
(Courtesy Sacramento Area Brewers Guild)
California is home to some of the best craft brewers in the country, so the Brewers Cup of California competition is about picking the best of the best.
And we’ve all this year’s big winners for you!
Sponsored by Sacramento Area Brewers Guild with support from the Central Coast, Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego brewer’s guilds, this year’s competition received a total of 1,309 entries from 191 independent craft breweries. And a panel of more than 50 expert judges determined the winning beers in 83 categories.
LA’s Arts District Brewing Company was awarded “Best in Show” for its Kindling, a full-bodied classic Helles lager brewed with 20% Beachwood smoked malt. And Tracy, CA-based Morgan Territory Brewery was named brewery of the year.
“The California Craft Brewers Cup the best beers in the state,” said California Craft Brewers Cup Competition Director, Mike Witherow. “The awarded beers are truly of the highest caliber and showcase the talent and dedication of the breweries that made them.”
The 2023 Brewers Cup of California Winners
Table 1: Belgian Low Gravity Ales
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Rouleur Brewing Company |
Domestique Blonde Ale |
Belgian-Style Blonde Ale |
2nd |
Societe Brewing Company |
The Harlot |
Belgian-Style Blonde Ale |
3rd |
Barmhaus Brewing Co. |
Batch #4 |
Belgian-Style Pale Ale |
Table 2: Belgian Strong Darks
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Kilowatt Brewing |
Ob Bubble Dubbel |
Belgian-Style Dubbel |
2nd |
Barmhaus Brewing Co. |
Löchli |
Belgian-Style Dark Strong Ale |
Table 3: Belgian Sours
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Bj’s Restaurant & Brewery – West Covina |
Oud Jeremiah |
Belgian-Style Flanders Oud Bruin… |
2nd |
Burning Beard Brewing |
In Praise of Bacchus |
Belgian-Style Lambic |
3rd |
Smog City Brewing Co. |
Kreiks and Geeks |
Belgian-Style Fruit Lambic |
Table 4: Belgian Strong Pales
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Pizza Port Brewing Co. Carlsbad Village |
Le Village |
Belgian-Style Pale Strong Ale |
2nd |
Greywolf Brewing Co |
Tartarus Warhammer |
Belgian-Style Tripel |
3rd |
Pond Farm Brewing Co. |
Surreal Appeal |
Belgian-Style Pale Strong Ale |
Table 5: Farmhouse/Other Belgian
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Half Moon Bay Brewing Company |
Saison |
French & Belgian-Style Saison |
2nd |
Alaro Craft Brewery |
Rabbit Hole |
French & Belgian-Style Saison |
3rd |
Bj’s Restaurant & Brewery – West Covina |
Razz Jerry Tart |
Other Belgian-Style Ales |
Table 6: UK Strong Ales
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Morgan Territory Brewing |
Old Diablo |
British-Style Barley Wine Ale |
2nd |
Eureka Brewing Company |
Methuselah |
British-Style Imperial Stout |
3rd |
Kilowatt Brewing |
Wee Heavy |
Scotch Ale |
Table 7: English Ales
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Gravity Heights |
Brewers’ Best |
Special Bitter or Best Bitter |
2nd |
Alaro Craft Brewery |
Goons & Glory |
English-Style Pale Mild Ale |
3rd |
The Monk’s Cellar |
Crooked Bridge Esb |
Extra Special Bitter |
Table 8: Scottish Ales
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Mountain Rambler Brewery |
Seven Gables Scottish Ale |
Scottish-Style Export Ale |
2nd |
Two Ravens Brewery |
Old Nessie |
Scottish-Style Heavy Ale |
3rd |
Alesmith Brewing Company |
Wee Heavy |
Scottish-Style Heavy Ale |
Table 9: English Stouts
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Epidemic Ales |
Defence Against The Dark Oats |
Oatmeal Stout |
2nd |
Bike Dog Brewing |
Snake Oil Tanker |
Oatmeal Stout |
3rd |
Summer Fox Brewing Company |
Apocalypse Moo Milk Stout |
Sweet or Cream Stout |
Table 10: Bocks
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Morgan Territory Brewing |
