{"id":18,"date":"2006-04-15T12:04:02","date_gmt":"2006-04-15T19:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crapmonkey.com\/?p=18"},"modified":"2006-04-15T12:04:02","modified_gmt":"2006-04-15T19:04:02","slug":"world-beer-cup-2006-winners-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.crapmonkey.com\/podcast\/?p=18","title":{"rendered":"World Beer Cup 2006 &#8211; Winners Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>Thanks to all who followed the CrapMonkey World Beer Cup 2006 real time coverage.\u00a0 Due to the pace of the awards ceremony, there were numerous typos in my posting and\u00a0I thought it best to swap them out with the official <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beertown.org\/events\/wbc\/index.html\">World Beer Cup<\/a> results.\u00a0 <\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><strong>Vital Stats:<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>2221 beer entries<\/li>\n<li>530 breweries from 55 countries<\/li>\n<li>36% form overseas<\/li>\n<li>109 judges from 17 countries<\/li>\n<li>half of the judges from overseas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><strong>And the Winners Are: <\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong><\/strong>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><strong>World Beer Cup Champion Brewery and Brewmaster <br \/>Small Brewing Company <br \/><\/strong>Brauerei Michael Plank<br \/>Michael Plank <\/p>\n<p><strong>World Beer Cup Champion Brewery and Brewmaster <br \/>Mid-Size Brewing Company <br \/><\/strong>Firestone Walker Brewing Co. <br \/>Matthew Brynildson <strong>World Beer Cup Champion Brewery and Brewmaster <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Large Brewing Company <br \/><\/strong>Miller Brewing Co.<br \/>Dr. David S. Ryder <strong>World Beer Cup Champion Brewery and Brewmaster <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Small Brewpub <br \/><\/strong>Piece Brewing Co.<br \/>Jonathan Cutler <strong>World Beer Cup Champion Brewery and Brewmaster <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Large Brewpub <br \/><\/strong>Russian River Brewing Co. <br \/>Vinnie Cilurzo <\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Category: 1 Non-Alcoholic Malt Tonic &#8211; <\/strong>3 Entries<br \/>Gold: Distelh\u00e4user Malz, Distelh\u00e4user Brauerei, Tauberbischofsheim, Germany<br \/>Silver: Xtra Malt (Non-Alcoholic), Samba Brewing Co., San Juan, Trinidad<br \/>Bronze: Sport-Malz, Eder &amp; Heylands Brauerei GmbH &amp; Co. KG, Grossostheim, Germany\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 2 Non-Alcoholic (Beer) Malt Beverage &#8211; <\/strong>19 Entries<br \/>Gold: O&#8217;Doul&#8217;s, Anheuser-Busch, Inc., St. Louis, MO<br \/>Silver: Baltika N o 0 Non-Alcoholic, Baltika Breweries, St. Petersburg, Russia<br \/>Bronze: O&#8217;Doul&#8217;s Amber, Anheuser-Busch, Inc., St. Louis, MO<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 3 American Cream Ale or Lager &#8211; <\/strong>22 Entries<br \/>Gold: Old Style, Pabst Brewing Co., San Antonio, TX<br \/>Silver: Pilsen, Cervepar S.A., Ypane, Paraguay<br \/>Bronze: Session Premium Lager, Full Sail Brewing, Hood River, OR<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 4 American-Style Wheat Beer &#8211; <\/strong>10 Entries<br \/>Gold: Cascade Blonde Lager, Cascade Brewing Co., Abbotsford, Australia<br \/>Silver: Leinenkugel&#8217;s Honey Weiss, Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co., Chippewa Falls, WI<br \/>Bronze: Pyramid Crystal Weizen, Pyramid Breweries, Inc., Portland, OR<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 5 American-Style Hefeweizen &#8211; <\/strong>24 Entries<br \/>Gold: Haru Urara, Iganosato Mokumoku, Iga, Japan<br \/>Silver: Shiner Hefeweizen, The Spoetzl Brewery, Shiner, TX<br \/>Bronze: Pyramid Hefeweizen, Pyramid Breweries, Inc., Portland, OR<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 6 Rye Beer &#8211; <\/strong>8 