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Washington State has an incredible craft brewing scene.
With almost 400 craft breweries currently online, the Washington Beer Awards is the perfect platform to shine a worthy spotlight on their efforts.
1,100 beers were entered by 142 Washington breweries in this year’s competition. All of those beers must have been both brewed and made commercially available in the state of Washington to qualify…
The entries were evaluated in a blind format using the Brewers Association Style Guideline by panels of trained beer judges who awarded Gold, Silver, and Bronze placements for each category grouping.
And here are this year’s big winners…
Light German-Style Lagers
Gold: Lucky Envelope Brewing – Helles Lager
Silver: Lumberbeard Brewing – Helles
Bronze: Perry Street Brewing – Helles
German-Style Pilsners
Gold: Seapine – Pilsner
Silver: Cloudburst Brewing – Called To The Light
Bronze: E9 Brewing Co – T-Dome
German-Style Oktoberfests
Gold: Brick West Brewing Co. – Festbier
Silver: Valholl Brewing – Valholl Oktoberfest
Bronze: Silver City Brewery – Oktoberfest
German-Style Maerzens
Gold: Chuckanut Brewery – Old Fest
Silver: Deep Draft Brewing – OLD CROW
Bronze: Brick West Brewing Co. – Lucky Penny
German-Style Schwarzbiers
Gold: Bellevue Brewing Co. – Bellevue Brewing Schwarzbier
Silver: Four Generals Brewing – Schwarzbier
Bronze: Anacortes Brewery – Klosterbier
Other European Amber & Dark Beers
Gold: Four Generals Brewing – Alt Bier
Silver: Chuckanut Brewery – Dunkel
Bronze: Burke-Gilman Brewing Company – Cerny Kov
Bohemian-Style Pilsners
Gold: San Juan Island Brewing Co. – San Juan Pilsner
Silver: Twin Sisters Brewing Company – Pilsner From Now On
Bronze: Chainline Brewing Company – Polaris Pilsner
Vienna-Style Lagers
Gold: The Good Society Brewery & Public House – Love Is Love
Silver: Sound To Summit Brewing – Lederhomish
Bronze: Everybody’s Brewing – Vienna Lager
American-Style Light Lagers & Pilsners
Gold: Resonate Brewery – Mexican Radio
Silver: Chuckanut Brewery – Chuck Light
Bronze: Kulshan Brewing Co. – K2 – Premium Lager
Contemporary American-Style Light Lagers & Pilsners
Gold: Cloudburst Brewing – Happy Little Clouds
Silver: Georgetown Brewing Company – Roger’s
Bronze: Gruff Brewing Co – Mexican Lager
Other American-Style Lagers
Gold: Brick West Brewing Co. – Out Cold
Silver: Lowercase Brewing – Mexican Lager
Bronze: Meatheads Smokehouse And Beer Works – Festbier
Australasian, Latin American or Tropical-Style Light Lagers
Gold: Grains Of Wrath Brewing – Cantina Especial
Silver: Rainy Daze Brewing – Lucha Libre
Bronze: Four Generals Brewing – Otra Chela
International-Style Pilseners
Gold: Chuckanut Brewery – Asian Style Lager
Silver: Ravenna Brewing – Rice Lager
Bronze: Bellevue Brewing Co. – Bellevue Brewing Vacuna Mexican Lager
Strong Lagers
Gold: Dystopian State Brewing Co. – High Command
Silver: Chuckanut Brewery – Maibock
Bronze: Bickersons Brewhouse – Baltic Porter
German-Style Kölsches
Gold: Resonate Brewery – Gold Digger
Silver: Whistle Punk Brewing – Kolsch
Bronze: Twin Sisters Brewing Company – Kolsch
German-Style Wheat Beers
Gold: Grains Of Wrath Brewing – Sickle & Scythe
