2006 GABF Medal Winners

[Rich Pawlak]

Here is the rundown of this year's medal winners at the 2006 Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Co, the 25th Anniversary of the Fest:

2006 Brewery and Brewer of the Year Awards

Large Brewery Company and Large Brewing Company Brewer of the Year

Sponsored by Beer Institute

Pabst Brewing Co., Woodridge, IL

Bob Newman

Mid-Size Brewery Company and Mid-Size Brewing Company Brewer of the Year

Sponsored by HopUnion CBS, LLC

New Glarus Brewing Co., New Glarus, WI

Daniel J. Carey

Small Brewery Company and Small Brewing Company Brewer of the Year

Sponsored by Microstar Keg Management

Bear Republic Brewing Co., Healdsburg, CA

Richard G. Norgrove

Large Brewpub and Large Brewpub Company Brewer of the Year

Sponsored by Brewery Supply Group

Pelican Pub & Brewery, Pacific City, OR

Darron R. S. Welch

Small Brewpub Company and Small Brewpub Company Brewer of the Year

Sponsored by Briess Malt & Ingredients Co.

Flossmoor Station Brewing Co., Flossmoor, IL

Matt Van Wyk

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Category: 1 American Cream Ale or Lager - 24 Entries

Gold: Red Dog, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI

Silver: Lone Star, Pabst Brewing Co., Woodridge, IL

Bronze: Henry Weinhard Private Reserve, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI

Category: 2 American-Style Wheat Beer - 23 Entries

Gold: Pyramid Crystal Weizen, Pyramid Breweries, Seattle, WA

Silver: William Jones Wheat Beer, El Toro Brewing Co., Morgan Hill, CA

Bronze: Shiner Dunkelweizen, The Spoetzl Brewery, Shiner, TX

Category: 3 American-Style Hefeweizen - 37 Entries

Gold: Hefeweizen, Widmer Brothers Brewing Co., Portland, OR

Silver: American Wheat, Opa-Opa Brewing Co., Southampton, MA

Bronze: Mueller Unfiltered Wheat, Springfield Brewing Co., Springfield, MO

Category: 4 Fruit and Vegetable Beer - 46 Entries

Gold: Belgian Red, New Glarus Brewing Co., New Glarus, WI

Silver: Blue Moon Chardonnay Blonde, Blue Moon Brewing Co., Golden, CO

Bronze: Patty’s Chile Beer, Wynkoop Brewing Co., Denver, CO

Category: 5 Herb and Spice Beer - 64 Entries

Gold: The Wind Cried Mari, Cambridge Brewing Co., Cambridge, MA

Silver: Leinenkugel’s Sunset Wheat, Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co., Chippewa Falls, WI

Bronze: Fred Miller’s Classic Chocolate Lager, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI

Category: 6 Coffee Flavored Beer - 28 Entries

Gold: Fuel, Capitol City Brewing Co., Arlington, VA

Silver: Black Magic Java Stout, Barley Island Brewing Co., Noblesville, IN

Bronze: Arctic Rhino Coffee Porter, Midnight Sun Brewing Co., Anchorage, AK

Category: 7 Specialty Beer - 16 Entries

Gold: Smokin’ Mesquite Ale, Humperdinks Restaurant and Brewery, Dallas, TX

Silver: Pullman Brown Ale, Flossmoor Station Brewing Co., Flossmoor, IL

Bronze: Maple Nut Brown Ale, Tommyknocker Brewery, Idaho Springs, CO

Category: 8 Rye Beer - 22 Entries

Gold: Worryin’ Ale, Piece Brewery, Chicago, IL

Silver: Sun Rye, Redhook Ale Brewery, Portsmouth, NH

Bronze: Surfer in the Rye, Huntington Beach Beer Co., Huntington Beach, CA

Category: 9 Specialty Honey Lager or Ale - 26 Entries

Gold: Blue Moon Honeymoon, Blue Moon Brewing Co., Golden, CO

Silver: Ray’s Honey Rye, Boscos, Memphis, TN

Bronze: Hummingbird Ale, Mountain Sun/Southern Sun Pub & Brewery, Boulder, CO

Category: 10 Experimental Beer - 37 Entries

Gold: New Grist, Lakefront Brewery, Milwaukee, WI

Silver: Angry Mike’s Stoudt Creek, Flossmoor Station Brewing Co., Flossmoor, IL

Bronze: Samuel Adams Utopias 2003, The Boston Beer Co., Boston, MA

Category: 11 Wood- and Barrel-aged Beer - 29 Entries

Gold: Cherry Stout, New Glarus Brewing Co., New Glarus, WI

Silver: Barrel 001, Santa Barbara Brewing Co., Santa Barbara, CA

Bronze: Bourbon Ivan, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant - West Chester,

West Chester, PA

Category: 12 Wood- and Barrel-aged Strong Beer - 58 Entries

Gold: Bourbon Cherry Stout, Central Waters Brewing Co., Junction City, WI

Silver: Full Sail Black Gold Imperial Stout, Full Sail Brewing at River Place, Portland, OR

Bronze: Wooden Hell, Flossmoor Station Brewing Co., Flossmoor, IL

Category: 13 Aged Beer (Ale or Lager) - 28 Entries

Gold: Triple Exultation - 2004, Eel River Brewing Co., Fortuna, CA

Silver: Hibernation Ale 2005, Great Divide Brewing Co., Denver, CO

Bronze: World Wide Stout, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Milton, DE

Category: 14 Cellar or Unfiltered Beer - 18 Entries

Gold: Kellerbier, Herkimer Pub and Brewery, Minneapolis, MN

Silver: U.C.I.P.A., Steelhead Brewery - Irvine, Irvine, CA

Bronze: Wild West Fest, Great American Restaurants, Centreville, VA

Category: 15 Smoke-Flavored Beer - 20 Entries

Gold: Smoke Creek Rauchbier, Great Basin Brewing Co., Sparks, NV

Silver: Smokestack Porter, Rocky River Brewing Co., Rocky River, OH

Bronze: Stewart’s Smoked Porter, Stewart’s Brewing Co., Bear, DE

Category: 16 German-Style Pilsener - 40 Entries

Gold: Organic Pilsner, Butte Creek Brewing Co., Chico, CA

Silver: Eagle Pride Pilsener, Elk Grove Brewery and Restaurant, Elk Grove, CA

Bronze: Dog Day’s Pils, Big Buck Brewery and Steakhouse - Auburn Hills,

Auburn Hills, MI

Category: 17 Bohemian-Style Pilsener - 33 Entries

Gold: Schtolen Pils, SandLot Brewery at Coors Field, Denver, CO

Silver: La Plata Pils, Carver Brewing Co., Durango, CO

Bronze: Papa’s Pilsner, 75th Street Brewery - Lawrence, Lawrence, KS

Category: 18 Münchner-Style Helles - 32 Entries

Gold: Sunfest Lager, Ham’s Restaurant & Brewhouse, Greenville, NC

Silver: 6X Golden Lager, C.B. & Potts Big Horn Brewery - Fort Collins, Fort Collins, CO

Bronze: Gordon Biersch Golden Export, Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant Group, Chattanooga, TN

Category: 19 European-Style Pilsener - 23 Entries

Gold: Gold Mt. Pilsner, Silver City Brewing Co., Silverdale, WA

Silver: Schell Pilsner, August Schell Brewing, New Ulm, MN

Bronze: Widmer Export Lager, Widmer Brothers Brewing Co., Portland, OR

Category: 20 American-Style Light Lager - 29 Entries

Gold: Old Milwaukee Light, Pabst Brewing Co., Woodridge, IL

Silver: Milwaukee’s Best Light, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI

Bronze: Southpaw Light, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI

Category: 21 American-Style Lager - 27 Entries

Gold: Pabst Blue Ribbon, Pabst Brewing Co., Woodridge, IL

Silver: Miller High Life, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI

Bronze: Blatz, Pabst Brewing Co., Woodridge, IL

Category: 22 American-Style Specialty Lager - 19 Entries

Gold: Mickey’s Malt Liquor, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI

