Before I start rambling off the winners, let me give you a couple figures. Don’t feel bad if you don’t recognize the majority of the breweries, let alone the beers. There were 3,930 beers entered in the contest representing 526 breweries. If you could name 50 breweries I would have been incredibly impressed. 28 states plus Puerto Rico were represented. I’m not sure which states were left out, but shame on them.

Things that surprised me:

1) Indiana had the highest rate of medal winning at 19.2% (10/51). I knew the Hoosiers brewed some good beers, but I didn’t know they were at that level. It may be time to go on some brewery tours down there.

2)  A brewery from my hometown of Flint, MI managed to take a silver medal in the Sweet Stout category with their Cream Stout, so congrats to Redwood Brewing Co. I actually used to go there (for food) before I was even of legal age to drink.

3) In the American-Style Lager category, Red Dog won the gold, Rainier took silver,  and Old Style picked up the bronze. Seriously? We can’t find anyone to make a better beer than those? I would rather go to an Aquafina party than drink any of them.

Small Brewing Company & Small Brewing Company Brewer of the Year
Chuckanut Brewery, Bellingham, WA / Will Kemper

Mid-Size Brewing Company & Mid-Size Brewing Company Brewer of the Year
Firestone Walker Brewing Co, Paso Robles, CA / Matthew Brynildson

Large Brewing Company & Large Brewing Company and Brewer of the Year
Pabst Brewing Company, Woodridge, IL / Bob Newman

Small Brewpub & Small Brewpub Brewer of the Year
Pizza Port Ocean Beach, San Diego, CA / Yiga Miyashiro

Large Brewpub & Large Brewpub Brewer of the Year
Pizza Port Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA / Pizza Port Brew Guys

Brewpub Group and Brewpub Group Brewer of the Year
TAPS Fish House & Brewery, Brea, CA / Victor Novak

And now for your Gold Medal Winners. If you want a visualization of where all of these breweries are, check out this map. I’d also recommend using Ctrl-f to easily see if anyone near you won.

American-Style Wheat Beer – 20 Entries
SchWheat, SweetWater Brewing Co., Atlanta, GA

American-Style Wheat Beer With Yeast – 38 Entries
Leavenworth Boulder Bend Dunkelweizen, Fish Brewing Co., Olympia, WA

Fruit Beer – 56 Entries
Raspberry Tart, New Glarus Brewing Co., New Glarus, WI

Fruit Wheat Beer – 48 Entries
Lizard, 5 Rabbit Cerveceria, Chicago, IL

Field Beer or Pumpkin Beer – 37 Entries
Upslope Pumpkin Ale, Upslope Brewing Co., Boulder, CO

Herb and Spice Beer – 92 Entries
Mexican Chocolate Stout, Copper Kettle Brewing Co., Denver, CO

Chocolate Beer – 30 Entries
Chocolate Beer, Barley Brothers Brewery and Grill, Lake Havasu City, AZ

Coffee Beer – 60 Entries
Java Mac, Sun King Brewing Co., Indianapolis, IN

Specialty Beer – 24 Entries
Hazelnut Brown Nectar, Rogue Ales, Newport, OR

Rye Beer – 36 Entries
Gold: Three Flowers IPA, Marin Brewing Co., Larkspur, CA

Specialty Honey Beer – 32 Entries
Sixteen, Weyerbacher Brewing Co., Easton, PA

Session Beer – 44 Entries
Provo Girl Pilsner, Utah Brewers Co-op, Salt Lake City, UT

Other Strong Beer – 53 Entries
Wheat Wine Ale, Smuttynose Brewing Co., Portsmouth, NH

Experimental Beer – 83 Entries
Mangalitsa Pig Porter, Right Brain Brewery, Traverse City, MI

Indigenous Beer – 31 Entries
Hqt, 21st Amendment Brewery, San Francisco, CA

Gluten-Free Beer – 15 Entries
Gluten-Free Lemon Pale, Strange Brewing Co., Denver, CO

American-Belgo-Style Ale – 43 Entries
Angry Birds, Haymarket Pub & Brewery, Chicago, IL

American-Style Sour Ale – 21 Entries
Le Terroir, New Belgium Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO

