THE 202O OREGON BEER AWARD WINNERS

Oregon, a great state for craft beer, awarded the winners of the state’s only double-blind tasting competition last week and we’ve all the big winners for you…

According to OregonLive, “ more than 1,200 beers were evaluated by 95 judges, including brewers, industry veterans and journalists in a double-blind presentation to ensure anonymity. The awards ceremony passed out 90 medals in 30 beer-style categories, with entries from 113 breweries.

Northeast Portland’s  Breakside Brewery was named Large Brewery of the Year. It also led the competition with 12 medals, four of them gold.

Another Northeast Portland operation, Culmination Brewing, was named Medium Brewery of the Year and Bend, Oregon-based Immersion Brewing of Bend was named the Small Brewery of the Year.

The ceremony also featured a video tribute to Widmer Brothers Brewing co-founders and brothers Rob and Kurt Widmer, who were inducted into the Oregon Beer Hall of Fame

The 2020 Oregon Beer Award Winners

 

Fresh Hop Pale Ales & India Pale Ales

• Gold: Fresh Hop Volatile Substance, Von Ebert
• Silver: Space Potato, Rock Bottom
• Bronze: What Fresh Beast, Breakside

Other Fresh Hop Beers

• Gold: Oktoberfresh, Zoiglhaus
• Silver: Fresh Hop Sterling Pilsner, Breakside
• Bronze: Nuggets of Wisdom Fresh Hop English Pale Ale, Falling Sky

Dark German and European Lagers

• Gold: Baltic Porter, Hop Valley
• Silver: DoorStop Bock, Falling Sky
• Bronze: Time Spiral, Wayfinder

Pilsner

• Gold: Pilsner, pFriem Family Brewers
• Silver: Jaromir Lager, Breakside
• Bronze: Sol Power Pilsner, Worthy

Golden, Blonde and Other Light Ales

• Gold: Packin’ The Arena, Immersion
• Silver: Grassa Bionda, Allegory
• Bronze: Dad Beer, Baerlic

Stout

• Gold: Revive, 10 Barrel
• Silver: Opacus Stout, StormBreaker
• Bronze: Sammyvile Stout, Side A

Light German & European Lagers

1. Gold: Vienna Lager, Von Ebert
2. Silver: Vienna Lager, Breakside
3. Bronze: Fraunhofer Lager, Labrewatory

Classic UK Styles

• Gold: RedeuX, 10 Barrel
• Silver: Mild at Heart, Hop Valley
• Bronze: Capella Porter, Ecliptic

Classic North American Styles

• Gold: Checkered Flannel Brown Ale, Mt Tabor
• Silver: Twheat, 10 Barrel
• Bronze: Revvin’ Up to Neutral, Level

Rare, Historical & Other Traditional Beers

• Gold: Lichtenhainer, Zoiglhaus
• Silver: Mad Dogs of Glory, Bend Brewing
• Bronze: Fólkvangr, Little Beast

American Pale Ales & Other Sessionable Hoppy Beers

• Gold: Cuddle Puddle, Breakside
• Silver: Rippin, Sunriver
• Bronze: Safety Meeting, StormBreaker

Mixed Culture Beers

• Gold: Flanders Blonde, pFriem
• Silver: In the Pocket, Crux
• Bronze: The Body Electric, Breakside

Dark Hoppy Beers

• Gold: Cinder Beast, Sunriver
• Silver: Dark Thoughts Black IPA, Baerlic
• Bronze: Ring The Alarm, Immersion

Barrel-Aged Beers

• Gold: Home at Port, Deschutes
• Silver: Vino de Grano, 10 Barrel
• Bronze: Gin Barrel Punk Rock Time, Baerlic

Barrel-Aged Stouts

• Gold: Blackfisky, Ordnance
• Silver: Wood Worker Night Howler Coconut Ginger Vanilla, Baerlic
• Bronze: Barrel of the Beast, Oregon City Brewing