Entries<br \/>Gold: Worryin&#8217; Ale, Piece Brewing Co., Chicago, IL<br \/>Silver: Roggen Rock, Redrock Brewing Co., Salt Lake City, UT<br \/>Bronze: Amberjaque Rye Ale, Lazy Magnolia Brewing Co., Kiln, MS<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 7 Fruit and Vegetable Beer &#8211; <\/strong>41 Entrie<br \/>Gold: Redbach, Palm Breweries Belgium Site Brewery Rodenbach, Roeselare, Belgium<br \/>Silver: Fruitesse Kriek, Liefmans Breweries, Dentergem, Belgium<br \/>Bronze: Fruitesse Framboos, Liefmans Breweries, Dentergem, Belgium<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 8 Herb and Spice Beer &#8211; <\/strong>52 Entries<br \/>Gold: Coconut Porter, Maui Brewing Co.\/Fish &amp; Game Rotisserie, Lahaina, HI<br \/>Silver: Jack Whacker Wheat, Tommyknocker Brewery, Idaho Springs, CO<br \/>Bronze: Leinenkugel&#8217;s Sunset Wheat, Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co., Chippewa Falls, WI<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 9 Coffee Flavored Beer &#8211; <\/strong>23 Entries<br \/>Gold: Meantime Coffee, Meantime Brewing Co. Ltd., Greenwich, England<br \/>Silver: Big Daddy Espresso Stout, Twisted Pine Brewing Co., Boulder, CO<br \/>Bronze: Founders Breakfast Stout, Founders Brewing Co., Grand Rapids, MI<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 10 Specialty Beer &#8211; <\/strong>17 Entries<br \/>Gold: Pullman Brown Ale, Flossmoor Station Restaurant &amp; Brewery, Flossmoor, IL<br \/>Silver: Morimoto Black Obi Soba Ale, Rogue Ales, Newport, OR<br \/>Bronze: Southern Pecan Nut Brown Ale, Lazy Magnolia Brewing Co., Kiln, MS<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 11 Specialty Honey Lager or Ale &#8211; <\/strong>29 Entries<br \/>Gold: Redoak Honey Ale, Redoak, Sydney, Australia<br \/>Silver: Midas Touch, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Milton, DE<br \/>Bronze: McGuire&#8217;s Millennium Ale, McGuire&#8217;s Irish Pub #1, Pensacola, FL<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 12 Other Strong Ale or Lager &#8211; <\/strong>21 Entries<br \/>Gold: Dragonstooth Stout, Elysian Brewing Co., Seattle, WA<br \/>Silver: Northstar Imperial Porter, Twisted Pine Brewing Co., Boulder, CO<br \/>Bronze: Olde Knicker Kicker, Oak Creek Brewing Co., Sedona, AZ<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 13 Experimental Beer (Lager or Ale) &#8211; <\/strong>22 Entries<br \/>Gold: Blootvoetse Bruin, Walking Man Brewing, Stevenson, WA<br \/>Silver: K\u00f6nig Pilsener-Gluten Free, K\u00f6nig Brauerei GmbH, Duisburg, Germany<br \/>Bronze: Samuel Adams Utopias 2005, Boston Beer Co., Boston, MA<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 14 Wood- and Barrel-aged Beer &#8211; <\/strong>46 Entries<br \/>Gold: Bourbon County Stout, Goose Island Beer Co., Chicago, IL<br \/>Silver: Old Woody, Schooner&#8217;s Grille &amp; Brewery, Antioch, CA<br \/>Bronze: Hitachino Nest Beer Japanese Classic Ale, Kiuchi Syuzou, Naka, Japan<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 15 Cellar or Unfiltered Beer &#8211; <\/strong>23 Entries<br \/>Gold: Caldera Pilsener Bier, Caldera Brewing Co., Ashland, OR<br \/>Silver: Schlappeseppel Kellerbier, Eder &amp; Heylands Brauerei GmbH &amp; Co. KG, Grossostheim, Germany<br \/>Bronze: Naturtr\u00fcb, Alpirsbacher Klosterbrauerei, Alpirsbach, Germany<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 16 Smoke-Flavored Beer &#8211; <\/strong>21 Entries<br \/>Gold: Redoak Rauch, Redoak, Sydney, Australia<br \/>Silver: Smokin&#8217; Willie Smoked Porter, Moose&#8217;s Tooth Brewing Co., Anchorage, AK<br \/>Bronze: Smolder Bock, Outer Banks Brewing Station, Kill Devil Hills, NC<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 17 European-Style Low-Alcohol Lager\/German-Style Leicht(bier) &#8211; <\/strong>12 Entries<br \/>Gold: Freudenberger Leicht, Brauerei M\u00e4rkl, Freudenberg, Germany<br \/>Silver: Hahn Premium Light, Hahn Brewing Co., Camperdown, Australia<br \/>Bronze: Cascade Premium