Silver: Anacortes Brewery – Whistle Lake Hefeweizen
Bronze: Silver City Brewery – Hefeweizen
Rye and American Wheat Beers
Gold: Chuckanut Brewery – Rye
Silver: Elysian Brewing – Hawkitect
Bronze: Perihelion Brewery – Daedalus
American-Style Cream Ales
Gold: Wet Coast Brewing Co. – Wet Coast Cream Ale
Silver: Sound To Summit Brewing – The Kraken’s Cream Ale
Bronze: Lucky Envelope Brewing – Mexican Lager
Golden or Blonde Ales
Gold: Terramar Brewstillery – Old Number 6
Silver: Logan Brewing Company – Easy Mode
Bronze: Counterbalance Brewing Company – Abigale Blonde Ale
English & International Pale Ales
Gold: Dick’s Brewing Co. – Dick’s Best Bitter
Silver: Reuben’s Brews – Production Brewery – Triumvirate
Bronze: Cairn Brewing – Connie’s English Bitter
English Dark Ales
Gold: Double Bluff Brewing Company – Brown Ale
Silver: Lowercase Brewing – Brown Ale
Bronze: Top Rung Brewing Company – Duke Of Lacey
Irish Ales
Gold: Watts Brewing Company – Xylocopa
Silver: River City Brewing – River City Red
Bronze: Dick’s Brewing Co. – Dick’s Cream Stout
Scottish Ales
Gold: Cairn Brewing – Don’t Call Me Irish
Silver: Haywire Brewing Co. – DUDE, WHERES ME KILT
Bronze: Postdoc Brewing – Kilty MacSporran
British & American Strong Ales
Gold: Farmstrong Brewing Company – Brahma Barleywine
Silver: Cairn Brewing – Wee Heavy
Bronze: Bron Yr Aur Brewing Co – Tyrants Face
Brown Porters
Gold: Blewett Brewing – Show Pony Porter
Silver: Mac & Jack’s Brewery Inc. – Blackcat Porter
Bronze: San Juan Island Brewing Co. – Black Boar Porter
Robust Porters
Gold: Georgetown Brewing Company – 9 Pound Porter
Silver: Resonate Brewery – Spirit In The Dark
Bronze: Reuben’s Brews – Production Brewery – Robust Porter
British Stouts
Gold: Brewing Savage Co – Queen Anne’s Stout
Silver: Rainy Daze Brewing – Tay More Cowbell
Bronze: Triceratops Brewing Co – Revival Coffee Milk Stout
American-Style Stouts
Gold: Dystopian State Brewing Co. – Black Circle
Silver: Top Rung Brewing Company – My Dog Scout Stout
Bronze: Varietal Beer Company – Darkwave
Imperial Porters & Stouts
Gold: Cloudburst Brewing – This Is Boring
Silver: River City Brewing – Midnight Marmot
Bronze: No-Li Brewhouse – Wrecking Ball
American-Style Pale Ales
Gold: Grains Of Wrath Brewing – Papermaker Pale
Silver: Trap Door Brewing – Porch Beer
Bronze: Flying Lion Brewing – Call It A Day Pale
Juicy or Hazy Pale Ales
Gold: Fortside Brewing Company – Orange Whip
Silver: Icicle Brewing Company – Alpenhaze
Bronze: Haas Innovations Brewing – K.A.H. Pale
American-Style Strong Pale Ales
Gold: Icicle Brewing Company – Peak Seeker
Silver: Stoup Brewing – Citra IPA
Bronze: Wet Coast Brewing Co. – Baronesse Pale Ale
Juicy or Hazy Strong Pale Ales
Gold: Icicle Brewing Company – Enchantments
Silver: Chainline Brewing Company – Tune Up
Bronze: Georgetown Brewing Company – The Mayor IPA
American Amber Ales
Gold: E9 Brewing Co – Rowdy And Dick
Silver: Bickersons Brewhouse – Steaming Pile Of 2020
Bronze: Barrel Mountain Brewing Co. – Ash Cloud Amber
American-Style Brown and Black Ales
Gold: Monka Brewing Co – Mano Oculta
Silver: Wet Coast Brewing Co. – Scofflaw CDA
Bronze: Cairn Brewing – Big Buck Bunny Brown
