This year’s Maryland Craft Beer Competition was bigger/badder/better than ever, with over 280 entries from breweries around the state. See below for full results.
Best in Category Winners
Best Pale Ales:
First Place: Barley and Hops • Ambulette
Second Place: Ruddy Duck • Americana
Third Place: Eastern Shore Brewing • Knot So Pale Ale
Honorable Mention: Oliver Brewing • Balls To The Wall
Best IPAs:
First Place: Union Craft Brewing • Double Duckpin
Second Place: Barley and Hops • Hoppen Dazs
Third Place: Franklins Brewery • Damn Yankees
Honorable Mention: Eastern Shore Brewing • Situation Critical
Specialty Beers:
First Place: Heavy Seas Beer • Red Sky At Morning
Second Place: Evolution Craft Brewing • Chardonnay Migration
Third Place: Franklins Brewery • Rosé Garden
Honorable Mention: Heavy Seas • Beer Siren Noire
Honorable Mention: Manor Hill Brewing • Bourbon Aged Hawkwind with Cocoa Nibs and Vanilla Bean
Pale Lagers / Pilsners
First Place: Evolution Craft Brewing • Delmarva Pure Pils
Second Place: Franklins Brewery • Mic Czech
Third Place: Mad Science Brewing Company – Helles Belles
Amber Lagers, Dark Lagers, Bocks
First Place: Mully’s Brewery • Schwarzbier
Second Place: Pub Dog Brewing • Amber Dog
Third Place: Heavy Seas Beer • Cutlass Amber Lager
Amber Ales
First Place: Jailbreak Brewing • Infinite Amber Ale
Second Place: Evolution Craft Brewing • Exile Red
Third Place: Union Craft Brewing • Balt Altbier
Brown Ales
First Place: Franklins Brewery • Stonehenge
Second Place Smoketown Brewing Company • Berlin Brown
Third Place: Oliver Brewing • Dark Horse
Honorable Mention: Antietam Brewery • Witness Tree Nut Brown
Porters
First Place: Independent Brewing Company • Knucklehead
Second Place: Eastern Shore Brewing • Duck Duck Goose
Third Place: Evolution Craft Brewing • Lucky 7 Porter
Stouts
First Place: Monocacy Brewing Company • Brewtus Coffee Imperial Stout
Second Place: Monument City Brewing Company • Wood Stove Imperial Stout
Third Place: Peabody Heights Brewing Company • Mocha Obscuro
Wheat Beers
First Place: Barley and Hops – Vinz Clortho • Keymaster Of Gose
Second Place: Calvert Brewing Company • Wye Rye
Third Place: Barley And Hops • Banana Hammock
Strong Ales
First Place: Franklins Brewery • Nightswatch
Second Place: Franklins Brewery • Highland Hugh
Third Place: Independent Brewing Company • Election Year
Honorable Mention: Jailbreak Brewing • VanDammit
Medalists (Brewery/Beer/Style)
Gold Medals
7 Locks Brewery • Booze Creek Black Lager (International Dark Lager)
Antietam Brewery • Witness Tree Nut Brown (American Brown Ale)
Assawoman Bay Brewing Company • Bayside Blonde Ale (Blonde Ale)
Assawoman Bay Brewing Company • Red Head Rye (Alternative Grain Beer)
Assawoman Bay Brewing Company (Classic Style Smoked Beer)
Barley and Hops • Ambulette (Belgian Blond Ale)
Barley and Hops • Banana Hammock (Weissbier
Barley and Hops • Bark Side Of The Moon – India Pale Lager (International Pale Lager)
Barley and Hops • Dark Helmet (Foreign Extra Stout)
Barley and Hops • Harlot (Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer)
Barley and Hops • Hoppen Dazs (Specialty IPA)
Barley and Hops • Vinz Clortho – Keymaster Of Gose (Historical Beer)
Brewer’s Alley • Kolsch (Kolsch)
Brewer’s Alley • Oktoberfest Lager (Marzen)
Brookeville Beer Farm • Off-Kilter (Scottish Export)
Calvert Brewing Company • 1747 (Strong Bitter)
Calvert Brewing Company • Calvert Cream Ale (Cream Ale)
Calvert Brewing Company • Crazy Daisy (Witbier)
Calvert Brewing Company • Flapjack Maple Milk Stout (Sweet Stout)
Calvert Brewing Company • Wye Rye (Historical Beer)
Cushwa Brewing Company • Funk N’ Fuzz (Specialty Fruit Beer)
Eastern Shore Brewing • 8 Year Twitch (Belgian Tripel)
Eastern Shore Brewing • Crosby Pilz & Mash (American Lager)
Eastern Shore Brewing • Magic (Weissbier)
Eastern Shore Brewing • Situation Critical (American IPA)
Eastern Shore Brewing • The Lightest Beer We Got (Ordinary Bitter)