Lubricator |
German-Style Doppelbock |
2nd |
Clandestine Brewing |
Agent Provocator |
German-Style Doppelbock |
3rd |
Morgan Territory Brewing |
Big Bock Energy |
Traditional German-Style Bock |
Table 11: Smoked Beers
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Arts District Brewing Company |
Kindling |
Bamberg-Style Helles Rauchbier |
2nd |
Strike Brewing Company |
Born In The Cellar |
Smoke Beer (Lager or Ale) |
3rd |
Clandestine Brewing |
Smokescreen |
Smoke Beer (Lager or Ale) |
Table 12: German Pale Lagers
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Brewery X |
Stein Me Up |
Münchner (Munich)-Style Helles |
2nd |
Ten Mile Brewing |
Ausgewogen |
Dortmunder / European-Style Export |
3rd |
New Helvetia Brewing Co |
Buffalo Craft Lager |
Münchner (Munich)-Style Helles |
Table 13: German Amber Beers
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Faultline Brewing Co |
Oktoberfest |
German-Style Märzen |
2nd |
Institution Ale Co. |
Vienna Lager |
Vienna-Style Lager |
3rd |
Flatland Brewing Company |
12º Polotmavy Lezak |
Vienna-Style Lager |
Table 14: German Weissebiers
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Sudwerk Brewing Co. |
Hefeweizen Bavarian Wheat |
South German-Style Hefeweizen /… |
2nd |
Waterman Brewing Company |
Hef ‘n’ Brau |
South German-Style Hefeweizen /… |
3rd |
Pizza Port Ocean Beach |
Junk In da Trunkel Dunkel |
South German-Style Dunkel Weizen… |
Table 15: American Historical/Indigenous Beers
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Berryessa Brewing Co |
La Fuerza |
California Common Beer |
2nd |
Smoking Cannon Brewery |
Juniper Flats |
Historical Beer |
3rd |
Flashpoint Brewing Company |
Churchill Browns |
Historical Beer |
Table 16: Brett/Mixed or Other Culture/Wild Ales
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Ghost Town Brewing |
Yōkai |
Ginjo Beer or Sake-Yeast Beer |
2nd |
Humble Sea |
Le Monde Du Silence |
Brett Beer |
3rd |
Angel City Brewery |
Apple Pomace Puncheon |
Wild Beer |
Table 17: American Wheats
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Main Street Brewery |
Hefeweizen |
Light American Wheat Ale or Lager… |
2nd |
Pacific Plate Brewing |
Agave Wheat |
Light American Wheat Ale or Lager… |
3rd |
The Dog Pawrk Brewing Company |
El Hefe – Dognito |
Light American Wheat Ale or Lager… |
Table 18: American Imperial Porters and Stouts
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Epidemic Ales |
Og Nightshade |
American-Style Imperial Stout |
2nd |
Crooked Lane Brewing Co |
Abuelita’s Kiss |
American-Style Imperial Stout |
3rd |
Arcana Brewing Company |
Benevolent Dictator |
American-Style Imperial Stout |
Table 19: Double/Imperial Red Ales
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Stereo Brewing Company |
Robot |
Imperial Red Ale |
2nd |
Bravery Brewing |
The Gunny |
Imperial Red Ale |
3rd |
Docent Brewing |
The Rube |
Imperial Red Ale |
Table 20: American Amber Lagers/Oktoberfests
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Device Brewing Company |
Oktoberfest |
American-Style Maerzen / Oktoberfest |
2nd |
June Lake Brewing |
Chingona Amber Lager |
American-Style Amber Lager |
3rd |
Porchlight Brewing Company |
Oktoberbeast |
American-Style Maerzen / Oktoberfest |
Table 21: American Stout/Black Ales
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Riip Beer Company |
Strategic Arrangement |
American-Style Stout |
2nd |
Cold Coast Brewing Company |
Black Eyepa |
American-Style Black Ale |
3rd |
Ten Mile Brewing |
Hooked On Onyx |
American-Style Black Ale |
Table 22: Belgian-Style White (or Wit) / Belgian-Style Wheat
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
The Monk’s Cellar |
Biere Blanche |
Belgian-Style White (or Wit) /… |
2nd |
Smog City Brewing Co. |
