The Brewers Association announced the results of the 2018 World Beer Cup awards. The largest competition to date, the awards were presented at the conclusion of the Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America® at Music City Center in Nashville, Tennesee. 8,234 entries from 66 countries competed at the “Olympics of Beer”.

Competition Highlights

Most-entered categories in 2018:

377 entries in Category 93, American-Style India Pale Ale

196 entries in Category 94, Imperial India Pale Ale

196 entries in Category 28, Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer

190 entries in Category 29, Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Stout

Number of countries represented: 66

2018 World Beer Cup Winners



Category 1: American-Style Wheat Beer – 53 Entries

Gold: Dark O’ the Moon, Tilted Axis Brewing Co., Lapeer, MI

Silver: Whacked Out Wheat, Telluride Brewing Co., Telluride, CO

Bronze: Clutch’s American Wheat, Tustin Brewing Co., Tustin, CA

Category 2: American-Style Wheat Beer with Yeast – 40 Entries

Gold: Miner’s Gold Hefeweizen, Lewis & Clark Brewing Co., Helena, MT

Silver: Beehive Honey Wheat, Bristol Brewing Co., Colorado Springs, CO

Bronze: BayWatch, Elk Horn Brewery, Eugene, OR

Category 3: Fruit Beer – 118 Entries

Gold: Chchchch-Cherry Bomb, Melvin Brewing – Jackson, Jackson, WY

Silver: Razz Against the Machine, Little Machine, Denver, CO

Bronze: American Sour Ale with Guava, Loveland Aleworks, Loveland, CO

Category 4: Fruit Wheat Beer – 70 Entries

Gold: Mango Cart, Golden Road Brewing, Los Angeles, CA

Silver: Passionate Envy, 10 Barrel Brewing Co. – Bend Pub, Bend, OR

Bronze: Bitchin’ Berry, Great Basin Brewing Co., Reno, NV

Category 5: Belgian-Style Fruit Beer – 52 Entries

Gold: Nectarine Golden Ale, pFriem Family Brewers, Hood River, OR

Silver: Rosetta, Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown, NY

Bronze: Wallflower Spring Saison, Fat Bottom Brewing Co., Nashville, TN

Category 6: Pumpkin Beer – 33 Entries

Gold: 5 Phantoms Pumpkin Spice Barleywine, Philipsburg Brewing Co., Philipsburg, MT

Silver: Pumpkin Ale, Bier Brewery and Taproom, Indianapolis, IN

Bronze: Pope’s Imperial Pumpkin Ale, Millersburg Brewing Co., Millersburg, OH

Category 7: Field Beer – 74 Entries

Gold: Tupiniquim Pecan Imperial Stout, Cervejaria Tupiniquim, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Silver: The Patsy, Barley Forge Brewing Co., Costa Mesa, CA

Bronze: Beet Cream Ale, Cogstone Brewing Co., Colorado Springs, CO

Category 8: Chili Beer – 57 Entries

Gold: McFate Hatch Chile Gatos, McFate Brewing Co., Scottsdale, AZ

Silver: Datil, Motorworks Brewing, Bradenton, FL

Bronze: Heat of the Night, Hoparazzi Brewing Co., Anaheim, CA

Category 9: Herb and Spice Beer – 142 Entries

Gold: Spruce IPA, Alaskan Brewing Co., Juneau, AK

Silver: Lohn Bier Carvoeira, Cervejaria Lohn, Lauro Mueller, Brazil

Bronze: Taiwan Head Brewers Start of Autumn Tea Ale, Taiwan Head Brewers Brewing Co.,

New Taipei City, Taiwan

Category 10: Chocolate Beer – 77 Entries

Gold: Genesee Brew House Pilot Batch Dark Chocolate Scotch Ale, Genesee Brewing Co. – Genesee

