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One of the beer industry’s most prestigious competitions, the World Beer Cup took place in Philadelphia on April 22, 2026 and awards were presented in 113 beer-style categories at the conclusion of Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America.

Considered by many to be the “Olympics of Beer” this competition is a very big deal.

Winning a World Beer Cup is like winning a Grammy, an Oscar, an Emmy. It brings the world’s attention to even the smallest brewery’s doorstep, and like a hit song or film, it can make a career.

A panel of 255 judges from 50 countries methodically evaluated 8,166 entries from 1,644 breweries and cideries across 50 nations, using rigorous, blind-tasting protocols.

“Thirty years in, the World Beer Cup remains a powerful reflection of how far global brewing has come—and where it’s headed,” said Chris Williams, World Beer Cup competition director. “Even in a year that challenged beverage alcohol producers to evolve, this year’s winners demonstrated that innovation, precision, and passion for craft are stronger than ever.”

And here (drum roll please) is a COMPLETE listing the breweries that took home World Beer Cup Awards this year…As well as the beers and ciders that won in each style category!

Category: 1: American-Style Wheat Beer – 43 Entries
Gold: Silk Ale White, Spring Valley Brewery, Shibuya, Japan
Silver: Lunar Fallout, Tilted Axis Brewing Co., Holly, MI
Bronze: Summerfield Wheat, Grand Fir Brewing, Portland, OR

Category: 2: Fruit Beer – 87 Entries
Gold: Yuzu Lager, Market Garden Craft Brewery, Cleveland, OH
Silver: Lime Drop, Wicked Weed Brewing, Asheville, NC
Bronze: Agua Fresca, Los Dos Potrillos Cerveceria – Parker, Parker, CO

Category: 3: Fruit Wheat Beer – 71 Entries
Gold: Raspberry Rush, Armored Cow Brewing Co., Charlotte, NC
Silver: Scent of a Lesser Stag, BabyCat Brewery, Kensington, MD
Bronze: Key Lime Pie in the Sky, The Sandlot Brewery – Coors Field, Denver, CO

Category: 4: Field Beer – 50 Entries
Gold: Green Bean Paste Wheat Beer, Peiping Machine Brewing, Beijing, China
Silver: UPP Yours, UPP Liquids, Bend, OR
Bronze: Double Astral w/ Coconut, Third Eye Brewing Co., Hamilton, OH

Category: 5: Pumpkin/Squash or Pumpkin Spice Beer – 33 Entries
Gold: Pumpkin Ale, 2 Silos Brewing Co., Manassas, VA
Silver: Pumpkin Spice J. Marie, River North Brewery, Denver, CO
Bronze: Barrel Aged Double Zombies, New Trail Brewing Co., Williamsport, PA

Category: 6: Chili Beer – 63 Entries
Gold: Ay Dios Mio!, Silver Reef Brewing Co., St. George, UT
Silver: Pyros Prost, Hop Dogma Brewing Co., Half Moon Bay, CA
Bronze: El Poblano Borracho, Liquid Mechanics Brewing, Lafayette, CO

Category: 7: Herb and Spice Beer – 99 Entries
Gold: Sansho Lager, Craftrock Brewing, Hachioji, Japan
Silver: A Date In Jötenheim, Bullfinch Brewpub, Syracuse, NY
Bronze: Hecho En Szechuan, Pinthouse Brewing, Austin, TX

Category: 8: Tea Beer – 36 Entries
Gold: Helper Beer Archaic Forrest, Helper Beer, Helper, UT
Silver: Ceylon Black Tea Beer, NBeer Craft Brewing Co., Chengdu, China
Bronze: Breakside White Tea Lager, Breakside Brewery, Milwaukie, OR

Category: 9: Chocolate Beer – 40 Entries
Gold: Viator Obscura: Triple Chocolate, Wandering Monsters Brewing Co.,
Cincinnati, OH
Silver: Whistler Winter Dunkel, Whistler Brewing Co., Vancouver, Canada
Bronze: Cocoa Cow, Sunriver Brewing Co., Sunriver, OR

Category: 10: Coffee Beer – 48 Entries
Gold: Squirrels Just Want to Have Fun, River North Brewery, Denver, CO
Silver: Stay Calm, East Village Brewing Co., San Diego, CA
Bronze: Golden Stout, Karl Strauss Brewing Co., San Diego, CA

Category: 11: Coffee Stout or Porter – 70 Entries
Gold: Kaffe Americano, Urban Roots Brewing, Sacramento, CA
Silver: Espresso Hello Darkness, River North Brewery, Denver, CO
Bronze: Lil Zoomie, Brink Brewing Co., Cincinnati, OH

Category: 12: Dessert or Pastry Beer – 45 Entries
Gold: Coconut Mafia, Parlay 6 Brewing Co., Reno, NV
Silver: Kauai Pie, Bull & Bush Brewery, Denver, CO
Bronze: 10W-40 Coconut Candy Bar, Hi-Wire Brewing Co., Asheville, NC