Light, Cascade Brewing Co., Abbotsford, Australia<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 18 German-Style Pilsener &#8211; <\/strong>54 Entries<br \/>Gold: Trumer Pils, Trumer Brauerei Berkeley, Berkeley, CA<br \/>Silver: Waldhaus Diplom Pils, Privatbrauerei Waldhaus Joh. Schmid GmbH, Weilheim, Germany<br \/>Bronze: Pfungstaedter Edel Pils Premium, Pfungstaedter Brauerei Hildebrand GmbH &amp; Co. KG, Pfungstadt, <\/p>\n<p>Germany<strong>Category: 19 Bohemian-Style Pilsener &#8211; <\/strong>39 Entries<br \/>Gold: Imperial, Kr\u00e1lovsky Pivovar Kru sovice, Kru sovice, Czech Republic<br \/>Silver: CZECHVAR &#8211; Premium Czech Lager, Bud e jovicky Budvar n.p., C. Budejovice, Czech Republic<br \/>Bronze: Pils, Alpirsbacher Klosterbrauerei, Alpirsbach, Germany<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 20 M\u00fcnchner-Style Helles &#8211; <\/strong>44 Entries<br \/>Gold: Hofm\u00fchl Hell, Privatbrauerei Hofm\u00fchl GmbH, Eichst\u00e4tt, Germany<br \/>Silver: Aktien Hell, Aktienbrauerei Kaufbeuren AG, Kaufbeuren, Germany<br \/>Bronze: L\u00f6wenbrau, InBev, Brussels, Belgium<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 21 European-Style Pilsener &#8211; <\/strong>61 Entries<br \/>Gold: Birra Moretti, Heineken Italia S.p.A., Milano, Italy<br \/>Silver: Ursus Premium, S.C. Ursus Breweries S.A., Cluj-Napoca, Romania<br \/>Bronze: Spezial, Alpirsbacher Klosterbrauerei, Alpirsbach, Germany<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 22 Dortmunder\/European-Style Export &#8211; <\/strong>25 Entries<br \/>Gold: Hatz Export, Hofbrauhaus Hatz AG, Rastatt, Germany<br \/>Silver: Alpenstoff, Brauerei B\u00fcrgerbr\u00e4u August R\u00f6hm &amp; S\u00f6hne KG, Bad Reichenhall, Germany<br \/>Bronze: Kalnapilis Grand, AB &quot;Kalnapilio-Tauro Grupe&quot;, Vilnius, Lithuania<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 23 Vienna-Style Lager &#8211; <\/strong>25 Entries<br \/>Bronze: Schaumburger Landbier, Schaumburger Privat-Brauerei GmbH, Stadthagen, Germany<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 24 German-Style M\u00e4rzen\/Oktoberfest &#8211; <\/strong>29 Entries<br \/>Silver: Vienna, Rock Bottom Brewery-Bellevue, Bellevue, WA<br \/>Bronze: Ottenbr\u00e4eu M\u00e4rzen, Ottenbr\u00e4u, Abensberg, Germany<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 25 European-Style Dark\/M\u00fcnchner Dunkel &#8211; <\/strong>36 Entries<br \/>Gold: Original Unterbaarer Dunkel, Schlossbrauerei Unterbaar, Baar\/Schwaben, Germany<br \/>Silver: Distelh\u00e4user Landbier, Distelh\u00e4user Brauerei, Tauberbischofsheim, Germany<br \/>Bronze: Weltenburger Kloster Barock Dunkel, Klosterbrauerei Weltenburg GmbH, Kelheim, Germany<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 26 German-Style Schwarzbier &#8211; <\/strong>26 Entries<br \/>Gold: Gordon Biersch Schwarzbier, Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant Group, Chattanooga, TN<br \/>Silver: Shonan Liebe, Kumazawa Brewing Co., Chigasaki, Japan<br \/>Bronze: Georgi Sud, Ritter St. Georgenbrauerei Karl Glo\u00dfner GmbH &amp; Co. KG, Nennslingen, Germany<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 27 Traditional German-Style Bock &#8211; <\/strong>28 Entries<br \/>Gold: Butthead Bock, Tommyknocker Brewery, Idaho Springs, CO<br \/>Silver: Birra Moretti La Rossa, Heineken Italia S.p.A., Milano, Italy<br \/>Bronze: Troegenator, Tr\u00f6egs Brewing Co., Harrisburg, PA<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 28 German-Style Heller Bock\/Maibock &#8211; <\/strong>19 Entries<br \/>Gold: JW Dundee&#8217;s Pale Bock, High Falls Brewing Co., Rochester, NY<br \/>Silver: Barre Maibock, Privatbrauerei Ernst Barre GmbH, L\u00fcbbecke, Germany<br \/>Bronze: Blonde Doppelbock, Capital Brewery Co. Inc., Middleton, WI<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 29 German-Style Strong Bock &#8211; <\/strong>27 Entries<br \/>Gold: Dark Doppelbock, Capital Brewery Co. Inc., Middleton, WI<br \/>Silver: Y\u00a8sbok, SNAB, Purmerend, Netherland<br \/>Bronze: Red Cock Doppelbock, Maui Brewing Co.