2 Golds and 2 Silvers to Australian Brewers
May 5, 2012 – Brewers from around the world received awards from an elite international panel of judges in the 2012 Brewers Association World Beer Cup. The ninth bi-annual competition boasted the strongest field of entrants on record, with 799 breweries from 54 countries and 45 U.S. states entering 3,921 beers in 95 beer style categories. A 17.7% increase over 2010, the entries were eligible for gold, silver and bronze awards in their respective categories. Judges presented a total of 284 awards.
With 15 breweries from Australia and two from New Zealand entering the WBC 2012, two breweries came away with gold medals and two winning silver medals, from the 95 beer style categories, as follows:
- Gold – Redoak Brewery (NSW) Bittter in the British Ordinary or Special Bitter category
- Gold – Burleigh Brewing Co.(Qld) HEF in the South German-Stryle Hefeweizen/Hefeweissbier category
- Silver – Stone & Wood BrewingCo. (NSW) Pacific Ale in the English-Style Summer Ale category
- Silver – Endeavour Beverages (NSW) TrueVintage 2011 Reserve Pale Ale in the Australasian -Style Pale Ale or International-Style Pale Ale
Congratulations to the above winners and all other breweries for entering. With 4 breweries winning medals from 15 breweries that entered, makes a fantastic conversion rate of 27%. Beer & Brewer would like to offer our services to collate all Australian & New Zealand entries for the 2014 WBC in Denver, Colorado, USA. Beer & Brewer was an endorser of the WBC 2012 and looks forward to working with the BA in years to come.
A detailed analysis of the entries and awards can be found in the 2012 World Beer Cup Fact Sheet (PDF).
“It’s called ‘The Olympics of Beer Competition’ for good reason,” said Charlie Papazian, president of the Brewers Association, the U.S.-based trade association that has put on the competition every two years since 1996. “The event brings together great brewers from all corners of the globe. Plus, the awards are highly regarded. A brewer who wins a World Beer Cup gold award knows that their winning beer represents the best of that beer style in the world. Congratulations to all the winners of the 2012 World Beer Cup. The Brewers Association and the proud sponsors of our event thank all participating brewers for their involvement.”
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PRE-DINNER DRINKS
Guests at the Gala Awards Dinner were able to taste some of the 3921beers entered in the WBC during the pre-drinks and also during the dinner.
GALA AWARDS DINNER
The Gala Dinner saw 2030 guests attend to witness the winners of the gold, silver and bronze medals for 95 categories of beer styles. The layout was a beer hall type set up for tables and as you can expect an atmosphere you need to experience to believe.
Judges
Judges from 27 countries conducted blind tasting evaluations of the beers to determine the winners. Drawn from the ranks of professional brewers and brewing industry experts, these 211 judges came mostly from international breweries, with some 67% from outside the U.S. In addition to the judging panel, over 250 volunteers helped sort beer entries and steward the competition.
CATEGORIES
Click hereto see the list of 95 beer style categories for the WBC 2012.
Award Highlights and Trends
- The average number of beers entered per category was 41.
- The category with the most entries was American-Style India Pale Ale, with 150 entries. The second most-entered category was Imperial India Pale Ale, with 93 entries. The German-Style Sour Ale category had the fewest number of entries at 11.
- The 2012 World Beer Cup saw substantial growth of entries in the American-Style India Pale Ale category. Category entries grew 41.5 percent over 2010 to make it the largest category of the 2012 competition.
- Additionally, Champion Brewery and Champion Brewmaster awards are given in each of five brewery categories based on the awards won by each brewery in the given size category.
- Only one gold, silver and bronze is awarded per category, making the three place getters per categorythe three best beers of their category for 2012, in the World!
The five Champion Brewery/Brewmaster award winners are:
Small Brewing Company Category
Brauerei Michael Plank, Michael Plank
Mid-Size Brewing Company Category
Firestone Walker Brewing Company, Matthew Brynildson
Large Brewing Company Category
AB InBev, Claudio Ferro
Small Brewpub Category
Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant-Media, Iron Hill Brewery Team
Large Brewpub Category
Pelican Pub & Brewery, Darron R S Welch
The complete list of award winners is available for download.
Presenting Sponsor Krones, and Partner Sponsors Ball, Barth-Haas Group, Sahm, Siemens and Verallia, proudly supported the 2012 World Beer Cup.