American-Style Brett Ale – 31 Entries
Confluence, Allagash Brewing Co., Portland, ME

Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer – 40 Entries
Velvet Merkin, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA

Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer – 118 Entries
Melange a Trois, Nebraska Brewing Co., Papillion, NE

Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Stout – 74 Entries
Bourbon Murder, Deschutes Brewery, Bend, OR

Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer – 75 Entries
Friek, Odell Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO

Aged Beer – 36 Entries
Expedition Stout, Bell’s Brewery, Galesburg, MI

Kellerbier or Zwickelbier – 48 Entries
Kolsch Kellerbier, Mad Fox Brewing Co., Falls Church, VA

Smoke Beer – 43 Entries
Smoke Ale, Rogue Ales, Portland, OR

American-Style or International-Style Pilsener – 31 Entries
BEER, La Cumbre Brewing Co., Albuquerque, NM

German-Style Pilsener – 42 Entries
Pavlov’s Pils, C.B. & Potts Restaurant & Brewery – Fort Collins, Fort Collins, CO

Bohemian-Style Pilsener – 42 Entries
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Munich-Style Helles – 38 Entries
Chuckanut Helles, Chuckanut Brewery, Bellingham, WA

Dortmunder or German-Style Oktoberfest – 20 Entries
Move Back, The SandLot, Denver, CO

American-Style Lager, Light Lager or Premium Lager – 55 Entries
Old Milwaukee Light, Pabst Brewing Co., Woodridge, IL

American-Style Lager or Cream Ale or Lager – 31 Entries
Red Dog, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI

Vienna-Style Lager – 32 Entries
Jomo Lager, Starr Hill Brewery, Crozet, VA

German-Style Märzen – 58 Entries
Stein Knocker, Hoppers Grill & Brewing Co., Midvale, UT

American-Style Amber Lager – 58 Entries
Uberbrau, Humperdink’s Restaurant and Brewery, Dallas, TX

European-Style Dunkel – 23 Entries
Dunkel Lager, Glenwood Canyon Brewing Co., Glenwood Springs, CO

American-Style Dark Lager – 16 Entries
Durango Dark, Durango Brewing Co., Durango, CO

German-Style Schwarzbier – 26 Entries
TAPS Schwarzbier, TAPS Fish House & Brewery (Corona, CA), Brea, CA

Bock – 34 Entries
Troegenator, Tröegs Brewing Co., Harrisburg, PA

German-Style Doppelbock or Eisbock – 22 Entries
Autumnal Fire, Capital Brewery Co., Middleton, WI

Baltic-Style Porter – 19 Entries
Battle Axe Baltic Porter, Fat Head’s Brewery, North Olmsted, OH

Golden or Blonde Ale – 56 Entries
Blonde, Ram Restaurant & Brewery – Seattle, Seattle, WA

German-Style Kölsch – 48 Entries
Chuckanut Kolsch, Chuckanut Brewery, Bellingham, WA

English-Style Summer Ale – 33 Entries
Summer Lovin’, Blue Mountain Brewery, Afton, VA

Classic English-Style Pale Ale – 25 Entries
Clear Creek Pale Ale, Silver City Brewery, Bremerton, WA

English-Style India Pale Ale – 46 Entries
Samuel Adams Latitude 48 Hallertau Mittelfrueh, Boston Beer Co., Boston, MA

International-Style Pale Ale – 20 Entries
Boulevard Pale Ale, Boulevard Brewing Co., Kansas City, MO

American-Style Pale Ale – 105 Entries
Pale 31, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA

American-Style Strong Pale Ale – 103 Entries
Pako’s Eye P.A., Snake River Brewing, Jackson, WY

American-Style India Pale Ale – 176 Entries
Gold: Elevated IPA, La Cumbre Brewing Co., Albuquerque, NM

Imperial India Pale Ale – 102 Entries
Citra Double IPA, Kern River Brewing, Kernville, CA

American-Style Amber/Red Ale – 82 Entries
Amber Waves, 21st Amendment Brewery, San Francisco, CA

Imperial Red Ale – 57 Entries
547 Haight – The Toronado San Francisco’s 20th Anniversary Imperial Red Ale,
Pizza Port Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA

English-Style Mild Ale – 25 Entries
Skidmark Brown Ale, Pizza Port Ocean Beach, San Diego, CA

56 Ordinary or Special Bitter – 28 Entries
DBA, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA

Extra Special Bitter – 43 Entries
Minaret ESB, Cigar City Brewing, Tampa, FL

Scottish-Style Ale – 27 Entries
Hope and King Scotch Ale, Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery, Minneapolis, MN

Irish-Style Red Ale – 31 Entries
O’Rion Irish Red, Equinox Brewing, Fort Collins, CO

English-Style Brown Ale – 45 Entries
Good Grief Brown, Pizza Port Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA

American-Style Brown Ale – 49 Entries
Great American Brown, Pizza Port Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA

American-Style Black Ale – 74 Entries
Blacktop IPA, New Glarus Brewing Co., New Glarus, WI

German-Style Altbier – 30 Entries
Little Red Cap, Grimm Brothers Brewhouse, Loveland, CO

German-Style Sour Ale – 13 Entries
Berliner Weisse, Crabtree Brewing Co., Greeley, CO

South German-Style Hefeweizen – 64 Entries
Hefeweizen, Dry Dock Brewing, Aurora, CO

German-Style Wheat Ale – 23 Entries
Boscos Hefeweizen, Boscos Brewing Co., Memphis, TN

Belgian-Style Witbier – 53 Entries
Witte, Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown, NY

French- and Belgian-Style Saison – 65 Entries
Saison-Brett, Boulevard Brewing Co., Kansas City, MO

Belgian- and French-Style Ale – 56 Entries
California Ale, Telegraph Brewing Co., Santa Barbara, CA

Belgian-Style Lambic or Sour Ale – 51 Entries
Fifth Element 2008, Squatters Pub Brewery, Salt Lake City, UT

Belgian-Style Abbey Ale – 76 Entries
Brother David’s Double, Anderson Valley Brewing Co., Boonville, CA

Belgian-Style Strong Specialty Ale – 59 Entries
Buffalo Slumber, Sun King Brewing Co., Indianapolis, IN

Brown Porter – 32 Entries
Out of Order Porter, Wind River Brewing Co., Pinedale, WY

Robust Porter – 62 Entries
Moonlight Porter, Rock Bottom Brewery (La Jolla, CA), Louisville, CO

Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout – 24 Entries
Ring of Dingle, Sun King Brewing Co., Indianapolis, IN

Foreign-Style Stout – 23 Entries
Dark Side Stout, Silver Moon Brewing, Bend, OR

American-Style Stout – 37 Entries
Jules Winnfi eld, Pizza Port Solana Beach, Solana Beach, CA

Sweet Stout – 19 Entries
Steel Toe Stout, Ska Brewing Co., Durango, CO

Oatmeal Stout – 36 Entries
Back Road Stout, Millstream Brewing Co., Amana, IA

Imperial Stout – 56 Entries
BORIS The Crusher Oatmeal-Imperial Stout, Hoppin’ Frog Brewing Co., Akron, OH

Scotch Ale – 39 Entries
Wee Muckle, Sun King Brewing Co., Indianapolis, IN

Old Ale or Strong Ale – 35 Entries
Papier, The Bruery, Placentia, CA

Barley Wine-Style Ale – 42 Entries
Horn Dog Barleywine, Flying Dog Brewery, Frederick, MD

For silver and bronze winners, check the PDF.

According to the state police officer, Womack was marching down the shoulder of the highway while shirtless, wielding a samurai sword “like a drum major,” moving it rhythmically as he marched.

As the officer on site approached Womack, he allegedly swung the sword in a defensive fashion before dropping it at the trooper’s command.

Womack then attempted to force his way into a car that pulled over to avoid the parked police car before being apprehended. Officers found marijuana on him.

After being cuffed, Womack was taken to a local police station where he informed police that he was “cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs.” He was charged with attempted car jacking, resisting law enforcement, and possession of marijuana.

