Congrats to Maryland winners at Great American Beer Festival
Hats off to the Maryland brewers who garnered medals over the weekend at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver.
Here, in alphabetical order, is the list of medal winners:
Clipper City Brewing Co., Clipper City MarzHon, Bronze, Vienna-Style Lager
Clipper City Brewing Co., Clipper City Pale Ale, Silver, Classic English-Style Pale Ale
Flying Dog Brewery, Old Scratch Amber Lager, Silver, American-Style Amber Lager
Flying Dog Brewery, Dogtoberfest, Gold, German-Style Märzen
Rock Bottom Brewery, Right On Rye, Silver, Rye Beer
Rock Bottom Brewery, Highland Courage, Gold, Scottish-Style Ale
All fine beers.
Anybody have a favorite from this pack?
Comments
Old Scratch is really good...
Posted by: Rick | October 13, 2008 1:08 PM
If I had to chose one it would be the Clipper City Pale Ale.
Posted by: Jr Copper | October 13, 2008 2:24 PM
I haven't had anything from Geoff Lively (the brewer at Rock Bottom) that I haven't liked. And the Dogtoberfest from Flying Dog is something special - particularly on tap (but aren't most beers better out of the taps).
Unfortunately, neither of the stores near me have the Dogtoberfest, so I have to drive about half an hour to pick up a six pack of it. (Of course, I have to ride about an hour to enjoy Rock Bottom's beers, but both are worth the respective trips).
Posted by: Kevin S, | October 13, 2008 2:37 PM
We should be proud of our local brewers who have really gained worldwide recognition for their skills. Clipper City Pale is great for what it is and we used it as our calibration beer a couple of weeks ago when judging the Homebrew competition from this past weekend's Oktoberfest. All of the above brewers will have a special cask or two at this weekend's Chesapeake Real Ale Festival at the Wharf Rat. You can go to www.spbw.org for ticket info. The list of beers is up to almost 30 firkins from 25 brewers including Dogfish' Palo Santo Marron.
Posted by: Dominic Cantalupo | October 14, 2008 9:17 AM
Isn't Dogfishhead brewed in Deleware?
Posted by: hi | October 14, 2008 11:39 AM
As always, BaltoMarzHon is a very, very good beer.
Posted by: bryanintimonium | October 14, 2008 11:54 AM
Yes it is. Just mentioning that brew will be at the fest. It's very expensive and a rarity to have in a firkin. Here's the whole list, plus there'll be a few others:
Barley & Hops Annapolis Rocks Pale Ale
Brewers Alley Oatmeal Stout
Brewers Art Beacon Ale & Seven Beauties Rye
BW Beer Works The Raven
Cape Ann Brewing Pumpkin Stout
Clipper City Loose Cannon & Winter Storm
Dogfish Palo Santo Marron (Brown)
DuClaw Alchemy Oatmeal Stout
Flying Dog Gonzo Imperial Porter
Franklins Sierra Madre American Pale
Growlers - Gaithersburg Nut Brown
Lancaster Celtic Rose
Old Dominion Unfiltered Dry Hopped Pale
Otter Creek World Tour "Otter Mon" Jamaican Stout
Red Brick Station Murphs Backdraft Porter
Rock Bottom Bethesda ESB - Extra Scary Beer
Smuttynose Old Brown Dog
Troegs HopBack Amber
Victory Brewing ESB
Weyerbacher Old Heathen Imperial Stout
Wharf Rat Dark Mild, Harvest Ale, Pin of 3 Lions
Wild Goose IPA
Yards General Washington Tavern Porter & Brawler, an English ruby mild
Posted by: Dominic Cantalupo | October 14, 2008 2:17 PM
Big fan of the Clipper City offerings here. But I was under the impression that Flying Dog was from Colorado?
Posted by: Beer Fan | October 15, 2008 11:32 AM
Flying Dog was founded in Colorado, but the entire brewing operation is now out of Frederick, MD. They no longer brew in Colorado.
It is, officially, a Maryland beer.
Posted by: Kevin S, | October 16, 2008 12:22 PM