Eighteen medals were given to nine New York City breweries in the annual New York State Craft Beer Competition, whose winners were announced last Friday at a ceremony at the New York State Brewers Conference in Albany. Among the biggest winners was Brooklyn’s Grimm Artisanal Ales, which repeated as Brewery of the Year (tied with Rochester’s Strangebird Beer) for the second year in a row and took home six medals — the most of any brewery in the competition.
This year, 53 judges reviewed 1,264 entries from 185 breweries in the competition, which is run by the New York State Brewers Association and Raise a Glass Foundation. That makes it the largest state-level beer competition in the United States.
Here’s a rundown of the medals that New York City breweries took home:
Category 1: Wheat Beer (American, Wit, Hefe) – 30 entries
- Silver: Spacelab Wheat – Circa Brewing Co.
Category 2: Amber and Dark Lagers – 70 entries
- Silver: Maple Tapper – Coney Island Brewery
Category 3: Golden/Blonde Ales (American, Kolsch, Cream Ales) – 47 entries
- Gold: Kolsch #2 – EBBS Brewing Co.
- Bronze: The Localist – Grimm Artisanal Ales
Category 6: American IPA – 52 entries
- Silver: Mosaic Rewind – Grimm Artisanal Ales
Category 7: Hazy Pale Ale – 40 entries
- Bronze: Magnetic Tape – Grimm Artisanal Ales
Category 9: American DIPA – 27 entries
- Gold: TIGER THUNDER – Kings County Brewers Collective
- Silver: Maximum Impact – Grimm Artisanal Ales
Category 10: Barrel Aged Sour – 28 entries
- Silver: Borogove – Grimm Artisanal Ales
Category 11: Barrel Aged Non-Sour – 61 entries
- Silver: Emerging From the Darkness – Kings County Brewers Collective
Category 12: Belgian Farmhouse – 25 entries
- Silver: S9 Noble Saison – Transmitter Brewing
Category 13: Belgian Other (Trappist, Strong, etc.) – 48 entries
- Bronze: A4 Belgian Quadruple – Transmitter Brewing
Category 16: Fruit & Vegetable Beer (sour) – 74 entries
- Gold: Peche Dulcet – Wild East Brewing Co.
- Silver: Marble of Doom II – Kings County Brewers Collective
- Bronze: Ordered States of Nature: Kriek 2021 – Wild East Brewing Co.
Category 23: Wild and Sour Ales – 21 entries
- Silver: Satellites Are Spinning – Endless Life Brewing
- Bronze: Persistent Charms – Brooklyn Brewery
Category 29: Coffee, Chocolate, Spice & Other Adjunct Beer (sour) – 10 entries
- Bronze: Super Spruce – Grimm Artisanal Ales
Next year’s competition will be held in March, with winners announced next March 24th during the annual NYS Brewers Conference in Albany.