Category: 13: Rye Beer – 28 Entries
Gold: Roggenschnizzle, Bier Brewery and Taproom, Indianapolis, IN
Silver: Steamy Wonder, Proper Brewing Co., Salt Lake City, UT
Bronze: Howdyfest, Lago Vista Brewing Co., Lago Vista, TX

Category: 14: Honey Beer – 45 Entries
Gold: BEE-ginning, The Austin Beer Garden Brewing Co., Austin, TX
Silver: Hachimitsu Mai, Deschutes Brewery – PDX Pub, Portland, OR
Bronze: Animals Strike Curious Poses, The Empourium Brewing Co., Denver, CO

Category: 15: Classic Non-Alcohol Ale or Lager – 78 Entries
Gold: Non-Alcohol Weissbier, Fresh Beer 30 Kilometres, Shanghai, China
Silver: Švyturys Ekstra Non Alko, Švyturys – Utenos alus, Vilnius, Lithuania
Bronze: NA Dark, Fremont Brewing, Seattle, WA

Category: 16: Hoppy Non-Alcohol Beer – 62 Entries
Gold: Mash Gang ‘Chug’ Hazy IPA, Mash Gang, Exeter, United Kingdom
Silver: Zero Eddy, Big Grove Brewery, Iowa City, IA
Bronze: Space Camper Low Gravity IPA, Boulevard Brewing Co., Kansas City, MO

Category: 17: Specialty Non-Alcohol Beer – 46 Entries
Gold: Tripel Karmeliet Alcohol Free, Brouwerij Bosteels, Leuven, Belgium
Silver: Nobody’s Gonna Know, Go Brewing, Naperville, IL
Bronze: New School, Go Brewing, Naperville, IL

Category: 18: Session Beer – 49 Entries
Gold: Lighthouse, Nara Brewing Co., Nara, Japan
Silver: Guillaume, Pizza Port Ocean Beach, San Diego, CA
Bronze: Petite Saison, Third Window Brewing Co., Santa Barbara, CA

Category: 19: Session India Pale Ale – 80 Entries
Gold: Which Way, BKS Artisan Ales, Kansas City, MO
Silver: Breakside Total Entertainment Forever, Breakside Brewery, Milwaukie, OR
Bronze: Josh’s Lil’ Shoes, Green Cheek Beer Co., Orange, CA

Category: 20: Strong Porter – 55 Entries
Gold: Dark Skies Baltic Porter, Forgotten Star Brewing Co., Minneapolis, MN
Silver: Lodge Life, Hobbs Brewing Co., Ossipee, NH
Bronze: Battle Axe, Fat Heads Brewery, Middleburg Heights, OH

Category: 21: Other Strong Beer – 26 Entries
Gold: Inferno, The Lost Abbey, Vista, CA
Silver: Jeremiah Red, BJ’s Restaurant & Brewery – Temple, Temple, TX
Bronze: East County Fine Malt Liquor, The Post Brewing Co., Lafayette, CO

Category: 22: Experimental Beer – 93 Entries
Gold: Catharina Sour Caju Pytang – Caju & Pitanga, Cervejaria UNIKA,
Florianópolis, Brazil
Silver: Karo Ya Maro, Terranaut Beer, Bend, OR
Bronze: House Red, Odd Bird Brewing, Stockton, NJ

Category: 23: Experimental India Pale Ale – 53 Entries
Gold: Flint, Bighand Bros. Brewery, Kyoto, Japan
Silver: Escaping Gravity, Roadhouse Brewing, Jackson, WY
Bronze: Conix Brut IPA, Repubrew, Mishima, Japan

Category: 24: Historical Beer – 37 Entries
Gold: Kaptain Lisa, Cervejaria Stannis, Jaragua do Sul, Brazil
Silver: Steam Engine, Adams Street Brewery, Chicago, IL
Bronze: Burton Reynolds, Subculture Artisan Ales, Florence, NJ

Category: 25: Gluten-Free Beer – 50 Entries
Gold: It Came From the Haze, Ghostfish Brewing, Seattle, WA
Silver: Rum Smuggler Barrel Aged Imperial Stout, TWØBAYS Brewing Co.,
Dromana, Australia
Bronze: Guava Sour, Orange Bike Brewing Co., Portland, ME

Category: 26: American-Belgo-Style Ale – 34 Entries
Gold: Function, Nara Brewing Co., Nara, Japan
Silver: Sandy Dunes, River Bluff Brewing, Saint Joseph, MO
Bronze: Dear You, Ratio Beerworks, Denver, CO