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Winners List – WBC 2012
Category 1: American-Style Wheat Beer, 23 EntriesGold: Wagon Box Wheat, Black Tooth Brewing Co., Sheridan, WY Silver: 1919 choc beer, choc Beer Co., Krebs, OK Bronze: DD Blonde, Hop Valley Brewing Co., Springfield, OR Category 2: American-Style Wheat Beer With Yeast, 28 Entries Gold: Whitetail Wheat, Montana Brewing Co., Billings, MT Silver: Miners Gold, Lewis & Clark Brewing Co., Helena, MT Bronze: Leavenworth Boulder Bend Dunkelweizen, Fish Brewing Co., Olympia, WA Category 3: Fruit Beer, 41 Entries Gold: Eat A Peach, Rocky Mountain Brewery, Colorado Springs, CO Silver: Da Yoopers, Rocky Mountain Brewery, Colorado Springs, CO Bronze: Blushing Monk, Founders Brewing Co., Grand Rapids, MI Category 4: Fruit Wheat Beer, 28 Entries Gold: Minoh Beer YUZU-WHITE-ALE, A•J•I Beer, Minoh City, Japan Silver: Blue Moon Vintage Blonde Ale, Blue Moon Brewing Co., Golden, CO Bronze: Amsterdam Framboise, Amsterdam Brewing Co., Toronto, Canada Category 5: Field Beer or Pumpkin Beer, 19 Entries Gold: Turnip the Beets, Bull & Bush Brewery, Denver, CO Silver: Saint Arnold Pumpkinator, Saint Arnold Brewing Co., Houston, TX Bronze: The Great Pumpkin, Elysian Brewing Co., Seattle, WA Category 6: Herb and Spice Beer, 80 Entries Gold: Sgt. Pepper, Cambridge Brewing Co., Cambridge, MA Silver: Ring Of Fire, Dragonmead Microbrewery, Warren, MI Bronze: Hardywood Gingerbread Stout, Hardywood Park Craft Brewery, Richmond, VA Category 7: Chocolate Beer, 34 Entries Gold: Házmela Rusa, La Chingonería, Mexico City, Mexico Silver: X-1 Chocolate Imperial Rye Porter, DuClaw Brewing Co., Bel Air, MD Bronze: Odin’s Raven, Alpine Beer Co., Alpine, CA Category 8: Coffee Beer, 56 Entries Gold: Bacon and Eggs Breakfast Coffee Imperial Porter, Pizza Port Ocean Beach, San Diego, CA Silver: Drunken Elf Stout, Columbia River Brewing Co., Portland, OR Bronze: Coffee Stout, Rock Bottom Arlington, Arlington, VA Category 9: Specialty Beer, 38 Entries Gold: Hangar 24 Winter Warmer, Hangar 24 Craft Brewery, Redlands, CA Silver: Maple Tripple, Lawson’s Finest Liquids, Warren, VT Bronze: Donner Party Porter, FiftyFifty Brewing Co., Truckee, CA Category 10: Rye Beer, 29 Entries Gold: Ruthless Rye IPA, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Chico, CA Silver: 3 Flowers IPA, Marin Brewing Co., Larkspur, CA Bronze: Jopen Jacobus RPA, Jopenkerk Bierbrouwerij, Haarlem, Netherlands Category 11: Specialty Honey Beer, 23 Entries Gold: Boréale Dorée, Les Brasseurs du Nord, Blainville, Canada Silver: Ménage a Trois Braggot, Crabtree Brewing Co., Greeley, CO Bronze: Killer Bee, Dragonmead Microbrewery, Warren, MI Category 12: Session Beer, 33 Entries Gold: Vienna Lager, Squatters Pub Brewery, Salt Lake City, UT Silver: Kellerweis, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Chico, CA Bronze: Revelations Stout, The Public House Brewing Co., Rolla, MO Category 13: Other Strong Beer, 35 Entries Gold: Star Brew, Marin Brewing Co., Larkspur, CA Silver: Imperial Cream Ale, Nexus Brewery, Albuquerque, NM Bronze: Double Pilsner, Odell Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO Category 14: Experimental Beer, 42 Entries Gold: Petit Obscura, Telegraph Brewing Co., Santa Barbara, CA Silver: Noble Rot, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Milton, DE Bronze: Where There’s Smoke…, Manzanita