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2022 World Beer Cup Winners

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World Beer Cup logo from the Brewers AssociationThat’s a wrap!  This year marked the largest World Beer Cup to date, with over 10,000 entries.  These entries were evaluated over 9 days by an elite panel of 226 judges from 28 countries.  At the conclusion of the 2022 Craft Brewers Conference in Minneapolis, MN the Brewers Association handed out 307 awards to craft breweries from 17 different countries.

Another HUGE congratulations to these 2022 World Beer Cup Winners.  Here is the complete list of award winners:

Category 1: American Wheat Beer – 68 Entries

  • Gold: For-scythe, Cherry Street Brewpub – Halcyon, Alpharetta, GA
  • Silver: Hefe, Widmer Brothers Brewing, Portland, OR
  • Bronze: American Wheat, Cerveceria Principia, Monterrey, Mexico

Category 2: Fruit Beer – 134 Entries

  • Gold: Yuzu KSA, Fort Point Beer Co., San Francisco, CA
  • Silver: Berry, Berry, Quite Contrary, Territorial Brewing Co., Springfield, MI
  • Bronze: Grape Fruit Session IPA, Mahanine Brewing, Hohhot, China

Category 3: Fruit Wheat Beer – 95 Entries

  • Gold: Sunshine City, Neighbourhood Brewing, Penticton, Canada
  • Silver: Trigo Suave, Oro Brewing Co., Mesa, AZ
  • Bronze: Sunny Little Thing, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. – Mills River, Mills River, NC

Category 4: Field Beer – 84 Entries

  • Gold: The People’s Elbow, New Sarum Brewing, Salisbury, NC
  • Silver: Kveik Pina Colada, Shades Brewing, South Salt Lake, UT
  • Bronze: Cucumber Crush, 10 Barrel Brewing Co. – Bend Pub, Bend, OR

Category 5: Pumpkin Beer – 40 Entries

  • Gold: 5 Phantoms, Philipsburg Brewing Co., Philipsburg, MT
  • Silver: Ryes of the Pumpkin King, Sound2Summit Brewery, Snohomish, WA
  • Bronze: Pumpkin Paddy, Launch Pad Brewery, Aurora, CO

Category 6: Chili Beer – 84 Entries

  • Gold: Holla! Jalapeno Cream Ale, Ooga Brewing Co., Beaver Dam, WI
  • Silver: Piqúe, El Gardenia, Chihuahua, Mexico
  • Bronze: Ring of Fire, Dragonmead Microbrewery, Warren, MI

Category 7: Herb and Spice Beer – 148 Entries

  • Gold: Black Pearl, Lazarus Brewing Co., Austin, TX
  • Silver: Figuerosé, Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. – Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
  • Bronze: Kveik Thai Tom Kha, Shades Brewing, South Salt Lake, UT

Category 8: Chocolate Beer – 76 Entries

  • Gold: Chocolate Stout, Fort Myers Brewing Co., Fort Myers, FL
  • Silver: Devour Imperial Stout – Mexican Chocolate, 3 Nations Brewing Co., Carrollton, TX
  • Bronze: Lágrimas Negras, Cerveceria Rámuri, Tijuana, Mexico

Category 9: Coffee Beer – 79 Entries

  • Gold: Gusto Crema Coffee Ale, Georgetown Brewing Co., Seattle, WA
  • Silver: Daybreak, Wolf’s Ridge Brewing – Production Operations, Columbus, OH
  • Bronze: Double Cream Coffee Dream, Dangerous Man Brewing Co., Minneapolis, MN

Category 10: Coffee Stout or Porter – 112 Entries

  • Gold: Dusk til Dawn, Pizza Port San Clemente, San Clemente, CA
  • Silver: Mocha Porter, Bend Brewing Co., Bend, OR
  • Bronze: Mocha Machine, Beachwood Brewing, Huntington Beach, CA

Category 11: Specialty Beer – 56 Entries

  • Gold: KURI KURO – Dark Chestnuts Ale, Miyazaki Hideji-Beer Co., Nobeoka, Japan
  • Silver: Agavemente, SouthNorte Beer Co., Chula Vista, CA
  • Bronze: Graham Cracker Porter, Denver Beer Co., Denver, CO

Category 12: Rye Beer – 53 Entries

  • Gold: Smoked Rye Lager, Headless Mumby Brewing Co., Olympia, WA
  • Silver: Ryetail, Schaendorf Brewing Co., Allegan, MI
  • Bronze: Störtebeker Roggen-Weizen, Störtebeker Braumanufaktur,Stralsund, Germany