Evolution Craft Brewing • Chardonnay Migration (Brett Beer)
Evolution Craft Brewing • Delmarva Pure Pils (Czech Premium Pale Lager)
Evolution Craft Brewing • Exile Red (Strong Bitter)
Evolution Craft Brewing • Lot #6 DIPA (Double IPA)
Evolution Craft Brewing • Lucky 7 Porter (English Porter)
Evolution Craft Brewing • Rise Up Stout (Tropical Stout)
Flying Dog Brewery • Raging Bitch (Belgian Pale Ale)
Franklin’s Brewery • Batch 500 (Experimental Beer)
Franklin’s Brewery • Hammer Of The Gods (Baltic Porter)
Franklin’s Brewery • Highland Hugh (Wee Heavy)
Franklin’s Brewery • Jack The Giant Killer ’13 (English Barleywine)
Franklin’s Brewery • Mic Czech (Czech Pale Lager)
Franklin’s Brewery • Older The Beery, The Sweeter The Juice (Fruit Beer)
Franklin’s Brewery • Rosà Garden (Fruit and Spice Beer)
Franklin’s Brewery • Sourhopnado (Wild Specialty Beer)
Franklin’s Brewery • Stonehenge (Dark Mild)
Franklin’s Brewery, • Hefeweizen (Weissbier)
Heavy Seas Beer • Cutlass Amber Lager (Vienna Lager)
Heavy Seas Beer • Pounder Pils (German Pils)
Heavy Seas Beer • Powder Monkey (Best Bitter)
Heavy Seas Beer • Siren Noire (Spiced Beer)
Heavy Seas Beer • Treasure Fest (Mixed-Style Beer)
Independent Brewing Company • Cereal Killer (Oatmeal Stout)
Independent Brewing Company • Election Year (American Barleywine)
Independent Brewing Company • Knucklehead (American Porter)
Jailbreak Brewing • Feed The Monkey (American Wheat Beer)
Jailbreak Brewing • Infinite Amber Ale (American Amber Ale)
Jailbreak Brewing • VanDammit (Belgian Dark Strong Ale)
Key Brewing • Helles Lager (Munich Helles)
Mad Science Brewing Company • Helles Belles (Munich Helles)
Manor Hill • Manor Hill (Specialty Wood-Aged Beer)
Milkhouse Brewery • Coppermine Creek Dry Stout (Irish Stout)
Monument City Brewing Company • 51 Rye IPA (Specialty IPA)
Monument City Brewing Company (Imperial Stout)
Mully’s Brewery • Mully’s Pumpkin Ale (Autumn Seasonal Beer)
Mully’s Brewery • Mully’s Rye Saison (Saison)
Mully’s Brewery • Mully’s Schwarzbier (Schwarzbier)
Peabody Heights Brewing Company • Thirsty Pale Ale (American Pale Ale)
Pub Dog Brewing • Pub Dog Amber Dog (California Common)
Pub Dog Brewing • Pub Dog Blond (Kolsch)
Pub Dog Brewing • Pub Dog Brown Dog (English Brown Ale)
Red Brick Station • Avenue Ale (English Golden Ale)
Red Brick Station • Daily Crisis IPA (English IPA)
Red Brick Station • Durstloscher (Berliner Weisse)
Red Brick Station • Something Red (Irish Red Ale)
Ruddy Duck • Americana (Cream Ale)
Ruddy Duck • Doppelbock (Doppelbock)
Ruddy Duck • Fest (Kellerbier)
Smoketown Brewing Company • Berlin Brown (American Brown Ale)
Union Craft Brewing • Balt Altbier (Altbier)
Union Craft Brewing • Double Duckpin (Double IPA)
Waredaca Brewing Company • Reveille Coffee Stout (American Stout)
Waverly Brewing • Balti-Mo (Trappist Single)
Silver Medals
7 Locks Brewery • Surrender Dorothy Rye IPA (Specialty IPA)
Antietam Brewery • LiL Ben’s Milk Stout (Sweet Stout)
Antietam Brewery • Otto’s Orchard Red Raspberry (Fruit Beer)
Assawoman Bay Brewing Company • Angry Clown Brown Ale (English Brown Ale)
Barley and Hops • Check-U-Lator Doppelbock (Doppelbock)
Barley and Hops • Gone Pear- Shaped (Witbier)
Barley and Hops • Nobody’s Alt But Mine (Altbier)
Barley and Hops • Roller Monkey – Chocolate Banana Porter (Mixed-Style Beer)
Brewer’s Alley • 20th Anniversary Ale (Belgian Blond Ale)
Brewer’s Alley • IPA (English IPA)
Brookeville Beer Farm • Philsner (American Lager)
Brookeville Beer Farm • Ridiculous (Foreign Extra Stout)
Eastern Shore Brewing • Back Creek Blonde (Blonde Ale)
Eastern Shore Brewing • Duck Duck Goose (American Porter)
Eastern Shore Brewing • Knot So Pale Ale (American Pale Ale)
Flying Dog Brewery • Dogtoberfest (Vienna Lager)
Franklin’s Brewery • Briess Harper (American Amber Ale)
Franklin’s Brewery • Nightswatch (Belgian Dark Strong Ale)
Franklin’s Brewery • Rauchweizen (Specialty Smoked Beer)
