2003 Indiana State Fair
Beer Judging Results

Professional Brewer's Divison

Best of Show
Broad Ripple Brewpub Red Bird Mild Ale Mild Ale Indianapolis
 
Gold Awards
Bloomington Brewing Big Stone Stout Dry Stout Bloomington
Broad Ripple Brewpub Mild Ale Brown Ale Indianapolis
Mad Anthony  Smoked Porter Smoked Porter Fort Wayne
Mad Anthony  Sofa King Bitter IPA Fort Wayne
Mad Anthony  Old Woody Pale Ale Am Pale Ale Fort Wayne
Main Street Vinny's Light Lager Light Ale-Blond Evansville
New Albanian Bourbon Daddy Bourbon Barrel Stout Specialty-Bourbon Stout New Albany
New Albanian Elector IPA New Albany
Oaken Barrel Gnaw Bone Pale Ale American Pale Ale Greenwood
Oyster Bar Lighthouse Ale Kolsch Fort Wayne
Oyster Bar   American Wheat Fort Wayne
Oyster Bar Oyster Bar Amber Ale American  Pale Ale Fort Wayne
Ram Restaurant/Big Horn Brewery Big Red IPA India Pale Ale Indianapolis
Upland Upland Valley Weizen Bavarian Dunkel Weizen  Bloomington
Upland  Dragon Fly IPA American Pale Ale Bloomington
       
Silver Awards
Alcatraz Penitention Porter Specialty-Bourbon Porter Indianapolis
Alcatraz Pelican Pale Ale American Pale Ale  Indianapolis
Back Road Brewry Belle Gunness Stout Dry Stout Laporte
Back Road Brewry Midwest IPA India Pale A;e Laporte
Back Road Brewry Aviator Doppelbock Doppelbock Laporte
Back Road Brewry Millenium Lager Bohemian Pilsner Laporte
Barley Island Breakfast Oatmeal Stout Oatmeal Stout Noblesville
Barley Island Rust Belt Porter Robust Porter Noblesville
Barley Island Dirty Hellen Brown Ale Brown Ale Noblesville
Bloomington Brewing Pale Ale American Pale Ale  Bloomington
Bloominton Brewery Freestone Blond Blond Ale Bloomington
Broad Ripple Brewpub IPA India Pale A;e Indianapolis
Mad Anthony  Gabby Blond Lager Light/Std/Premium Lager Fort Wayne
New Albanian Community Dark Brown Ale New Albany
Oaken Barrel  Old Gnarly  Barley Wine Greenwood
Oaken Barrel  Snake Pit Porter Robust Porter Greenwood
Oaken Barrel  King Rudi Hefeweizen Greenwood
Oyster Bar Dunkel's Bock Doppelbock Fort Wayne
Oyster Bar Highland Flame Scottish Ale 70 Schilling Fort Wayne
Ram Restaurant & Big Horn Brewery Big Horn Hefeweizen Bavarian Hefeweizen Indianapolis
Rock Bottom Brewery Hefeweizen Bavarian Hefeweizen Indianapolis
Three Floyd's  Behemoth Barley Wine American-style Barleywine Hammond
Three Floyd's  Ol Dread Strong Ale Bourbon Barrel Strong Ale Hammond
Three Floyd's  Dreadnaught IPA India Pale Ale Hammond
Three Floyd's  Alpha King American Pale Ale  Hammond
Three Floyd's  Pride & Joy Special or Best Bitter Hammond
Three Floyd's  Robert the Bruce Scottish Ale-70 Schilling Hammond
Upland Brewing Specialty American Wheat Bloomington
Upland Brewing Bad Elmer's Porter Brown Porter Bloomington
       
Bronze Awards
Alcatraz Brewing Co Alcatraz IPA IPA Indianapolis
Back Road Scottish Ale Export 80 Shilling Laporte
Back Road  Maple City Gold Oktoberfest/Maerzen Laporte
Back Road Brewery No 9 Barley wine US Barleywine Laporte
Back Road Brewery Christmas Ale Robust Porter w/vanilla Laporte
Barley Island Blind Tiger American Pale Noblesville
Barley Island Mind Block Maibock Helles Bock Noblesville
Barley Island 60 Shilling Ale Light 60 Shilling Noblesville
Broad Ripple Brewing Wee Alec Heavy Old Ale Indianapolis
Broad Ripple Brewpub Pilsner Bohemian Pilsner Indianapolis
Lafayette Brewing Co Whitetail Wheat American Wheat Lafayette
Lafayette Brewing Co Prophet's Rock Pale American Pale Ale Lafayette
Mad Anthony Brewing Old Crippled Bastard  American-style Barleywine Fort Wayne
Mad Anthony Brewing Paul's Muddy River Amber Ale American Amber Ale Fort Wayne
Main Street Honey Blond Ale Specialty-Blond Ale w/honey Evansville
Main Street Rassbeery Fruit-Raspberry Blond Evansville
Main Street Vinny's Light Lager Light/Std/Premium Lager Evansville
New Albanian Brewery Conesmoker Smoked American Pale Ale New Albany
New Albanian Brewery Beak's Best  Strong Bitter New Albany
Oyster Bar Oyster Stout Foreign Extra Stout Fort Wayne
Oyster Bar Stock Ale No 1 English-style Barley Wine Fort Wayne
Oyster Bar Stock Ale No 3 Old Ale Fort Wayne
Oyster Bar Oyster Bar IPA India Pale Ale Fort Wayne
Oyster Bar Oyster Bar Amber Ale American Brown Ale Fort Wayne
Oyster Bar Indiana Pale Ale American Pale Fort Wayne
Oyster Bar Highland Flame Scottish Ale-Light 60 Schiling Fort Wayne
Ram Restaurant & Big Horn Brewery Total Disorder Porter Brown Porter  Indianapolis
Rock Bottom Brickway Brown Brown Porter  Indianapolis
Rock Bottom Sugar Creek Pale American Pale Ale Indianapolis
Upland  Upland Valley Weizen Bavarian Weizen Bloomington
Upland  Upland Amber American Amber Ale Bloomington
Upland  Upland Pale Ale Special or Best Bitter Bloomington