Category 13: Honey Beer – 74 Entries

  • Gold: Kompel Prion des fleurs, Brouwerij Kompel, Maasmechelen, Belgium
  • Silver: Braggot, Siboire, Sherbrooke, Canada
  • Bronze: Pollen Nation Honey Blonde, Evans Brewing Co., Corona, CA

Category 14: Non-Alcohol Beer – 123 Entries

  • Gold: Golden Lager, Grüvi, Denver, CO
  • Silver: Non-Alcoholic Black Butte, Deschutes Brewery, Bend, OR
  • Bronze: Parallel, Southern Grist Brewing Co., Nashville, TN

Category 15: Session Beer – 43 Entries

  • Gold: Swift Half, Station 26 Brewing Co., Denver, CO
  • Silver: Peacekeeper, Launch Pad Brewery, Aurora, CO
  • Bronze: Bucketty’s Pale Ale No. 2, Bucketty’s Brewing Co., Brookvale, Australia

Category 16: Session India Pale Ale – 107 Entries

  • Gold: Trump Hands, Cannonball Creek Brewing Co., Golden, CO
  • Silver: Moon Rocks, Mickey Finn’s Brewery, Libertyville, IL
  • Bronze: Tiny Juicy IPA, Five Boroughs Brewing Co., Brooklyn, NY

Category 17: Other Strong Beer – 50 Entries

  • Gold: Dee Wright, Deschutes Brewery & Public House – Bend, Bend, OR
  • Silver: Krimson King, Accomplice Beer Co., Cheyenne, WY
  • Bronze: Artemis, Decipher Brewing Co., Charlottesville, VA

Category 18: Experimental Beer – 129 Entries

  • Gold: Divine Origins Carignan, Woods Beer & Wine Co., San Francisco, CA
  • Silver: The Multiverse Lives, Ronin Fermentation Project, Graeagle, CA
  • Bronze: Kveik Peach Cobbler, Shades Brewing, South Salt Lake, UT

Category 19: Experimental India Pale Ale – 96 Entries

  • Gold: The Sprut, Mount Arrowsmith Brewing Co., Parksville, Canada
  • Silver: Cool Cucumber IPA, HOB Brewing Co., Dunedin, FL
  • Bronze: IPA-X, Marble Brewery – Production, Albuquerque, NM

Category 20: Experimental Wood-Aged Beer – 57 Entries

  • Gold: Gin & Spruce, Atypical Brewery & Barrelworks, Minot, ND
  • Silver: Soul Shakedown Party, Sun King Brewery, Indianapolis, IN
  • Bronze: Batch One Theory: 6th Anniversary Cake, Southern Grist Brewing Co., Nashville, TN

Category 21: Historical Beer – 40 Entries

  • Gold: Katie’s Love Poem, Switchback Brewing Co., Burlington, VT
  • Silver: Lange Wapper, Brewery Vivant, Grand Rapids, MI
  • Bronze: Angry Banjo, Verboten Brewing & Barrel Project, Loveland, CO

Category 22: Gluten-Free Beer – 66 Entries

  • Gold: La Gosa Rita, Lakefront Brewery, Milwaukee, WI
  • Silver: Little Brown Job, Lucky Pigeon Brewing Co., Biddeford, ME
  • Bronze: Glutenberg Session IPA, Glutenberg, Montreal, Canada

Category 23: American-Belgo-Style Ale – 35 Entries

  • Gold: Brother Harker Patersbier, Barrel Head Brewhouse, San Francisco, CA
  • Silver: Dear You, Ratio Beerworks, Denver, CO
  • Bronze: Klipspringer, Metazoa Brewing Co. – Stringtown Production Facility, Indianapolis, IN

Category 24: American-Style Sour Ale – 28 Entries

  • Gold: Low pHunk, MobCraft Beer, Milwaukee, WI
  • Silver: Brilliant, 10 Barrel Brewing Co. – Bend Pub, Bend, OR
  • Bronze: Cryptoporticus, Level Crossing Brewing Co., South Salt Lake, UT

Category 25: Fruited American-Style Sour Ale – 163 Entries

  • Gold: Pink, Vallensons’ Brewing Co., Pearland, TX
  • Silver: Azedo Tropical Fruit Sour, Brewhall Beer Co., Vancouver, Canada
  • Bronze: Blood Moon, Whitewater Brewing Co., Cobden, Canada

