2013 Comptroller’s Cup Results
Best of Show – Best Overall Maryland Beer
Gold Growlers Yorkshire Porter
Silver Gordon Biersch – Rockville – Czech Pilsener
Bronze Flying Dog Horn Dog Barleywine
Category One – Gold Ale
Gold Heavy Seas Gold Ale
Silver Brewer’s Alley Kolsch
Bronze Eastern Shore Back Creek Blonde Ale
Honorable Mention: Pub Dog Brewing Blond Dog, Growlers Kingpin Kolsch, Ruhlman Rebel Rye, Ruddy Duck Prohibition Cream Ale
Category Two – Gold Lager
Gold Gordon Biersch – Rockville – Czech Pilsener
Silver Heavy Seas Small Craft Warning
Bronze Raven Pendulum Pilsner
Honorable Mention: Barley & Hops Catoctin Clear, Flying Dog Under Dog, Ellicott Mills Boomerang Lager
Category Three – Belgian
Gold Eastern Shore Tighty Whitey Belgian White
Silver Eastern Shore 5 Year Twitch Belgian Triple
Bronze Franklin’s Night Watch
Honorable Mention: Gordon Biercsh – Rockville – Brewer’s Select Belgian Golden, Ruddy Duck Belgian Dark Strong, Franklin’s Saison, Pub Dog Belgian Shepherd, Milkhouse Dollyhyde Farmhouse, Growlers Satan’s Little Helper Batch: 666, Heavy Seas Red Sky at Night
Category Four – Porter/Brown
Gold Growlers Yorkshire Porter
Silver Lunch Break 2 Brown Mild Ale
Bronze Brewer’s Alley Nut Brown
Honorable Mention: Barley & Hops Snowmaggeddon Winter, Oliver’s Dark Horse, Oliver’s Modern Life is Rubbish, Eastern Shore Duck Duck Goose Porter, Franklin’s A More Perfect Union, Ruddy Duck Fuggles Brown
Category Five – Stout
Gold Flying Dog Pearl Necklace Oyster Stout
Silver Franklin’s Imperial Stout
Bronze Growlers Broken Shovel
Honorable Mention: Brewer’s Alley Jack Daniels Barrel-Aged Oatmeal Stout, Growlers Darkside, Barley & Hops Schifferstadt Stout, Union Snowpants Stout
Category Six – Pale Ale
Gold Ruddy Duck Pale
Silver Pub Dog Hoppy Dog
Bronze Union Duckpin Pale Ale
Honorable Mention: Franklin’s A Farewell to Farms, Flying Dog Doggie-Style, Heavy Seas Powder Monkey, Barley & Hops Lunch Break #3, Evolution Primal Pale, Oliver’s Iron Man, Milkhouse Stillpoint Farm Harvest, Barley & Hops Annapolis Rocks, Ellicott Mills Pale, Growlers Bullseye Special Bitter, Growlers Cascade Single Hop Harvest, Union/Brewer’s Art Hamden on Rye, Peabody Heights Fair Shake
Category Seven – Marzen/Okotberfest
Gold Barley and Hops Billy B.O.B. Bock
Silver Gordon Biersch – Rockville – Marzen
Bronze Gordon Biersch – Rockille – Schwarzbier
Honorable Mention: Gordon Biersch – Rockville – Winter Bock, Raven Vienna Lager, Flying Dog Dogtoberfest, Flying Dog Old Scratch, Ellicott Mills Marzen, Growlers Kinder Toten, Brewer’s Alley Oktoberfest, Barley & Hops Oktoberfest, Heavy Seas Cutlass, Pub Dog Fest
Category Eight – Amber/Red
Gold Evolution Exile ESB
Silver Brewer’s Alley Wedding Alt
Bronze Ruddy Duck Hammerhead Red
Honorable Mention: Gordon Biersch – Rockville – Brewer’s Select Scotch Ale, Gordon Biersch – Rockville – Brewer’s Select ESB, Union BaltAlt, Johannson’s Bell Clapper, Gordon Biersch – Rockville – EPA, Monocacy Red All Over, Heavy Seas Winter Storm, Fin City Jack Spot, Peabody Red Cent, Barley & Hops Tuscarora,
Category Nine – Wheat
Gold Oliver’s Sea of Spears
Silver Barley and Hops Weiss Guy Hefeweizen
Bronze White Marsh Maddy Moo
Honorable Mention: Union Old Pro Goze, Push American White Devil, Brewer’s Alley Hefeweizen, Eastern Shore Magic Hefeweizen, Gordon Biersch – Rockville – Hefeweizen, Growlers Chefeweizen, Flying Dog In Heat Wheat
Category Ten – IPA
Gold Pub Dog Imperial Dog IPA
Silver Peabody Heights Knuckle Buster
Bronze Flying Dog The Truth Imperial IPA
Honorable Mention: Raven Tell Tale, Pub Dog Harvest, Franklin’s Sir Hops a Lot, Brewer’s Alley IPA, Evolution Lot #3, Mully’s Jack Straw, Evolution Lot #6, Flying Dog Single Hop Simcoe, Franklin’s Hop Pun Not Included, Heavy Seas Loose Cannon, Oliver’s Draft Punk, White Marsh Daily Crisis, Monocacy Riot Rye, Barley & Hops Key ESB, Flying Dog Snake Dog, Flying Dog Double Dog, Eastern Shore Knot So Pale, Growlers Hop Bastard, Ruddy Duck IPA,
Category Eleven – Specialty/Experimental
Gold Monocacy Riot Rye
Silver Heavy Seas Greater Pumpkin
Bronze Gordon Biersch – Rockville – Brewer’s Select Bourbon Barrel Aged Brown
Honorable Mention: Heavy Seas Siren Noir, Brewer’s Alley 1634, Pub Dog White IPA, Ruddy Duck Pumpkin, Evolution Rise Up, Heavy Seas Holy Sheet, Barley & Hops Cornucopia Harvest, Push American Pumpkin Jack, Oliver’s Last Train to Satansville
Category Twelve – Specialty/Fruit
Gold Growlers Freaky Krieky
Silver Pub Dog Monster Mash Pumpkin Spice Ale
Bronze Monocacy Raspberry Brown
Honorable Mention: Oliver’s Pink Triangle
Category Thirteen – Barleywine/Strong
Gold Flying Dog Horn Dog Barleywine
Silver Oliver’s Atomic Punk
Bronze Franklin’s Jack the Giant Killer
Honorable Mention: Heavy Seas Big DIPA, Franklin’s 97 lb Weakling, Oliver’s Winter Wolves, Oliver’s 3 Lions Ale, White Marsh Old Crab, Franklin’s Highland High, Union Chessie
2013 – 195 entries, 13 categories.
Each Gold Medal beer advances to the Best of Show round, where the top 3 are recognized by Best of Show medals.
Best of Show “Gold” is recognized as the best overall Maryland beer and thus awarded the Comptroller’s Cup.
Beers are judged via the BJCP Style Guidelines.
Honorable Mention for each category is listed in descending value of the points awarded to each beer listed.
Thank you to all of our wonderful volunteers who assist the Comptroller’s Cup Competition.