Brewing Co., Santee, CA Category 15: Indigenous Beer, 26 Entries Gold: Got Beer, BJ’s Restaurant & Brewery – Tacoma, Huntington Beach, CA Silver: Hqt, 21st-Amendment Brewery, San Francisco, CA Bronze: Oyster Stout, Upright Brewing Co., Portland, OR Category 16: Gluten-Free Beer, 15 Entries Gold: Glutenberg Rousse, Brasseurs Sans Gluten, Montreal, Canada Silver: Glutenberg Pale Ale, Brasseurs Sans Gluten, Montreal, Canada Bronze: Glutenberg Blonde, Brasseurs Sans Gluten, Montreal, Canada Category 17: American-Belgo-Style Ale, 48 Entries Gold: Last Chance, The Haymarket Pub & Brewery, Chicago, IL Silver: Blue Reserve, Blue Mountain Brewery, Afton, VA Bronze: Le Freak, Green Flash Brewing Co., San Diego, CA Category 18: American-Style Sour Ale, 14 Entries Gold: Ching Ching, Bend Brewing Co., Bend, OR Silver: Mattina Rossa, Allagash Brewing Co., Portland, ME Bronze: Supplication, Russian River Brewing Co., Santa Rosa, CA Category 19: American-Style Brett Ale, 28 Entries Gold: Peche ‘n Brett, Logsdon Farmhouse Ales, Hood River, OR Silver: Peche, AC Golden Brewing Co., Golden, CO Bronze: Wild Wild Brett Rouge, Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project, Fort Collins, CO Category 20: Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer, 34 Entries Gold: Sarah’s Two Headed Buffalo, Rock Bottom Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH Silver: Brandy Barrel Abbey Normal, Fox River Brewing Co., Oshkosh, WI Bronze: Central City Oaked Porter, Central City Brewing Co., Surrey, Canada Category 21: Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer, 91 Entries Gold: Samuel Adams Utopias 2011, The Boston Beer Co., Boston, MA Silver: King Henry, Goose Island Beer Co., Chicago, IL Bronze: Bourbon Abominable Winter Ale, Fremont Brewing Co., Seattle, WA Category 22: Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Stout, 58 Entries Gold: Barrel Aged BORIS The Crusher Oatmeal-Imperial Stout, Hoppin’ Frog Brewing Co., Akron, OH Silver: Great Grandfather Raven, Black Raven Brewing Co., Redmond, WA Bronze: The Event Horizon, Olde Hickory Brewery, Hickory, NC Category 23: Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer, 42 Entries Gold: Lovibonds Sour Grapes, Lovibonds Brewery, Henley-on-Thames, United Kingdom Silver: Le Serpent Cerise, Snake River Brewing Co., Jackson, WY Bronze: Melange #1, The Bruery, Anaheim, CA Category 24: Aged Beer, 20 Entries Gold: Samichlaus “2004”, Brauerei Schloss Eggenberg, Vorchdorf, Austria Silver: Vintage Horn Dog, Flying Dog Brewery, Frederick, MD Bronze: Release the Hounds Barley Wine Vintage 1999, Bull & Bush Brewery, Denver, CO Category 25: Kellerbier/Zwickelbier, 45 Entries Gold: Ketterer Zwickel Pils, Familienbrauerei M. Ketterer, Hornberg, Germany Silver: VIÆMILIA, Birrificio del Ducato, Roncole Verdi, Italy Bronze: 5 O’Clock Shadow, Grand Teton Brewing Co., Victor, ID Category 26: Smoke Beer, 48 Entries Gold: Fujizakura Kogen Beer Rauch, Fujizakura Kogen Beer, Minamitsuru, Japan Silver: BraufactuM Roog, Die Internationale Brau-Manufacturen, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Bronze: Grodzinski, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant – Newark, Newark, DE Category 27: Australasian, Latin American or Tropical-Style Light, 12 Entries Gold: Quilmes Cristal, Cervecería y Maltería Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina Silver: Anchor