\/Fish &amp; Game Rotisserie, Lahaina, HI<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 30 American-Style Light Lager &#8211; <\/strong>22 Entries<br \/>Gold: Miller Lite, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI<br \/>Silver: Lone Star Light, Pabst Brewing Co., San Antonio, TX<br \/>Bronze: Michelob Light, Anheuser-Busch, Inc., St. Louis, MO<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 31 American-Style Low-Carbohydrate Light Lager &#8211; <\/strong>5 Entries<br \/>Gold: Egils Lite, The Brewery Egill Skallagrimsson Ltd., Reykjavik, Iceland<br \/>Silver: Pure Blonde, Foster&#8217;s Australia, Abbotsford, Australia<br \/>Bronze: Cobra Lower Cal Lower Carb, Cobra Beer Ltd., London, England<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 32 American-Style &quot;Light&quot; Amber Lager &#8211; <\/strong>6 Entries<br \/>Gold: Shiner Light, The Spoetzl Brewery, Shiner, TX<br \/>Silver: Michelob Ultra Amber, Anheuser-Busch, Inc., St. Louis, MO<br \/>Bronze: Samuel Adams Light, Boston Beer Co., Boston, MA<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 33 American-Style Lager &#8211; <\/strong>20 Entries<br \/>Gold: Miller High Life, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI<br \/>Silver: Bahia, Industrias La Constancia, San Salvador, El Salvador<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 34 American-Style Premium Lager &#8211; <\/strong>24 Entries<br \/>Gold: Pabst Blue Ribbon, Pabst Brewing Co., San Antonio, TX<br \/>Silver: Formosa Genuine Draft, Brick Brewing Co Ltd., Waterloo, Canada<br \/>Bronze: Henry Weinhard&#8217;s Private Reserve, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 35 American-Style Specialty Lager &#8211; <\/strong>14 Entries<br \/>Gold: Icehouse, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI<br \/>Silver: OE HG 800, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI<br \/>Bronze: Milwaukee&#8217;s Best Ice, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 36 American-Style Amber Lager &#8211; <\/strong>31 Entries<br \/>Gold: Toasted Lager, Blue Point Brewing Co., Patchogue, NY<br \/>Silver: Old Scratch Amber Lager, Flying Dog Brewery, Denver, CO<br \/>Bronze: Walkerville Lager, Walkerville Brewing Co., Windsor, Canada<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 37 American-Style Dark Lager &#8211; <\/strong>11 Entries<br \/>Gold: Henry Weinhard&#8217;s Classic Dark, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI<br \/>Silver: Shiner Bock, The Spoetzl Brewery, Shiner, TX<br \/>Bronze: Black Jack, Great Lakes Brewery, Toronto, Canada<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 38 Australasian, Latin American or Tropical-Style Light Lager &#8211; <\/strong>23 Entries<br \/>Gold: Norte Blanca, Cerveceria y Malteria Quilmes, Quilmes, Argentina<br \/>Silver: Kingfisher, Shepherd Neame Ltd, Faversham, England<br \/>Bronze: Bohemia Especial, Cerveceria Nacional Dominicana, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 39 Baltic Porter &#8211; <\/strong>14 Entries<br \/>Gold: Neptune&#8217;s Nemesis, Rocky River Brewing Co., Rocky River, OH<br \/>Silver: Just Call Me George, America&#8217;s Brewing Co. @ Walter Payton&#8217;s Roundhouse, Aurora, IL<br \/>Bronze: Redoak Baltic Porter, Redoak, Sydney, Australia<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 40 Belgian-Style White (or Wit)\/Belgian-Style Wheat &#8211; <\/strong>32 Entries<br \/>Gold: Hoegaarden, InBev, Brussels, Belgium<br \/>Silver: Nit Wit, BJ&#8217;s Restaurant &amp; Brewery &#8211; Chandler, Huntington Beach, CA<br \/>Bronze: Wittekerke Belgian White, Bavik Brewery, Bavikhove, Belgium<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 41 French- Belgian-Style Saison &#8211; <\/strong>21 Entries<br \/>Gold: Straffe Hendrik Blond, Liefmans Breweries, Dentergem, Belgium<br \/>Silver: Hennepin Farmhouse