Category 26: Brett Beer – 43 Entries

  • Gold: The Glow, Denizens Brewing Co., Riverdale Park, MD
  • Silver: Saison 625, Kros Strain Brewing Co., La Vista, NE
  • Bronze: Wallonian Dreams, CODA Brewing Co., Golden, CO

Category 27: Mixed-Culture Brett Beer – 54 Entries

  • Gold: Crocodile Tongue, Columbus Brewing Co., Columbus, OH
  • Silver: Grace, La Cabra Brewing, Berwyn, PA
  • Bronze: Saison du Rosska, Indie Alehouse Brewing Co., Toronto, Canada

Category 28: Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer – 76 Entries

  • Gold: Barrel Aged Churrolicious, Sun King Brewery, Indianapolis, IN
  • Silver: Devil’s Night, Circle Brewing Co., Austin, TX
  • Bronze: Bourbon Barrel Drafty Kilt, Monday Night Brewing, Atlanta, GA

Category 29: Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer – 187 Entries

  • Gold:  Sonnenkönig VIII, Stieglbrauerei zu Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
  • Silver: Queen of the North, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant – Maple Shade, Maple Shade, NJ
  • Bronze: Bourbon Barrel Porter, Alewerks Brewing Co., Williamsburg, VA

Category 30: Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Stout – 237 Entries

  • Gold: Ruckus, Melvin Brewing, Alpine, WY
  • Silver: Rum Barrel Aged Fayston Maple Imperial Stout, Lawson’s Finest Liquids, Waitsfield, VT
  • Bronze: Bourbon Barrel-Aged Genius Wizard, Ratio Beerworks, Denver, CO

Category 31: Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer – 82 Entries

  • Gold: Table 44, Amalgam Brewing, Denver, CO
  • Silver: Sud-aka, Astor Birra, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Bronze: Sea of Waves, True Anomaly Brewing Co., Houston, TX

Category 32: Fruited Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer – 125 Entries

  • Gold: Cerasus, Ugly Duck Brewing Co., Nørre Aaby, Denmark
  • Silver: Akimbo, Cellador Ales, North Hills, CA
  • Bronze: Missouri Waltz with Cherries, Piney River Brewing Co., Bucyrus, MO

Category 33: Kellerbier or Zwickelbier – 101 Entries

  • Gold: Pils, Heater Allen Brewery, McMinnville, OR
  • Silver: Green Coast Lager, Stone & Wood Brewing Co., Byron Bay, Australia
  • Bronze: Pils Bitte, Attitude Brewing Co., San Diego, CA

Category 34: Smoke Beer – 100 Entries

  • Gold: Schlenkerlish, Ballast Point Brewing Co. – Little Italy, San Diego, CA
  • Silver: Weiherer Rauch, Brauerei-Gasthof Kundmüller, Viereth-Trunstadt, Germany
  • Bronze: Smо̄k Lager, 49th State Brewing Co., Anchorage, AK

Category 35: International Light Lager – 154 Entries

  • Gold: Wander Litely, Wander Brewing, Bellingham, WA
  • Silver: Invita, Burgeon Beer Co., Carlsbad, CA
  • Bronze: Transmission Light, Transmission Brewing, Ventura, CA

Category 36: International Pilsener or International Lager – 231 Entries

  • Gold: Warehouse Lager, Neshaminy Creek Brewing Co., Croydon, PA
  • Silver: Italian Pils, Incendiary Brewing Co., Winston-Salem, NC
  • Bronze: Oscura, Craft Coast, Oceanside, CA

Category 37: Hoppy Lager – 135 Entries

  • Gold: Italian Pilsner, Ponderosa Brewing, Albuquerque, NM
  • Silver: Maisel & Friends Hoppy Hell, Brauerei Gebr. Maisel, Bayreuth, Germany
  • Bronze: 49 Mile West Coast Pilsner, Temescal Brewing, Oakland, CA

Category 38: International Dark Lager – 106 Entries

  • Gold: Dark Reckoning, Morgan Territory Brewing, Tracy, CA
  • Silver: Porter’s Porter, Big Ash Brewing, Cincinnati, OH
  • Bronze: Puffy Jacket, Lost Forty Brewing, Little Rock, AR