Ice, Hainan Asia Pacific Brewery Co., Haikou, China Bronze: Norte Blanca, Cervecería y Maltería Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina Category 28: International-Style Lager, 63 Entries Gold: Paceña Pico de Oro, Cervecería Boliviana Nacional, La Paz, Bolivia Silver: Cisk Export Premium Lager, Simonds Farsons Cisk, Mriehl, Malta Bronze: Birra Moretti, Heineken Italia, Milan, Italy Category 29: Baltic-Style Porter, 28 Entries Gold: Baltic Gnome Porter, Rock Bottom Denver, Denver, CO Silver: Battle Axe Baltic Porter, Fat Heads Brewery, North Olmsted, OH Bronze: Dan – My Turn Series, Lakefront Brewery, Milwaukee, WI Category 30: European-Style Low-Alcohol Lager/German-Style, 18 Entries Silver: Beck’s Premier Light, Brauerei Beck & Co., Bremen, Germany Bronze: Hochdorfer Hopfen-Leicht, Hochdorfer Kronenbrauerei Otto Haizmann, Nagold-Hochdorf, Germany Category 31: German-Style Pilsener, 74 Entries Gold: Brio, Olgerdin Egill Skallagrimsson, Reykjavik, Iceland Silver: Schönramer Pils, Private Landbrauerei Schönram, Schönram, Germany Bronze: Baumgartner Pils, Brauerei Jos. Baumgartner, Schaerding, Austria Category 32: Bohemian-Style Pilsener, 62 Entries Gold: Starobrno Ležák, Heineken Czech Republic, Krušovice, Czech Republic Silver: Krušovice Imperial, Heineken, Amsterdam, Netherlands Bronze: Gambrinus Premium, Plzenský Prazdroj, Pilsen, Czech Republic Category 33: Münchner-Style Helles, 68 Entries Gold: Urtyp Hell, Löwenbrauerei Passau, Passau, Germany Silver: Löwenbräu, Löwenbräu, München, Germany Bronze: Helles, Kitzmann Bräu, Erlangen, Germany Category 34: Dortmunder/Export or German-Style Oktoberfest, 39 Entries Gold: Švyturys Ekstra, JSC Švyturys-Utenos Alus, Vilnius, Lithuania Silver: Tauras Tradicinis, Kalnapilio-Tauro Grupe, Panevezys, Lithuania Bronze: Schlappeseppel Export, Brauerei Schlappeseppel, Grossostheim, Germany Category 35: Vienna-Style Lager, 41 Entries Gold: Vienna Lager, Devils Backbone Brewing Co., Roseland, VA Silver: Heavy Seas Marzen Vienna Lager, Clipper City Brewing Co., Baltimore, MD Bronze: Belle Gueule Originale, Brasseurs RJ, Montreal, Canada Category 36: German-Style Märzen, 39 Entries Gold: Florhosen, The SandLot, Denver, CO Silver: Rocktoberfest, Rock Bottom Long Beach, Long Beach, CA Bronze: Ur-Saalfelder, Bürgerliches Brauhaus Saalfeld, Saalfeld, Germany Category 37: European-Style Dark/Münchner Dunkel, 34 Entries Gold: Weltenburger Kloster Barock Dunkel, Klosterbrauerei Weltenburg, Kelheim, Germany Silver: King Dark Lager, King Brewery, Nobleton, Canada Bronze: Riegele Aechtes Dunkel, Brauerei S. Riegele, Augsburg, Germany Category 38: German-Style Schwarzbier, 40 Entries Gold: Art of Science Schwarzbier, Dillon DAM Brewery, Dillon, CO Silver: Point 2012 Black Ale, Stevens Point Brewery, Stevens Point, WI Bronze: Cameron’s Dark 266, Cameron’s Brewing Co., Oakville, Canada Category 39: Traditional German-Style Bock, 30 Entries Gold: Doppel-Hirsch, Der Hirschbräu, Immenstadt, Germany Silver: Winter Bock, Silver City Brewery, Bremerton, WA Bronze: Troegenator, Tröegs Brewing Co., Hershey, PA Category 40: German-Style Heller Bock/Maibock, 38 Entries Gold: Maibock, Blind Tiger Brewery & Restaurant, Topeka, KS Silver: Der Ulmer Maibock, Familienbrauerei Bauhöfer, Renchen, Germany Bronze: Blonde Doppelbock, Capital Brewery Co., Middleton, WI Category 41: German-Style Doppelbock or Eisbock, 44 