Category: 27: American-Style Sour or Wood & Barrel Aged Sour Beer –

Gold: Engeltjes Pis, Garage Project, Wellington, New Zealand
Silver: Emergency Tequila Barrel Aged Tart Kit, Sun King Brewery,
Indianapolis, IN
Bronze: Gin Barrel Sour Red, Stodgy Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO

Category: 28: Fruited American-Style Sour Ale – 95 Entries
Gold: Howzit Punch, Alvarado Street Brewery, Salinas, CA
Silver: Friek, Odell Brewing Co., Denver, CO
Bronze: Dominga Grapefruit Paloma, New Belgium Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO

Category: 29: Brett Beer – 23 Entries
Gold: Pear Saison, Firestone Walker Brewing – Barrelworks, Buellton, CA
Silver: Jong, Brasserie Spontanerie, Blaringhem, France
Bronze: Belle Saison, Third Window Brewing Co., Santa Barbara, CA

Category: 30: Mixed-Culture Brett Beer – 47 Entries
Gold: Operis, Four Winds Brewing Co., Delta, Canada
Silver: Twig, Lost Forty Brewery, Little Rock, AR
Bronze: Red Solera, Cerveza 7 Vidas, Tacna, Peru

Category: 31: Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer – 43 Entries
Gold: Ghoul Fuel – Rum Diaries Edition, Bull & Bush Brewery, Denver, CO
Silver: Night Trekker Baltic Porter – Aquavit Barrel Aged, Canal Park Brewing
Co., Duluth, MN
Bronze: Sensationator, Deschutes Brewery – PDX Pub, Portland, OR

Category: 32: Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer – 106 Entries
Gold: Terminus 2026, Daoravida Brewpub, Campinas, Brazil
Silver: Whiskey Throttle, Jackknife Brewing, Kelowna, Canada
Bronze: Bourbon Barrel Quad, Boulevard Brewing Co., Kansas City, MO

Category: 33: Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Stout – 114 Entries
Gold: Demons Run 2025 Reserve, Urban Roots Brewing, Sacramento, CA
Silver: Paradoja Nocturna, Okcidenta, Santa Fe, Argentina
Bronze: Eclipse 2025 Garrison Brothers, FiftyFifty Brewing Co., Truckee, CA

Category: 34: Wood- and Barrel-Aged Dessert or Pastry Beer – 52 Entries
Gold: 2025 Bourbon County Brand Proprietor’s Stout, Goose Island Beer
Co., Chicago, IL
Silver: Barrel-Aged Kelly’s Private Stash (Ferd’s Addition), Third Eye Brewing
Co., Hamilton, OH
Bronze: Beauty Everywhere, Firestone Walker Brewing – Barrelworks,
Buellton, CA

Category: 35: Fruited Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer – 49 Entries
Gold: Virtue of Patience, Bold Monk Brewing Co., Atlanta, GA
Silver: AJB Cassis Barrel, Anglo Japanese Brewing Co., Nozawa Onsen, Japan
Bronze: Frutas Vermelhas 277 – Wood Aged, 277 Craft Beer, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil

Category: 36: Kellerbier or Zwickelbier – 55 Entries
Gold: Kellerbier, pFriem Family Brewers, Hood River, OR
Silver: Desítka, Pivovar Matuška, Broumy, Czech Republic
Bronze: Pleasing Tony Italian Pilsner, Little Brother Brewing, Greensboro, NC

Category: 37: Smoke Beer – 75 Entries
Gold: Dawdle #2, Cold Bear Brewing Co., Arnprior, Canada
Silver: Drudenhaus, Counter Weight Brewing Co., Cheshire, CT
Bronze: Smokehaus Lager, Devils Backbone Basecamp Brewpub &
Meadows, Roseland, VA

Category: 38: International Light Lager – 61 Entries
Gold: Kirin Light, Kirin Brewery, Fort Collins, CO
Silver: Day Drinker Light Lager, Pedal Haus Brewery, Chandler, AZ
Bronze: Friendly Lager, Shaketown Brewing, North Vancouver, Canada

Category: 39: International-Style Pilsener – 78 Entries
Gold: Birkebeinerpils, Victor 23 Brewing, Vancouver, WA
Silver: Kamakura, Ketch Brewing, San Diego, CA
Bronze: Velvet Glow, Russian River Brewing Co., Windsor, CA

Category: 40: Rice Lager – 91 Entries
Gold: Exquisite Taste, Cloudburst Brewing, Seattle, WA
Silver: Kanpai Krush, Brewyard Beer Co., Glendale, CA
Bronze: Japanese Lager, pFriem Family Brewers, Hood River, OR

Category: 41: Hoppy Lager – 88 Entries
Gold: High & Fine, Fieldwork Brewing Co., Berkeley, CA
Silver: Rancho Cowabunga, Grains of Wrath Brewing, Camas, WA
Bronze: Modern IPA, Jack’s Abby Craft Lagers, Framingham, MA