From L.A. Wit Love |
Belgian-Style White (or Wit) /… |
3rd |
Antigua Brewing Company Llc |
Harvest Morning Glory |
Belgian-Style White (or Wit) /… |
Table 23: American Lagers
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Common Space Brewery |
Sonrisa |
American-Style Lager |
2nd |
Greywolf Brewing Co |
Norco Lager |
American-Style Lager |
3rd |
El Segundo Brewing Co |
Broken Skull American Lager |
Contemporary American-Style Lager |
Table 24: American Light Lagers
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Hamilton Family Brewery |
Hammy Lite |
American-Style Light Lager |
2nd |
Solano Brewing Company |
Sbc Lite |
American-Style Light Lager |
3rd |
Societe Brewing Company |
Light Beer |
Contemporary American-Style Light… |
Table 25: Irish Stouts
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Eppig Brewing |
Sinister Path |
Foreign (Export)-Style Stout |
2nd |
Strike Brewing Company |
Big Wall |
Foreign (Export)-Style Stout |
3rd |
Pocock Brewing Company |
It’s My Island |
Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout |
Table 26: Specialty Stout
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Black Plague Brewing |
Medusa |
Specialty Stouts |
2nd |
Hop Secret Brewing Company |
Tongue Butter – Peanut Butter Stout |
Specialty Stouts |
3rd |
Tarantula Hill Brewing Co |
The Grade |
Specialty Stouts |
Table 27: Baltic-Style Porter
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. |
Magpie Porter |
Baltic-Style Porter |
2nd |
Morgan Territory Brewing |
Dark Reckoning |
Baltic-Style Porter |
3rd |
Pond Farm Brewing Co. |
Imperial Dark Mast |
Baltic-Style Porter |
Table 28: Australasian, Latin American or Tropical-Style Light Lager
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Artifex Brewing Company |
Artifexican |
Australasian, Latin American or… |
2nd |
Mad Duck Craft Brewing Co |
El Pato Loco |
Australasian, Latin American or… |
3rd |
Knee Deep Brewing |
Hola Señor |
Australasian, Latin American or… |
Table 29: American-Style India Pale Lager
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Topa Topa Brewing Co |
Kq Express |
American-Style India Pale Lager |
2nd |
Julian Beer Company |
Elevation 5353 |
American-Style India Pale Lager |
3rd |
Tarantula Hill Brewing Co |
The Padrino |
American-Style India Pale Lager |
Table 30: Non-Alcoholic Malt Beverage
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Touchstone Brewing Company |
Off Belay |
Non-Alcoholic Malt Beverage |
2nd |
Oak Park Brewing Company Llc |
Beer-Ish |
Non-Alcoholic Malt Beverage |
3rd |
Alesmith Brewing Company |
Non-Alcoholic IPA |
Non-Alcoholic Malt Beverage |
Table 31: Fresh “Wet” Hop Ale
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Antigua Brewing Company Llc |
Brown Belt |
Fresh “Wet” Hop Ale |
2nd |
Antigua Brewing Company Llc |
Archangel |
Fresh “Wet” Hop Ale |
3rd |
Antigua Brewing Company Llc |
Harvest Morning Glory |
Fresh “Wet” Hop Ale |
Table 32: Hard Kombucha
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Mindscape Fermentations |
Thigh High Priestess |
Hard Kombucha |
2nd |
Mindscape Fermentations |
Gypsy Games |
Hard Kombucha |
Table 33: Irish-Style Red Ale
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Main Street Brewery |
Rimpau Red Ale |
Irish-Style Red Ale |
2nd |
Waterman Brewing Company |
Bald Ron’s Irish Red Ale |
Irish-Style Red Ale |
3rd |
Tilted Mash Brewing |
Red Placement |
Irish-Style Red Ale |
Table 34: Brown Porter
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
1886 Brewing Company |
Record Beer |
Brown Porter |
2nd |
Boomtown Brewery |
Hard Days Night |
Brown Porter |
3rd |
Kern |
Brown Claw |
Brown Porter |
Table 35: Contemporary-Style Gose
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Sudwerk Brewing Co. |
Funhouse Sour Kettle |
Contemporary-Style Gose |