Red Beers

• Gold: ALTerior Motive, StormBreaker
• Silver: Daywalker Irish Red Ale, Falling Sky
• Bronze: Cloudcap Amber Ale, Mt. Hood Brewing

Imperial India Pale Ale

• Gold: Sticky Hands, Block 15
• Silver: Triple IPA, pFriem
• Bronze: Never Tell, Von Ebert

Hazy Imperial India Pale Ale

• Gold: Interpreter, Ruse
• Silver: Green Skies IPA, Widmer Brothers
• Bronze: Obscured by Clouds, Culmination

Coffee and Smoke Beers

• Gold: Rauch Helles, Von Ebert
• Silver: C4K, 10 Barrel
• Bronze: Tenango Coffee Stout, Grain Station Brew Works

Experimental Beers

• Gold: Terroir Cabernet Sauvignon, Alesong
• Silver: Gindulgence, 10 Barrel
• Bronze: Beachcomber, Breakside

Belgian Beers, German Wheat Beers & Traditional Brett Beers

• Gold: Saison Vert, Upright
• Silver: Zoigl-Weiss, Zoiglhaus
• Bronze: Ferment Bière de Garde, Ferment

Flavored Beers

• Gold: White Tea Lager, Breakside
• Silver: Filbert Brown, McKenzie
• Bronze: Cocoa Cow, Sunriver

Fruit Beers

• Gold: Sun Ripened, Breakside
• Silver: Trippy Henderson, Hop Valley
• Bronze: Incredible Pulp, Boneyard

Fruited Mixed Culture Beers

• Gold: Framboise White, Block 15
• Silver: Old Stoner, 10 Barrel
• Bronze: Deep River Blues, Logsdon Farmhouse Ales

American Sour Beers

• Gold: The Beer Formerly Known as La Tache, The Ale Apothecary
• Silver: Fruit Monster, Great Notion
• Bronze: Bangarang, Silver Moon

Emerging IPA or Experimental Hoppy Beer

• Gold: Citrus Zest IPA, pFriem
• Silver: Star Sprinkles, Breakside
• Bronze: Cloudy & Rowdy, Deschutes

Pastry or Dessert Beers

• Gold: Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (a stout after midnight), Culmination
• Silver: Haole at the Moon, Sunriver
• Bronze: Double Stack, Great Notion

Hazy or Juicy Pale Ales

• Gold: Biotransformers, Breakside
• Silver: Saturn Gold, Worthy
• Bronze: Hazy … So Hot Right Now, StormBreaker

American IPA

• Gold: Fort George, Fanzine IPA
• Silver: Breakside IPA, Breakside
• Bronze: Alluvial IPA, Sunriver

Hazy or Juicy IPA

• Gold: Drone Logic, Culmination
• Silver: This is What Space Smells Like, Oakshire
• Bronze: Fogmatic, Little Beast

An academy of over 200 beer awards members also voted on special industry awards…

Best Beer Label

• Nevermore, Ex Novo Brewing (North Portland)

Best New Brewery

• Boss Rambler Beer Club (Bend)

Best Brewpub Experience

• Wayfinder Beer (Southeast Portland)

Best Beer Festival

• Festival of the Dark Arts (Fort George Brewery, Astoria)

Hall of Fame

• Kurt Widmer, Rob Widmer (Widmer Brothers Brewing Co.)

Best Beer Bar or Taproom

• The Bier Stein (Eugene)

Best Bottleshop

• Belmont Station (Southeast Portland)

Excellence in Brewing Operations (regional)

• Coast: Fort George Brewery (Astoria)
• Metro: Upright Brewing (North Portland)
• Central: Sunriver Brewing (Bend)
• Northeast: pFriem Family Brewers (Hood River)
• Southern: Caldera Brewing (Ashland)
• Alumni: Block 15 Brewing (Corvallis)

Small Brewery of the Year – Small

• Immersion Brewing (Bend)

Medium Brewery of the Year

• Culmination Brewing (Northeast Portland)

Large Brewery of the Year

• Breakside Brewery (Northeast Portland)

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