Below are the winners of the 4th annual Barleywine competion
held at Cole's in Buffalo, NY on February 21, 2009. Clipper City was our
1st Place winner with Below Decks. Their same entry came in 3rd at last year's competion.

1st Place ~ Clipper City, MD - Below Decks

2nd Place ~ Great Divide, CO - Old Ruffian

3rd Place ~ Weyerbacher, PA - Insanity

Honorable Mention:
4th Place ~ Boundary Bay, WA - Old Bounder
5th place ~ Pike, WA - Old Bawdy 2007

Other entries were:
Full Sail, OR - Old Boardhead 2008
Southern Tier, NY - Back Burner
Flying Bison, NY - The Herc 2007
New Glarus, WI - Iced Barley Wine
Elysian Brewing, OR - Cyclops
Pike Brewing, OR - Old Bawdy 2008
Flying Bison,NY - The Herc 2008
Arcadia, MI - Cereal Killer
Weyerbacher, PA - Blithering Idiot
Mad River,CA - John Barleycorn 2008

Original Article By: Steve Hodos

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