Top Brewers Named At Drinktec
November 1, 2005
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Top Brewers Named At Drinktec
Drinktec hosted the Brewing Industry International Awards this year, making it the first time the awards were judged outside the United Kingdom in their 119-year history. Organizers said the change of venue increased exposure to the thousands of show visitors, and that the logistical challenges of the technical installation and judging were a success. Thirty commercial brewers from 17 countries served as competition judges, evaluating 752 beers from 43 countries over three days.
U.S. brewers went home with two of the nine Champion
Beer trophies, and nine awards in total, including four awards in three
separate categories for Rogue Ales.
In 2004, Sierra Nevada became the first American
brewer ever to win a medal in a draft beer category with its Sierra Nevada
Pale Ale, and the company defended its title in Munich by once again taking
the gold medal and the Champion Beer title in the keg ales category. It
also went home with a silver award in the bottled ale competition.
Boston Beer Co.’s Samuel Adams Cream Stout took
a gold medal in the dark milds, stouts and porters category as well as
being named Champion Beer. It is the first Champion Beer for the company at
these competitions.
Rogue Ales was the most successful American brewery,
with a gold, two silvers and a bronze medal, representing achievement over
a range of categories including specialty beers, strong lager and packaged
ale.
All judges for the event are practicing brewers and
were called upon to evaluate beers based their commercial appeal. The
competition’s organizers say the next awards will return to the
United Kingdom in fall 2007.
| Brewing Industry International Award Winners | ||
| Lagers | ||
| Champion | Tyskie Gronie | Kompania Piwowarska, Poland |
| Class 1: 2.2-4.4% ABV | ||
| GOLD | Myanmar | Myanmar Brewery, Myanmar |
| SILVER | Cisk Lager | Simonds Farsons Cisk plc, Malta |
| BRONZE | Arany Aszok | Dreher Breweries Ltd, Hungary |
| Class 2: 4.5-5.5% ABV | ||
| GOLD | Karlovacko | Karlovacko Pivovara, Croatia |
| SILVER | Augsburger Herren Pils | Brauerei S. Riegele, Germany |
| BRONZE | Ursus Premium | Ursus Breweries, Romania |
| Class 3: 5.6-6.9% ABV | ||
| GOLD | Tyskie Gronie | Kompania Piwowarska, Poland |
| SILVER | Kronenbourg Premier Cru | S&N, France |
| BRONZE | Leffe Blond | Inbev, Belgium |
| Ales | ||
| Champion | Badger First Gold | Hall & Woodhouse Ltd, U.K. |
| Class 1: 2.5-4.3% ABV | ||
| GOLD | Badger First Gold | Hall & Woodhouse, U.K. |
| SILVER | Bitter and Twisted | Harviestoun Brewery, U.K. |
| BRONZE | Dorothy Goodbody’s Golden Ale | Wye Valley Brewery, U.K. |
| Class 2: 4.4-5.1% ABV | ||
| GOLD | 1849 | Joseph Holt, U.K. |
| SILVER | Maple Moon | Joseph Holt Ltd., U.K. |
| BRONZE | Hertford Castle | McMullen & Sons Ltd., U.K. |
| Class 3: 5.2-6.9% ABV | ||
| GOLD | BridgePort India Pale Ale | BridgePort Brewing Co., USA |
| SILVER | Sierra Nevada Pale Ale | Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., USA |
| BRONZE | Rogue American Amber | Rogue Ales, USA |
| Class 4: Organic : 2.5-6.9% ABV | ||
| GOLD | Natureland Organic Ale | Pacific Western Brewing, Canada |
| SILVER | Whitstable Bay Organic Ale | Shepherd Neame, U.K. |
| BRONZE | Border Gold Organic Ale | Broughton Ales, U.K. |
| Specialty beers | ||
| Champion | Schneider Weisse Original | Schneider Weisse, Germany |
| Class 1: Wheat: Up to 11.5% ABV | ||