American-Style India Pale Ales
Gold: Two Beers Brewing – Wonderland Trail IPA
Silver: Kulshan Brewing Co. – K2 – Heliotrope
Bronze: Georgetown Brewing Company – Lucille IPA
Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ales
Gold: MIRAGE – Strangers In Town
Silver: Well 80 Brewing Company – 80 Lbs. Of Hop
Bronze: Georgetown Brewing Company – Warchild
Imperial or Double India Pale Ales
Gold: Triplehorn Brewing Co – Wreckless Abandon
Silver: Elysian Brewing – Snailbones
Bronze: Airways Brewing – Sky Hag
Juicy or Hazy Imperial or Double India Pale Ales
Gold: Ravenna Brewing – Aligned By Nature
Silver: Urban Family Brewing – The Stuff
Bronze: Burke-Gilman Brewing Company – Hopotheosis
Belgian-Style Witbiers
Gold: The Good Society Brewery & Public House – Quick Wit
Silver: Reuben’s Brews – The Taproom – Lilywhite Wit
Bronze: Valholl Brewing – Valholl Summer Wit
Belgian & Belgian Inspired Ales
Gold: The Good Society Brewery & Public House – First To Fall
Silver: Kulshan Brewing Co. – Sunnyland – Belgian Blonde
Bronze: Barrel Mountain Brewing Co. – Be Happy Hefeweizen
Belgian Strong & Abbey Ales
Gold: Figurehead Brewing Company – Midwatch
Silver: Hellbent Brewing Company – Mossback Monk Belgian-Style Tripel
Bronze: Flying Lion Brewing – Belgian Strong
Belgian and French Farmhouse Ales
Gold: Fair Isle Brewing – Odelette
Silver: Fair Isle Brewing – Madame R. Galle
Bronze: Fortside Brewing Company – Kanaka Ale
Specialty Saisons
Gold: Fair Isle Brewing – Montgomery
Silver: Counterbalance Brewing Company – Miming Poetry Saison
Bronze: MIRAGE – Introduces The Metric System In Time
Brett Beers
Gold: Dwinell Country Ales – Summer Blush
Silver: E9 Brewing Co – Balaton Farmhouse
Bronze: MIRAGE – The Quarterly
Berliner-Style Weisses
Gold: Wander Brewing – Champagne Toast
Silver: Dru Bru – Berliner Weisse
Bronze: Terramar Brewstillery – Shuksan Sour
Gose
Gold: Gruff Brewing Co – Birman
Silver: Brick West Brewing Co. – Get Right
Bronze: Reuben’s Brews – The Taproom – Gose
American-Style Sour Ales
Gold: Urban Family Brewing – Solar Storm
Silver: The Good Society Brewery & Public House – Be Curious
Bronze: Resonate Brewery – A NU START
Belgian Sour and Wild Ales
Gold: MIRAGE – Ray
Silver: Fortside Brewing Company – Oude AF
Bronze: Lucky Envelope Brewing – Boysenberry Coolship Sour
American-Style Fruit Beers
Gold: Triceratops Brewing Co – Bohemian Rhasberry
Silver: Optimism Brewing Company – Solarpunk
Bronze: Big Block Brewing – Cherry Bomb
Fruit Wheat Beers
Gold: Ten Pin Brewing – Lil’ Groovy
Silver: Crucible Brewing – Blood Orange Smith & Weizen
Bronze: Wenatchee Valley Brewing – Raspberry Wheat
Belgian-Style Fruit Beers
Gold: The North Fork – Elan Rouge
Silver: Fair Isle Brewing – Ana
Bronze: E9 Brewing Co – Blue Gold
Vegetable, Herb & Spice Beers
Gold: MIRAGE – Versatile Solutions For Modern Living
Silver: Peddler Brewing Co – Horchata Cream Ale
Bronze: Dystopian State Brewing Co. – Everyone’s Crisis
Pumpkin Beers
Gold: Cloudburst Brewing – Your Worst Nightmare
Silver: Elysian Brewing – Night Owl
Bronze: Sound To Summit Brewing – Ryes Of The Pumpkin King
Coffee & Chocolate Beers
Gold: Snow Eater Brewery – Moose Trot