Category: 42: Italian-Style Pilsener – 89 Entries
Gold: Breakside It’s A Me Mario!, Breakside Brewery, Milwaukie, OR
Silver: Now That’s A Sandwich, Vault 202 Brewery & Taproom, Appleton, WI
Bronze: Wassah Matta U, Synth Beer Co., Costa Mesa, CA

Category: 43: German-Style Pilsener – 201 Entries
Gold: 801 Pilsner, Uinta Brewing Co., Salt Lake City, UT
Silver: Southern German Style Pilsener, Craft Beer Base, Osaka, Japan
Bronze: Pilsner, Hop Dogma Brewing Co., Half Moon Bay, CA

Category: 44: Czech-Style Pale Lager – 134 Entries
Gold: Lockport Lager, New York Beer Project, Lockport, NY
Silver: Dvanáctka, Pivovar Matuška, Broumy, Czech Republic
Bronze: Chuckanut Pilsner, Chuckanut Brewery, Burlington, WA

Category: 45: Munich-Style Helles – 156 Entries
Gold: Wander Back Lager, Wander Back Beerworks, Vineland, NJ
Silver: Lager, Noble Twist, Saugatuck, MI
Bronze: Kirkland Signature Helles Lager, Deschutes Brewery, Bend, OR

Category: 46: Dortmunder/Export or German-Style Oktoberfest – 71 Entries
Gold: Used 8 Track, Discourse Brewing, Overland Park, KS
Silver: Guldkällan, Spendrups Bryggeri, Stockholm, Sweden
Bronze: Munder, She Wrote, Ex Novo Brewing, Corrales, NM

Category: 47: Vienna-Style Lager – 85 Entries
Gold: Friends & Neighbors, North Park Beer Co., San Diego, CA
Silver: Greif Schlöbberla, Brauerei Greif, Forchheim, Germany
Bronze: Danish Red Lager, Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co., Buellton, CA

Category: 48: International Amber Lager – 99 Entries
Gold: Harvest Moon, Tellico Brewing Co., Tellico Plains, TN
Silver: Yinz Jawn Pennsylvania Lager, Lucky Envelope Brewing, Seattle, WA
Bronze: Czech Amber, Field Day Brewing Co., North Liberty, IA

Category: 49: Munich-Style Dunkel – 61 Entries
Gold: Bru Ski Patrol, Dru Bru, Cle Elum, WA
Silver: Chuckanut Dunkel Lager, Chuckanut Brewery, Burlington, WA
Bronze: The Dark, BarrieHaus Beer Co., Tampa, FL

Category: 50: German-Style Schwarzbier – 82 Entries
Gold: Fables Overturned, Wild Yarrow Brewing, Greenville, SC
Silver: Tamno Pivo, Side Project Brewing, Maplewood, MO
Bronze: Tank Top & Schwartz, Burgeon Beer Co., Carlsbad, CA

Category: 51: International Dark Lager – 117 Entries
Gold: Common Nightjar, Attic Brewing Co., Philadelphia, PA
Silver: Secret Secret, Wayfinder Beer, Portland, OR
Bronze: Tarboroughhaus, Tarboro Brewing Co., Tarboro, NC

Category: 52: German-Style Bock or Maibock – 66 Entries
Gold: Lock’d, Bock’d, & Ready to Rock, Morgan Territory Brewing, Tracy, CA
Silver: Bärenbräu Bock, Peculier, Fort Collins, CO
Bronze: Altstadt Bock, Altstadt Brewery, Fredericksburg, TX

Category: 53: German-Style Doppelbock or Eisbock – 74 Entries
Gold: Eisbock, Northbound Smokehouse & Brewpub, Minneapolis, MN
Silver: Doppelbock, Northbound Smokehouse & Brewpub, Minneapolis, MN
Bronze: Gilbert & Olivator, Moontown Brewing Co., Whitestown, IN

Category: 54: American Light Lager – 98 Entries
Gold: Transmission Light, Transmission Brewing, Ventura, CA
Silver: Clubhaus Lager, Von Ebert Brewing, Portland, OR
Bronze: Kick Back, Goose Island Beer Co., Chicago, IL

Category: 55: Mexican-Style Light Lager – 33 Entries
Gold: Cultura Cerveza, Ogden Beer Co., Ogden, UT
Silver: Nueve Grados, Riip Beer Co., Huntington Beach, CA
Bronze: Texian, 3 Nations Brewing, Carrollton, TX

Category: 56: American-Style Lager – 77 Entries
Gold: Floyds Deluxe, Three Floyds Brewing, Munster, IN
Silver: Salva Vida, Cervecería Hondureña, San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Bronze: Shiner Premium, Spoetzl Brewery, San Antonio, TX

Category: 57: Contemporary American-Style Lager – 56 Entries
Gold: Adams Pilsner, Single Hill Brewing Co., Yakima, WA
Silver: Crisp, New Trail Brewing Co., Williamsport, PA
Bronze: Gold Leaf Lager, Devils Backbone Basecamp Brewpub & Meadows,
Roseland, VA