Homebrewer's Divison

Best of Show      
Dan Mcbride Westville Belgian Pale Mt Baldy Ale  Belgian Pale
       
Brew Crew Label Contest      
Jonathon Denney & Wilson Silverthorne Indianapolis   Echo Rock Pale Ale
       
Light Ales, Kolsch & Altbiers      
1 Paul Till Fort Wayne No German Alt Paul's Alt
2 Jerry Sadowski Crete No German Alt Achtung! Alt
3 Robert Nickel Logansport Kolsch  
       
American Pale Ales      
1 Paul Till Fort Wayne APA Curwood Pale Ale
2 Bill Ballinger New Palestine APA Grip it and Sip it!
3 Jonathon Denney & Wilson Silverthorne Indianapolis APA Set Sail Pale Ale
       
Strong Belgian Ales, Belgian & French Ales,       
1 Dan Mcbride Westville Belgian Pale Mt Baldy Ale Belgian Pale
2 Mike Heckman Ossian Saison Gateway Saison
3 Jared Brosch Cicero Belgian Wit Preston's Glory Witbier
       
American and European Lagers, Oktoberfests and Bocks    
1 Mike Heckman Ossian Traditional Bock Bravenkeller Bock
1 Kevin Cox Muncie Munich Dunkel Beauty & the Beast-Betsy
3 Tom and Jerry Sadowski Crete No German Pils  Das Gundt Bier!
       
Bitters & Scottish Ales      
1 Bill Ballinger New Palestine Sp or Best Bitter Bull N Bladder
2 Jonathon Denney & Wilson Silvertorne Indianapolis Ordinary Bitter Island Ale
3 Jonathon Denney & Wilson Silvertorne Indianapolis Scottish Ale 60 Schilling Scottish Ale
       
Stouts        
1 Mark Schiess Carmel Dry Stout Fish on a Bicycle Stout
2 Kevin Cox Muncie Foreign Extra Stout Brew Monk's Foreign Export 
3 Peter O'Neil  Mooresville Dry Stout Black Flag Stout 
       
Wheat Beers      
1 Mark Halvorsen Zionsville Bavarian Wheat Halvor Hefeweizen
2 Patrick Cockrum Avon Bavarian Wheat PMB Wheat
3 Marten Heninger Atlanta Dunkel Weizen bock Resurrection Ale
       
Belgian & French ales, Lambics and Belgian Strong Ales    
1 Dan Mcbride Westville Belgian Pale Mt Baldy Ale Belgain Pale
2 Mike Heckman Ossian Saison Gateway Saison
3 Jared Brosch Cicero Belgian Wit Preston's Glory Witbier
       
Old Ales and Barleywines      
1 Kevin Cox Muncie Russian Imperial Stout Beauty & the Beast-Diana
2 Greg Christmas Indianapolis Old Ale Veliano
3 Pete Gregar Dyer Russian Imperial Stout Hangover Stout
       
Brown Ales and Porters      
1 Mark Fisher Avon Robust Porter Nelson's Porter Pie
2 Bruce Deters Angola Brown Porter Grizzly's Winter Porter
3 Todd Crockett & Cathy Reinhart Carmel Brown Porter Charlie Nut Brown Porter
       
India Pale Ales      
1 Stefan Kelley Fort Wayne IPA Finding Nemo Stirring the Wort
2 Mike Heckman Ossian IPA Hoppy Hoppy Joy Joy
3 Kevin Cox Muncie IPA Beauty and the Beast-The Beast 666
       
Fruit and Spiced/Herb/Vegetable Beers      
1 Rob Caputo Indianapolis  IPA w/ Tabasco Chips Avery Island IPA
2 Brian Kinnaird Carmel Spice Brown Porter Chili Buster Spiced Winter
3 Tim Steininger & Bat Bateman  Fairborn Spiced Porter w/ peppercorns Black Pepper Porter
       
Smoked and Specialty Beers      
1 Bruce Deters Angola Specialty-Orange Light Ale Gizzly's Summer Orange Ale
2 Mike Pelter Schererville Historical Entire Porter Peter Pelter Porter
3 Steve Hurry Carmel Specialty-Dry Stout w/Chocolate Not Before Noon Mocha Stout