2nd |
Porchlight Brewing Company |
Selleck Smooches |
Contemporary-Style Gose |
3rd |
Party Beer Co. |
Cool Dood |
Contemporary-Style Gose |
Table 36: English-Style Brown Ale
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Alesmith Brewing Company |
Nut Brown |
English-Style Brown Ale |
2nd |
Chapman Crafted Beer |
Still the One |
English-Style Brown Ale |
3rd |
Project Barley Square Torrance |
Dirty Leeds |
English-Style Brown Ale |
Table 37: English-Style India Pale Ale
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. |
Hoppy Poppy IPA |
English-Style India Pale Ale |
2nd |
Discretion Brewing |
Uncle Dave’s IPA |
English-Style India Pale Ale |
Table 38: Robust Porter
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Mountain Rambler Brewery |
Peaklet Porter |
Robust Porter |
2nd |
Ghost Town Brewing |
Ossuary |
Robust Porter |
3rd |
Alaro Craft Brewery |
Maria |
Robust Porter |
Table 39: Bohemian-Style Pilsener
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Smog City Brewing Co. |
Little Bo Pils |
Bohemian-Style Pilsener |
2nd |
Sudwerk Brewing Co. |
The People’s Pilsner |
Bohemian-Style Pilsener |
3rd |
Wild Fields Brewhouse |
Riven |
Bohemian-Style Pilsener |
Table 40: European-Style Dark / Münchner Dunkel
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Pocock Brewing Company |
Pococktoberfest |
European-Style Dark / Münchner… |
2nd |
Ten Mile Brewing |
Swarthy Czechsman |
European-Style Dark / Münchner… |
3rd |
Burning Barrel Brewing Company |
Uncle Dunkel |
European-Style Dark / Münchner… |
Table 41: German-Style Pilsener
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Gravity Heights |
Take Two Pils |
German-Style Pilsener |
2nd |
Device Brewing Company |
Pincushion |
German-Style Pilsener |
3rd |
Dust Bowl Brewing Co. |
Hobo Pils |
German-Style Pilsener |
Table 42: German-Style Schwarzbier
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
True Symmetry Brewing |
Midnight At Noon |
German-Style Schwarzbier |
2nd |
Greywolf Brewing Co |
Schwarz Wulf |
German-Style Schwarzbier |
3rd |
King Cong Brewing |
Prague At Night |
German-Style Schwarzbier |
Table 43: Berliner-Style Weisse (Wheat)
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Greywolf Brewing Co |
Bloodberry Berliner |
Berliner-Style Weisse (Wheat) |
2nd |
Angel City Brewery |
The Berliner |
Berliner-Style Weisse (Wheat) |
Table 44: German Ales
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Delahunt Brewery |
Sunbather |
German-Style Kölsch / Köln-Style… |
2nd |
Bravery Brewing |
Köbi |
German-Style Kölsch / Köln-Style… |
3rd |
Topa Topa Brewing Co |
Light Hike |
Kellerbier (Cellar beer) or Zwickelbier… |
Table 45: American-Style Cream Ale or Lager
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Berryessa Brewing Co |
Free Kittens |
American-Style Cream Ale or Lager |
2nd |
Hodad’s Brewing Company |
Surf Punk |
American-Style Cream Ale or Lager |
3rd |
Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. |
Agua Santa |
American-Style Cream Ale or Lager |
Table 46: Belgian-Style Fruit Beer
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Ghost Town Brewing |
Pythia |
Belgian-Style Fruit Beer |
2nd |
Ambitious Ales |
Fleurs |
Belgian-Style Fruit Beer |
3rd |
Burning Beard Brewing |
In Praise Of Plum |
Belgian-Style Fruit Beer |
Table 47: Chili Pepper Beer
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Dunloe Brewing |
Pocket Taco |
Chili Pepper Beer |
2nd |
Moksa Brewing Co |
Abuelita Enojada |
Chili Pepper Beer |
3rd |
Barebottle Brewing Company |
Hella Jalapeno |
Chili Pepper Beer |
Table 48: Chocolate / Cocoa-Flavored Beer
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Danville Brewing Company |
Chocolate Raspberry Royale |
Chocolate / Cocoa-Flavored Beer |
2nd |
Bravery Brewing |
The Lost Diner |