Category: 58: American-Style Pilsener – 80 Entries
Gold: Bullpen Pilsner, Atlas Brew Works, Washington, DC
Silver: Pea Island Park Pilsner, Swells’a Brewing, Kill Devil Hills, NC
Bronze: Double Elbow – Tonks Tuesday Pils, Little Thistle Brewing, Rochester, MN

Category: 59: West Coast-Style Pilsener – 105 Entries
Gold: Long Time Sunshine, Cloudburst Brewing, Seattle, WA
Silver: Cold Cutz, Grand Fir Brewing, Portland, OR
Bronze: Uchu Pils, Uchu Brewing, Hokuto, Japan

Category: 60: Mexican-Style Pale Lager – 114 Entries
Gold: Saca La Bolsita, Villains Brewing Co., Anaheim, CA
Silver: Abrazo – Mexican Lager, Ol’ Beautiful Brewing Co., Calgary, Canada
Bronze: Mexican Lager, Lone Tree Brewing Co., Lone Tree, CO

Category: 61: American-Style Cream Ale – 67 Entries
Gold: 4 the Ward, Resurgence Brewing, Buffalo, NY
Silver: Snap Shot, Morgan Territory Brewing, Tracy, CA
Bronze: Was Angeles Premium American Lager, Uinta Brewing Co., Salt Lake
City, UT

Category: 62: American-Style Amber Lager – 61 Entries
Gold: Just Like Himmel, New Ridge Brewing Co., Philadelphia, PA
Silver: Hojun Lager 496, Spring Valley Brewery, Shibuya, Japan
Bronze: California Common, Institution Ale Co., Camarillo, CA

Category: 63: Australian-Style Pale Ale – 52 Entries
Gold: Breakside Hello My Alien, Breakside Brewery, Milwaukie, OR
Silver: Little Mac, Hideaway Park Brewery, Winter Park, CO
Bronze: Dragontail, Icicle Brewing Co., Leavenworth, WA

Category: 64: International Pale Ale – 75 Entries
Gold: Breakside Bayside, Breakside Brewery, Milwaukie, OR
Silver: Stomp, Sunriver Brewing Co., Sunriver, OR
Bronze: Sunset Sessions, Barebottle Brewing Co., San Francisco, CA

Category: 65: New Zealand-Style India Pale Ale – 102 Entries
Gold: Westland, BKS Artisan Ales, Kansas City, MO
Silver: Chepedelic, ISM Brewing, Long Beach, CA
Bronze: Wannabe Wallaby, Riip Beer Co., Huntington Beach, CA

Category: 66: Barley Wine-Style Ale – 36 Entries
Gold: Three Ryes Men, Reuben’s Brews, Seattle, WA
Silver: Grow Old With You, Verboten Brewing, Loveland, CO
Bronze: A Story About Everything, Monday Night Brewing, Atlanta, GA

Category: 67: German-Style Koelsch – 111 Entries
Gold: Chuckanut Kölsch, Chuckanut Brewery, Burlington, WA
Silver: Kolsch, Standard Deviant Brewing, San Francisco, CA
Bronze: Balbilla, Caius Farm Brewery, Branford, CT

Category: 68: Gose – 52 Entries
Gold: Aloha State of Mind, Cova Brewing Co., Norfolk, VA
Silver: The Famous Gose – Morango E Pitanga, Cervejaria UNIKA,
Florianópolis, Brazil
Bronze: Frutabomba, Cruz Blanca Brewpub, Chicago, IL

Category: 69: Berliner-Style Weisse – 35 Entries
Gold: Victory Brewing Company Sunny Monkey, Brewers at 4001 Yancey,
Charlotte, NC
Silver: Disco Lemonade, Aslan Brewing Co., Bellingham, WA
Bronze: Cactus Juice, 12Degree Brewing, Louisville, CO

Category: 70: South German-Style Weissbier – 110 Entries
Gold: Windansea Wheat, Karl Strauss Brewing Co., San Diego, CA
Silver: Weihenstephaner Kristallweissbier, Bayerische Staatsbrauerei
Weihenstephan, Freising, Germany
Bronze: Goggle Fogger, Fat Heads Brewery, Middleburg Heights, OH

Category: 71: South German-Style Dunkel Weizen – 18 Entries
Gold: Dark N’ Curvy, Piece Brewery, Chicago, IL
Silver: Hidden Gem, OB Brewery, San Diego, CA
Bronze: Kuchlbauer Alte Liebe, Brauerei zum Kuchlbauer, Abensberg, Germany