Silver: Icehouse, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI

Bronze: HG 800, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI

Category: 23 Vienna-Style Lager - 20 Entries

Silver: Balto Marz Hon, Clipper City Brewing Co., Baltimore, MD

Bronze: Schild brau Amber, Millstream Brewing Co., Amana, IA

Category: 24 German-Style Märzen / Oktoberfest - 45 Entries

Gold: Samuel Adams Octoberfest, The Boston Beer Co., Boston, MA

Silver: Michelob Marzen, Anheuser-Busch, St. Louis, MO

Bronze: Dominion Octoberfest, Old Dominion Brewing Co., Ashburn, VA

Category: 25 American-Style Amber Lager - 35 Entries

Gold: Steam Engine Lager, Steamworks Brewing Co., Durango/Bayfield, CO

Silver: Toasted Lager, Blue Point Brewing Co., Patchogue, NY

Bronze: Oktoberfist, Bluegrass Brewing Co., Louisville, KY

Category: 26 European-Style Dark / Münchner Dunkel - 21 Entries

Silver: Storm King, Glenwood Canyon Brewing Co., Glenwood Springs, CO

Bronze: Dunkel Rico, Stewart’s Brewing Co., Bear, DE

Category: 27 American-Style Dark Lager - 13 Entries

Gold: Leinenkugel’s Creamy Dark, Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co., Chippewa Falls, WI

Silver: Freidafest, Humperdinks Restaurant and Brewery, Dallas, TX

Bronze: Ziegenbock, Anheuser-Busch, St. Louis, MO

Category: 28 German-Style Schwarzbier - 21 Entries

Gold: Black Wolf Schwarzbier, Flossmoor Station Brewing Co., Flossmoor, IL

Silver: Schwarzbier, Rock Bottom Brewery - King of Prussia, King of Prussia, PA

Bronze: Iron Horse Lager, Great American Restaurants, Centreville, VA

Category: 29 Bock - 33 Entries

Gold: Maibock, Blind Tiger Brewery Pub & Play, Topeka, KS

Silver: Tröegenator Double Bock, Tröegs Brewing Co., Harrisburg, PA

Bronze: Fornicator Maibock, Piece Brewery, Chicago, IL

Category: 30 German-Style Strong Bock - 12 Entries

Gold: Autumnal Fire, Capital Brewery Co., Middleton, WI

Silver: Eisphyre, Capital Brewery Co., Middleton, WI

Bronze: Procrastinator, Back Street Brewery - Vista, Vista, CA

Category: 31 Baltic-Style Porter - 8 Entries

Silver: Raven, McKenzie Brew House, Glen Mills, PA

Bronze: Neptune’s Nemesis, Rocky River Brewing Co., Rocky River, OH

Category: 32 Golden or Blonde Ale - 41 Entries

Gold: Kiwanda Cream Ale, Pelican Pub & Brewery, Pacific City, OR

Silver: Korruption Kölsch, Bottoms Up Brewing Co., Pinedale, WY

Bronze: Aud Blonde, Russian River Brewing Co., Santa Rosa, CA

Category: 33 German-Style Kölsch / Köln-Style Kölsch - 43 Entries

Gold: Chaser Pale, Blackstone Restaurant & Brewery, Nashville, TN

Silver: Clear Water Kolsch, RAM Restaurant and Big Horn Brewery - Boise, Boise, ID

Bronze: Saint Arnold Fancy Lawnmower Beer, Saint Arnold Brewing Co., Houston, TX

Category: 34 English-Style Summer Ale - 25 Entries

Gold: 312 Urban Wheat Ale, Goose Island Beer Co., Chicago, IL

Silver: Sandbagger Gold, Montana Brewing Co., Billings, MT

Bronze: True Blonde Ale, Ska Brewing Co., Durango, CO

Category: 35 Classic English-Style Pale Ale - 25 Entries

Gold: 5 Barrel Pale Ale, Odell Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO

Silver: Mac’s Ale, Pyramid Breweries, Seattle, WA

Bronze: Denver Pale Ale, Great Divide Brewing Co., Denver, CO

Category: 36 English-Style India Pale Ale - 26 Entries

Gold: India Pale Ale, Carolina Brewery, Chapel Hill, NC

Silver: Beech Street Bitter, Pizza Port - Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA

