Congratulations to Aaron Schenk! Best Of Show First Place Winner
with his Cream Ale. The winning Cream Ale will be available in Asheville in
August. Keep tuned to our website (www.highlandbrewing.com)
for updates. Second Place Best of Show went to Alex Buerckholtz for his
Centennial Stout. Third Place Best of Show went to Aaron Schenk, also for his
Dusseldorf Ale. These were all excellent ales. It was a hard choice I am sure
for our judges.
Thank you for entering The Highland Cup. Next year's competition will be on
February 21, 2009. The restrictions will be posted soon.
Mary Eliza L. McRae
Sales and Marketing Manager
Highland Brewing Company
www.highlandbrewing.com
Flight 1: Light Hybrid Beer
1st Place One-Eyed Cat Brewing Company American Wheat 6.D American Wheat or Rye Beer
Sandy Springs, GA
2nd Place Aaron Schenk cream ale 6.A Cream Ale
Asheville, NC Mountain Ale and Lager Tasters
3rd Place Aaron Schenk 6.B Blonde Ale
Asheville, NC Mountain Ale and Lager Tasters
Flight 2: Amber Hybrid Beer
1st Place Aaron Schenk n. german alt #1 7.A North German Altbier
Asheville, NC Mountain Ale and Lager Tasters
2nd Place Aaron Schenk d. alt. 7.C Düsseldorf Altbier
Asheville, NC Mountain Ale and Lager Tasters
3rd Place Aaron Schenk n. german alt # 2 7.A North German Altbier
Asheville, NC Mountain Ale and Lager Tasters
Flight 3: Brit and Irish Ale
1st Place Aaron Schenk 80 9.C Scottish Export 80/-
Asheville, NC Mountain Ale and Lager Tasters
2nd Place Kevin Mitchell MacMitchell Scotch Ale 9.E Strong Scotch Ale
Kingsport, TN State of Franklin
3rd Place James Bond ESBond 8.C Extra Special/Strong Bitter (English
Pale Ale)
Columbus, NC Mountain Ale and Lager Tasters
Flight 4: Mild and Brown
1st Place Swannanoa Mt. Mitchell Mild 11.A Mild
Swannanoa, NC Mountain Ale and Lager Tasters
2nd Place Aaron Schenk english mild # 1 11.A Mild
Asheville, NC Mountain Ale and Lager Tasters
3rd Place Alex Buerckholtz Smokey Mt. Brown Porter 12.A Brown Porter
Asheville, NC Mountain Ale and Lager Tasters
Flight 5: Robust and Baltic Porter
1st Place Bill Lynch Bill's Robusto Porter 12.B Robust Porter
Waxhaw, NC Carolina BrewMasters
2nd Place Aaron Schenk robust porter # 1 12.B Robust Porter
Asheville, NC Mountain Ale and Lager Tasters
3rd Place Aaron Schenk robust porter # 2 12.B Robust Porter
Asheville, NC Mountain Ale and Lager Tasters
Flight 6: Stouts
1st Place Aaron Schenk extra stout 13.D Foreign Extra Stout
Asheville, NC Mountain Ale and Lager Tasters
2nd Place James Bond Labrador Stout 13.A Dry Stout
Columbus, NC Mountain Ale and Lager Tasters
3rd Place Jim Kelly cvs 13.B Sweet Stout
Carolina Beach, NC Star City Brewers Guild
Flight 7: American Stout
1st Place Alex Buerckholtz Centennial Stout 13.E American Stout
Asheville, NC Mountain Ale and Lager Tasters
2nd Place Bill Lynch Bill's USA Stout 13.E American Stout
Waxhaw, NC Carolina BrewMasters
3rd Place Aaron Schenk stout 13.E American Stout
Asheville, NC Mountain Ale and Lager Tasters
Flight 8: American Pale Ale
1st Place Adam Reinke USS Centennial Pale Ale 10.A American Pale Ale
Arden, NC Mountain Ale and Lager Tasters
2nd Place Barry Ledford 10.A American Pale Ale
Wadmalaw Island, SC Palemtto State Brewers
3rd Place Don Rowell Full Bodied Blonde 10.A American Pale Ale
Roanoke Rapids, NC
Flight 9: Am. Amber and Brown
1st Place James Bond Bond Brown Ale 10.C American Brown Ale
Columbus, NC Mountain Ale and Lager Tasters
2nd Place Steve Morgan Southchase Amber 10.B American Amber Ale
Fletcher, NC Mountain Ale and Lager Tasters
3rd Place Richard Lane 10.C American Brown Ale
Charlotte, NC Carolina BrewMasters
Flight 10: IPA
1st Place Aaron Schenk ipa 14.B American IPA
Asheville, NC Mountain Ale and Lager Tasters
2nd Place Aaron Schenk iipa 14.C Imperial IPA
Asheville, NC Mountain Ale and Lager Tasters
3rd Place Jeff Nameth IPA 14.C Imperial IPA
Arden, NC Mountain Ale and Lager Tasters
Flight 11: Spice-Smoke Beer
1st Place Bill Lynch Smoked Brown Porter 22.B Other Smoked Beer
Waxhaw, NC Carolina BrewMasters
2nd Place Aaron Schenk vanilla porter 21.A Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
Asheville, NC Mountain Ale and Lager Tasters
3rd Place Aaron Schenk smoked porter 22.B Other Smoked Beer
Asheville, NC Mountain Ale and Lager Tasters
Flight 12: Specialty Beer
1st Place Robert Leach Coconut Coffee Porter 23. Specialty Beer
Aiken, SC Palemtto State Brewers
2nd Place Olivia Ehrhardt Honey Basil Ale 23. Specialty Beer
Flat Rock, NC
3rd Place Aaron Schenk imperial porter 23. Specialty Beer
Asheville, NC Mountain Ale and Lager Tasters