| GOLD | Schneider Weise Original | Schneider Weisse, Germany |
| SILVER | Ottenbrau Hefe Weizen | Ottenbrau, Germany |
| BRONZE | Hoegaarden White Beer | In Bev, Belgium |
| Class 2: Fruit: Up to 11.5% ABV | ||
| GOLD | Mort Subite Xtreme Framboise | Alken-Maes, Belgium |
| SILVER | Mort Subite Xtreme Kriek | Alken-Maes, Belgium |
| BRONZE | Liefmans Kriek | Liefmans Breweries, Belgium |
| Class 3: Other Speciality Ingredients: Up to 11.5% ABV | ||
| GOLD | Rogue Chocolate Stout | Rogue Ales, USA |
| SILVER | Rogue Hazelnut Brown | Nectar ,Rogue Ales, USA |
| BRONZE | Montieth’s Winter Ale | DB Breweries, New Zealand |
| Non-alcoholic and low-alcohol beers | ||
| Champion | Windhoek Light | Namibia Breweries, Namibia |
| Class 1: Up to 2.4% ABV | ||
| GOLD | Windhoek Light | Namibia Breweries, Namibia |
| SILVER | Radegast Birell | Plzensky Prazdroj Pivovar Radegast Nosovice, Czech Republic |
| BRONZE | C2 | Coors Brewers Ltd., U.K. |
| Strong beers | ||
| Champion | Stockholm Fine Festival 7.2% | Kronleins Bryggeri, Sweden |
| Class 1: Lager: 7-11.5% ABV | ||
| GOLD | Stockholm Fine Festival 7.2% | Kronleins Bryggeri, Sweden |
| SILVER | Morimoto Imperial Pilsner | Rogue Ales, USA |
| BRONZE | Wojak Wszechmocne | Browar Belgia, Poland |
| Class 2: Ale: 7-11.5% ABV | ||
| GOLD | Banks’s Barley Gold | Wolverhampton & Dudley Brands, U.K. |
| SILVER | Brakspear Triple | Refresh U.K. |
| BRONZE | Lucifer | Liefman’s Brewery, Belgium |
| Class 3: Dark: All 7% ABV and Above, Up to 11.5% ABV | ||
| GOLD | Old Tom | Frederic Robinson Ltd., U.K. |
| SILVER | Baltika #6 Porter | Baltika, Russia |
| BRONZE | Dreher Bak | Dreher Breweries, Hungary |
| Dark milds, stouts & porters | ||
| Champion | Samuel Adams Cream Stout | Boston Beer Co, USA |
| Class 1: Cask & Keg: 2.5-4.1% ABV | ||
| GOLD | Brains Dark | S A Brain & Co Ltd., U.K. |
| SILVER | Murphys Stout | InBev U.K. |
| BRONZE | Archers Dark Mild | Archers Brewery, U.K. |
| Class 2: Cask & Keg: 4.2-6.9% ABV | ||
| GOLD | Youngs Oatmeal Stout | Youngs Brewery plc, U.K. |
| SILVER | Beamish Export Stout | Beamish & Crawford plc, Ireland |
| BRONZE | Snecklifter | Jennings Brewery, U.K. |
| Class 3: Small Pack: 2.5-4.8% ABV | ||
| GOLD | Samuel Adams Cream Stout | Boston Beer Co., USA |
| SILVER | Hook Norton Double Stout | Hook Norton Brewery, U.K. |
| BRONZE | Lewes Castle Ale | Harvey & Son, U.K. |
| Class 4: Small Pack: 4.9-6.9% ABV | ||
| GOLD | Twelve Days | Hook Norton Brewery, U.K. |
| SILVER | Thwaites Lancashire Brown Ale | Daniel Thwaites plc, U.K. |
| BRONZE | Sierra Nevada Porter | Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., USA |
| Draught lager | ||
| Champion | Kronenbourg 1664 | S&N UK, U.K. |
| Class 1: 2.5-4.5% ABV | ||
| GOLD | Myanmar Beer | Myanmar Brewery, Myanmar |
| SILVER | Kaltenberg Hell | Daniel Thwaites plc, U.K. |
| BRONZE | Castlemaine XXXX | InBev U.K. |
| Class 2: 4.6-6.9% ABV | ||
| GOLD | Kronenbourg 1664 | S&N, U.K . |
| SILVER | Kronenbourg 1664 | S&N, U.K. |
| BRONZE | Cobra | Charles Wells Ltd., U.K. |
| Keg ales | ||
| Champion | Sierra Nevada Draught Ale | Sierra Nevada Brewing Co, USA |
| Class 1: 2.5-3.8% ABV | ||
| GOLD | Tetley’s Smooth | Carlsberg U.K., U.K. |
| SILVER | Eagle Smooth Bitter | Charles Wells Ltd., U.K. |
| BRONZE | Camerons Bitter | Camerons Brewery Ltd., U.K. |
| Class 2: 3.9-6.9% ABV | ||
| GOLD | Sierra Nevada Draught Ale | Sierra Nevada Brewing Co, USA |
| SILVER | Hardy’s & Hansons’s Cool | Hardy’s & Hansons plc, U.K. |
| BRONZE | Ned’s Red Ale | Townsville Brewing Co., Australia |
