2021 Oregon Beer Award Winners

While maybe not as big a deal as the Great American Beer Festival Competition the Oregon Beer Awards are 100% more fun. And we’ve got all the big winners for you from what is being called the “drunkest award show, this side of the Golden Globes.”

Here’s the deal…

On May 20 the 2021 Oregon Beer Awards announced this year’s big winners, a virtual presentation moderated by Ben Love of Gigantic Brewing and Joe Sanders of Old Town Brewing that took place live from a backyard hot tub in Portland.

The annual awards show, which were first held in 2015, kicked off with this hilarious cold open sketch video starring Love and Sander that puts SNL to shame.

 

Sponsored by Willamette Week, this year’s awards featured 1,097 entries from 105 Oregon breweries across the state that 40 judges double-blind tasted over 6 days.

The sixth-annual OBAs may have been delayed by three months and pushed into the virtual realm, but that hardly dampened the raucousness of the ceremony.

And now (drum roll please) this year’s big winners…

2021 Oregon Beer Awards Judged Competition Winners

Pilsner

GOLD: pFriem Family Brewers Pilsner

SILVER: Ex Novo Brewing Co. Perle Haggard

BRONZE: Breakside Brewery Noble Pilsner

 

Golden, Blonde, and other Light Ales

GOLD: Breakside Brewery Breakside True Gold

SILVER: Pelican Brewing Kiwanda Cream Ale

BRONZE: Immersion Brewing Packin’ The Arena

 

Pale Lagers

GOLD: 10 Barrel Brewing Co. Money Cat

SILVER: Breakside Brewery Breakside SoCal Pils

BRONZE: Ecliptic Brewing Ecliptic + Wayfinder Cold IPA

 

Light German and European Lagers

GOLD: Zoiglhaus Brewing Company Zoigl-Hell

SILVER: pFriem Family Brewers Vienna Lager

BRONZE: Wayfinder Luna Muerta

 

Dark German and European Lagers

GOLD: 10 Barrel Brewing Co. Captivator

SILVER: Wayfinder Funeral Bock

BRONZE: Threshold Brewing & Blending Neptune

 

Classic UK Styles

GOLD: Ecliptic Brewing Magnetar Scotch Ale

SILVER: Fort George Brewery Smiling Eyes

BRONZE: Breakside Brewery Breakside ESB

 

Classic North American Styles

GOLD: Hop Valley Brewing Hefeweizen

SILVER: Cascade Lakes Brewing Company 20 Inch Brown

BRONZE: 10 Barrel Brewing Co. Twheat

 

Belgian Beers, German Wheat Beers, and Traditional Brett Beers

GOLD: Alesong Brewing and Blending Pacific Bliss

SILVER: Deschutes Brewery Blue Butterfly

BRONZE: Von Ebert Brewing Channel Capacity

 

Red Beers

GOLD: Breakside Brewery Breakside Disco Queen Lager

SILVER: StormBreaker Brewing ALTerior Motive

BRONZ: Sasquatch Brewing Co. Journey To Red Planet

 

American Pale Ales

GOLD: Breakside Brewery Breakside Woodlawn Pale Ale

SILVER: Oregon City Brewing Co Temporary Stairs

BRONZE: Migration Brewing Company MoHaze-Ic

 

American IPA

GOLD: Von Ebert Brewing Volatile Substance

SILVER: Sunriver Brewing Company Howdy!

BRONZE: Sunriver Brewing Company Clearview

 

Hazy or Juicy IPA

GOLD: Ruse Brewing Star Senders

SILVER: Ruse Brewing Similar Science

BRONZE: Sunriver Brewing Company Life Above

 

Imperial IPA

GOLD: 10 Barrel Brewing Co. All Ways Down

SILVER: Oakshire Brewing A Life Beyond the Dream

BRONZE: StormBreaker Brewing Buffalo Smile

 

Dark Hoppy Beers

GOLD: Ecliptic Brewing Oort Imperial Stout

SILVER: Sunriver Brewing Company Cinder Beast

BRONZE: Baerlic Brewing Co. Night Howler

 

Barrel Aged Beers

GOLD: pFriem Family Brewers Cognac Barrel-Aged Belgian-Style Strong Dark

SILVER: Alesong Brewing and Blending Rackhouse Reserve

BRONZE: Buoy Beer Company Decapitator

 

Barrel Aged Stouts

GOLD: Ecliptic Brewing Barrel-Aged Oort Imperial Stout

SILVER: Deschutes Brewery Black Butte Cubed Amburana

BRONZE: Alesong Brewing and Blending Coconut Rhino Suit

 

Flavored Beers

GOLD: pFriem Family Brewers pFriem + Alesong

SILVER: Barsideous Brewing Chocolate Casanovia

BRONZE: Xicha Brewing Co. 505 Pale

 

Fruit Beers

GOLD: Breakside Brewery Breakside Desert Bloom

SILVER: 10 Barrel Brewing Co. Passionate Envy

BRONZE: Public Coast Brewing Company Coconut Brown Ale

 

Experimental Beers

GOLD: Alesong Brewing and Blending Gose Anejo

SILVER: Fort George Brewery Pipiopi

BRONZE: Upright Brewing Special Herbs

 

Rare, Historical, and Other Traditional Beers

GOLD: Zoiglhaus Brewing Company Berliner Weisse-Bock

SILVER: 10 Barrel Brewing Co. Baywindow

BRONZE: Oregon City Brewing Co Beast of Burton

 

Pastry or Dessert Beers

GOLD: Deschutes Brewery Peach Cobbler

SILVER: Great Notion Peanut Brother

BRONZE: Alesong Brewing and Blending Senor Rhino

 

Emerging IPA or Experimental Hoppy Beer

GOLD: 10 Barrel Brewing Co. Equatorial

SILVER: Wayfinder Chronokinetic IPA

BRONZE: StormBreaker Brewing Liquid Hot Enigma

 

American Sour Beer

GOLD: Cascade Brewing Winter Sage

SILVER: Gratitude Brewing Daddy Said I Could Have Unicorns

BRONZE: Breakside Brewery Passionfruit Sour

 

Mixed Culture Beer

GOLD: Ex Novo Brewing Co. Dripping Sun

SILVER: Wolves & People Farmhouse Brewery Friends in Far Places

BRONZE: Little Beast Brewing Empire of Oak – Ekuanot

 

Fruited Mixed Culture Beer

GOLD: Von Ebert Brewing Alma

SILVER: Von Ebert Brewing Rain Shadows

BRONZE: Breakside Brewery Breakside What Peaches And What Penumbras!

 

Fresh Hop Pale Ales and India Pale Ales

GOLD: Breakside Brewery Fresh Hop Cascade Wanderlust

SILVER: Breakside Brewery Fresh IGA

BRONZE: Three Creeks Brewing Co. Conelick’r Fresh Hop IPA

 

Fresh Hop Hazy Pale Ales and India Pale Ales

GOLD: Ruse Brewing About That Time

SILVER: Breakside Brewery & Beer Hall What Fresh Beast

BRONZE: Sasquatch Brewing Co. Fresh Hop Mouth Pillow

 

Other Fresh Hop Beers

GOLD: Breakside Brewery + Taproom Fresh Hop Sterling Pils

SILVER: Zoiglhaus Brewing Company Fresh Hop Zoigl-Kölsch

BRONZE: Baerlic Brewing Co Fresh Hop Pioneer

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Large Brewery of the Year

Breakside Brewery

 Medium Size Brewery of the Year

Von Ebert Brewing

Small Brewery of the Year

Alesong Brewing and Blending