Ale, Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown, NY<br \/>Bronze: Barking Duck, Matilda Bay Brewing Co., Melbourne, Australia<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 42 Belgian-and French-Style Ale &#8211; <\/strong>24 Entries<br \/>Gold: Brugse Zot, Brouwerij De Halve Maan, Bruges, Belgium<br \/>Silver: Matilda, Goose Island Beer Co., Chicago, IL<br \/>Bronze: Special De Ryck, Brewery De Ryck, Herzele, Belgium<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 43 Belgian-Style Sour Ale &#8211; <\/strong>22 Entries<br \/>Gold: Rodenbach Grand Cru, Palm Breweries Belgium Site Brewery Rodenbach, Roeselare, Belgium<br \/>Silver: De Wilde Zuidentrein, Flossmoor Station Restaurant &amp; Brewery, Flossmoor, IL<br \/>Bronze: Festina Lente, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Milton, DE<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 44 Belgian-Style Dubbel &#8211; <\/strong>20 Entries<br \/>Gold: C.B.C. Belgian-Style Dubbel, Chicago Brewing Co., Las Vegas, NV<br \/>Silver: Adirondack Abbey Ale, Great Adirondack Brewing Co., Lake Placid, NY<br \/>Bronze: Abbey Dubbel, Iron Hill Brewery &amp; Restaurant #1, Wilmington, DE<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 45 Belgian-Style Tripel &#8211; <\/strong>30 Entries<br \/>Gold: Final Absolution Trippel, Dragonmead Microbrewery, Warren, MI<br \/>Silver: Affligem Tripel, Affligem Brouwerij, Opwiik, Belgium<br \/>Bronze: Gouden Carolus Triple, Het Anker, Mechelen, Belgium <\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 46 Belgian-Style Pale Strong Ale &#8211; <\/strong>21 Entries<br \/>Silver: Cannibal, Iron Hill Brewery &amp; Restaurant #1, Wilmington, DE<br \/>Bronze: Stumblin&#8217; Monk, Stewarts Brewing Co., Bear, DE<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 47 Belgian-Style Dark Strong Ale &#8211; <\/strong>18 Entries<br \/>Gold: Bonsecours Brune, Brasserie Caulier, Peruwelz, Belgium<br \/>Silver: Lozen Boer Abt, DeProef Brouwerij, Lochristi-Hijfte, Belgium<br \/>Bronze: Three Philosophers, Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown, NY<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 48 Other Belgian-Style Ale &#8211; <\/strong>28 Entries<br \/>Gold: Temptation, Russian River Brewing Co., Santa Rosa, CA<br \/>Silver: Malheur Bi\u00e8re Brut, Brewery Malheur, Buggenhout, Belgium<br \/>Bronze: Southampton Double White Ale, Southampton Publick House, Southampton\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 49 English-Style Summer Ale<\/strong> &#8211; 19\u00a0Entries<br \/>Gold: Yorkshire Pale Ale, Rooster&#8217;s Brewing Co., Ltd., Knaresborough, England<br \/>Silver: Green Flash Extra Pale Ale, Green Flash Brewing Co., Vista, CA<br \/>Bronze: James Squire Golden Ale, Malt Shovel Brewery, Camperdown, Australia<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 50 Classic English-Style Pale Ale &#8211; <\/strong>32 Entries<br \/>Gold: Pale Ale, Diamond Bear Brewing Co., Little Rock, AR<br \/>Silver: Urban Wilderness Pale Ale, Sleeping Lady Brewing Co., Anchorage, AK<br \/>Bronze: Honkers Ale, Goose Island Beer Co., Chicago, IL<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 51 English-Style India Pale Ale &#8211; <\/strong>25 Entries<br \/>Gold: Squatters IPA, Utah Brewers Cooperative, Salt Lake City, UT<br \/>Silver: Centennial Ale, Lengthwise Brewing Co., Bakersfield, CA<br \/>Bronze: Man Beer, Bull &amp; Bush Brewery, Denver, CO<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 52 Ordinary Bitter &#8211; <\/strong>14 Entries<br \/>Gold: Blue Heron Pale Ale, BridgePort Brewing Co., Portland, OR<br \/>Silver: Alaskan Pale, Alaskan Brewing Co., Juneau, AK<br \/>Bronze: Cutthroat Pale Ale, Uinta Brewing Co., Salt Lake City, UT<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 53 Special Bitter or Best Bitter &#8211; <\/strong>23 Entries<br \/>Gold: HMS Victory ESB, Dry Dock Brewing Co., Aurora, CO<br \/>Silver: E.S.B., Boundary Bay Brewery, Bellingham, WA<br \/>Bronze: Alaskan Boogie