Brew House, Rochester, NY

Silver: Somebody Else’s Dream, Fort Myers Brewing Co., Fort Myers, FL

Bronze: Assault N Fudgery, Barrage Brewing Co., Farmingdale, NY

Category 11: Coffee Beer – 71 Entries

Gold: Gusto Crema, Georgetown Brewing Co., Seattle, WA

Silver: Pablo Escobeer, Beachwood BBQ & Brewing – Long Beach, Long Beach, CA

Bronze: Breakfast of Champions Coffee Lager, Riot Brewing Co., Chemainus, Canada

Category 12: Coffee Stout or Porter – 157 Entries

Gold: Portola Breakfast Stout, Tustin Brewing Co., Tustin, CA

Silver: Mocha Machine, Beachwood BBQ & Brewing – Huntington Beach, Huntington Beach, CA

Bronze: Odin, Cerveceria Rámuri, Tijuana, Mexico

Category 13: Specialty Beer – 61 Entries

Gold: Double Stack, Great Notion Brewing, Portland, OR

Silver: SUNMAI Buckwheat Lager, Long Sun Brewing Co., New Taipei City, Taiwan

Bronze: Campfire Stout, High Water Brewing, Stockton, CA

Category 14: Rye Beer – 54 Entries

Gold: Red Rocker, Cromarty Brewing Co., Cromarty, United Kingdom

Silver: Ryes Against the Machine, Hell’s Basement Brewery, Medicine Hat, Canada

Bronze: Panic Switch, Platform Beer Co., Cleveland, OH

Category 15: Honey Beer – 65 Entries

Gold: Honey Please, Armadillo Ale Works, Denton, TX

Silver: Belgian Honey Blonde, No Clue Craft Brewery, Rancho Cucamonga, CA

Bronze: Jetty, Great South Bay Brewery, Bay Shore, NY

Category 16: Session Beer – 48 Entries

Gold: Fernson Farmhouse Ale, Fernson Brewing Co., Sioux Falls, SD

Silver: Session Pale Ale, Center of the Universe Brewing Co., Ashland, VA

Bronze: Peacekeeper, Launch Pad Brewery, Aurora, CO

Category 17: Session India Pale Ale – 103 Entries

Gold: Trump Hands, Cannonball Creek Brewing Co., Golden, CO

Silver: Hop Tamer Session IPA, Higherground Brewing Co., Hamilton, MT

Bronze: Tuna, Half Acre Beer Co., Chicago, IL

Category 18: Other Strong Beer – 51 Entries

Gold: Anodyne, Revolver Brewing, Granbury, TX

Silver: Grateful Haze Porter, Bellefonte Brewing Co., Wilmington, DE

Bronze: ZOZ #3 Golden, Brasserie 35, Turuçu, Brazil

Category 19: Experimental Beer – 130 Entries

Gold: Sn4 Cuvée, Logsdon Farmhouse Ales, Hood River, OR

Silver: Hickory Peach Wee Heavy, The Intrepid Sojourner Beer Project, Denver, CO

Bronze: Wild Barrels Project #5, Lost Forty Brewing, Little Rock, AR

Category 20: Fresh or Wet Hop Ale – 21 Entries

Gold: More Like Bore-O-Phyll, Call To Arms Brewing Co., Denver, CO

Silver: This Year’s Crop Wet Hop, Pinthouse Pizza – Burnet, Austin, TX

Bronze: Fresh Frozen, Cloudburst Brewing, Seattle, WA

Category 21: Historical Beer – 61 Entries

Gold: Pilsner, Old Town Brewing, Portland, OR

Silver: Subtilus, Werk Force Brewing Co., Plainfield, IL

Bronze: Pantomime Horse, Community Beer Works, Buffalo, NY

Category 22: Gluten-Free Beer – 28 Entries

Gold: Gueten Beer, Sleeping Giant Brewing Co., Denver, CO

Silver: IPA No. 5, Ground Breaker Brewing, Portland, OR

Bronze: Copperhead, ALT Brew, Madison, WI

Category 23: American-Belgo-Style Ale – 42 Entries

Gold: Klipspringer, Metazoa Brewing Co., Indianapolis, IN

Silver: Juxtapose, Four Winds Brewing Co., Delta, Canada

Bronze: Brother Harker Patersbier, Barrel Head Brewhouse, San Francisco, CA

Category 24: American-Style Sour Ale – 130 Entries

