged (Bitter)
- Gold: Love Is Overtaking Me – Kingston Customary
- Silver: One thing One thing One thing – Jail Metropolis Brewing
- Bronze: Brewers Reserve BA Bitter Mix – New York Beer Challenge
Barrel Aged (Non-Bitter)
- Gold: Portuguese Squeeze – Strangebird
- Silver (tie): Bourbon-Barrel Aged Dormancy – Develop Brewing Firm
- Silver (tie): Oak Aged Aeon – Aurora Brewing Firm
- Bronze: Double Barrel Aqueduct 2023 – Huge Ditch Brewing Firm
Belgian Farmhouse
- Gold: Saison Mix One – ONCO Fermentations, Inc
- Silver: Wandering Bine – Threes Brewing
- Bronze: Starling – Arrowood Farm Brewery
Belgian Different
- Gold: Trappist on the Observe Belgian Tripel – Artisanal Brew Works
- Silver: Man’s Greatest Pal – New York Beer Challenge
- Bronze: Duncan’s Quadrupel – Duncan’s Abbey
Experimental
- Gold: Shadowtricks – Wayward Lane Brewing
- Silver: States Of Being – Threes Brewing
- Bronze: El Tepache Loco – Speaking Cursive Brewing Firm
Fruit & Vegetable Beers (Non-Bitter)
- Gold: Crispy Boys Blood Orange – Jail Metropolis Brewing
- Silver: Blackberry Kolsch – Lunkenheimer Craft Brewing Co.
- Bronze: Kettle Lakes Coconut Cream Ale – ONCO Fermentations
Fruit & Vegetable Beers (Bitter)
- Gold: Mimosa Bitter – Valcour Brewing Firm
- Silver: Collaborations: Carmenere – Greenport Harbor Brewing
- Bronze: Key Lime Pie Bitter – No BS Brew Firm
Specialty Beer: Stouts & Porters
- Gold: Coconut Cluster – Heritage Hill Brewhouse
- Irish Espresso Stout – New York Beer Challenge
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Porter – Horseheads Brewing
Specialty Beer: Mild & Amber Ales, Lagers
- Gold: Vacation Ale – No BS Brew Firm
- Silver: Lavel Up – Druthers Brewing Firm
- Bronze: Pumpkin Cream Ale – Keuka Brewing Firm
Brown Ale
- Gold (tie): Lithology Brown Ale – Lithology Brewing Firm
- Gold (tie): Brown Ale – Watershed Brewing Firm
- Silver: Brooklyn Brown – Brooklyn Brewery
- Bronze: Alternator – Wooden Kettle Brewing
Porters (Non-Imperial)
- Gold: Maintain Fireplace – Weiss Ferments LLC
- Silver: Portmanteau – Wayward Lane Brewing
- Bronze: McNally Porter – 18th Ward Brewing
Stout (Non-Imperial)
- Gold: Carlow – Drowned Lands
- Silver: Velvet Panda – Mill Home Brewing Firm
- Bronze: STOUT NO.1 – EBBS Brewing Firm
Imperial Stouts & Porters
- Gold: EB Baltic Porter – Take Two Brewery
- Silver: Belgian Stout – Brewery Ardennes
- Bronze: Double Adverse – Grimm Artisanal Ales
Sturdy Ales
- Gold: XXXXX – Grimm Artisanal Ales
- Silver: Biteanator – Spider Chunk Beer Co.
- Bronze: Nicnevin – Artful Ales and Lagers
Kettle and Easy Sours
- Gold: There Gose the Watermelon Farm – Good Nature Brewing Firm
- Silver: Incandenza – Hudson Valley Brewery
- Bronze: Leipzig Gose – Huge Slide Brewery & Public Home
Wild & Bitter Ales
- Gold: Ambient Fizz Koyo Berries – Grimm Artisanal Ales
- Silver: Breaking Hen – Strangebird
- Bronze: Household Tree 13 – Uncommon Kind Brewing Firm
The competitors was produced by two non-profit organizations, NYSBA and Elevate a Glass Basis. Judging for the classes occurred March 2-3 in Rochester, NY. This 12 months’s competitors noticed 1,421 beers, the best variety of submissions up to now, entered by 232 breweries. Entries have been blind judged by a panel of revered and influential people within the New York beer business primarily based on pre-established standards and utilizing a customized scoring sheet developed by NYSBA. The highest three finishers in every of the beer fashion classes acquired gold, silver and bronze medals.
“The Elevate A Glass Basis is the unsung hero of the New York State Craft Beer Competitors introduced by Final Brew Service, as we’ve cemented ourselves as the most important state run competitors within the nation as soon as once more this 12 months,” stated Emily Forrester, NYSBA Membership & Occasions Supervisor. “Their volunteer-driven efforts support us in making a platform the place New York State’s Craft Beer tradition can shine, showcasing the craftmanship and ingenuity that our brewers deliver to the desk. As well as, Genesee Brewery’s contribution of sensory coaching to our esteemed panel of judges is a major instance of collaboration and group inside our business.”
“I’m very excited that in our eighth 12 months of holding the NYS Craft Beer Competitors we as soon as once more drew a file variety of beers!” exclaimed Hutch Kugeman, NYSBA Board President. “We all know that New York breweries produce among the greatest beer within the nation, and the suggestions from our judges proved it. The judging was extraordinarily aggressive this 12 months and each brewery that wins a medal must be extremely proud.”
The 2024 New York State Craft Beer Competitors is sponsored by Final Brew Service, a New York-based provider of brewing tools and providers.
“We’re thrilled to be this 12 months’s craft beer competitors sponsor,” stated Justin O’Donoghue, Vice President of Final Brew Service. “It’s an occasion that has a particular place in our hearts. Nothing makes us happier than seeing the folks we work with get recognition for his or her dedication to the craft. Profitable a medal could make a distinction for a brewery and we hope our sponsorship helps NYS proceed to carry the most important statewide craft beer competitors.”
The 2024 Competitors Award Ceremony was hosted by Melteurop, one of many world’s largest malt producers.
“Congratulations to all of the NYS Craft Beer Competitors winners! We have been so completely happy to sponsor this superb occasion that continues to get higher and higher every year,” stated Jeff Loranger, Northeast Craft Gross sales Supervisor of Malteurop Malting Firm.
For added details about the competitors, please go to nyscbc.com. For authorized photographs of the winners, please click on right here.
About New York State Brewers Affiliation
Based in 2003, the New York State Brewers Affiliation (NYSBA) promotes, protects and educates concerning the tradition and enterprise of New York State breweries. Their objective is to defend the very important pursuits of the New York State brewing business whereas encouraging the consumption of contemporary, native beer throughout the Empire State. With over 500 breweries, it’s simple to Suppose NY, Drink NY. Extra data is out there at thinkNYdrinkNY.com and newyorkcraftbeer.com.
About Elevate a Glass Basis
The NYSBA partnered with the Elevate a Glass Basis for his or her experience producing competitions held to the best degree of integrity. It’s only with their assist that the New York State Craft Beer Competitors has grown to develop into the most important state-level competitors within the US. The Elevate A Glass Basis™ is a registered NY 501(c)(3) non-profit group created to assist save and enhance the lives of adults and youngsters all over the world. They accomplish their mission by gathering and donating to deserving charities a beneficial asset – hundreds of award-winning bottles of wine, beer and spirits – which they use of their fundraising galas, dinners, auctions and different occasions. Extra data is out there at raiseaglassfoundation.com.