Ale, Alaskan Brewing Co., Juneau, AK<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 54 English-Style Extra Special Bitter or Strong Bitter &#8211; <\/strong>22 Entries<br \/>Gold: ESB, Fuller, Smith &amp; Turner Plc, London, England<br \/>Silver: Lunasea ESB, Empyrean Brewing Co., Lincoln, NE<br \/>Bronze: Savannah Pale Ale, Old Savannah Brewing Co., Savannah, GA<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 55 Scottish-Style Ale &#8211; <\/strong>20 Entries<br \/>Gold: Brown Bear Brown, Rock Bottom Brewery &#8211; Bethesda, Bethseda, MD<br \/>Silver: Beltaine, Shoreline Brewery &amp; Restaurant, Michigan City, IN<br \/>Bronze: Old Curmudgeon, Rock Bottom Brewery &#8211; Desert Ridge, Phoenix, AZ<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 56 English-Style Mild Ale &#8211; <\/strong>13 Entries<br \/>Gold: Shaftebury Coastal Cream Ale, Okanagan Spring Brewery, Vernon, Canada<br \/>Silver: Dawn Patrol Dark, Pizza Port San Clemente, San Clemente, CA<br \/>Bronze: Raven Ale, R &amp; B Brewing Co., Vancouver, Canada<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 57 English-Style Brown Ale &#8211; <\/strong>37 Entries<br \/>Gold: Red Hydrant Ale, Big Dog&#8217;s Brewing Co., Las Vegas, NV<br \/>Silver: Green Flash Nut Brown Ale, Green Flash Brewing Co., Vista, CA<br \/>Bronze: Alice P. Brownie, CB &amp; Potts &#8211; Westminster\/Big Horn Brewing Co., Westminster, CO<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 58 Brown Porter &#8211; <\/strong>27 Entries<br \/>Gold: Old Grind Porter, Etna Brewing Co., Etna, CA<br \/>Silver: Lazy Jake Porter, Long Valley Pub &amp; Brewery, Long Valley, NJ<br \/>Bronze: Total Disorder Porter, Ram\/Big Horn Brewing &#8211; Seattle, Seattle, WA<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 59 Robust Porter &#8211; <\/strong>44 Entries<br \/>Gold: Swan Lake Beer Porter, Hyouko Yashiki No Mori Brewery, Agano, Japan<br \/>Silver: Bear Paw Porter, Grizzly Peak Brewing Co., Ann Arbor, MI<br \/>Bronze: Peg Leg, Flathead Lake Brewing Co., Bigfork, MT<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 60 Sweet Stout &#8211; <\/strong>18 Entries<br \/>Gold: Milk Stout, Left Hand Brewing Co., Longmont, CO<br \/>Silver: Black Mocha Stout, Highland Brewing Co., Asheville, NC<br \/>Bronze: Cream Stout, Redwood Brewing Co., Flint, MI<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 61 Oatmeal Stout &#8211; <\/strong>24 Entries<br \/>Gold: Strom Bomb Stout, Bottoms Up Brewing Co., Pinedale, WY<br \/>Silver: The Poet, New Holland Brewing Co., Holland, MI<br \/>Bronze: Blackbird Stout, Hereford &amp; Hops Brewpub, Wausau, WI<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 62 Imperial Stout &#8211; <\/strong>41 Entries<br \/>Gold: Blackout Stout, Great Lakes Brewing Co., Cleveland, OH<br \/>Silver: Night Rider Imperial Stout, Pizza Port Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA<br \/>Bronze: Russian Imperial Stout, Iron Hill Brewery &amp; Restaurant #1, Wilmington, DE<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 63 Strong Scotch Ale &#8211; <\/strong>31 Entries<br \/>Gold: Deep Lake, Glenwood Canyon Brewing Co., Glenwood Springs, CO<br \/>Silver: Fat Bastard, Silver City Brewing Co., Silverdale, WA<br \/>Bronze: Paddy&#8217;s Strong Scottish Ale, Paddy&#8217;s Brewery, Flemington, Australia<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 64 Old Ale &#8211; <\/strong>17 Entries<br \/>Gold: Vintage Ale, Fuller, Smith &amp; Turner Plc, London, England<br \/>Silver: Old Woody, Fish Brewing Co., Olympia, WA<br \/>Bronze: Shinto-Beer, Ise Kadoya Brewery, Ise, Japan<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 65 Strong Ale &#8211; <\/strong>16 Entries<br \/>Gold: Sopris, Glenwood Canyon Brewing Co., Glenwood Springs, CO<br \/>Silver: Never Summer Ale, Boulder Beer Co., Boulder, CO<br \/>Bronze: Cabin Fever, Boundary Bay Brewery, Bellingham, WA <\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 66 Barley Wine-Style Ale &#8211; <\/strong>47 Entries<br \/>Gold: Hopsquatch, Four Peaks Brewing Co., Tempe, AZ<br \/>Silver: Barleywine, Chama River Brewing Co., Albuquerque, NM<br \/>Bronze: Brew Brothers Barleywine, Brew Brothers Brewery, Reno, NV<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 67 German-Style K\u00f6lsch\/K\u00f6ln-Style K\u00f6lsch &#8211; <\/strong>15 Entries<br \/>Gold: Bottom&#8217;s Up Kolsch, Rock Bottom Brewery &#8211; Campbell, Campbell, CA<br \/>Silver: Nihede Beer (Soft Type), Nanto World Co., Ltd Nanto Brewery, Nanjyo, Japan<br \/>Bronze: Kaorino-Nama, Shimono Co., Ltd, Chiba, Japan<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 68 German-Style Brown Ale\/D\u00fcsseldorf-Style Altbier &#8211; <\/strong>23 Entries<br \/>Gold: Redhead Amber Ale, Brew Brothers Brewery, Reno, NV<br \/>Silver: Terrapin Alt, Rock Bottom Brewery &#8211; Bethesda, Bethseda, MD<br \/>Bronze: Victory Altbier, Squatters Pub Brewery, Salt Lake City, UT<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 69 South German-Style Hefeweizen\/Hefeweissbier &#8211; <\/strong>74 Entries<br \/>Gold: Top Heavy, Piece Brewing Co., Chicago, I<br \/>Silver: Izumo-ji Beer Weizen, Ekinan Co. Ltd., Izumo, Japan<br \/>Bronze: Hoepfner Hefeweizen, Privatbrauerei Hoepfner, Karlsruhe, Germany <\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 70 German-Style Pale Wheat Ale &#8211; <\/strong>18 Entries<br \/>Gold: Plank Leichtes Hefeweizen, Brauerei Michael Plank, Laaber, Germany<br \/>Silver: Kitzmann Leichtes Wei\u00dfbier, KitzmannBr\u00e4u KG, Erlangen, Germany<br \/>Bronze: Ich Bin Ein Berliner Weisse, Nodding Head, Philadelphia, PA<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 71 German-Style Dark Wheat Ale &#8211; <\/strong>23 Entries<br \/>Gold: Distelh\u00e4user Dunkles Hefeweizen, Distelh\u00e4user Brauerei, Tauberbischofsheim, Germany<br \/>Silver: Original Plank Hefeweizen, Brauerei Michael Plank, Laaber, Germany<br \/>Bronze: Emmett&#8217;s Dunkel Weizen, Emmett&#8217;s Tavern &amp; Brewing Co., West Dundee, IL<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 72 South German-Style Weizenbock\/Weissbock &#8211; <\/strong>14 Entries<br \/>Gold: Plank Heller Weizenbock, Brauerei Michael Plank, Laaber, Germany<br \/>Silver: St. Nick&#8217;s Weizenbock, Great American Restaurants, Centreville, VA<br \/>Bronze: Aventinus, Schneider Weisse, Private Weissbierbrauerei, Kelheim, Germany<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 73 Irish-Style Red Ale &#8211; <\/strong>20 Entries<br \/>Gold: TAPS Irish Red, TAPS Fish House &amp; Brewery, Brea, CA<br \/>Silver: Evolution Amber, Utah Brewers Cooperative, Salt Lake City, UT<br \/>Bronze: Gray&#8217;s Irish Style Ale, Gray Brewing Co., Janesville, WI<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 74 Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout &#8211; <\/strong>16 Entries<br \/>Bronze: Stout, Ise Kadoya Brewery, Ise, Japan<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 75 Foreign (Export)-Style Stout &#8211; <\/strong>20 Entries<br \/>Gold: Zonker Stout, Snake River Brewing Co., Jackson, WY<br \/>Silver: Stout, Nasu Kohgen Beer Co. Ltd., Nasumachi, Japan<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 76 Golden or Blonde Ale &#8211; <\/strong>31 Entries<br \/>Gold: Whitetail Ale, Hereford &amp; Hops Brewpub, Wausau, WI<br \/>Silver: Kiwanda Cream Ale, Pelican Pub &amp; Brewery, Pacific City, OR<br \/>Bronze: Lightweight, The Alchemist, Waterbury, VT<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 77 American-Style Pale Ale &#8211; <\/strong>61 Entries<br \/>Gold: Firestone Pale Ale, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA<br \/>Silver: Mission Street Pale Ale, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA<br \/>Bronze: Bill Payer Ale, Nodding Head, Philadelphia, PA<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 78 American-Style Strong Pale Ale &#8211; <\/strong>39 Entries<br \/>Gold: IPA