The largest state-level competition in the US.
2020 WINNERS
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and NY On Pause, we were only allowed to judge half the beers, therefore, not all catergories were awarded.
2020 Governor’s Excelsior Craft Beer Cup
Big aLICe Brewing (Long Island City, NY)
The Many Lives of Our Lives | Fruited Sour Category
Competition Highlights
Most Medals Won
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Three (3) medals were won by Lunkenheimer Craft Brewing, Weedsport NY
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Two (2) medals were won by Big aLICe Brewing, Long Island City, and Mad Jack Brewing, Schenectady NY
Style Categories
The most-entered category in 2021 was Hazy IPA with 88 entries. The top five entered categories were:
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Hazy IPA (88 entries)
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Light Lagers (83 entries)
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Fruit and Spice Beer (73 entries)
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Fruit and Spice Beer – non-sour (66 entries)
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American IPA (61 entries)
Summary: 2020 New York Craft Brewers Competition and Governor’s Craft Beer Cup (4th year)
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and NY On Pause, we were only allowed to judge half the beers, therefore, not all catergories were awarded.
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467 Breweries in New York State
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989 beers entered
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29 medal-winning breweries
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35 total medals awarded
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12 style categories judged, plus Governor’s Excelsior Cup
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30 judges from across NYS
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Out of the 989 entries, 446 were judged.135 entries qualified as NYS labeled beer under the 2020 law of at least 60% NYS hops and 60% NYS malt
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The awards ceremony was took place virtually via Zoom and was livestreamed for public viewing.
WATCH: 2021 Virtual Awards Ceremony
Winners by Category
Category 1: American DIPA – 28 Entries
Gold: Open Wide EXP – Spider Bite Brewing, Holbrook
Silver: Late Knight IPA – Middle Ages, Syracuse
Bronze: Intonation – Browns Brewing Company, Troy
Category 2: American IPA – 61 Entries
Gold: Power Tools – Industrial Arts, Garnerville
Silver: Re4resh IPA – Frog Alley Brewing, Schenectady
Bronze: Premiere – Interboro Spirits and Ales, Brooklyn
Category 3: American IPA Variations– 33 Entries
Gold: Elegant Pride – Prison City Pub & Brewery, Auburn
Silver: White Oak Borderland – 42 North Brewing Company, East Aurora
Bronze: Stomping Grounds IPL – Mad Jack Brewing, Schenectady
Category 4: Pale Ale – 30 Entries
Gold: Exit 40 Pale Ale – Lunkenheimer Craft Brewing Co., Weedsport
Silver: Ale Aboard Pale Ale – Twisted Rail Brewing, Geneva
Bronze: Pk Pale – Millhouse Brewing, Poughkeepsie
Category 5: Hazy IPA – 88 Entries
Gold: Trial By Wombat – Thin Man Brewery, Buffalo
Silver: Dare To Know – Threes Brewing, Brooklyn
Bronze: Hologrpahic Haze – Great South Bay Brewery, Bay Shore
Category 6: Hazy Pale Ale – 27 Entries
Gold: Right Time and Place – Unified Beerworks, Ballston Spa
Silver: Tiny Juicy IPA – Five Boroughs, Brooklyn
Bronze: Richard, or is it Dick? – ONCO Fermentations, Tully
Category 7: Fruit and Spice Beer – Sour – 73 Entries
Gold: The Many Lives of Our Lives – Big Alice Brewing, LI City - Queens
Silver: Boysen Rebus – Grimm Artisanal Ales, Brooklyn
Bronze: Blue Razz Sour – K2 Brothers, Rochester
Category 8: Fruit and Spice Beer – Non-Sour – 66 Entries
Gold: Salted Caramel Waffle Beer – Lake Placid Pub & Brewery, Lake Placid
Silver: Brewery Saphouse – West Kill Brewing, Lexington
Bronze: Elderberry Kolsch – Lunkenheimer Craft Brewing Co., Weedsport
Category 9: Kettle and Simple Sours – 15 Entries
Gold: Bel Air – Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn
Silver: No Sliver Awarded
Bronze: M-Town Haze – Clemson Bros Brewery, Middlestown
Category 10: Wheat Beer (American, Wit, Hefe) – 28 Entries
Gold: Gather House – Drowned Lands Brewery, Warwick
Silver: Witte – Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown
Bronze: W8 Blegian Wit – Transmitter Brewing, Buffalo
Category 11: Collaboration Beer – 9 Entries
Gold: Stomping Grounds IPL – Mad Jacking Brewing in collaboration with CH Evans Brewing
Silver: Taconic Mist Hazy Pale Ale – Kings Court Brewing in collaboration with Torch & Crown Brewing
Bronze: No Bronze Awarded
Category 12: New York State Beer – 135 Qualified Entries
At least 20% NYS hops, NYS Malt and other NYS ingredients
Gold: The Many Lives of Our Lives – Big Alice Brewing, Long Island City – Queens
Silver: Exit 40 Pale Ale – Lunkenheimer Craft Brewing Co., Weedsport
Bronze: Champagne Guapi: Red – Eli Fishing Brewing, Batavia
Bronze: Necessary Means for a Necessary Means – Fidens Brewing Company, Albany