Bronze: Triumph Bengal Gold I.P.A., Triumph Brewing Co. of New Hope, New Hope, PA

Category: 37 American-Style Pale Ale - 83 Entries

Gold: Tumble Off Pale Ale, Barley Brown’s Brew Pub, Baker City, OR

Silver: Brewmasters’ Pale, Widmer Brothers Brewing Co., Portland, OR

Bronze: XP Pale Ale, Bear Republic Brewing Co., Healdsburg, CA

Category: 38 American-Style Strong Pale Ale - 66 Entries

Gold: Big Fish, BJ’s Restaurant & Brewery - Chandler, Chandler, AZ

Silver: Racer’s, Bear Republic Brewing Co., Healdsburg, CA

Bronze: Hop Knot, Four Peaks Brewing Co., Tempe, AZ

Category: 39 American-Style India Pale Ale - 94 Entries

Gold: HopHead Imperial IPA, Bend Brewing Co., Bend, OR

Silver: Apex Ale, Bear Republic Brewing Co., Healdsburg, CA

Bronze: Taildragger IPA, RAM Restaurant and Big Horn Brewery - Boise, Boise, ID

Category: 40 Imperial or Double India Pale Ale - 57 Entries

Gold: Pliny the Elder, Russian River Brewing Co., Santa Rosa, CA

Silver: Poor Man’s IPA, Pizza Port - Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA

Bronze: Left Coast Hop Juice, Oggi’s Pizza & Brewing Co., San Clemente, CA

Category: 41 American-Style Amber / Red Ale - 62 Entries

Gold: Anniversary Ale, Amherst Brewing Co., Amherst, MA

Silver: Amber Waves Ale, Capitol City Brewing Co., Arlington, VA

Bronze: Sharkbite Red Ale, Port Brewing Co., San Marcos, CA

Category: 42 Imperial or Double Red Ale - 24 Entries

Gold: Organic Deranger, Laurelwood Brewing Co., Portland, OR

Silver: Shark Attack, Pizza Port - Solana Beach, Solana Beach, CA

Bronze: Rock Opera Imperial IPA, Vino’s Pizza*Pub*Brewery, Little Rock, AR

Category: 43 Bitter - 33 Entries

Gold: Raccoon Red, Rock Bottom Brewery - Bethesda, Bethesda, MD

Silver: Alaskan Pale, Alaskan Brewing Co., Juneau, AK

Bronze: Cutthroat Pale Ale, Uinta Brewing Co., Salt Lake City, UT

Category: 44 Extra Special Bitter or Strong Bitter - 45 Entries

Gold: Firestone Walker IPA, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA

Silver: Autumn Ale, Short’s Brewing Co., Bellaire, MI

Bronze: Stone Pale Ale, Stone Brewing Co., Escondido, CA

Category: 45 Scottish-Style Ale - 20 Entries

Gold: Laughing Lab Scottish Ale, Bristol Brewing Co., Colorado Springs, CO

Silver: MacPelican’s Scottish Style Ale, Pelican Pub & Brewery, Pacific City, OR

Bronze: Kiltlifter Scottish Ale, Pug Ryan’s Brewery, Dillon, CO

Category: 46 Irish-Style Red Ale - 32 Entries

Gold: TAPS Irish Red, TAPS Fish House & Brewery, Brea, CA

Silver: Red Rocks Red, Rock Bottom Brewery - Westminster, Westminster, CO

Bronze: St. James Red Ale, Walnut Brewery, Boulder, CO

Category: 47 English-Style Brown Ale - 44 Entries

Gold: Dawn Patrol Dark, Pizza Port - San Clemente, San Clemente, CA

Silver: Old Town Brown, Natty Greene’s Brewing Co., Greensboro, NC

Bronze: Balboa Brown, Newport Beach Brewing Co., Newport Beach, CA

Category: 48 American-Style Brown Ale - 45 Entries

Gold: Doryman’s Dark Ale, Pelican Pub & Brewery, Pacific City, OR

Silver: Great American Brown, Pizza Port - Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA

Bronze: Bear Tooth Ale, Moose’s Tooth Brewing Co., Anchorage, AK

Category: 49 German-Style Brown Ale / Düsseldorf-Style Alt Bier- 26 Entries

Gold: Otis Alt, Elk Grove Brewery and Restaurant, Elk Grove, CA

Silver: “Alt 45”, The Cambridge House Brewpub, Granby, CT

Bronze: Terrapin Alt, Rock Bottom Brewery - Bethesda, Bethesda, MD

Category: 50 South German-Style Hefeweizen / Hefeweissbier- 50 Entries

Gold: Mueller Hefeweizen, Springfield Brewing Co., Springfield, MO

Silver: Wapiti Wheat, Wolf Pack Brewing Co., West Yellowstone, MT

Bronze: In-Heat Wheat Hefeweizen, Flying Dog Brewery, Denver, CO

Category: 51 German-Style Wheat Ale - 34 Entries

Gold: Gordon Biersch Weizenbock, Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant Group, Chattanooga, TN

Silver: Boscos Hefeweizen, Boscos, Memphis, TN

Bronze: Berliner Weiss, Bethlehem Brew Works, Bethlehem, PA

Category: 52 Belgian-Style White (or Wit) / Belgian Style Wheat- 36 Entries

Silver: Wits End, Great American Restaurants, Centreville, VA

Bronze: 35th Anniversary Ale, Bull & Bush Brewery, Denver, CO

Category: 53 French- Belgian-Style Saison - 44 Entries

Gold: Organic Farmhouse Ale, Bison Brewing Co., Berkeley, CA

Silver: Saison, Capitol City Brewing Co., Arlington, VA

Bronze: Hennepin Farmhouse Saison, Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown, NY

Category: 54 Belgian- and French-Style Ale - 14 Entries

Gold: Le Fleur Misseur, New Belgium Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO

Silver: Dim Wit, BJ’s Restaurant & Brewery - Chandler, Chandler, AZ

Bronze: Belgian Double White Ale, Southampton Publick House, Southampton, NY

Category: 55 Belgian-Style Sour Ale - 24 Entries

Gold: La Folie, New Belgium Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO

Silver: Beatification, Russian River Brewing Co., Santa Rosa, CA

Bronze: Festina Lente, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Milton, DE

Category: 56 Belgian-Style Abbey Ale - 56 Entries

Gold: Tripel Ale, Allagash Brewing Co., Portland, ME

Silver: Adirondack Abbey Ale, Great Adirondack Brewing Co., Lake Placid, NY

Bronze: Bishop’s Tipple Tripel, Main Street Brewery, Corona, CA

Category: 57 Belgian-Style Strong Specialty Ale - 45 Entries

Gold: Golden Armor, C.B. & Potts Big Horn Brewery - Denver Tech Center, Englewood, CO

Silver: Interlude, Allagash Brewing Co., Portland, ME

Bronze: Reve II, Redrock Brewing Co., Salt Lake City, UT

Category: 58 Robust Porter - 71 Entries

Gold: Goddess Porter, Big Time Brewing Co., Seattle, WA

Silver: Pacemaker Porter, Flyers Restaurant and Brewery, Oak Harbor, WA

Bronze: Total Eclipse Black Ale, Hoppy Brewing Co., Sacramento, CA

Category: 59 Brown Porter - 29 Entries

Gold: Molly Titanic, Rock Bottom Brewery - Denver, Denver, CO

Silver: St. Charles Porter, Blackstone Restaurant & Brewery, Nashville, TN

Bronze: Peter Brown Tribute Ale, Bear Republic Brewing Co., Healdsburg, CA

Category: 60 Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout - 21 Entries

Gold: Maxwell’s Stout, Basil T’s Brewery & Italian Grill, Red Bank, NJ

Silver: Slapshot Stout, RAM Restaurant and Big Horn Brewery - Seattle, Seattle, WA