Category 39: German-Style Pilsener – 254 Entries

  • Gold: ABK Pils, ABK Betriebsgesellschaft der Aktienbrauerei Kaufbeuren, Kaufbeuren, Germany
  • Silver: Workhorse, Counter Weight Brewing Co., Hamden, CT
  • Bronze: Metric, Industrial Arts Brewing Co., Garnerville, NY

Category 40: Bohemian-Style Pilsener – 161 Entries

  • Gold: Over the Ivy, Confluence Brewing Co., Des Moines, IA
  • Silver: Downright Pilsner, Port City Brewing Co., Alexandria, VA
  • Bronze: Pilsner, Chuckanut Brewery, Burlington, WA

Category 41: Munich-Style Helles – 202 Entries

  • Gold: Meanwhile Lager, Meanwhile Brewing Co., Austin, TX
  • Silver: Humble Sea Helles, Humble Sea Brewing Co., Santa Cruz, CA
  • Bronze: Schlappe-seppel Helles, Schlappe-seppel, Großostheim, Germany

Category 42: Dortmunder/Export or German-Style Oktoberfest – 84

Entries

  • Gold: Pilsner, Harvestmoon Brewery, Urayasu City, Japan
  • Silver: Lucky 13 Oktoberfest, Little Dry Creek Brewery, Greenwood Village, CO
  • Bronze: The Cushman, Morgan Territory Brewing, Tracy, CA

Category 43: Vienna-Style Lager – 113 Entries

  • Gold: Family Tradition, BarrieHaus Beer Co., Tampa, FL
  • Silver: V For Vienna, Ex Novo Brewing Co. – Corrales, Corrales, NM
  • Bronze: Half-Toberfest, Ivanhoe Park Brewing Co., Orlando, FL

Category 44: German-Style Maerzen or Franconian-Style Rotbier – 75

Entries

  • Gold: Follow the Lederhosen, Moontown Brewing Co., Whitestown, IN
  • Silver: Fürst Carl Märzen, Fürst Carl Schlossbrauerei, Ellingen, Germany
  • Bronze: Late Night Polka Party, Roadmap Brewing Co., San Antonio, TX

Category 45: European Dark Lager – 132 Entries

  • Gold: Basic Ought, Basic City Beer Co., Waynesboro, VA
  • Silver: Bob’s Your Dunkel, O.H.S.O. Brewery – Gilbert, Gilbert, AZ
  • Bronze: Woden’s Hunt Dunkel, Gemüt Biergarten, Columbus, OH

Category 46: German-Style Schwarzbier – 114 Entries

  • Gold: Surrender Cobra, Big Beach Brewing Co., Gulf Shores, AL
  • Silver: Blackwing Lager, Union Craft Brewing, Baltimore, MD
  • Bronze: Nightshine Black Lager, Catskill Brewery, Livingston Manor, NY

Category 47: German-Style Bock or Maibock – 106 Entries

  • Gold: Bauhoefers Maibock, Familienbrauerei Bauhoefer, Renchen, Germany
  • Silver: Big Bock Energy, Morgan Territory Brewing, Tracy, CA
  • Bronze: Blind Tiger Bock, Blind Tiger Brewery & Restaurant, Topeka, KS

Category 48: German-Style Doppelbock or Eisbock – 113 Entries

  • Gold: Ketterer Trumpf, Privatbrauerei Wilhelm Ketterer, Pforzheim, Germany
  • Silver: Frogichlaus Swiss-Style Celebration Lager, Hoppin’ Frog Brewing, Akron, OH
  • Bronze: Dominator Doppelbock, Black Hoof Brewing Co., Leesburg, VA

Category 49: American-Style Lager – 100 Entries

  • Gold: Tremor California Light Lager, Seismic Brewing Co., Santa Rosa, CA
  • Silver: Old Fortwaukee, CooperSmith’s Pub & Brewing, Fort Collins, CO
  • Bronze: Atari’s Lantern, The Empourium Brewing Co., Denver, CO

Category 50: Contemporary American-Style Lager – 58 Entries

  • Gold: Money Cat, 10 Barrel Brewing Co. – Bend Pub, Bend, OR
  • Silver: Legendary Lager, MadTree Brewing Co., Cincinnati, OH
  • Bronze: Lager, Columbus Brewing Co., Columbus, OH

Category 51: American-Style Pilsener – 100 Entries

  • Gold: Dieguito, Pizza Port Bressi Ranch, Carlsbad, CA
  • Silver: Mosaic Pilsner, Lincoln Beer Co., Burbank, CA
  • Bronze: Happy Little Clouds, Cloudburst Brewing, Seattle, WA

