The Brewers Association of Maryland (BAM) recently hosted the 10th Annual Maryland Craft Beer Competition to determine the best beer—by category—crafted by Maryland breweries.
The Brewers Association of Maryland (BAM) announced the results in late September. Better late than never, I've re-posted them here, today.
Congratulations to the winners, and good luck to all in the next round, as Maryland's best of the best is announced.
UPDATE: 13 November 2015.
Peabody Heights Brewery Old Oriole Park Bohemian Lager was named Maryland’s top beer at the 2015 Maryland Craft Beer Competition. Other overall winners included Evolution Craft Brewery’s Lot #6 Double IPA which placed 2nd overall, RavenBeer’s The Cask which placed 3rd overall, and Franklin's Brewery was awarded Honorable Mention for their Bombshell Blonde.
Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot (second from left) awards the Maryland Craft Beer Competition Cup to Ernesto Igot, brewmaster for Peabody Heights.Photo courtesy Maryland Brewers Association.
- Pale Lager / Pilsner
- Gold – Peabody Heights Brewery, Old Oriole Park Bohemian Lager
Advanced to Best of Show Round - Silver – Full Tilt Brewing, In Memory Of ... Pilsner
- Bronze – Gordon Biersch (Rockville), Czech Pilsener
- Gold – Peabody Heights Brewery, Old Oriole Park Bohemian Lager
- Amber Lager / Dark Lager / Bock
- Gold – Raven Beer, The Cask,
Advanced to Best of Show Round - Silver- Flying Dog Brewery, Dogtoberfest
Advanced to Best of Show Round - Bronze (Tie) – Ruddy Duck, Maibock
- Bronze (Tie) – Union Craft Brewing, Blackwing Lager
- Gold – Raven Beer, The Cask,
- Amber Ale
- Gold – Franklins Brewery, Rubber Chicken Red
Advanced to Best of Show Round - Silver – Barley & Hops, Clustered Spires Abbey Dubbel
Advanced to Best of Show Round - Bronze – Milkhouse Brewery, Goldie’s Best Bitter
- Gold – Franklins Brewery, Rubber Chicken Red
- Pale Ale
- Gold – Union Craft Brewing, Anthem
Advanced to Best of Show Round - Silver – Flying Dog Brewery, Doggie Style Pale Ale
Advanced to Best of Show Round - Bronze (Tie) – Milkhouse Brewery, Dollyhyde Farmhouse Ale
Advanced to Best of Show Round - Bronze (Tie) – Calvert Brewing Co., Good Company Pale Ale
Advanced to Best of Show Round - Honorable Mention – Franklins Brewery, Bombshell Blonde
Advanced to Best of Show Round
- Gold – Union Craft Brewing, Anthem
- IPA
- Gold – Evolution Craft Brewery, Lot #6 Double IPA
Advanced to Best of Show Round - Silver – Evolution Craft Brewery, Lot 3 IPA
Advanced to Best of Show Round - Bronze – Flying Dog Brewery, Snake Dog IPA
- Gold – Evolution Craft Brewery, Lot #6 Double IPA
- Brown Ale
- Gold – Monument City Brewing, American Brown Ale
Advanced to Best of Show Round - Silver – Eastern Shore Brewing, Buffelhead Brown
- Bronze – Assawoman Bay Brewing Co., Angry Clown Brown Ale
- Gold – Monument City Brewing, American Brown Ale
- Stout
- Gold – Heavy Seas Beer, Siren Noire Bourbon-Aged Chocolate Imperial Stout
Advanced to Best of Show Round - Silver – Monocacy Brewing Co., Brewtus Coffee Imperial Stout
Advanced to Best of Show Round - Bronze – Flying Dog Brewery, Pearl Necklace
- Gold – Heavy Seas Beer, Siren Noire Bourbon-Aged Chocolate Imperial Stout
- Porter
- Gold – Heavy Seas Beer, Deep Six Porter
Advanced to Best of Show Round - Silver – Evolution Craft Brewery, Lucky 7 Porter
Advanced to Best of Show Round - Bronze – Gordon Biersch (Rockville), Robust Porter
- Gold – Heavy Seas Beer, Deep Six Porter
- Strong Beer
- Gold – Barley & Hops, Snowmaggedon
Advanced to Best of Show Round - Silver – Franklins Brewery, Jack The Giant Killer
Advanced to Best of Show Round - Bronze – Franklins Brewery, 97 Pound Weakling
Advanced to Best of Show Round