Entries Gold: Holzfassgelagerter Eisbock, Brauhaus Faust, Miltenberg, Germany Silver: Hochdorfer Barbara Bock, Hochdorfer Kronenbrauerei Otto Haizmann, Nagold-Hochdorf, Germany Bronze: Dominator Dopplebock, Sun King Brewing Co., Indianapolis, IN Category 42: American-Style Cream Ale or Lager, 23 Entries Gold: Prestige, Brasserie Nationale d’Haiti, Port-au-Prince, Haiti Silver: Old Style, Pabst Brewing Co., Allentown, PA Bronze: Milwaukee’s Best, Miller Brewing Co., Golden, CO Category 43: American-Style Lager or Light Lager, 39 Entries Gold: Coors Light, Coors Brewing Co., Golden, CO Silver: Michelob Ultra, Anheuser-Busch, St. Louis, MO Bronze: Michelob Light, Anheuser-Busch, St. Louis, MO Category 44: American-Style Premium Lager or Specialty Lager, 37 Entries Gold: Steel Reserve, Miller Brewing Co., Golden, CO Silver: Evans Original, Cervecería Mexicana, Corona, CA Bronze: Icehouse, Miller Brewing Co., Golden, CO Category 45: American-Style Amber Lager, 40 Entries Gold: Winter Skal, Capital Brewery Co., Middleton, WI Silver: Colorado Native, AC Golden Brewing Co., Golden, CO Bronze: Cali Common, Lucky Hand Beer, Novato, CA Category 46: American-Style Dark Lager, 18 Entries Gold: Leinenkugel’s Creamy Dark, Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co., Chippewa Falls, WI Silver: Shiner Bock, The Spoetzl Brewery, San Antonio, TX Bronze: Santo, Saint Arnold Brewing Co., Houston, TX Category 47: Australasian-Style Pale Ale or International-Style Pale Ale, 22 Entries Gold: 805 IPA, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA Silver: Endeavour True Vintage 2011 Reserve Pale Ale, Endeavour True Vintage Beer, Macquarie Centre, Australia Bronze: Benny’s Pale Ale, Shoreline Brewery, Michigan City, IN Category 48: German-Style Kölsch/Köln-Style Kölsch, 46 Entries Gold: Sunbru, Four Peaks Brewing Co., Tempe, AZ Silver: Chuckanut Kolsch, Chuckanut Brewery, Bellingham, WA Bronze: Point Three Kings, Stevens Point Brewery, Stevens Point, WI Category 49: German-Style Brown Ale/Düsseldorf-Style Altbier, 29 Entries Gold: Alt-eration, Hops & Grain Brewing, Austin, TX Silver: Rhine Heights, Vintage Brewing Co., Madison, WI Bronze: Real McCoy Amber, Mammoth Brewing Co., Mammoth Lakes, CA Category 50: German-Style Sour Ale, 11 Entries Gold: Berliner Weisse, Steamworks Brewing Co., Durango, CO Silver: Hottenroth Berliner Weisse, The Bruery, Anaheim, CA Bronze: Vitis Reductus Weisse, Outer Banks Brewing Station, Kill Devil Hills, NC Category 51: South German-Style Hefeweizen/Hefeweissbier, 85 Entries Gold: HEF, Burleigh Brewing Co., West Burleigh, Australia Silver: Baltika N°8 Wheat, Baltika Breweries, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation Bronze: Edelweiss Hefetrüb, Brau Union Österreich, Linz, Austria Category 52: German-Style Pale Wheat Ale, 22 Entries Gold: Boscos Hefeweizen, Boscos Brewing Co., Memphis, TN Silver: Gold Ochsen Kristallweizen, Brauerei Gold Ochsen, Ulm, Germany Bronze: Ketterer Ur-Weisse kristall, Familienbrauerei M. Ketterer, Hornberg, Germany Category 53: German-Style Dark Wheat Ale, 29 Entries Gold: Brauerei Michael Plank Original Hefeweizen, Brauerei Michael Plank, Laaber, Germany Silver: Schneider Weisse Original, Weisses Bräeuhaus G. Schneider & Sohn, Kelheim, Germany Bronze: Unertl Gourmet Weisse, Weißbräu Unertl, Mühldorf, Germany Category 54: South German-Style Weizenbock/Weissbock, 20 Entries