Gold: Raspberry, Upland Brewing Co. – Bloomington Brewpub, Bloomington, IN

Silver: Krieky Bones, Firestone Walker Barrelworks, Buellton, CA

Bronze: Guava Happens, The Rare Barrel, Berkeley, CA

Category 25: Brett Beer – 58 Entries

Gold: Saison Trystero, Our Mutual Friend Brewing, Denver, CO

Silver: Genetic Drift with Peaches, Speciation Artisan Ales, Comstock Park, MI

Bronze: Fantastic Voyage, Gigantic Brewing Co., Portland, OR

Category 26: Mixed Culture Brett Beer – 55 Entries

Gold: The Thief, Societe Brewing Co., San Diego, CA

Silver: ZuurPruin, Logsdon Farmhouse Ales, Hood River, OR

Bronze: TBD Peach Sour, Columbus Brewing Co., Columbus, OH

Category 27: Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer – 59 Entries

Gold: Queen of Hearts, Pelican Brewing Co. – Pacific City, Pacific City, OR

Silver: Double Barrel Knotty, Twin Peaks Brewing Co., Irving, TX

Bronze: Dry Hopped Brett Pale Ale, Hi-Wire Brewing – South Slope Specialty Brewery, Asheville, NC

Category 28: Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer – 196 Entries

Gold: Gin Barrel O-Gii, Milwaukee Brewing Co. – 2nd Street Brewery, Milwaukee, WI

Silver: Scarlet, Steamworks Brewing Co., Burnaby, Canada

Bronze: Bligh’s Barleywine Ale, Dry Dock Brewing Co. – North Dock, Aurora, CO

Category 29: Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Stout – 190 Entries

Gold: Thunder Hug, Wild Acre Brewing Co., Fort Worth, TX

Silver: The Baroness, Fat Bottom Brewing Co., Nashville, TN

Bronze: Three Tun, Hermitage Brewing Co., San Jose, CA

Category 30: Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer – 71 Entries

Gold: Train to Beersel, Bruery Terreux, Anaheim, CA

Silver: Odyssey 008, Siren Craft Brew, Finchampstead, United Kingdom

Bronze: Petit Poisson, Little Fish Brewing Co., Athens, OH

Category 31: Fruited Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer – 117 Entries

Gold: Riserva, Weyerbacher Brewing Co., Easton, PA

Silver: Ritual Madness, Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin, FL

Bronze: Peach Climacteric, WeldWerks Brewing Co., Greeley, CO

Category 32: Aged Beer – 45 Entries

Gold: Vladislav, Diebolt Brewing Co., Denver, CO

Silver: Oblivious, Griffin Claw Brewing Co., Birmingham, MI

Bronze: Solzhenitsyn, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant – Media, Media, PA

Category 33: Kellerbier or Zwickelbier – 92 Entries

Gold: STiVO, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA

Silver: Shoat, Sterling Pig Brewery, Media, PA

Bronze: Keller Pils, Summit Brewing Co., Saint Paul, MN

Category 34: Smoke Beer – 76 Entries

Gold: Smoked Marzen, 49th State Brewing Co. – Denali National Park, Denali National Park, AK

Silver: Smoke & Mirrors Imperial Smoked Ale, Coal Harbour Brewing Co., Vancouver, Canada

Bronze: 18022/42, The Sandlot Brewery at Coors Field, Denver, CO

Category 35: Light Lager – 72 Entries

Gold: BC Light, Territorial Brewing Co., Springfield, MI

Silver: Van ICE, MacLeod Ale Brewing Co., Van Nuys, CA

Bronze: Cayaco, Cervecería de Colima, Cuauhtemoc, Mexico

Category 36: International-Style Pilsener – 64 Entries

Silver: Vlad the Impaler, Fretboard Brewing Co., Blue Ash, OH

Bronze: Pedro O’Flanagan’s Mexican Lager, Quarter Celtic Brewpub, Albuquerque, NM

