Baltimore, MD — PLANK III, a special project beer from Heavy Seas, won the Gold Medal for Best of Show – Best Overall Maryland Beer in the 2014 Comptroller’s Cup competition. Presented by the Brewers’ Association of Maryland, the award was presented at the Maryland Brewers’ Harvest event in Fell’s Point, Baltimore Saturday, September 20th.
Heavy Seas received many other awards including four more gold medals, four silver, one bronze, and one honorable mention. The awards include:
- Gold Ale : Bronze for the Best of Show award & Gold for the Category One — Gold/Blonde Ale award
- Small Craft Warning : Gold for the Category Two — Gold Lager award
- PLANK III: Gold for the Best of Show award & Gold for the Category Three — Belgian Ale award
- Holy Sheet: Silver for the Category Three — Belgian Ale award
- Peg Leg: Silver for the Category Five — Stout award
- Cutlass: Gold for the Category Seven — Marzen/Oktoberfest/Vienna/Dark Lager award
- Winter Storm: Silver for the Category Eight — Amber/Red Ale/Hybrid-Alt Bier award
- Siren Noire: Silver for the Category Eleven — Specialty/Experimental award
- Great’er Pumpkin: Honorable Mention for the Category Eleven — Specialty/Experimental award