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Congrats to Balto's Clipper City, Frederick's Flying Dog and Bethesda's Rock Bottom Brewery for garnering honors in the 2008 Brewers Association World Beer Cup. The awards were announced over the weekend at the international competition in Boulder, Colo.

Clipper City's Winter Storm won first place, a gold medal, in the International Pale category.

The folks in Frederick won a gold in the English-style India Pale Ale category with Wild Goose IPA, and their Gonzo Imperial Porter won a gold in the Imperial Stout category.

The Bethesda brewers picked up a silver, or second place, in the special bitter competition for their 1065 Raccoon Red, and a bronze, or third, in the Altbier competiton, for their 1065 Fire Chief Alt. A full list of winners in 91 categories from 58 countries can be found at www.WorldBeercup.org.

I am a fan of Winter Storm and Wild Goose. I like the Gonzo Imperial Porter, even if the old label was hard to read. Anyone disagree?

I have not tasted the Bethesda brews. Has anyone had them?

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Rob Kasper, a features columnist, has been writing about beer for 20 years, and he remembers when Anchor Christmas and Noche Buena were about the only beers at a holiday tasting and Sisson’s was the only brewpub in Baltimore. A collection of his columns, "Raising Kids and Tomatoes, Amusing Tales and Appetizing Recipes," was published in 1998. He lives with his wife, Judith, a professor at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, in a downtown Baltimore rowhouse. They have two grown sons, who come home from time to time and drink their father’s beer.
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