Category: 72: South German-Style Weizenbock – 23 Entries
Gold: Weihenstephaner Vitus, Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan,
Freising, Germany
Silver: Ladenburger Weizenbock Hell, Brauerei Ladenburger, Neuler, Germany
Bronze: Kuchlbauer Aloysius, Brauerei zum Kuchlbauer, Abensberg, Germany

Category: 73: German-Style Altbier – 38 Entries
Gold: Archive: Allegheny Altbier, Cinderlands Beer Co., Pittsburgh, PA
Silver: Lithium, Resonate Brewery, Bellevue, WA
Bronze: ALTeration, Mountain Layers Brewing Co., Bryson City, NC

Category: 75: Belgian-Style Witbier – 68 Entries
Gold: Allagash White, Allagash Brewing Co., Portland, ME
Silver: La Trappe Witte Trappist, Bierbrouwerij de Koningshoeven, BerkelEnschot, Netherlands

Category: 76: Classic Saison – 43 Entries
Gold: Summer Wild Saison, JING-A, Beijing, China
Silver: Saison For Papa, Green Cheek Beer Co. – Costa Mesa, Costa Mesa, CA
Bronze: Valour, Tooth and Nail Brewing Co., Ottawa, Canada

Category: 77: Specialty Saison – 58 Entries
Gold: Foxfield Saison, Devils Backbone Basecamp Brewpub & Meadows,
Roseland, VA
Silver: Petit MC, Monday Night Brewing, Atlanta, GA
Bronze: Chakabuki, Yamorido, Kyoto, Japan

Category: 78: Belgian-Style Flanders Oud Bruin or Oud Red Ale – 22 Entries
Gold: De Rode Duivels, Elliott Bay Brewing Co., Seattle, WA
Silver: Rodenbach Vintage, Swinkels Belgium, Londerzeel, Belgium
Bronze: Flanders Red, Cerveza 7 Vidas, Tacna, Peru

Category: 79: Belgian-Style Spontaneous Sour Ale – 22 Entries
Gold: Spontanée, pFriem – Cascade Locks Barrel House, Cascade Locks, OR
Silver: Chance, Luck and Magic 2020, Garage Project, Wellington, New Zealand
Bronze: Spontaneous Manifesto 2024, Blind Enthusiasm Brewing Co.,
Edmonton, Canada

Category: 80: Belgian-Style Blonde Ale – 44 Entries
Gold: Feral Garden Gnome, Liability Brewing Co., Greenville, SC
Silver: Jedburgh, Longtab Brewing, San Antonio, TX
Bronze: Nenette, Kern River Brewing Co., Kernville, CA

Category: 81: Belgian-Style Dubbel – 31 Entries
Gold: Deduction, Taxman Brewing Co., Bargersville, IN
Silver: Dedication, Vintage Brewing Co., Sauk City, WI
Bronze: Maudite, Unibroue, Guelph, Canada

Category: 82: Belgian-Style Tripel – 58 Entries
Gold: Templin Family Albion Tripple, Templin Family Brewing, Salt Lake City, UT
Silver: Trippel, New Belgium Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO
Bronze: La Fin du Monde, Unibroue, Guelph, Canada

Category: 83: Belgian-Style Quadrupel – 32 Entries
Gold: Quad Bless Your Heart, The Southern Growl Beer Co., Greer, SC
Silver: Pour Pour Pitiful Me, Monkless Belgian Ales, Bend, OR
Bronze: La Trappe Quadrupel, Bierbrouwerij de Koningshoeven, BerkelEnschot, Netherlands

Category: 84: Belgian-Style Strong Specialty Ale – 81 Entries
Gold: Trois Pistoles, Unibroue, Guelph, Canada
Silver: Urbrew Adventure Strong Ale, Urbrew, Handan, China
Bronze: Allagash Ski House, Allagash Brewing Co., Portland, ME

Category: 85: Belgian-Style Fruit Beer – 65 Entries
Gold: Handgepluckte Kriek, AleSmith Brewing Co., San Diego, CA
Silver: Criolla, Bichofeo Brewing Co, Resistencia, Argentina
Bronze: Torrontés, Bichofeo Brewing Co, Resistencia, Argentina

Category: 86: English Mild or Bitter – 64 Entries
Gold: Trafford Ale, Arlington Brewing Co., Arlington, MA
Silver: Uncle, Rhinegeist Innovation Brewery, Cincinnati, OH
Bronze: Compensation, Lion Bridge Brewing Co., Cedar Rapids, IA

Category: 87: English-Style Pale Ale – 77 Entries
Gold: True Blonde, Ska Brewing, Durango, CO
Silver: Mosaic, Institution Ale Co., Camarillo, CA
Bronze: Famous Fanny, Worthy Brewing, Bend, OR

Category: 88: English-Style Brown Ale – 50 Entries
Gold: Backcountry, Lewis & Clark Brewing Co., Helena, MT
Silver: Nut Brown Ale, Blackstone Brewing Co., Nashville, TN
Bronze: Before the Break, Worthy Brewing, Bend, OR