Gold: Brauerei Michael Plank Heller Weizenbock, Brauerei Michael Plank, Laaber, Germany Silver: Live Oak Primus, Live Oak Brewing Co., Austin, TX Bronze: Rhaner Lilly Bock, Rhanerbräu, Schönthal, Germany Category 55: Belgian-Style Witbier, 50 Entries Gold: Allagash White, Allagash Brewing Co., Portland, ME Silver: Hoegaarden, Hoegaarden Brewery, New York, NY Bronze: La Perouse White, Maui Brewing Co., Lahaina, HI Category 56: French- & Belgian-Style Saison, 44 Entries Gold: Carnevale, The Lost Abbey, San Marcos, CA Silver: Saison Station 55, Hopfenstark Brewery, L’Assomption, Canada Bronze: Urban Farmhouse Ale, The Commons Brewery, Portland, OR Category 57: Belgian- and French-Style Ale, 22 Entries Gold: FSB Spring Brew, Front Street Brewery, Wilmington, NC Silver: Saison Noir, Bastone Brewery, Royal Oak, MI Bronze: Gift of the Magi, The Lost Abbey, San Marcos, CA Category 58: Belgian-Style Blonde Ale or Pale Ale, 32 Entries Gold: Ommegang Rare Vos, Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown, NY Silver: Leffe Blonde, AB InBev, New York, NY Bronze: Troubadour Blond, Brouwerij The Musketeers, Ursel, Belgium Category 59: Belgian-Style Sour Ale, 27 Entries Gold: Oude Geuze Boon, Brouwerij Frank Boon, Lembeek, Belgium Silver: Oude Kriek Oud Beersel, Oud Beersel, Beersel, Belgium Bronze: Fifth Element Vintage 2011, Squatters Pub Brewery, Salt Lake City, UT Category 60: Belgian-Style Flanders Oud Bruin or Oud Red Ale, 16 Entries Gold: Oude Tart, The Bruery, Anaheim, CA Silver: Monomoy Kriek, Cisco Brewers, Nantucket, MA Bronze: Oud Jeremiah, BJ’s Restaurant & Brewery – Brea, Huntington Beach, CA Category 61: Belgian-Style Dubbel, 39 Entries Gold: Leffe Brown, AB InBev, New York, NY Silver: Belgian Dubbel, Bier Brewery, Indianapolis, IN Bronze: Ovila Dubbel, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Chico, CA Category 62: Belgian-Style Tripel, 57 Entries Gold: Westmalle Trappist Tripel, Westmalle Trappist Brewery, Westmalle, Belgium Silver: Nectar des Dieux, Bastone Brewery, Royal Oak, MI Bronze: Steenbrugge Tripel, Palm Breweries, Steenhuffel, Belgium Category 63: Belgian-Style Pale Strong Ale, 33 Entries Gold: Piraat, Van Steenberge, Ertvelde, Belgium Silver: Thor’s Hammer, Bastone Brewery, Royal Oak, MI Bronze: Prisoner of Hell, Dock Street Brewery, Philadelphia, PA Category 64: Belgian-Style Dark Strong Ale, 41 Entries Gold: Batch 333: The Velvet Fog, Sun King Brewing Co., Indianapolis, IN Silver: Two Tortugas Belgian Quad, Karl Strauss Brewing Co., San Diego, CA Bronze: Grand Prestige, Hertog Jan Brouwerij, Arcen, Netherlands Category 65: Other Belgian-Style Ale, 41 Entries Gold: Seef, Antwerpse Brouw Compagnie, Hove, Belgium Silver: Gauloise Amber, Brasserie du Bocq, Purnode, Belgium Bronze: Rhinoceros, Telegraph Brewing Co., Santa Barbara, CA Category 66: English-Style Summer Ale, 32 Entries Gold: Cross of Gold: Revolution Brewing, Chicago, IL Silver: Stone & Wood Pacific Ale, Stone & Wood Brewing Co., Byron Bay, Australia Bronze: Mother Lode Golden Ale, Laurelwood Brewing Co., Portland, OR Category 67: Classic English-Style Pale Ale, 33 Entries Gold: Annadel Pale Ale, Third Street Aleworks, Santa Rosa, CA Silver: Summit Extra Pale Ale, Summit Brewing Co., St. Paul, MN Bronze: Caldera Ashland Amber, Caldera Brewing Co., Ashland, OR Category 68: English-Style India Pale Ale, 48 Entries Gold: Man Beer, Bull & Bush