2022 New York State Craft Beer Competition Winners

Category 1: Wheat Beer (American, Wit, Hefe) – 30 entries

• Gold: No gold awarded

• Silver: Spacelab Wheat – Circa Brewing Co.

• Bronze: At My WITs End – WeBe Brewing

​​Category 2: Amber and Dark Lagers – 70 entries

• Gold: The Goat Bock Beer – Naked Dove Brewing Company

• Silver: Maple Tapper – Coney Island Brewery

• Bronze: The Western – Strangebird

​​Category 3: Golden/Blonde Ales  (American, Kolsch, Cream Ales) – 47 entries

• Gold: Kolsch #2 – EBBS Brewing Co.

• Silver: Kold One – Mill House Brewing Company

• Bronze: The Localist – Grimm Artisanal Ales

Category 4: Amber/Red Ales (British, American, Irish, Scottish) – 55 entries

• Gold: Flashpoint Scotch Ale – Shepherds Brewing Company

• Silver: Copper John – Prison City Brewing

• Bronze: Grounds Keeper Willy Scotch Ale – No BS Brew Company

Category 5: Pale Ales – 33 entries

• Gold: Earn Your Keep – West Kill Brewing

• Silver: Close Enough – Blue Point Brewing

• Bronze: Exit 40 Pale Ale – Lunkenheimer Craft Brewing Co.

• Bronze: Breadwinner – Upward Brewing Co.

​​Category 6: American IPA – 52 entries

• Gold: Power Tools – Industrial Arts Brewing Company

• Silver: Mosaic Rewind – Grimm Artisanal Ales

• Bronze: Main & Tupper IPA -1927 Brew House @ Santoras

​​Category 7: Hazy Pale Ale – 40 entries

• Gold: No gold awarded

• Silver: No silver awarded

• Bronze: Magnetic Tape – Grimm Artisanal Ales

Category 8: American IPA Variations – 26 entries

• Gold: Evergreen Magic – Blue Point Brewing

• Silver: Pillow Hat – Hudson Valley Brewery

• Bronze: Grass Wagon – Catskill Brewery

​​Category 9: American DIPA – 27 entries

• Gold: TIGER THUNDER – Kings County Brewers Collective

• Silver: Maximum Impact – Grimm Artisanal Ales

• Bronze: Annie – Good Nature Brewing Company

​​Category 10: Barrel Aged Sour – 28 entries

• Gold: Knowledge is Sour: Margarita – Swiftwater Brewing

• Silver: Borogove – Grimm Artisanal Ales

• Bronze: Silvan Blend #3 – Drowned Lands

​​Category 11: Barrel Aged Non-Sour – 61 entries

• Gold: Wham Whams – Prison City Brewing

• Silver: Barrel-Aged Barleywine – Three Heads Brewing

• Silver: Emerging From the Darkness – Kings County Brewers Collective

• Bronze: No bronze awarded

​​Category 12: Belgian Farmhouse – 25 entries

• Gold: Saison or Die! – Swiftwater Brewing

• Silver: S9 Noble Saison – Transmitter Brewing

• Bronze: New York Artisanal Harvest – Strangebird

​​Category 13: Belgian Other (Trappist, Strong, etc.) – 48 entries

• Gold: Dubbel Talk – Resurgence Brewing

• Silver: Class Project Father Murphy’s Tripel – Brewery at the CIA

• Bronze: A4 Belgian Quadruple – Transmitter Brewing

​​Category 14: Experimental – 35 entries

• Gold: Shadowtricks – Wayward Lane Brewing

• Silver: ​Mellow Dreamin’ – Community Beer Works

• Bronze: Polewnik – Strangebird

​​Category 15: Fruit & Vegetable (non-sour) – 29 entries

• Gold: Beeting a Dead Horse – Lucky Hare Brewing Co.

• Silver: No Doubt – Great South Bay Brewery

• Bronze: Buy The Berries Blueberry Wheat – Steelbound Brewery & Distillery

​​Category 16: Fruit & Vegetable Beer (sour) – 74 entries

• Gold: Peche Dulcet – Wild East Brewing Co.

• Silver: Marble of Doom II – Kings County Brewers Collectives

• Bronze: Ordered States of Nature: Kriek 2021 – Wild East Brewing Co.

