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2008 Beer Competition

For the second straight year, Astoria Brewing Co.'s Bitter Bitch Double IPA has grabbed the People's Choice Award at the Spring Beer & Wine Fest.

Despite the brew's bitter name, the win is an especially sweet one for owner Steve Allen, who lost his brewer right before the Spring Beer & Wine Fest. Allen was considering having to miss the fest this year after he learned that they didn't have enough of the award-winning beer for the festival. But in true "beer community" spirit, a Portland-based brewer from another brewpub, Vasilios Gletsos, stepped in and brewed up a batch of "the bitch" just in time for the fest!

The competition was a tight one this year, with many beers garnering numerous votes. Bitter Bitch only beat the second-place winner, Hopworks Urban Brewery's Survival Stout, by three votes!

The People's Choice Award is the result of ballots fest-goers submit as they are sampling among the more than 80 beers at the Spring Beer & Wine Fest.

The 15th Annual Spring Beer & Wine Fest is slated for April 10 & 11, 2009 at the Oregon Convention Center -- always Easter weekend.

Peoples Choice Awards:
1st Place -
Astoria Brewing - Bitter Bitch
2nd Place -
HopWorks Survival Stout
3rd Place - Tie
    
Calapooia Chili Beer
    Ninkasi Tricehops Double IPA

Winners of the Saturday Morning Beer Judging:

Amber, Brown & Red
Gold - Pelican Pub & Brewery Anglers Amber
Silver - Lost Coast Brewery Downtown Brown

Belgian-Style
Gold - North Coast Brewing PranQster
Silver - Widmer Belgian Golden Ale

Double IPA and other Strong Ales
Gold - Stone Brewing Ruination IPA
Silver  - Lang Creek Brewing Zeppelin Imperial Ale

Golden & Pale Ales
Gold - Stone Brewing Pale Ale
Silver - Pyramid Curve Ball Blond Ale

IPA
Gold - Laurelwood Public House & Brewery Organic Green Elephant IPA
Silver - Henry Weinhard’s IPA

Lager
Gold - Pabst Blue Ribbon
Silver -  Kona Longboard Lager

Porter & Stout
Gold - Stone Brewing Imperial Stout
Silver - Deschutes Obsidian Stout

Wheat
Gold - Deschutes Wolf Mountain Wit
Silver - Blue Moon Belgian White
 

2008 Wine Competition

BEST OF SHOW
’05 Proprietor’s Reserve Zinfandel - Maryhill

GOLD MEDAL
’06 Chardonnay - Vitis Ridge
’06 Grigio D’ Oro - Vitis Ridge
’03 Port of Celilo - Wind River
’06 Late harvest Bella - Seufert
’05 Pinot Noir Reserve - Noble Estate
’05 Merlot - Wind River
’06 Syrah - Dalla Vina
’06 Terra Madre Sangiovese - Dalla Vina
’06 Mare’ chal Foch - Vitis Ridge

SILVER MEDAL
’06 Chardonnay - Dalla Vina
’05 Gewurztraminer - Sienna Ridge Estate
’06 Pinot Gris - Vitis Ridge
’06 Pinot Gris - Wind River
’06 Rose’ of Sangiovese - Maryhill
’06 Peace - Namaste
’06 Riesling - Noble Estate
’04 Late Harvest Syrah - Vitis Ridge
’06 Fortissimo - Vitis Ridge
’06Pinot Noir - Momtazi Vinyard Seufert
’06 Pinot Noir - Sienna Ridge Estate
’06 Pinot Noir - Hawksview Vineyard Seufert
’04 Syrah - Maryhill
’05 Syrah Lodi - Emerson
’05 Syrah Wahluke Slope - Vitis Ridge
’06 Cabernet Franc - Wind River
’06 Cabernet Franc - Dalla Vina
’06 Cabernet Franc - Hip Chicks
’06 Winemakers Red - Maryhill
’06 Wheatland Red - Wheatland
’05 Cabernet Sauvignon - Mia Sonatina
’06 Petite Verdot - Vitis Ridge
’06 Malbec - Hip Chicks

BRONZE MEDAL
’05 Chardonnay - Sienna Ridge Estates
’06 Chardonnay - Namaste
’06 Chardonnay - Wheatland
’06 Gewurztraminer - Namaste
’05 Pinot Gris - Sienna Ridge Estate
’06 Pinot Gris - Maryhill
’06 Wovenwhite - Seufert
’06 Riesling - Vitis Ridge
’06 Dry Riesling - Namaste
’06 Pinot Noir - Walnut Ridge Vineyard Ribera
’05 Pinot Noir - Vitis Ridge
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06 Pinot Noir - Ribera
’06 Pinot Noir  - Bishop Creek Vineyard Seufert
’06 Merlot - Sienna Ridge Estate
’06 Merlot - Ribera
’06 Syrah - Hip Chicks
’05 Syrah Reserve - Hip Chicks
’05 Syrah - Arcane
’05 Cabernet Sauvignon - Dalla Vina
’03 Cabernet Sauvignon - Sienna Ridge Estate
’06 Tempranillo - Wind River

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