Category: 89: Brown Porter – 41 Entries
Gold: Nolan’s Porter, Barrio Brewing Co., Tucson, AZ
Silver: St. Charles Porter, Blackstone Brewing Co., Nashville, TN
Bronze: London Porter, New Ridge Brewing Co., Philadelphia, PA

Category: 90: Robust Porter – 48 Entries
Gold: Oaty McOatface, East Village Brewing Co., San Diego, CA
Silver: Captain Doug’s Porter, MudHen Brewing Co., Wildwood, NJ
Bronze: Dark Portal, Blue Point, Patchogue, NY

Category: 91: Sweet Stout or Cream Stout – 37 Entries
Gold: Moozie, Brink Brewing Co., Cincinnati, OH
Silver: Higher Purpose, Third Eye Brewing Co., Hamilton, OH
Bronze: Irish Prenup, Barley Naked Brewing Co., Stafford, VA

Category: 92: Oatmeal Stout – 46 Entries
Gold: Voided, Counter Weight Brewing Co., Cheshire, CT
Silver: Event Horizon, SPACECRAFT Brewing Co., Bangkok, Thailand
Bronze: Oats, Pizza Port Solana Beach, Solana Beach, CA

Category: 93: British-Style Imperial Stout – 37 Entries
Gold: 15th Anniversary, Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co., Buellton, CA
Silver: Reduction Ratio, UPP Liquids, Bend, OR
Bronze: Touch of Chaos, Formula Brewing, Issaquah, WA

Category: 94: Old Ale, Strong Ale or Aged Beer – 30 Entries
Gold: Forest Hills, Olde Hickory Brewery, Hickory, NC
Silver: Old Scrooge, Silver City Brewery, Bremerton, WA
Bronze: Death or Glory, Samuel Adams Brewery, Boston, MA

Category: 95: Irish-Style Red Ale – 73 Entries
Gold: Goibniu, Trágmar Ale Works, Bristol, RI
Silver: Crimson Lass, Quarter Celtic Brewpub, Albuquerque, NM
Bronze: Romulus Red, Gladi8or Brews and Billiards, Covina, CA

Category: 96: Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout – 51 Entries
Gold: Olde 17, Lion Bridge Brewing Co., Cedar Rapids, IA
Silver: Minoh Beer Stout, Minoh Brewery, Minoh-shi, Japan
Bronze: Dri-Dek, Industry Ales, Chicago, IL

Category: 97: Export Stout – 32 Entries
Gold: Irish Extra Stout, Diatribe Brewing Co., Ashville, NC
Silver: Trade Deficit, Westbound & Down Brewing Co. – Westbound Mill,
Lafayette, CO
Bronze: Zonker Stout, Snake River Brewing Co., Jackson, WY

Category: 98: Scottish-Style Ale – 32 Entries
Gold: BierKraft 80 Shilling, BierKraft, McAlester, OK
Silver: Seven Gables, Mountain Rambler Brewery, Bishop, CA
Bronze: Isle of Pitt, Hazel Grove Brewing, Pittsburgh, PA

Category: 99: Scotch Ale – 49 Entries
Gold: Higher Consciousness, Third Eye Brewing Co., Hamilton, OH
Silver: Real Heavy, Real Ale Brewing Co., Blanco, TX
Bronze: Great Falls, Land-Grant Brewing Co., Columbus, OH

Category: 100: Golden or Blonde Ale – 86 Entries
Gold: Chargie, Hopsized Brewing Co., Bonita Springs, FL
Silver: Lawnmower Beer, Saint Arnold Brewing Co., Houston, TX
Bronze: Pool Party Blonde, Cold Garden Beverage Co., Calgary, Canada

Category: 101: American-Style Pale Ale – 141 Entries
Gold: Double Nickels, Docent Brewing, San Juan Capistrano, CA
Silver: Mosaic Pale, Stoup Brewing – Ballard, Seattle, WA
Bronze: Bare Bones Disco, Bird Creek Brewing, Temple, TX

Category: 102: Juicy or Hazy Pale Ale – 90 Entries
Gold: Mt. Cook, Cellarmaker Brewing Co., Berkeley, CA
Silver: Free Drift, Eden Town Brewing Co., Denton, MD
Bronze: Cloud Piercer, Icicle Brewing Co., Leavenworth, WA

Category: 103: American-Style Amber/Red Ale – 85 Entries
Gold: Redwood Remedy, Burgeon Beer Co., Carlsbad, CA
Silver: Red Blade, Urban Roots Brewing, Sacramento, CA
Bronze: Diablo Rojo, Boneyard Beer, Bend, OR

Category: 104: American-Style Brown Ale – 50 Entries
Gold: Boxcar Brown, Caboose Brewing Co., Vienna, VA
Silver: Face Down Brown, Telluride Brewing Co., Telluride, CO
Bronze: Pacifist Pelican, Riip Beer Co., Huntington Beach, CA

