Tap NY 2016

Cool I'm very familiar with barrier but never had the others. Does barrier distribute packaged beers in the Hudson valley? They are good dudes a few years back they only brought a bunch of smoked beers to tap ny. It was hilarious

 

Another I neglected was resurgence out of buffalo. Sponge candy stout is great

 

Common Roots out of Glens Falls has a few pretty fantastic beers. I would definitely check them out if you previously haven't.

 

I'm pretty bummed that Cosmic Charlies is closed, the deck was an awesome place to spend a few hours after TAP!

 

Yes

 

Anybody hit TapNY today?
I'll be going tomorrow any beers/breweries to look out for?

Cheers

 

Going tomorrow myself.
Rumor has it North Brewery won two gold medals for God Complex.

 

My highlights so far, headed again today:

Common roots was great
Big ditch sour kolsh and deepcut
Sand city Jade ipa
North God complex
ROC strawberry sour

 

I'll tell you what...there's no shortage of juicy NE style IPAs in NY right now. Sloop, SingleCut, Peekskill, Capt. Lawrence...juice bombs

 

I also think that Prison City's sours are right up there with the best of them. Run like an apricot was amazing yesterday, and Escape from Alca-razz was tasty as well.

 

You omitted big ditch deep cut and good nature Annie!!

 

2016 TAP NY Cup Winners

Best Craft Brewery in NY
Big Ditch Brewing Company

Best Craft Beer in NY
CH Evans/Albany Pump House Union Station Belgian Quad

Best Brown Ale in NY
Steuben Brewing Co. Home town Brown

Medal Winners
Wheat Beer

• Gold Medal - Southern Tier Brewing Co. - 3 Citrus Peel Out - American Wheat
• Silver Medal - New Paltz Brewing Co. - Hefeweizen
• Bronze Medal - Local 315 Brewing Co. - Lawn Jockey

Light Lager

• Gold Medal - Sixpoint Brewery - Crisp Pilsner
• Silver Medal - Steuben Brewing Co. - The Golden One Lager
• Bronze Medal - Mad Jack Brewery - Pilsner

Dark/Strong Lager

• Gold - New Paltz Brewing Co. - Rauchbier Amber Lager
• Silver - Kelso of Brooklyn - Nut Brown Lager
• Bronze - Blue Point Brewing Co. - Toasted Lager

Light Ales

• Gold - Stoneyard Brewing Co. - Toasted Coconut Kareem Ale
• Silver - Bull & Barrel Brew Pub - Honey Blueberry Ale
• Bronze - KUKA - Palisades Pale Ale

Strong Ales

• Gold - Lyon Smith Brewing Co. - Ryle Pale Ale Strong Bitter
• Silver - CH Evans Brewing - Wee Heavy Strong Scotch Ale
• Bronze - Pine Island Brewing Co. - Scottish Ale

IPA

• Gold - Local 315 Brewing Co. - Soul Kiss IPA
• Silver - Port Jeff Brewing Co. - Party Boat IPA
• Bronze - Brewery Ommegang - Nervana IPA

Strong IPA

• Gold - Shmaltz Brewing Co. - Wishbone Session Double IPA
• Silver - Big Ditch Brewing Co. - Deep Cut Double IPA
• Bronze - Common Roots Brewing - Daylight DIPA

Porter

• Gold - Great South Bay Brewery - Hog Cabin Smoked Porter
• Silver - Cooperstown Brewing - Benchwarmer Porter
• Bronze - KUKA - Cocoa Ono Porter

Stout

• Gold - (The) North Brewery - God Complex Stout w/hazelnut, coffee and chili
• Silver - Crossroads Brewing Co. - Black Rock Stout
• Bronze - Keuka - Brewing Co. -Local Mocha Imperial Stout

Belgian Style

• Gold - Destination Unknown Beer Co. - Triple Rainbow Belgian Triple
• Silver - CH Evans Brewing - Union Station Belgian Quad
• Bronze - The Farmhouse Brewery - Crazy Daisy Belgian Triple

Barrel Aged

• Gold - Abandon Brewing Co. - Rye Whiskey Barrel Aged Porter
• Silver - Captain Lawrence Brewing - Frost Monster Imperial Aged Stout
• Bronze - Nedloh Brewing Co - Rickey Aged Belgian Pale Ale w/lime

 

• Bronze - Blue Point Brewing Co. - Toasted Lager--Didn't like it. Tasted weird. Silver - Bull & Barrel Brew Pub - Honey Blueberry Ale--This place is close to me. Everyone likes this so i'll have to grab a growler.

 

Local 315 won Gold? pretty shocked -- their beer was really bad when I had it. no hop presence whatsoever. seems like others agree based on reviews.