- Gold – Barley & Hops, Snowmaggedon
- Wheat Beer
- Gold – Franklins Brewery, Weisenbock
Advanced to Best of Show Round - Silver – Gordon Biersch (Rockville), Broyhan
Advanced to Best of Show Round - Bronze – Barley & Hops, Pickett’s White Star
Advanced to Best of Show Round - Honorable Mention – Gordon Biersch (Rockville), Hefeweizen
Advanced to Best of Show Round
- Gold – Franklins Brewery, Weisenbock
- Sour Beer / American Wild
- Gold – Franklins Brewery, More Bounce to the Ounce
Advanced to Best of Show Round - Silver – Franklins Brewery, Slippin’ Into Darkness
Advanced to Best of Show Round - Bronze – Franklins Brewery, Outaspace
- Gold – Franklins Brewery, More Bounce to the Ounce
- Spiced Beer
- Gold – Full Tilt Brewing, Patterson Pumpkin
Advanced to Best of Show Round - Silver – Gordon Biersch, Hibiscus Shandy
- Bronze – Mully’s Brewery, Ancho IPA
- Honorable Mention – Gordon Biersch (Rockville), Coffee Stout
- Gold – Full Tilt Brewing, Patterson Pumpkin
- Fruit, Wood, or Smoked Beer
- Gold – Heavy Seas Beer, Red Sky at Morning Wood-Aged Saison
Advanced to Best of Show Round - Silver (Tie) – Heavy Seas Beer – Blackbeard’s Breakfast Barrel-Aged Coffee Porter
Advanced to Best of Show Round - Silver (Tie) – Oliver Brewing Co., Don’t Fear The Creeper
Advanced to Best of Show Round - Bronze- Gordon Biersch (Rockville), Bourbon Barrel Aged Porter
- Gold – Heavy Seas Beer, Red Sky at Morning Wood-Aged Saison
- Specialty Beer
- Gold – Union Craft Brewing, Broken Record
Advanced to Best of Show Round - Silver – Brewers Alley, 1634 Ale
Advanced to Best of Show Round - Bronze – Flying Dog Brewery, Juniper White IPA
Advanced to Best of Show Round
- Gold – Union Craft Brewing, Broken Record
Afterthoughts
Tied for most medals won were Franklin's and Gordon Biersch (Rockville location) with seven apiece (although three of the latter's were honorable mentions).Flying Dog was second with five medals overall; Heavy Seas Beer, third, with four.
For most gold medals won, Franklin's and Heavy Seas Beer were tied with three apiece. Union Craft had two.
Thirty-four of the fifty-one beers that won medals were pushed on to Best of Show. That's nearly two-thirds of the medalists, somewhat akin to the "every kid in the sport wins an award." It might be less unwieldy and less silly if the number were capped at, say, ten percent.
If one were keeping score, Franklin's had the most beers pushed forward, seven. Next was Heavy Seas Beer with four, and both Barley & Hops and Flying Dog with three. As mentioned above, an overall winner has yet to be announced.
Jailbreak Brewing (in Laurel) was the only Maryland brewery to win a medal at this year's Great American Beer Festival —the nation's commonly accepted premier beer festival and competition. Its Van Dammit won top honors among all American beers entered in the Belgian-Style Strong Specialty Ale category. But Jailbreak won nothing at all in the Maryland competition.
The map above, from BAM's website, shows forty-four breweries: that is, those forty-four Maryland breweries that are, as of today, members of the Association. According to the Comptroller of Maryland, however, there are fifty-four breweries in the state, that is, have a license to brew.
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- I've edited this post to indicate that it was the Rockville location of Gordon Biersch that won the seven medals.
- See the results as originally posted in BAM's press release: here.
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Jailbreak didn't participate this year (though they did win a few medals last yr). They're busy ramping up operations and chose to focus on GABF.
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