Category: 105: American-Style Black Ale or American-Style Stout – 69 Entries
Gold: Stone Cimmerian Portal, Stone Brewing World Bistro & Gardens –
Liberty Station, San Diego, CA
Silver: Black Cliffs, Boise Brewing, Boise, ID
Bronze: Blackside Snap, Riip Beer Co., Huntington Beach, CA

Category: 106: American-Style Imperial Stout – 33 Entries
Gold: Doldrums of Winter, Norbrook Farm Brewery, Colebrook, CT
Silver: Oubliette, Seventh Son Brewing Co., Columbus, OH
Bronze: Imperial Stout, Olde Hickory Brewery, Hickory, NC

Category: 107: American-Style Strong Pale Ale – 108 Entries
Gold: In Tasty We Trust, Danville Brewing Co., Danville, CA
Silver: Mindbender, Cannonball Creek Brewing Co., Golden, CO
Bronze: Pink Sky, Grand Fir Brewing, Portland, OR

Category: 108: Juicy or Hazy Strong Pale Ale – 116 Entries
Gold: Cecilia, Moontown Brewing Co., Whitestown, IN
Silver: So Into You, Radiant Beer Co., Anaheim, CA
Bronze: Purrpetual Motion, Slice Beer Co., Lincoln, CA

Category: 109: Strong Red Ale – 38 Entries
Gold: Happy Days, Claremont Craft Ales, Claremont, CA
Silver: El Lupulo Libre, The Brew Kettle – Production Works, Middleburg
Heights, OH
Bronze: Cannonball, Migration Brewing Co., Portland, OR

Category: 110: Imperial India Pale Ale – 112 Entries
Gold: Fully Adrift, Pinthouse Brewing, Austin, TX
Silver: D.R.E.A.M., Trap Door Brewing, Washougal, WA
Bronze: Power Plants, Barebottle Brewing Co., San Francisco, CA

Category: 111: Juicy or Hazy Imperial India Pale Ale – 128 Entries
Gold: Lupulin Collider, North Park Beer Co., San Diego, CA
Silver: Panda, Mothfire Brewing Co., Ann Arbor, MI
Bronze: Road Rash, Wagon Wheel Brewing Co., Oxnard, CA

Category: 112: Classic India Pale Ale – 205 Entries
Gold: Immutable Dawn, ISM Brewing, Long Beach, CA
Silver: Hop-Fu!, North Park Beer Co., San Diego, CA
Bronze: Shred IPA, Shred Beer Co., Rocklin, CA

Category: 113: Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ale – 274 Entries
Gold: Because Science, Bend Brewing Co., Bend, OR
Silver: Bolo Season, Zilker Brewing Co., Austin, TX
Bronze: Shifted Visions, everywhere, Orange, CA

Category: 114: West Coast-Style India Pale Ale – 293 Entries
Gold: Project Alpha 81, Cannonball Creek Brewing Co., Golden, CO
Silver: Mosaic Madness, Crystal Springs Brewing Co., Louisville, CO
Bronze: Electric Eagle, Firestone Walker Brewing – Propagator, Marina del Rey, CA

Category: 201: Tannic Cider – 14 Entries
Gold: Classic Dry, Gowan’s Heirloom Cider, Philo, CA
Silver: 1876, Gowan’s Heirloom Cider, Philo, CA
Bronze: Excelsior Imperial Apple, Schilling Cider, Auburn, WA

Category: 202: No/Low-Tannin Cider – 39 Entries
Gold: Gravenstein, Gowan’s Heirloom Cider, Philo, CA
Silver: Cosmic Crisp, 2 Towns Ciderhouse, Corvallis, OR
Bronze: BrightCider, 2 Towns Ciderhouse, Corvallis, OR

Category: 203: Fruited Cider – 52 Entries
Gold: Moon Berries, Schilling Cider, Auburn, WA
Silver: Excelsior Imperial Blackberry, Schilling Cider, Auburn, WA
Bronze: Small Batch Guava, Coronado Brewing Co., San Diego, CA

Category: 204: Botanical or Spiced Cider – 24 Entries
Gold: Spiced Apple, Gowan’s Heirloom Cider, Philo, CA
Silver: Basil Mint, Seattle Cider Co., Seattle, WA
Bronze: Ginger Cider, Hard Candy Cider, Nanjing, China

Category: 205: Experimental, Barrel-Aged or Specialty Cider – 14 Entries
Gold: The Bad Apple, 2 Towns Ciderhouse, Corvallis, OR
Silver: Mango Habanero, Papa Moon Ciders, Scottsbluff, NE
Bronze: BA Cider, Mojave Brewing Co., Henderson, NV

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Congratulations to all of this year’s winners…Live long and prosper!