Regardless of Womack’s temporary insanity as a result of overly-sweetened chocolate treats, the real victims of this story are everyone fighting for the positive benefits of marijuana. It’d be speculation to say pot made Womack do all these insane things, but the fact that he was acting crazy with pot found on him certainly doesn’t help the stereotypes associated with smokers. Neglecting cartoon dogs, marching through Indiana with samurai swords…the simpler times of making oversized sandwiches and listening to mediocre jam bands are long gone.

Indiana police nab shirtless ‘samurai’ marching down I-65 [Sun Times]

The owners of a cookie shop that has operated for more than two decades inside the Indianapolis City Market could face eviction.

But it’s the reason behind that possible eviction that is raising provocative questions that pit the rights and moral beliefs of a business owner against the obligation of the city to do all it can to prevent discrimination and encourage tolerance.

The city is investigating whether the owner of Just Cookies engaged in discrimination last week when he cited moral objections to homosexuality as his reason for declining a customer’s request to provide rainbow-iced cookies for a “National Coming Out Day” event planned for Oct. 7 at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.

“That could be grounds for taking away their stand in the market,” said Wayne Schmidt, president of the City Market Board, who said Just Cookies is on a month-to-month lease. “I’d hate to lose them, but we can’t tolerate any kind of discrimination like that.”

City Market vendor could lose lease for turning away gays [Indianapolis Star]

And now, add Devan Dumes to the list. Saturday, Dumes threw 3 separate elbows at MSU players. One of which hit big man Goran Suton “in the family jewels”.

The last elbow thrown very late in the game got Dumes ejected and now Tom Crean has taken it one step further.

He’s suspended him indefinitely.

Video of the elbow….

Indiana, which does not have a winning record against any Big Ten school somehow managed to play for the Big Ten Title against MSU in 1987.

After losing the game, Indiana coach Bill Mallory visited the locker room to address MSU Coaches and players.

Its not often we see this type of sportsmanship from any single individual. I can’t imagine the type of hype this would receive from ESPN, SI, or Foxsports if it happened today.

Forget New York, Los Angeles, or even Miami, Indianapolis is the most sexually satisfied city in the United States, according to a new report.

The Indiana city is followed by Columbus, Ohio, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Salt Lake City, Utah, in the report by Men’s Health Magazine that ranked the sexual satisfaction of people in 100 cities.

“Maybe they should take the stretch of I-74 that’s linking Indianapolis to fourth-place Cincinnati and hereafter call it ‘America’s Sex Drive’,” said David Zinczenko, the editor of the magazine, referring to the motorway linking the cities.

Researchers analyzed data on condom sales, birth rates from the U.S. Census Bureau and sales figures from two top sex-toy retailers to compile the ranking.

Well, that’s apparently Miss Indiana. So you can see why they’re so sexually satisfied…who doesn’t have an ET the Extra Terrestrial fetish? Nothing gets me going more than an undersized body with a big grape-shaped head and bug eyes. Niiiiiiice.

If anything though, I would question the methodology of Men’s Health. I mean, who’s to say that all those condoms are being used? Their birth rates are so high, maybe there are just condom collectors or people that really like making lubricated balloon animals (and who doesn’t!). I’d also say that more sex toy sales would mean less true sexual satisfaction. For every pocket pussy I f, it just means one more Real Vagina filled with disappointment. And lies. And wasted Barbie dolls. Ohhhhh sex with minors, you slay me.

Michigan State 67
Ohio State 60

Illinois 74
Purdue 67

Minnesota 59
Indiana 58

Thoughts

At what point does MSU start looking at the way their offense is run. Yesterday, the Spartans shot a respectable 46.7% from the field but the difference was the 19 turnovers.

The players look scared out there. They are scared to make an error for fear of getting pulled out of the game.

I am no basketball expert, but if your team plays scared, they wont play confidently. And that’s exactly what Goran Suton and others are looking like right now.

Is this a free-fall for MSU? Probably not, many people, including myself knew they were going to be losses. The more troubling thing is that this teams lacks an identity and for the first time in a long time, I don’t think the message that Izzo is sending is doing any good.

With more losses coming on the road, it will be interesting to see if Izzo shuffles the lineup. As of right now, if this team ends the season with 8/9 losses, you can mark it down as the worst coaching season of Tom Izzo’s career.