Category 52: American-Style Cream Ale – 100 Entries

  • Gold: Atascadero Beach, Wild Fields Brewhouse, Atascadero, CA
  • Silver: Cerveza del Rancho, El Rancho Brewing Co., Evergreen, CO
  • Bronze: De La Sol, Delahunt Brewing Co., San Clemente, CA

Category 53: American-Style Amber Lager – 86 Entries

  • Gold: Ziegler, MadTree Brewing Co., Cincinnati, OH
  • Silver: Hometown Lager, Second Pitch Beer Co., San Antonio, TX
  • Bronze: Bock, Community Beer Co., Dallas, TX

Category 54: Australian-Style Pale Ale – 68 Entries

  • Gold: Beach Hopppin’ Pale, Lost Winds Brewing Co., San Clemente, CA
  • Silver: Bondi Beach Party, Sunriver Brewing Co., Sunriver, OR
  • Bronze: Slapshot, Urban Alley Brewery, Docklands, Australia

Category 55: International Pale Ale – 90 Entries

  • Gold: Hello, LA, Highland Park Brewery, Los Angeles, CA
  • Silver: Locals Only, Pizza Port Carlsbad Village, Carlsbad, CA
  • Bronze: Damsel Fly, Mountains Walking Brewery, Bozeman, MT

Category 56: Extra Special Bitter – 71 Entries

  • Gold: Extra StormBreaker, StormBreaker Brewing, Portland, OR
  • Silver: Ruh Roh, Metazoa Brewing Co. – Stringtown Production Facility, Indianapolis, IN
  • Bronze: Red, Sibling Revelry Brewing, Westlake, OH

Category 57: International India Pale Ale – 108 Entries

  • Gold: Namahage IPA, Aqula Brewery Akita, Akita City, Japan
  • Silver: All Your Friends, Green Cheek Beer Co., Orange, CA
  • Bronze: Bent Hop, Bent Paddle Brewing Co., Duluth, MN

Category 58: Barley Wine-Style Ale – 62 Entries

  • Gold: Mayhem and Mischief, Dual Citizen Brewing Co., St. Paul, MN
  • Silver: Granny’s Tipple, Danville Brewing Co., Danville, CA
  • Bronze: BJ’s Barley Wine, BJ’s Brewhouse – Temple, Temple, TX

Category 59: German-Style Koelsch – 159 Entries

  • Gold: Ice Cutter Kölsch, Joyride Brewing Co., Edgewater, CO
  • Silver: Komunity Kolsch, Devil’s Logic Brewing, Charlotte, NC
  • Bronze: Dent du Dent, Mountain Rambler Brewery, Bishop, CA

Category 60: German-Style Sour Ale – 40 Entries

  • Gold: Holy Gose, Anderson Valley Brewing Co., Boonville, CA
  • Silver: Berlin Alexanderplatz, Hopfenstark Brewery, Lavaltrie, Canada
  • Bronze: Restless Seas, Narrow Path Brewing Co., Loveland, OH

Category 61: Specialty Berliner-Style Weisse – 61 Entries

  • Gold: Victory Brewing Company Sunny Monkey, Brewers at 4001 Yancey, Charlotte, NC
  • Silver: Coming to Fruition: Cherry, Oregon City Brewing Co., Oregon City, OR
  • Bronze: Cactus Juice, 12Degree Brewing, Louisville, CO

Category 62: Contemporary Gose – 67 Entries

  • Gold: Aloha State of Mind, COVA Brewing Co., Norfolk, VA
  • Silver: My Squad Stays on Point, Big Grove Brewpub, Solon, IA
  • Bronze: Swingers, Oedipus Brewing, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Category 63: South German-Style Hefeweizen – 171 Entries

  • Gold: Goggle Fogger, Fat Head’s Brewery – Middleburg Heights, Middleburg Heights, OH
  • Silver: Hazy Hefe, Rahr & Sons Brewing Co., Fort Worth, TX
  • Bronze: St. Walter Hefeweizen, Bayern Brewing/Edelweiss Bistro, Missoula, MT

Category 64: German-Style Wheat Ale – 78 Entries

  • Gold: Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier Dunkel, Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan, Freising, Germany
  • Silver: Ladenburger Weizenbock Hell, Brauerei Ladenburger, Neuler, Germany
  • Bronze: Plank Original Hefeweizen, Brauerei Michael Plank, Laaber, Germany