Franklin’s Brewery • Ridiculous (Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer)
Franklin’s Brewery • Slippin’ Into Darkness (Brett Beer)
Franklin’s Brewery • Stout Armstrong • American Stout
Full Tilt Brewing • Full Tilt Brewing – Hops The Cat IPA (Double IPA)
Heavy Seas Beer • Terrapin Partner Ships (Experimental Beer)
Heavy Seas Beer • Troeg’s Partner Ships (Mixed-Style Beer)
Heavy Seas Beer, • Red Sky At Morning (Specialty Wood-Aged Beer)
Independent Brewing Company • Carpe Diem (Double IPA)
Independent Brewing Company • Recalibration (American IPA)
Independent Brewing Company • Wanderlust (Belgian Pale Ale)
Jailbreak Brewing • Into The Dark (American Stout)
Key Brewing • Chesapeake Common • California Common)
Key Brewing • Rye Porter (English Porter)
Manor Hill • Manor Hill Grisette (Saison)
Milkhouse Brewery • Homestead Hefeweizen (Weissbier)
Monument City Brewing Company (American Brown Ale)
Mully’s Brewery • Shucker Stout (Irish Stout)
Oliver Brewing Co • Dark Horse (Dark Mild)
Peabody Heights Brewing Company • Mocha Obscuro (Imperial Stout)
Peabody Heights Brewing Company • Old Oriole Park Bohemian Lager (Czech Pale Lager)
Pub Dog Brewing • Pub Dog Pilsner (German Pils)
Pub Dog Brewing • Pub Dog Pumpkin Ale (Autumn Seasonal Beer)
Push American Brewing Co. • Liquid Interview ESB (Strong Bitter)
Ruddy Duck • Blueberry Ale (Specialty Fruit Beer)
Ruddy Duck • Helles (Kellerbier)
Ruddy Duck • Irish Red (Irish Red Ale)
Ruddy Duck • Knuckle Dragger (Oatmeal Stout)
Smoketown Brewing Company • Wick’d Threesome (Belgian Tripel)
Union Craft Brewing • Anthem Golden Ale (Cream Ale)
Union Craft Brewing • Blackwing Black Lager (Schwarzbier)
Union Craft Brewing • Old Pro Gose (Historical Beer)
Union Craft Brewing • Perfecta Pilsner (Czech Premium Pale Lager)
Union Craft Brewing • Pink Flamingo (Fruit and Spice Beer)
Waredaca Brewing Company • Black Raspberry White Flag (Witbier)
Waredaca Brewing Company • Blueberry 3-2-1- Gose (Wild Specialty Beer)
Waredaca Brewing Company • Little Dam Honey Wheat (American Wheat Beer)
Waverly Brewing • O’bay (Spiced Beer)
Bronze Medals
Antietam Brewery • Hager-Weiss Hefeweizen (Weissbier)
Assawoman Bay Brewing Company • Pony Swim IPA (American Pale Ale)
Assawoman Bay Brewing Company • TransPorter (English Porter)
Barley and Hops • Barbarian (Double IPA)
Barley and Hops • Currant Trend (Wild Specialty Beer)
Barley and Hops • Lando – For Billy Dee – An Exquisite Craft Malt Liquor (Experimental Beer)
Barley and Hops • McDowell’s Irish (Irish Red Ale)
Barley and Hops • Schifferstadt Stout (Oatmeal Stout)
Eastern Shore Brewing • Farmhouse (Saison)
Evolution Craft Brewing • Pine’hop’le IPA (Specialty IPA)
Flying Dog Brewery • Gonzo (Imperial Stout)
Flying Dog Brewery • The Truth (American IPA)
Franklin’s Brewery • Brettino’s Bounce (Brett Beer)
Franklin’s Brewery • Casually Latte (Spiced Beer)
Franklin’s Brewery • Inglorious Bastart (Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer)
Franklin’s Brewery • Red Drank (Fruit and Spice Beer)
Franklin’s Brewery • Tenacious C (Specialty Fruit Beer)
Heavy Seas Beer • Deep Six (American Porter)
Heavy Seas Beer • Double Cannon (Double IPA)
Heavy Seas Beer • Plank IV (Belgian Dark Strong Ale)
Independent Brewing Company • Vinyasa (Belgian Tripel)
Jailbreak Brewing • Big Punisher (Double IPA)
Jailbreak Brewing • Carrot Conspiracy (Autumn Seasonal Beer)
Jailbreak Brewing • Dusk Til Dusk (Wood-Aged Beer)
Key Brewing • On Point Ale (American Amber Ale)
Manor Hill • Manor Hill Katherine’s Kolsch (Kolsch)
Manor Hill • Manor Hill Mild Manor’d (Dark Mild)
Monocacy Brewing Company • Brewtus Coffee Imperial Stout (Imperial Stout)
Monocacy Brewing Company • Gose Of Althea (Historical Beer)
Oliver Brewing Co • Balls To The Wall (American Pale Ale)
Oliver Brewing Co • Riding Easy (Blonde Ale)
Pub Dog Brewing • Pub Dog Strawberry Dog (Fruit Beer)
Ruddy Duck • Fuggles Brown (American Brown Ale)