Brewery, Denver, CO Silver: IP’Eh!, Russell Brewing Co., Surrey, Canada Bronze: Intercontinental Pale Ale, Flossmoor Station Brewing Co., Flossmoor, IL Category 69: Ordinary or Special Bitter, 32 Entries Gold: Redoak Bitter, Redoak, Sydney, Australia Silver: Happy Hour Hero Ale, Montana Brewing Co., Billings, MT Bronze: 8th Street Ale, Four Peaks Brewing Co., Tempe, AZ Category 70: Extra Special Bitter, 49 Entries Gold: Red Racer ESB, Central City Brewing Co., Surrey, Canada Silver: GAR Pale Ale, Great American Restaurants, Centreville, VA Bronze: The Tower E.S.B., Bull & Bush Brewery, Denver, CO Category 71: Scottish-Style Ale, 26 Entries Gold: MacPelican’s Scottish Style Ale, Pelican Pub & Brewery, Pacific City, OR Silver: Redhawk Ale, Rockyard Brewing Co., Castle Rock, CO Bronze: Beltaine Scottish Ale, Shoreline Brewery, Michigan City, IN Category 72: English-Style Mild Ale, 27 Entries Gold: Crown Brown, Crown Brewing, Crown Point, IN Silver: Alyssa’s Attitude, Oggi’s Pizza & Brewing Co., San Clemente, CA Bronze: Nerf Herder, Pizza Port San Clemente, San Clemente, CA Category 73: English-Style Brown Ale, 30 Entries Gold: Longboard Brown Ale, Rock Bottom La Jolla, La Jolla, CA Silver: Nut Brown Ale, Redhook Ale Brewery, Woodinville, WA Bronze: Sweet George’s Brown, Dillon DAM Brewery, Dillon, CO Category 74: Brown Porter, 42 Entries Gold: Double Nut Brown, Mammoth Brewing Co., Mammoth Lakes, CA Silver: Poundage Porter, Sound Brewery, Poulsbo, WA Bronze: Chocolate Porter, Bayhawk Ales, Irvine, CA Category 75: Robust Porter, 68 Entries Gold: Pier Rat Porter, Pizza Port San Clemente, San Clemente, CA Silver: Pro-Am Porter, Wormtown Brewery, Worcester, MA Bronze: Chocolate Porter, Kumazawa Brewing Co., Chigasaki, Japan Category 76: Sweet Stout, 25 Entries Gold: Steel Toe Stout, Ska Brewing Co., Durango, CO Silver: Outlaw Oatmeal Stout, Great Basin Brewing Co., Sparks, NV Bronze: Blackjack Stout, Feather Falls Casino Brewing Co., Oroville, CA Category 77: Oatmeal Stout, 49 Entries Gold: Naked Oat Stout, Rock Bottom College Park, Indianapolis, IN Silver: Stumblers Stout, Columbia River Brewing Co., Portland, OR Bronze: Alaskan Oatmeal Stout, Alaskan Brewing Co., Juneau, AK Category 78: Scotch Ale, 51 Entries Gold: Wee Heavy, Dry Dock Brewing Co., Aurora, CO Silver: Way Heavy, Pizza Port San Clemente, San Clemente, CA Bronze: Cold Smoke Scotch Ale, Kettlehouse Brewing Co., Missoula, MT Category 79: British-Style Imperial Stout, 40 Entries Gold: Russian Imperial Stout, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant – Media, Media, PA Silver: Luscious, The Alchemist, Waterbury, VT Bronze: Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout, The Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn, NY Category 80: Old Ale or Strong Ale, 51 Entries
Gold: Old Ale, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant – Media, Media, PA