Silver: Logan Brewing Company – Mind On Midnight
Bronze: Whistle Punk Brewing – Espresso Milk Stout
Smoke Beers
Gold: Chuckanut Brewery – Rauch Helles
Silver: Lucky Envelope Brewing – Tea-Smoked Helles Lager
Bronze: Meatheads Smokehouse And Beer Works – Moose And Squirrel Rauch
Specialty & Historical Beers
Gold: Victor 23 Craft Brewery – Spruce Goose
Silver: Snow Eater Brewery – Ipsut
Bronze: Ghostfish Brewing Company – Watchstander Stout
Experimental & Session Beers
Gold: Bron Yr Aur Brewing Co – Tie-It-On Blonde
Silver: Watts Brewing Company – Drone Strike
Bronze: Mac & Jack’s Brewery Inc. – Logboom Pale Ale
Wood & Barrel Aged Beers
Gold: Fair Isle Brewing – Vince
Silver: Ten Pin Brewing – BeWILDering C
Bronze: Jellyfish Brewing Company – Good Morning Sunshine
Wood & Barrel Aged Barleywines
Gold: Heathen Brewing – Reindeer Tears
Silver: Pint Size Brewing – Off The Trail
Bronze: Humble Abode Brewing – III Anniversary Barrel Aged Barleywine
Wood & Barrel Aged Imperial Stouts
Gold: Bainbridge Brewing – Yama – Mizunara Barrel Imp. Stout
Silver: Single Hill Brewing Company – Overstory
Bronze: Matchless Brewing – 5th Anniversary Blend
Other Wood & Barrel Aged Strong Beers
Gold: Bickersons Brewhouse – Gin Barrel Aged D.M.M.K.Y.A
Silver: Victor 23 Craft Brewery – Sleighjacker
Bronze: Silver City Brewery – Magnificent Pursuit
Wood & Barrel Aged Sour Beers
Gold: River City Brewing – Peach Me Your Ways
Silver: Wander Brewing – Plum Bob
Bronze: Jellyfish Brewing Company – Birra Chiara
Fresh Hop Pale Ales
Gold: Old Stove Brewing – Streaker Juicy Citra Fresh Hop Pale
Silver: Blewett Brewing – Fool’s Gold Hazy Pale Ale
Bronze: Cloudburst Brewing – Green On Fort Road
Fresh Hop Strong Pale Ales
Gold: Icicle Brewing Company – Strata Wet Hop Hazy IPA
Silver: Cloudburst Brewing – Green Is My Favorite Color
Bronze: Single Hill Brewing Company – Skyfinder
Fresh Hop American-Style India Pale Ales
Gold: Loowit Brewing Company – Lando Hoprissian
Silver: Perry Street Brewing – Master Exploder IPA
Bronze: Dru Bru – Fresh Hop
Fresh Hop Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ales
Gold: Best Of Hands Barrelhouse – Fresh Hop Series: Amarillo Fresh Hop IPA
Silver: Silver City Brewery – Amarillo Wet Hop Tropic Haze
Bronze: Cloudburst Brewing – An Uplifting Work Of Staggering Wetness
Other Fresh Hop Beers
Gold: Wandering Hop – Fresh NUMINOUS
Silver: Matchless Brewing – Fresh Bois
Bronze: Perry Street Brewing – Hassel Hopfenbombe
Pro-Am
Gold: Postdoc Brewing – We Should Probably Have A Name For This Beer
Collaboration Beers
Gold: Scuttlebutt Brewing and Sound to Summit Brewing – Bridging The Trestle
Silver: Well 80 Brewing Company – Downtown Sour Brown
Bronze: Trap Door Brewing – Flamingo Croquet
Very Small Brewery of the Year (Sponsored by YCH Hops, Yakima Chief Hops): Watts Brewing Company
Small Brewery of the Year (Sponsored by Washington Hops Commission): Fair Isle Brewing
Mid-Sized Brewery of the Year (Sponsored by Skagit Valley Malting): Cloudburst Brewing
Large Brewery of the Year (Sponsored by Briess Malt and Ingredients): Chuckanut Brewery
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Congratulations to this year’s winners…Live long and prosper.
