The inaugural Commercial Craft Competition has come and gone... the triple blind tasting of this BJCP Sanctioned event was a combination of seriousness and just good old fun. I mean, who can beat sitting around tasting beer after beer after beer?!?!
We are truly thankful to all the volunteers who joined us as judges, stewards, cellar masters and of course the competition coordinator Mike Brennan, who's expertise and professionalism are second to none. And here are the winners... (see Best of Show here). Light Lagers to Light Hybrids 1) 101 North Brewing Golden Naked Al (Blonde Ale) 2) River City Brewing Sactown Gold (German Pilsner) 3) Ninkasi Brewing Lux (Munich Helles) Pales, Irish/Scottish, American Ale, American Brown 1) Oak Park Brewing Broadway Pale Ale (American Pale Ale) 2) Golden Road Brewing Get Up Offa That Brown (American Brown Ale) 3) River City Brewing Woodenhead (American Amber Ale) Mild/Porter/Stout 1) Firestone Walker Parabola (Imperial Stout) 2) Six Rivers Brewery Macadamia Nut Porter (Robust Porter) 3) Ninkasi Brewing Oatis (Oatmeal Stout) IPA 1) Heretic Brewing Co Evil Cousin (Imperial IPA) 2) Dust Bowl Brewing Therapist (Imperial IPA) 3) Out of Bounds Two-Headed Rooster (Imperial IPA) Wheat/Saison/Belgians 1) Monk’s Cellar Biere Blanche (Witbier) 2) Golden Road Brewing Golden Road Hefeweizen (Weizen/Weissbier) 3) Monk’s Cellar Saison (Saison) Fruit, Spice/Veg/Herb, Wood, Specialty 1) Dust Bowl Brewing Barrel Aged Rye Baltic Porter (Wood-aged Beer) 2) Dust Bowl Brewing Coconut Vanilla Scotch Ale (Specialty Beer) 3) Dragas Brewing Co Weisse Apple (Fruit Beer) Session Beers 1) Firestone Walker Easy Jack (Session IPA) 2) Monk’s Cellar Hop Shoot (Session American Pale Ale) 3) Out of Bounds La Matadora (Session Pale Wheat Ale) AND FINALLY, the CIDERS... The West Coast Invitational is striving to be a Craft festival that promotes the art of the craft for both breweries and cideries. We hope the cider category continues to expand in future competitions. BEST OF SHOW - CIDER 1) Two Towns Ciderhouse Cherried Away (Made with Oregon-grown sour cherries and whole Hibiscus) 2) Sonoma Cider Company The Anvil (Common cider infused with bourbon essence) 3) Common Cider Lemon Saison (Tart sweet apple infused with citric notes) If you didn't get a chance to try any of these at the West Coast Invitational, make it your mission to find them and try them. That's an order. ;-) |
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