Category 37: Other International-Style Lager – 81 Entries

Gold: Mountain Jam, Southbound Brewing Co., Savannah, GA

Silver: Camden Pils Lager, Camden Town Brewery, London, United Kingdom

Bronze: Four Peaks Golden Lager, Four Peaks Brewing Co., Tempe, AZ

Category 38: Baltic-Style Porter – 66 Entries

Gold: Bangor Slate Baltic Porter, Two Rivers Brewing Co., Easton, PA

Silver: Doggerland, Oakshire Brewing, Eugene, OR

Bronze: Danzig, Devils Backbone Brewing Co. – Outpost, Lexington, VA

Category 39: German-Style Pilsener – 176 Entries

Gold: Primadonna Pilsner, Rockyard American Grill & Brewing Co., Castle Rock, CO

Silver: Sprockets, Gravely Brewing Co., Louisville, KY

Bronze: Pils Lager, Fourpure Brewing Co., London, United Kingdom

Category 40: Bohemian-Style Pilsener – 92 Entries

Gold: Chuckanut Pilsner, Chuckanut Brewery, Bellingham, WA

Silver: Bobcat Pilsner, Adirondack Pub and Brewery, Lake George, NY

Bronze: Check Pils, Beaver Island Brewing Co., Saint Cloud, MN

Category 41: Muenchner-Style Helles – 122 Entries

Gold: Penn Gold, Pennsylvania Brewing Co., Pittsburgh, PA

Silver: Nashville Lager, Nashville Brewing Co., Nashville, TN

Bronze: Mass Produced Lager: Helles, Wormtown Brewery, Worcester, MA

Category 42: Dortmunder/Export or German-Style Oktoberfest – 57 Entries

Gold: Ott Spezial, Schussenrieder Brauerei, Bad Schussenried, Germany

Silver: Alpirsbacher Spezial, Alpirsbacher Klosterbreau Glauner Co., Alpirsbach, Germany

Bronze: The Weasel, C.B. & Potts / Big Horn Brewery – Fort Collins, Fort Collins, CO

Category 43: Vienna-Style Lager – 98 Entries

Gold: Hook & Hatchet, Nevin’s Brewing Co., Plainfield, IL

Silver: Gustav, Taft’s Ale House, Cincinnati, OH

Bronze: Havana Lager, Concrete Beach Brewery, Miami, FL

Category 44: German-Style Maerzen – 62 Entries

Gold: Your Move Paulie!, Independent Brewing Co., Bel Air, MD

Silver: Mayhem Maerzen, Springfield Brewing Co., Springfield, MO

Bronze: Film Fest Lager, Good City Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI

Category 45: Munich-Style Dunkel or European-Style Dark Lager – 67 Entries

Gold: I Dunkled in My Pants, Figueroa Mountain Brewing, Buellton, CA

Silver: Weltenburger Kloster Barock Dunkel, Klosterbrauerei Weltenburg, Regensburg, Germany

Bronze: Fearless Youth, Grimm Brothers Brewhouse, Loveland, CO

Category 46: Dark Lager – 99 Entries

Gold: Night Train, Steamworks Brewing Co., Durango, CO

Silver: Alternate Present, Fiction Beer Co., Denver, CO

Bronze: Černé, Chainline Brewing Co., Kirkland, WA

Category 47: German-Style Bock or Maibock – 70 Entries

Gold: Wonderland, Silver City Brewery, Bremerton, WA

Silver: Moninger Bertold Bock Dunkel, Hatz-Moninger Brauhaus, Karlsruhe, Germany

Bronze: Breakline Bock, Rip Current Brewing, San Marcos, CA

Category 48: German-Style Doppelbock or Eisbock – 79 Entries

Gold: Smooth Like Jazz, Revelry Brewing Co., Charleston, SC

Silver: Doppelbock, Kansas City Bier Co., Kansas City, MO

Bronze: Double Love Honey, Lost Forty Brewing, Little Rock, AR

Category 49: American-Style Lager or American-Style Cream Ale – 122 Entries

Gold: Old Style Lager, Pabst Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI

Silver: Pabst Blue Ribbon, Pabst Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI

Bronze: Hamm’s, Miller Brewing Co., Chicago, IL

Category 50: American-Style Amber Lager – 70 Entries

Gold: Brooklyn Lager, Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn, NY

Silver: Tragedy of the Common, Iowa Brewing Co., Cedar Rapids, IA

Bronze: 89Ale, O.H.S.O. Brewery – Paradise Valley, Phoenix, AZ

Category 51: Australian-Style Pale Ale or International-Style Pale Ale – 122 Entries