Chocolate / Cocoa-Flavored Beer |
3rd |
Kilowatt Brewing |
Double Chocolate MacAdamia Stout |
Chocolate / Cocoa-Flavored Beer |
Table 49: Coffee-Flavored Beer
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Crow and Wolf Brewing |
Odyssey |
Coffee-Flavored Beer |
2nd |
Oak Park Brewing Company Llc |
Stout Kang Imperial Stout |
Coffee-Flavored Beer |
3rd |
Ambitious Ales |
Baktuns |
Coffee-Flavored Beer |
Table 50: Experimental/Specialty Beers
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Kilowatt Brewing |
S3-2x – Peach Cobbler |
Experimental Beer (Lager or Ale) |
2nd |
Pacific Plate Brewing |
Flan De Leche |
Experimental Beer (Lager or Ale) |
3rd |
Rouleur Brewing Company |
Puckeur Factor Sour |
Experimental Beer (Lager or Ale) |
Table 51: Experimental India Pale Ale
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Old Stump Brewing Co. |
Summer IPA |
Experimental India Pale Ale |
2nd |
Black Plague Brewing |
Supernatural |
Experimental India Pale Ale |
3rd |
Danville Brewing Company |
Tres Diablos |
Experimental India Pale Ale |
Table 52: Field Beer
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Moksa Brewing Co |
Happy Almonds |
Field Beer |
2nd |
Flatland Brewing Company |
Year 7 |
Field Beer |
3rd |
Summer Fox Brewing Company |
Daycay Golden Ale |
Field Beer |
Table 53: Fruit Beer
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Flatland Brewing Company |
Family Tradition |
Fruit Beer |
2nd |
Arts District Brewing Company |
Summer Crush |
Fruit Beer |
3rd |
Pizza Port Ocean Beach |
Paloma Sour |
Fruit Beer |
Table 54: Fruit Wheat Ale or Lager with or without Yeast
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Around the Horn Brewing Company |
Tip Top Lollipop: Mixed Berry Pie |
Fruit Wheat Ale or Lager with or… |
2nd |
Brewery X |
Shhhwheat |
Fruit Wheat Ale or Lager with or… |
3rd |
Woody’s Brewing Company |
Apricot Wheat Ale |
Fruit Wheat Ale or Lager with or… |
Table 55: Gluten-Free Beer
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Buck Wild Brewing |
Salvaje |
Gluten-Free Beer |
2nd |
Buck Wild Brewing |
Gold Shine |
Gluten-Free Beer |
3rd |
Buck Wild Brewing |
Scarlet Sunset |
Gluten-Free Beer |
Table 56: Herb and Spice Beer
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Moksa Brewing Co |
Chai Times |
Herb and Spice Beer |
2nd |
Morgan Territory Brewing |
Tipping Point |
Herb and Spice Beer |
3rd |
Smoking Cannon Brewery |
Hall |
Herb and Spice Beer |
Table 57: International-Style Pale Ale
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Original Pattern Brewing Co. |
Can’t Win ’em All |
International-Style Pale Ale |
2nd |
Tarantula Hill Brewing Co |
Cali Day |
International-Style Pale Ale |
3rd |
Dust Bowl Brewing Co. |
East of Nelson |
International-Style Pale Ale |
Table 58: Other Strong Ale or Lager
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Coachella Valley Brewing |
Oso Grande |
Other Strong Ale or Lager |
2nd |
Eppig Brewing |
Eppig 6th Anniversary Lager |
Other Strong Ale or Lager |
3rd |
Pond Farm Brewing Co. |
Lucy |
Other Strong Ale or Lager |
Table 59: Rye Ale or Lager with or without Yeast
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Boomtown Brewery |
Ryetetous |
Rye Ale or Lager with or without… |
2nd |
Claremont Craft Ales |
Jacaranda |
Rye Ale or Lager with or without… |
3rd |
Alaro Craft Brewery |
Spaniard |
Rye Ale or Lager with or without… |
Table 60: Session Beer
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Burgeon Beer Company |
Clever Kiwi |
Session Beer |
2nd |
Bearded Tang Brewery Llc |
T Minus 10° |
Session Beer |
3rd |
Eppig Brewing |
Natural Bridge Vienna Lager |
Session Beer |
Table 61: Specialty Honey Lager or Ale
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Mike Hess Brewing |
Ez Drankin’ |