Category 65: German-Style Altbier – 49 Entries

  • Gold: Altbear, Bent Paddle Taproom – Pilot Brewery, Duluth, MN
  • Silver: Lithium, Resonate Brewery, Bellevue, WA
  • Bronze: Altbier, Rosenstadt Brewery, Portland, OR

Category 66: Belgian-Style Table Beer or Belgian-Style Session Ale –

21 Entries

  • Gold: Victory Brewing Company Slow Breeze, Brewers at 4001 Yancey, Charlotte, NC
  • Silver: Sloans Lake Yacht Club, Barquentine Brewing Co., Edgewater, CO
  • Bronze: Guillaume, Pizza Port Ocean Beach, San Diego, CA

Category 67: Belgian-Style Ale or French-Style Ale – 94 Entries

  • Gold: Belgian Blonde Ale, Crooked Lane Brewing Co., Auburn, CA
  • Silver: Crazy Train, Fretboard Brewing Co., Blue Ash, OH
  • Bronze: Queue de Charrue Blond, Brewery Vanuxeem, Ploegsteert, Belgium

Category 68: Belgian-Style Witbier – 102 Entries

  • Gold:  No award given
  • Silver: No award given
  • Bronze: White, Allagash Brewing Co., Portland, ME

Category 69: Classic Saison – 88 Entries

  • Gold: Bord du Lac, Amsterdam Brewing Co., Toronto, Canada
  • Silver: Jannemie, Russian River Brewing Co. – Santa Rosa,Santa Rosa, CA
  • Bronze: Beth, Roaring Table Brewing Co., Lake Zurich, IL

Category 70: Specialty Saison – 65 Entries

  • Gold: Saison Con Miel, Pola del Pub, Bogotá, Colombia
  • Silver: Mannenliefde, Oedipus Brewing, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Bronze: Far Yeast Tokyo White, Far Yeast Brewing Co., Kosuge Village, Japan

Category 71: Belgian-Style Sour Ale – 97 Entries

  • Gold: Triad, IMBIB Custom Brews, Reno, NV
  • Silver: Oud Bruin, Funkwerks, Fort Collins, CO
  • Bronze: Funk Yeah, Beachwood Blendery, Long Beach, CA

Category 72: Belgian-Style Abbey Ale – 109 Entries

  • Gold: Monique, Able Baker Brewing Co., Las Vegas, NV
  • Silver: OB Bubble Dubbel, Kilowatt Brewing, San Diego, CA
  • Bronze: Colts Abbey, Source Brewing, Colts Neck, NJ

Category 73: Belgian-Style Tripel – 93 Entries

  • Gold: Tripel, Allagash Brewing Co., Portland, ME
  • Silver: Steam Tug Tripel, Figurehead Brewing Co., Seattle, WA
  • Bronze: Zee Zuiper, Scheldebrouwerij, Meer, Belgium

Category 74: Belgian-Style Strong Specialty Ale – 113 Entries

  • Gold: Anosteké Blonde, Brasserie du Pays Flamand, Merville, France
  • Silver: Malheur 10, Brouwerij Malheur, Buggenhout, Belgium
  • Bronze: Collesi Rossa, Fabbrica Della Birra Tenute Collesi, Appecchio, Italy

Category 75: Belgian Fruit Beer – 77 Entries

  • Gold: Atrial Rubicite, Jester King Brewery, Austin, TX
  • Silver: Oude Kriek Oud Beersel, Oud Beersel, Beersel, Belgium
  • Bronze: Valley Mélange, ColdFire Brewing Co., Eugene, OR

Category 76: English Mild or Bitter – 83 Entries

  • Gold: Triple Crown Brown, The Mitten Brewing Co., Grand Rapids, MI
  • Silver: Common Ale, Immigrant Son Brewery, Lakewood, OH
  • Bronze: Saddle Bronc Brown, Black Tooth Brewing Co., Sheridan, WY

Category 77: English Ale – 68 Entries

  • Gold: Sunshine Blonde, LazyG Brewhouse, Prescott, AZ
  • Silver: Craft Pale Ale, Parallel 49 Brewing Co., Vancouver, Canada
  • Bronze: Caballo Blanco, Compañía Cervecera Hércules, Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico

Category 78: English-Style Brown Ale – 69 Entries

  • Gold: Pine Mountain Monolith, Wild Fields Brewhouse, Atascadero, CA
  • Silver: Nut Brown Ale, South Shore Brewery, Ashland, WI
  • Bronze: Bottom Bouncer Brown Ale, Brass Foundry Brewing Co., Minneapolis, MN

Category 79: Brown Porter – 57 Entries

  • Gold: Record Beer, 1886 Brewing Co., Orange, CA
  • Silver: Transporter, Kulshan Brewing Co. – James Street, Bellingham, WA
  • Bronze: Dark Necessities, Vail Brewing Co., Vail, CO

Category 80: Robust Porter – 95 Entries

  • Gold: Plum St. Porter, Bozeman Brewing Co., Bozeman, MT
  • Silver: Ossuary, Ghost Town Brewing, Oakland, CA
  • Bronze: Low Pressure Porter, Mount Arrowsmith Brewing Co., Parksville, Canada

Category 81: Sweet Stout or Cream Stout – 57 Entries

  • Gold: Drop Forge Milk Stout, Pantown Brewing Co., St. Cloud, MN
  • Silver: Flipped Chocolate Milk Stout, Trueman Brewing Co., Tianjin, China
  • Bronze: Two Stall, Ahnapee Brewery, Suamico, WI

Category 82: Oatmeal Stout – 75 Entries

  • Gold: North Tower Stout, Earth Rider Brewery, Superior, WI
  • Silver: OS Express, Drowned Valley Brewing Co., Cartersville, GA
  • Bronze: Stout of Tune, WanderLinger Brewing Co., Chattanooga, TN

Category 83: British-Style Imperial Stout – 56 Entries

  • Gold: Doggin Wrench, 5 Branches Brewing, Tarpon Springs, FL
  • Silver: Bion Series Russian Imperial Stout, Goose and the Monkey Brewhouse, Lexington, NC
  • Bronze: The Sith Imperial Stout, Outsider Brewing, Kofu City, Japan

Category 84: Old Ale or Strong Ale – 33 Entries

  • Gold: Old Scrooge, Silver City Brewery, Bremerton, WA
  • Silver: Beam Me Up (Higher), Scotty, Nexus Brewery, Albuquerque, NM
  • Bronze: King of Tyre, The Lost Abbey, San Marcos, CA

Category 85: Irish-Style Red Ale – 115 Entries

  • Gold: Heiwa Craft Red Ale, Heiwa Shuzou Co., Kainan, Japan
  • Silver: Queen Medb, Middle James Brewing Co., Pineville, NC
  • Bronze: Megaphone, Inside The Five Brewing Co., Sylvania, OH

Category 86: Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout – 73 Entries

  • Gold: Blarney Sisters’ Dry Irish Stout, Third Street Aleworks, Santa Rosa, CA
  • Silver: Wooden Coat, Independent Brewing Co., Bel Air, MD
  • Bronze: Irish Setter, Metazoa Brewing Co. – Stringtown Production Facility, Indianapolis, IN

Category 87: Export Stout – 53 Entries

  • Gold: Ramsey’s Export Stout, Devils Backbone Basecamp Brewpub & Meadows, Roseland, VA
  • Silver: Correspondent, Wander Brewing, Bellingham, WA
  • Bronze: Dark Epiphany, Double Down Brewing Co., Worcester, MA

Category 88: Scottish-Style Ale – 48 Entries

  • Gold: Magic Swirling Sip, Wild Fields Brewhouse, Atascadero, CA
  • Silver: It Takes a Tribe Red Ale, Goat Patch Brewing Co., Colorado Springs, CO
  • Bronze: Beltaine, Shoreline Brewery, Michigan City, IN

Category 89: Scotch Ale – 57 Entries

  • Gold: Wee Heavy, AleSmith Brewing Co., San Diego, CA
  • Silver: Full Malted Jacket, Beachwood BBQ & Brewing, Huntington Beach, CA
  • Bronze: Real Heavy, Real Ale Brewing Co., Blanco, TX

Category 90: Golden or Blonde Ale – 127 Entries

  • Gold: Kiwanda Cream Ale, Pelican Brewing Co. – Tillamook, Tillamook, OR
  • Silver: Sunlight Cream Ale, Sun King Brewery, Indianapolis, IN
  • Bronze: Knotty Blonde, Three Creeks Brewing Co. – Production, Sisters, OR

