Rochester breweries fare well at state’s biggest craft beer competition

Will Cleveland
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Published 10:33 a.m. ET Aug. 1, 2018

The second annual New York State Craft Beer Competition highlighted the depth and strength of beers produced here.

A brewery from Brooklyn, one in Buffalo, and another from the Hudson Valley were the competition’s biggest winners. For the second consecutive year, Brooklyn’s Threes Brewing was awarded the Governor’s Excelsior Cup for the best craft beer in the state.

The winners — 45 medal-winning breweries — were announced Wednesday morning. (Full list belo.) Medals were presented in 22 different beer categories.
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Brown ale (American and British) (23 entries): 1. Roscoe Beer Trout Town Brown; 2. Community Beer Works The Whale; 3. Galaxy Brewing Bingtown Brown;
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NYS beer (264 qualified): 1. Roscoe Beer Trout Town Brown Ale; 2. Great Flats Raspberry IPA; 3. (tie) Fifth Frame Sundae IPA and Oval Craft Summer Fling.

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