​​Category 17: Brown Ale (American & British) – 36 entries

• Gold: Brother Bear – Wood Kettle Brewing

• Silver: J.B. You’re Dead To Me – ONCO Fermentations, Inc

• Bronze: Nutty Conversations – WT Brews LLC

​​Category 18: Porter (non-imperial) – 33 entries

• Gold: 45 Fathoms Porter – Naked Dove Brewing Company

• Silver: Uncle Gilbert Porter – Lunkenheimer Craft Brewing Co.

• Bronze: Light & Smoke Discipline – Whitman Brewing Co.

​​Category 19: Stout (non-imperial) – 35 entries

• Gold: Revival Export Stout – Great Flats Brewing

• Silver: No silver awarded

• Bronze: Oatmeal Stout – Laurentide Beer Company

​​Category 20: Imperial Stouts and Porters – 32 entries

• Gold: Breakfast Bear Fight – Strangebird

• Silver: All the Ships at Sea – Woodcock Brothers Brewery

• Silver: Russian Imperial Stout – Naked Dove Brewing Company

• Bronze: No bronze awarded

​​Category 21: Strong Ales (Non-Belgian) – 32 entries

• Gold: Tiny Tartan: Wolf Hollow Brewing Company

• Silver: Exodus 2021 – Shmaltz Brewing Company

• Bronze: No bronze awarded

​​Category 22: Kettle and Simple Sours – 12 entries

• Gold: Surf Guitar Gose – Liquid State Brewing Company

• Silver: No silver awarded

• Bronze: Proton Donation – Active Ingredient Brewing Company

​​Category 23: Wild and Sour Ales – 21 entries

• Gold: L.A.B. Blend 2 – ONCO Fermentations, Inc

• Silver: Satellites Are Spinning – Endless Life Brewing

• Bronze: Persistent Charms – Brooklyn Brewery

​​Category 24: Light Lagers – Modern & Contemporary – 54 entries

• Gold: Grant Pils – 1927 Brew House @ Santoras

• Silver: A-Frame – Lithology Brewing Co.

• Bronze: Sublime Abstractions – Underground Beer Lab

​Category 25: Light Lagers – Traditional – 72 entries

• Gold: Ball Lightning – Catskill Brewery

• Silver: Crispy Girls – Talking Cursive Brewing Company

• Bronze: Bridge Pilsner – Resurgence Brewing

Category 26: Hazy IPA – 95 entries

• Gold: Synergy IPA – Local 315 Brewing company

• Silver: Citra Oasis – Prison City Brewing

• Bronze: Shadowboxin’ – Rising Storm Brewing Company

• Bronze: Moonlight Fog – 12 Gates Brewing Co.

​Category 27: Hazy DIPA – 46 entries

• Gold: All Citra Super Fresh to Death – Aurora Brewing Co.

• Silver: Juice Land – Beer Tree Brew

• Bronze: Cosmic Continuum – Destination Unkown Beer Company

• Bronze: Deep Terra – Drowned Lands

​Category 28: Coffee, Chocolate, Spice & Other Adjunct Beer (non-sour) – 100 entries

• Gold: Winter Warmer – No BS Brew Company

• Silver: Dark Ascent – Aurora Brewing Co.

• Bronze: Lost at Sea – Windy Brew

​Category 29: Coffee, Chocolate, Spice & Other Adjunct Beer (sour) – 10 entries

• Gold: Woodruff Berliner Style Weisse – Lunkenheimer Craft Brewing Co.

• Silver: Ward Rainbow Sour – Resurgence Brewing

• Bronze: Super Spruce – Grimm Artisanal Ales

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Best Collaboration Beer:

• NY Artisanal Harvest Saison – Strangebird Beer with Steuben Brewing

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2022 Best New York State Beer – At least 60% NYS hops & NYS Malt

• Flashpoint Scotch Ale – Shepherds Brewing Company

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2022 Breweries of the Year (Tie)

• Grimm Artisanal Ales (2nd Consecutive Year)

• Strangebird Beer

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2022 Governor’s Cup (Tie)

• Woodruff Berliner Style Weisse – Coffee, Chocolate, Spice & Other Adjunct Beer (Sour) – Lunkenheimer Craft Beer

• Brother Bear – Brown Ale (American & British) – Wood Kettle Brewing

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Congratulations to all this year’s winners….Live long and prosper!