Bronze: Irish Stout, Schooner’s Grille & Brewery, Antioch, CA

Category: 61 Foreign (Export)-Style Stout - 19 Entries

Gold: Tsunami Stout, Pelican Pub & Brewery, Pacific City, OR

Silver: Black Bear XX Stout, Alameda Brewhouse, Portland, OR

Bronze: San Quentin’s Breakout Stout, Marin Brewing Co., Larkspur, CA

Category: 62 American-Style Stout - 20 Entries

Gold: Sticky Stout, Pizza Port - Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA

Silver: Oggi’s Black Majic Stout, Oggi’s Pizza & Brewing Co., San Clemente, CA

Bronze: Terminal Oatmeal Stout, Rock Bottom Brewery - Chicago, Chicago, IL

Category: 63 Sweet Stout - 18 Entries

Gold: Udder Goodness, Rock Bottom Brewery - Desert Ridge, Phoenix, AZ

Silver: Steel Toe Stout, Ska Brewing Co., Durango, CO

Bronze: The Duck-Rabbit Milk Stout, The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery, Farmville, NC

Category: 64 Oatmeal Stout - 37 Entries

Gold: Oatmeal Stout, Schooner’s Grille & Brewery, Antioch, CA

Silver: Seabright Oatmeal Stout, Seabright Brewery, Santa Cruz, CA

Bronze: Lasto’s Oatmeal Stout, BJ’s Restaurant & Brewery - Portland, Portland, OR

Category: 65 Imperial Stout - 35 Entries

Gold: Russian Imperial Stout, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant - Media, Media, PA

Silver: TAPS Imperial Russian Stout, TAPS Fish House & Brewery, Brea, CA

Bronze: Siberian Night, Thirsty Dog Brewing Co., Independence, OH

Category: 66 Strong Scotch Ale - 25 Entries

Gold: Kilt Sniffer Strong Scotch Ale, Big Dog’s Brewing Co., Las Vegas, NV

Silver: Highland Scotch Reserve, Boundary Bay Brewery, Bellingham, WA

Bronze: Rambeaux, RAM Restaurant and Big Horn Brewery - Seattle, Seattle, WA

Category: 67 Old Ale / Strong Ale - 34 Entries

Gold: Vintage Ale, The Great Dane Pub & Brewing Co., Madison, WI

Silver: Tripel Exultation, Eel River Brewing Co., Fortuna, CA

Bronze: Curmudgeons Nip, Odell Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO

Category: 68 Other Strong Ale or Lager - 30 Entries

Gold: Winter Wheatwine, Rubicon Brewing Co., Sacramento, CA

Silver: Dragonstooth Stout, Elysian Brewing Co., Seattle, WA

Bronze: Pit Bull High Gravity Ice Malt Liquor, Pig’s Eye Brewing Co., St. Paul, MN

Category: 69 Barley Wine-Style Ale - 55 Entries

Gold: Old Ruffian Barley Wine, Great Divide Brewing Co., Denver, CO

Silver: Stormwatcher’s Winterfest, Pelican Pub & Brewery, Pacific City, OR

Bronze: Arctic Devil Barley Wine, Midnight Sun Brewing Co., Anchorage, AK

[John]

Glad to see Basil T's take the gold for dry stout. A little bit of a drive for me, but a place I go to once in awhile. Pretty good pizza too.

[BrentKulman]

You didn't include the Pro-Am competition results, which are worth mentioning to those of us in NC as Foothill's walked away with the Gold:

2006 Great American Beer Festival Pro-Am Competition - 35 Entries

Gold: Baltic Porter, Foothills Brewing, Winston-Salem, NC

Brewmaster-Jamie Bartholomaus; AHA Member-Tom Nolan

Silver: Hop Dog IPA, Papago Brewing Co., Scottsdale, AZ

Brewmaster-Scott Yarosh; AHA Member-Barry Tingleff

Bronze: Whale’s Tail Pale Ale, Odell Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO

Brewmaster-Doug Odell; AHA Member-Ryan Thomas

I had the Baltic Porter at lunch today (it will be on tap through the end of the month) and it is an astoundingly good Baltic Porter. Has all of the dark dried fruit flavors you would expect with none of the odd finish I often find that turns me away from the style.