Specialty Honey Lager or Ale |
2nd |
Boomtown Brewery |
Submission |
Specialty Honey Lager or Ale |
3rd |
Old Stump Brewing Co. |
Honey Blonde |
Specialty Honey Lager or Ale |
Table 62: Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Bottle Logic Brewing |
Arcane Rituals |
Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer |
2nd |
Barebottle Brewing Company |
Perpetual Magic: Basil Hayden |
Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer |
3rd |
Barebottle Brewing Company |
Perpetual Magic: Cognac |
Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer |
Table 63: Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Angel City Brewery |
Pinot Grisette |
Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer |
2nd |
Smog City Brewing Co. |
Type O Positive |
Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer |
3rd |
Hidden Hills Brewing & Blending |
Deep Space |
Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer |
Table 64: Flavored Malt Beverage
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Crow and Wolf Brewing |
Lady Marmalade |
Flavored Malt Beverage |
2nd |
Crow and Wolf Brewing |
Dark Horse |
Flavored Malt Beverage |
3rd |
Morgan Territory Brewing |
Burst Seltzer-Blood Orange |
Flavored Malt Beverage |
Table 65: Wood/Barrel-Aged Beers
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Chapman Crafted Beer |
Beer of the Dark |
Wood- and Barrel-Aged Dark Beer |
2nd |
Moksa Brewing Co |
Moksa Five |
Wood- and Barrel-Aged Dark Beer |
3rd |
Bottle Logic Brewing |
Fundamental Observation |
Wood- and Barrel-Aged Dark Beer |
Table 66: American-Style Amber/Red Ale
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Smog City Brewing Co. |
Sabre Toothed Squirrel |
American-Style Amber/Red Ale |
2nd |
Mountain Rambler Brewery |
Singing Coyote Amber |
American-Style Amber/Red Ale |
3rd |
Arts District Brewing Company |
Órale |
American-Style Amber/Red Ale |
Table 67: American-Style Barley Wine Ale
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Hidef Brewing Company |
Bass Clef Barley Wine |
American-Style Barley Wine Ale |
2nd |
Project Barley Lomita |
Good Boy (2002) |
American-Style Barley Wine Ale |
3rd |
3 Punk Ales |
Barley Legal |
American-Style Barley Wine Ale |
Table 68: Golden or Blonde Ale
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Alaro Craft Brewery |
Goons & Glory |
Golden or Blonde Ale |
2nd |
Two Ravens Brewery |
Freydis |
Golden or Blonde Ale |
3rd |
Long Beach Beer Lab |
Lb Blonde |
Golden or Blonde Ale |
Table 69: Session India Pale Ale
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Crooked Lane Brewing Co |
Lenny |
Session India Pale Ale |
2nd |
Berryessa Brewing Co |
Mini Separation Anxiety |
Session India Pale Ale |
3rd |
Societe Brewing Company |
The Coachman |
Session India Pale Ale |
Table 70: American-Style Brown Ale
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Fort Rock Brewing |
Frb Brown |
American-Style Brown Ale |
2nd |
Wild Fields Brewhouse |
Three Bridges Brown |
American-Style Brown Ale |
3rd |
Institution Ale Co. |
Restraint |
American-Style Brown Ale |
Table 71: Australian-Style Pale Ale
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Lost Winds Brewing Company |
Beach Hoppin’ Pale Ale |
Australian-Style Pale Ale |
2nd |
Riip Beer Company |
Wannabe Wallaby |
Australian-Style Pale Ale |
3rd |
Crooked Lane Brewing Co |
Kangaroo Culture |
Australian-Style Pale Ale |
Table 72: American-Style India Pale Ale (
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Moksa Brewing Co |
Pacific St IPA |
American-Style India Pale Ale |
2nd |
Riip Beer Company |
Dan K |
American-Style India Pale Ale |
3rd |
Hamilton Family Brewery |
Sacred Hop: Citra IPA |
American-Style India Pale Ale |
Table 73: American-Style Pale Ale