Category 91: American-Style Pale Ale – 160 Entries

  • Gold: Figueroa Mountain Mosaic, Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. – Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
  • Silver: Cruisin’, Pizza Port Bressi Ranch, Carlsbad, CA
  • Bronze: Somewhere Golden, Institution Ale Co., Camarillo, CA

Category 92: Juicy or Hazy Pale Ale – 141 Entries

  • Gold: Hazealicious, Reuben’s Brews – The Taproom, Seattle, WA
  • Silver: Baby Azacca, 33 Brewing Experiment, Vancouver, Canada
  • Bronze: Haze in the Park, Kings & Convicts Brewing Co., San Diego, CA

Category 93: American-Style Strong Pale Ale – 158 Entries

  • Gold: California Lounge Chair, Kern River Brewing Co. – The Backyard, Kernville, CA
  • Silver: Liquid Gravity IPA, Liquid Gravity Brewing Co., San Luis Obispo, CA
  • Bronze: Easy Button, Urbanrest Brewing Co., Ferndale, MI

Category 94: Juicy or Hazy Strong Pale Ale – 135 Entries

  • Gold: Orange Glow, Slice Beer Co., Lincoln, CA
  • Silver: Wrench, Industrial Arts Brewing Co., Garnerville, NY
  • Bronze: Shootz Mahalo, Craft Coast, Oceanside, CA

Category 95: Imperial India Pale Ale – 174 Entries

  • Gold: Space Lettuce, Monday Night Brewing, Atlanta, GA
  • Silver: Cali Boy, No Label Brewing Co., Katy, TX
  • Bronze: Devil’s Pool, Wissahickon Brewing Co., Philadelphia, PA

Category 96: Juicy or Hazy Imperial India Pale Ale – 171 Entries

  • Gold: Pantless Thunder Goose, Mast Landing Brewing Co., Westbrook, ME
  • Silver: Houblon Deluxe, Pure Project, Vista, CA
  • Bronze: Citra Powered Jetpack, Barebottle Brewing Co., San Francisco, CA

Category 97: American-Style Amber/Red Ale – 137 Entries

  • Gold: Amber Ale, Rebellion Brewing Co., Regina, Canada
  • Silver: Red Patina, Hellbent Brewing Co., Seattle, WA
  • Bronze: Red Line, Torque Brewing, Winnipeg, Canada

Category 98: Strong Red Ale – 75 Entries

  • Gold: Snapper Red, Cherry Street Brewpub – Halcyon, Alpharetta, GA
  • Silver: Rye Baby, The Mitten Brewing Co., Grand Rapids, MI
  • Bronze: Wreak Havoc, Bootstrap Brewing, Longmont, CO

Category 99: American-Style Brown Ale – 70 Entries

  • Gold: Three Bridges Brown, Wild Fields Brewhouse, Atascadero, CA
  • Silver: Touchdown Brown Ale, HiHO Brewing Co., Cuyahoga Falls, OH
  • Bronze: Brown Ale, Second Street Brewery – Rufina, Santa Fe, NM

Category 100: American-Style Black Ale or American-Style Stout – 80

Entries

  • Gold: Black Bucket, Kinnegar Brewing, Letterkenny, Ireland
  • Silver: Stout, Bond’s Brewing Co., Laramie, WY
  • Bronze: Dark Thoughts Black IPA, Baerlic Brewing Co., Portland, OR

Category 101: American-Style Imperial Stout – 96 Entries

  • Gold: Fulcrum Imperial Stout, ZwanzigZ Brewing, Columbus, IN
  • Silver: Black Citrus, ZhangMen Brewing Co., New Taipei City, Taiwan
  • Bronze: Imperial Death Star, San Fernando Brewing Co., San Fernando, CA

Category 102: American-Style India Pale Ale – 384 Entries

  • Gold: Hop-Fu!, North Park Beer Co., San Diego, CA
  • Silver: Super Slap, Brewery X, Anaheim, CA
  • Bronze: Aurora Hoppyalis IPA, Karl Strauss Brewing Co., San Diego, CA

Category 103: Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ale – 343 Entries

  • Gold: Rhymes Like Dimes, Xül Beer Co., Knoxville, TN
  • Silver: Blue Comet, Widowmaker Brewing, Braintree, MA
  • Bronze: Tasty Jams, Brix City Brewing, Little Ferry, NJ

 

Congratulations again to all of the winners!  See you next year in Nashville, TN.

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