Gold: Breakside Lunch Break ISA, Breakside Brewery & Taproom, Milwaukie, OR

Silver: Nail VPA, Nail Brewing, Perth, Australia

Bronze: Pete’s Stash Pale, Vail Brewing Co., Avon, CO

Category 52: German-Style Koelsch – 125 Entries

Gold: Chuckanut Kolsch Style, Chuckanut Brewery, Bellingham, WA

Silver: American Harvest Kolsch, American Harvest Brewpub at Schoolcraft College, Livonia, MI

Bronze: NBD Kolsch, Cerberus Brewing Co., Colorado Springs, CO

Category 53: German-Style Altbier – 41 Entries

Gold: Altitude Alt, Altitude Chophouse and Brewery, Laramie, WY

Silver: Alt Bier, Devils Backbone Brewing Co. – Basecamp, Roseland, VA

Bronze: Altstadt Alt, Altstadt Brewery, Fredericksburg, TX

Category 54: Berliner-Style Weisse – 48 Entries

Gold: Baywindow, 10 Barrel Brewing Co. – Bend, Bend, OR

Silver: Peach Berliner Weisse, Revelation Craft Brewing Co., Rehoboth Beach, DE

Bronze: Raspberry Rickey, Brewery Rex, Fullerton, CA

Category 55: Leipzig-Style Gose or Contemporary Gose – 81 Entries

Gold: Corvus Lingonberry Lime Gose, Ravens Brewing Co., Abbotsford, Canada

Silver: Gose Frambuesa, Casa Bruja Brewing Co., Panama City, Panama

Bronze: Ring Around the Gose, SingleSpeed Brewing Co. – Waterloo Tap Room, Waterloo, IA

Category 56: South German-Style Hefeweizen – 127 Entries

Gold: National Park Hefeweizen, Big Bend Brewing Co., Alpine, TX

Silver: COEDO Shiro, COEDO Brewery, Kawagoe, Japan

Bronze: Hirsch Hefe Weisse, Hirsch-Brauerei Honer, Wurmlingen, Germany

Category 57: German-Style Wheat Ale – 44 Entries

Gold: Saint Arnold Weedwacker, Saint Arnold Brewing Co., Houston, TX

Silver: Kristallweizen, Brauerei Gold Ochsen, Ulm, Germany

Bronze: Krieger Urweisse, Brauerei Wilhelm Krieger, Landau an der Isar, Germany

Category 58: South German-Style Weizenbock – 42 Entries

Gold: AlpenGlow, Fat Heads Brewery – North Olmsted, North Olmstead, OH

Silver: Schneider Weisse TAP 6 Mein Aventinus, Schneider Weisse G. Schneider & Sohn, Kelheim, Germany

Bronze: Plank Heller Weizenbock, Brauerei Michael Plank, Laaber, Germany

Category 59: Belgian-Style Witbier – 100 Entries

Gold: Camden Gentlemans Wit, Camden Town Brewery, London, United Kingdom

Silver: White Rascal, Avery Brewing Co., Boulder, CO

Bronze: Hoegaarden White, InBev Belgium, Hoegaarden, Belgium

Category 60: French & Belgian-Style Saison – 87 Entries

Gold: La Finca Miami, The Tank Brewing Co., Miami, FL

Silver: Bord du Lac, Amsterdam Brewing Co., Toronto, Canada

Bronze: Farmhouse, Karl Strauss Brewing Co. – 4S Ranch, San Diego, CA

Category 61: Specialty Saison – 79 Entries

Gold: Frances Farmer, Aslan Brewing Co., Bellingham, WA

Silver: Mannenliefde, Oedipus Brewing, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Bronze: Saison Anniversaire, Burning Sky Brewery, Firle, United Kingdom