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Double Peak Brewing Co. Llc |
Creekside Pale Ale |
American-Style Pale Ale |
2nd |
Alaro Craft Brewery |
Bennett |
American-Style Pale Ale |
3rd |
King Cong Brewing |
Gorilla |
American-Style Pale Ale |
Table 74: American-Style Dark Lager
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Santa Monica Brew Works |
Santa Monica Brew Works Dark Lager |
American-Style Dark Lager |
2nd |
Tarantula Hill Brewing Co |
Bad Spider |
American-Style Dark Lager |
3rd |
Onibi Beer Company |
Tatarimoke – California Black Lager |
American-Style Dark Lager |
Table 75: American-Style Sour Ale
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Mindscape Fermentations |
Briar Patch Kids |
American-Style Sour Ale |
2nd |
Stereo Brewing Company |
Summer Sun |
American-Style Sour Ale |
3rd |
Morgan Territory Brewing |
Glorious-Er Passion Fruit |
American-Style Sour Ale |
Table 76: Imperial or Double India Pale Ale
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Morgan Territory Brewing |
Menace To Sobriety |
Imperial or Double India Pale Ale |
2nd |
Societe Brewing Company |
The Roustabout |
Imperial or Double India Pale Ale |
3rd |
Crooked Lane Brewing Co |
Dank Mode |
Imperial or Double India Pale Ale |
Table 77: Juicy or Hazy Imperial or Double India Pale Ale
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Solano Brewing Company |
Hazy On the 80 |
Juicy or Hazy Imperial or Double… |
2nd |
Humble Sea |
Kook Sled |
Juicy or Hazy Imperial or Double… |
3rd |
Pure Project |
Esoteric Knowledge |
Juicy or Hazy Imperial or Double… |
Table 78: American-Style Strong Pale Ale
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Artifex Brewing Company |
Trigger Finger |
American-Style Strong Pale Ale |
2nd |
South Lake Brewing Company |
Angora IPA |
American-Style Strong Pale Ale |
3rd |
Riip Beer Company |
Chain Out |
American-Style Strong Pale Ale |
Table 79: Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ale
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Arts District Brewing Company |
Mr. Popular |
Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ale |
2nd |
Barebottle Brewing Company |
Haze & Ashbury |
Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ale |
3rd |
Lincoln Beer Company |
Subtle Smurk |
Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ale |
Table 80: Juicy or Hazy Pale Ale
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Smog City Brewing Co. |
Booming Dunes |
Juicy or Hazy Pale Ale |
2nd |
Our Brew Llc |
Hazy Pale |
Juicy or Hazy Pale Ale |
3rd |
Taproom Beer Company |
Tomorrowland |
Juicy or Hazy Pale Ale |
Table 81: Juicy or Hazy Strong Pale Ale
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Taproom Beer Company |
Pb Haze |
Juicy or Hazy Strong Pale Ale |
2nd |
Antigua Brewing Company Llc |
Hazy Baby |
Juicy or Hazy Strong Pale Ale |
3rd |
Laughing Monk Brewing |
Brother Waldo |
Juicy or Hazy Strong Pale Ale |
Table 82: American Pilsners
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Burning Barrel Brewing Company |
Sidepull Pillows |
American-Style Pilsener |
2nd |
Pond Farm Brewing Co. |
Pond Pals |
Contemporary American-Style Pilsener |
3rd |
Barebottle Brewing Company |
Sutro Suds |
Contemporary American-Style Pilsener |
Table 83: International Pale Lagers
Place |
Organization |
Entry Name |
Style |
1st |
Fort Point Beer Company |
Shw |
International-Style Pilsener |
2nd |
Topa Topa Brewing Co |
Dos Topas |
International-Style Pilsener |
3rd |
Institution Ale Co. |
Euro Pils |
International-Style Pilsener |
Best of Show: Kindling, Arts District Brewing Company
Brewery of the year: Morgan Territory Brewery
Guild of the year: Sacramento Area Brewers Guild
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Congratulations to all of this year’s winners…Live long and prosper!