Nectar, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA<br \/>Silver: Hop Bomb IPA, Rock Bottom Brewery &#8211; Bellevue, Bellevue, WA<br \/>Bronze: Hop Knot, Four Peaks Brewing Co., Tempe, AZ<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 79 American-Style India Pale Ale &#8211; <\/strong>67 Entrie<br \/>Gold: Blind Pig IPA, Russian River Brewing Co., Santa Rosa, CA<br \/>Silver: India Pelican Ale, Pelican Pub &amp; Brewery, Pacific City, OR<br \/>Bronze: Stone Ruination IPA, Stone Brewing Co., Escondito, CA<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 80 Imperial or Double India Pale Ale &#8211; <\/strong>30 Entries<br \/>Gold: Pliny the Elder, Russian River Brewing Co., Santa Rosa, CA<br \/>Silver: Pure Hoppiness, Alpine Beer Co., Alpine, CA<br \/>Bronze: Dorado Double IPA, Ballast Point Brewing Co., San Diego, CA<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 81 American-Style Amber\/Red Ale &#8211; <\/strong>48 Entries<br \/>Gold: Sharkbite Red Ale, Pizza Port Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA<br \/>Silver: Emigration Amber Ale, Squatters Pub Brewery, Salt Lake City, UT<br \/>Bronze: Epiphany, Iron Springs Pub &amp; Brewery, Fairfax, CA<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 82 Imperial or Double Red Ale &#8211; <\/strong>18 Entries<br \/>Gold: Shark Attack, Pizza Port Solana Beach, Solana Beach, CA<br \/>Silver: Big Phatty, Water Street Brewing &amp; Ale House, Port Townsend, WA<br \/>Bronze: Organic Deranger, Laurelwood Brewing Co., Portland, OR<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 83 American-Style Extra Special Bitter or Strong Bitter &#8211; <\/strong>8 Entries<br \/>Gold: Walking Man IPA, Walking Man Brewing, Stevenson, WA<br \/>Silver: Firestone IPA, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA<br \/>Bronze: Caldera Dry Hop Red, Caldera Brewing Co., Ashland, OR<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 84 American-Style Brown Ale &#8211; <\/strong>24 Entries<br \/>Gold: Nut Brown Ale, Goose Island Beer Co., Chicago, IL<br \/>Silver: Nut Brown Ale, Redrock Brewing Co., Salt Lake City, UT<br \/>Bronze: Hemp Ale, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category: 85 American-Style Stout &#8211; <\/strong>10 Entries<br \/>Gold: Shakespeare Stout, Rogue Ales, Newport, OR<br \/>Silver: Mutiny, Flathead Lake Brewing Co., Bigfork, MT<br \/>Bronze: Sunnyside Stout, Snipes Mountain Brewery, Sunnyside, WA <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/c.services.spaces.msn.com\/CollectionWebService\/c.gif?space=crapmonkey&amp;page=RSS%3a+World+Beer+Cup+2006+-+Winners+Announced&amp;referrer=\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"0px\" height=\"0px\" src=\"http:\/\/c.msn.com\/c.gif?NC=31263&amp;NA=1149&amp;PI=73329&amp;RF=&amp;DI=3919&amp;PS=85545&amp;TP=crapmonkey.spaces.msn.com&amp;GT1=crapmonkey%3b1033\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to all who followed the CrapMonkey World Beer Cup 2006 real time coverage.\u00a0 Due to the pace of the awards ceremony, there were numerous typos in my posting and\u00a0I thought it best to swap them out with the official World Beer Cup results.\u00a0 \u00a0 Vital Stats: 2221 beer entries 530 breweries from 55 countries [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.crapmonkey.com\/podcast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.crapmonkey.com\/podcast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.crapmonkey.com\/podcast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.crapmonkey.com\/podcast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.crapmonkey.com\/podcast\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.crapmonkey.com\/podcast\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.crapmonkey.com\/podcast\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.crapmonkey.com\/podcast\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.crapmonkey.com\/podcast\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}