Silver: AleSmith Decadence 2010 Old Ale, AleSmith Brewing Co., San Diego, CA Bronze: Old Scrooge, Silver City Brewery, Bremerton, WA Category 81: Barley Wine-Style Ale, 62 Entries Gold: Stormwatcher’s Winterfest, Pelican Pub & Brewery, Pacific City, OR Silver: Barley’s Wine, La Cumbre Brewing Co., Albuquerque, NM Bronze: AleSmith Old Numbskull, AleSmith Brewing Co., San Diego, CA Category 82: Irish-Style Red Ale, 31 Entries Gold: Red Trolley Ale, Karl Strauss Brewing Co., San Diego, CA Silver: Alaskan Amber, Alaskan Brewing Co., Juneau, AK Bronze: McLovin, Vintage Brewing Co., Madison, WI Category 83: Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout, 30 Entries Gold: Blarney Sisters Dry Irish Stout, Third Street Aleworks, Santa Rosa, CA Silver: Ring of Dingle, Sun King Brewing Co., Indianapolis, IN Bronze: Breakside Dry Stout, Breakside Brewery, Portland, OR Category 84: Foreign-Style Stout, 37 Entries Gold: Starry Night Stout, Island Brewing Co., Carpinteria, CA Silver: Malpais Stout, La Cumbre Brewing Co., Albuquerque, NM Bronze: Voo Doo, Left Coast Brewing Co., San Clemente, CA Category 85: Golden or Blonde Ale, 46 Entries Gold: Foam Top, Beachwood BBQ & Brewing, Long Beach, CA Silver: Labatt 50, Labatt Brewing Co., LaSalle, Canada Bronze: Steelhead Extra Pale, Mad River Brewing Co., Blue Lake, CA Category 86: American-Style Pale Ale, 84 Entries Gold: Pale 31, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA Silver: Mission Street Pale, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA Bronze: BrickStone APA, BrickStone Restaurant & Brewery, Bourbonnais, IL Category 87: American-Style Strong Pale Ale, 82 Entries Gold: Hop Knot, Four Peaks Brewing Co., Tempe, AZ Silver: Odell IPA, Odell Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO Bronze: Alaskan IPA, Alaskan Brewing Co., Juneau, AK Category 88: American-Style India Pale Ale, 150 Entries Gold: DRIPA, Kuhnhenn Brewing Co., Warren, MI Silver: Head Hunter IPA, Fat Heads Brewery, North Olmsted, OH Bronze: Elevated IPA, La Cumbre Brewing Co., Albuquerque, NM Category 89: Imperial India Pale Ale, 93 Entries Gold: Poor Man’s IPA, Pizza Port Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA Silver: Saint Arnold Endeavour, Saint Arnold Brewing Co., Houston, TX Bronze: Palate Wrecker, Green Flash Brewing Co., San Diego, CA Category 90: American-Style Amber/Red Ale, 68 Entries Gold: Big Cottonwood, Utah Brewers Co-op, Salt Lake City, UT Silver: Swan Lake Beer Amber Swan Ale, Hyokoyashikinomori Brewery Tenchokaku Co., Agano, Japan Bronze: Mavericks Amber Ale, Half Moon Bay Brewing Co., Princeton-by-the-Sea, CA Category 91: Imperial Red Ale, 38 Entries Gold: G’Knight Imperial Red Ale, Oskar Blues Brewery, Longmont, CO Silver: Bigfoot, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Chico, CA Bronze: Pursuit of Hopiness, Grand Teton Brewing Co., Victor, ID Category 92: American-Style Brown Ale, 47 Entries Gold: Face Down Brown, Telluride Brewing Co., Telluride, CO Silver: Uptown Brown, Galena Brewing Co., Galena, IL Bronze: Great American Brown, Pizza Port Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA Category 93: American-Style Black Ale, 49 Entries Gold: Black Racer, Bear Republic Brewing Co., Cloverdale, CA Silver: Tarantulas 2.0, Pizza Port Ocean Beach, San Diego, CA Bronze: Raven, Thornbridge, Bakewell, United Kingdom Category 94: American-Style Stout, 34 Entries Gold: Rise American Stout, Revolution Brewing, Chicago, IL Silver: Pike XXXXX Extra Stout, Pike Brewing Co., Seattle, WA Bronze: Achievement Beyond Life’s Experiences American Stout Brit Antrim Benefit Beer, Pizza Port Ocean Beach, San Diego, CA Category 95: American-Style Imperial Stout, 36 Entries Gold: Imperial Stout, Silver City Brewery, Bremerton, WA Silver: The Fundamental Blackhorn, Hornbeer, Kirke Hyllinge, Denmark Bronze: Imperial Stout, Olde Hickory Brewery, Hickory, NC ENDs