Blue Point Brewery Wins Big at Golden Tap Awards

Blue Point Brewing Company, Long Island’s oldest and most award-winning microbrewery, won four awards, including Best New York State Brewer, at the First Annual Golden Tap Awards, held at The Boulton Center for the Performing Arts in Bay Shore.

In addition to the prestigious Pioneer Award and Best New York State Brewer, Blue Point Brewing Company also earned other accolades at the May 19 event. Blue Point’s BP Toxic Sludge, a limited-release “new-style” Black IPA, that is hopped at four stages of the brewing process to combine a hoppy India Pale Ale with a richer, darker malt base, earned Best Long Island New Beer of the Year.

Toasted Lager, Blue Point Brewery’s signature session beer, took home top honors of Long Island Beer of the Year, beating out Greenport’s buzzed-about Black Duck Porter and Great South Bay Brewery’s ambitious Blonde Ambition.

Co-owner and brewmaster of Blue Point Brewing Company, Mark Burford, was excited the brewery took home four awards.

“We’re proud to have helped start the craft beer revolution on Long Island more than a decade ago," Burford said. "We’re even more proud of the quality of the beer that we continue to brew for our drinkers and, let’s face it, ourselves."

Attendees and nominees at the event included Black Forest Brew Haus, Blind Bat Brewery, BrickHouse Brewery, Brooklyn Brewery, Great South Bay Brewery, Greenport Harbor Brewing Co., John Harvard’s Brew House, Southampton Ales & Lagers, the Brewers East End Revival (B.E.E.R.), and Long Island Beer and Malt Enthusiasts (LIMBE), among others.

Blue Point Brewery Owner and President Pete Cotter said that many others share in the enjoyment of the brewery's accomplishments.

“The entire Blue Point Brewery crew shares in these wins, along with our friends at Clare Rose and popular outlets like Superstar Beverage, as well as the passionate people, like Bobby Gulinello, who pour our beer every day at their establishments.”

At the after-party held at the Cortland in downtown Bay Shore, proprietors Bobby and Ben Gulinello tapped a cask of Blue Point’s No Apologies IPA in honor of the brewery’s numerous (and unapologetic) wins.