Category 62: Belgian- and French-Style Ale – 34 Entries

Gold: Biere de Voleur, Horse Thief Hollow, Chicago, IL

Silver: Domaine DuPage, Two Brothers Brewing Co., Warrenville, IL

Bronze: The Roman Wolf, Bastone Brewery, Royal Oak, MI

Category 63: Belgian-Style Pale Ale or Belgian-Style Blonde Ale – 64 Entries

Gold: Vincianne, True North Ale Co., Ipswich, MA

Silver: Gouverneur Blond, Lindeboom Bierbrouwerij, Neer, Netherlands

Bronze: Domestique Belgian Blonde Ale, Rouleur Brewing Co., Carlsbad, CA

Category 64: Belgian-Style Sour Ale – 61 Entries

Gold: Oude Geuze Boon VAT 108, Brouwerij Boon, Lembeek, Belgium

Silver: Lindemans Cuvée René Oude Kriek, Lindemans Brewery, Vlezenbeek, Belgium

Bronze: El Sur, Casa Agria Specialty Ales, Oxnard, CA

Category 65: Belgian-Style Flanders Oud Bruin or Oud Red Ale – 41 Entries

Gold: Oud Bruin, Funkwerks, Fort Collins, CO

Silver: Olly, Free Will Brewing Co., Perkasie, PA

Bronze: Flanders Sour Ale, Rebellion Brewing Co., Regina, Canada

Category 66: Belgian-Style Dubbel or Belgian-Style Quadrupel – 78 Entries

Gold: Abbey Dubbel, Elm City Brewing Co., Keene, NH

Silver: BJ’s Quad, BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse – Boulder, Boulder, CO

Bronze: Belgian Quad, 7venth Sun Brewery, Dunedin, FL

Category 67: Belgian-Style Tripel – 100 Entries

Gold: Tripel LeFort, Omer Vander Ghinste, Bellegem, Belgium

Silver: 33 Acres of Euphoria, 33 Acres Brewing Co., Vancouver, Canada

Bronze: Hoegaarden Grand Cru, InBev Belgium, Hoegaarden, Belgium

Category 68: Belgian-Style Pale Strong Ale – 70 Entries

Gold: La Mancina, Birrificio del Forte, Pietrasanta, Italy

Silver: The Cannibal, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant – Maple Shade, Maple Shade, NJ

Bronze: Julius, InBev Belgium, Hoegaarden, Belgium

Category 69: Belgian-Style Dark Strong Ale – 56 Entries

Gold: Hertog Jan Grand Prestige, Hertog Jan, Arcen, Netherlands

Silver: VII Kings Belgian Dark Strong, Blind Owl Brewery, Indianapolis, IN

Bronze: LeFort, Omer Vander Ghinste, Bellegem, Belgium

Category 70: Other Belgian-Style Ale – 49 Entries

Gold: Waels Brut, Cervejaria Waels, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Silver: Soleils Amers Triple Brown Ale, Brasserie des Sources, Saint Amand Les Eaux, France

Bronze: Lux Mundi, Save the World Brewing Co., Marble Falls, TX

Category 71: English-Style Mild Ale – 38 Entries

Gold: Working Class Hero Dark Mild, Riot Brewing Co., Chemainus, Canada

Silver: Saddle Bronc Brown, Black Tooth Brewing Co., Sheridan, WY

Bronze: Black Tusk Ale, Whistler Brewing Co., Whistler, Canada

Category 72: English-Style Summer Ale – 49 Entries

Gold: Beaverton Blonde, Golden Valley Brewery, McMinnville, OR

Silver: Provider, Steel Toe Brewing, St. Louis Park, MN

Bronze: Bruton di Brùton, Brùton, Lucca, Italy

Category 73: Ordinary or Special Bitter – 43 Entries

Gold: DBA (Double Barrel Ale), Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA

Silver: Kirke, Corsaire Microbrasserie, Levis, Canada

Bronze: Encore, Lacons Brewery, Lowestoft, United Kingdom

Category 74: Classic English-Style Pale Ale – 40 Entries

Gold: Valley Isle ESB, Maui Brewing Co., Kihei, HI

Silver: Prickly Pear Pale Ale, Lewis & Clark Brewing Co., Helena, MT

Bronze: Annadel Pale Ale, Third Street Aleworks, Santa Rosa, CA

Category 75: Extra Special Bitter – 70 Entries

Gold: Old Jalopy Pale Ale, Powell Street Craft Brewery, Vancouver, Canada

Silver: Puddlers Row ESB, Conshohocken Brewing Co., Conshohocken, PA

Bronze: Raleigh Pride, Oak & Dagger Public House, Raleigh, NC

Category 76: English-Style India Pale Ale – 46 Entries

Gold: Shanghai’d IPA, Old Town Brewing, Portland, OR

Silver: Breakside Old World IPA, Breakside Brewery & Beer Hall, Portland, OR

Bronze: Orbiter IPA, Ecliptic Brewing, Portland, OR

Category 77: Scottish-Style Ale – 43 Entries

Gold: MacGavins Plaid Monkey, Monkey Paw Brewing, San Diego, CA

Silver: Taildragger Clan-Destine, Saddle Mountain Brewing Co., Goodyear, AZ

Bronze: Maxwell’s Scottish Ale, Rivertowne Brewing Co., Export, PA

Category 78: English-Style Brown Ale – 66 Entries

Gold: Big Ben Brown Ale, Bull & Bush Brewery, Denver, CO

Silver: Shaven Yak, Wichita Brewing Co., Wichita, KS

Bronze: Sweet Josie, Lonerider Brewing Co., Raleigh, NC

Category 79: Brown Porter – 69 Entries

Gold: James Squire ‘Jack of Spades’ Porter, Malt Shovel Brewery, Camperdown, Australia

Silver: FivePine Chocolate Porter, Three Creeks Production, Sisters, OR

Bronze: Ninja Porter, Asheville Brewing Co., Asheville, NC

Category 80: Robust Porter – 132 Entries

Gold: Porter, Jupiter, San Leandro, CA

Silver: Porter, Port City Brewing Co., Alexandria, VA

Bronze: Black Marlin Porter, Ballast Point Brewing Co. – Scripps Ranch, San Diego, CA

Category 81: Sweet Stout or Cream Stout – 73 Entries

Gold: Mo’ Winta Milk Stout, Waconia Brewing Co., Waconia, MN

Silver: Udder Love, Beachwood BBQ & Brewing – Huntington Beach, Huntington Beach, CA

Bronze: Moozie, Brink Brewing Co., Cincinnati, OH

Category 82: Oatmeal Stout – 74 Entries

Gold: Old 41 Oatmeal Stout, Dry County Brewing Co., Kennesaw, GA

Silver: Stagecoach Stout, Figueroa Mountain Brewing – Westlake Village, Westlake Village, CA

Bronze: North Tower Stout, Earth Rider Brewery, Superior, WI

Category 83: Scotch Ale – 70 Entries

Gold: Scotch Ale Wee Heavy, Microbrasserie Gainsbourg, Gatineau, Canada

Silver: McKay’s Scottish Ale, Three Creeks Brewing Co., Sisters, OR

Bronze: Wee Bit Left, Metazoa Brewing Co., Indianapolis, IN

Category 84: British-Style Imperial Stout – 61 Entries

Gold: Laitilan Imperiaali Stout, Laitilan Wirvoitusjuomatehdas, Laitila, Finland

Silver: The Russian, 2SP Brewing Co., Aston, PA

Bronze: Kill the Lights, The Tap Beer Co., Bloomington, IN

Category 85: Old Ale or Strong Ale – 47 Entries

Gold: Pilgrim’s Dole, New Holland Brewing Co., Holland, MI

Silver: Heini’s Good Cheer, Roundabout Brewery, Pittsburgh, PA

Bronze: Ninja Pirate Barleywine, Black Lotus Brewing Co., Clawson, MI

Category 86: Barley Wine-Style Ale – 79 Entries

Gold: Shipfaced, Silver Harbor Brewing Co., Saint Joseph, MI

Silver: 10&2, Fifty West Brewing Co., Cincinnati, OH

Bronze: Old Bounder, Boundary Bay Brewery & Bistro, Bellingham, WA

Category 87: Irish-Style Red Ale – 86 Entries

Gold: Bald Irishman, Center of the Universe Brewing Co. – Origin, Ashland, VA

Silver: Samuel Adams Irish Red, Boston Beer Co., Boston, MA

Bronze: Leuven Irish Red Ale, Cervejaria Leuven, Piracicaba, Brazil

Category 88: Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout – 64 Entries

Gold: Draíocht, Galena Brewing Co., Galena, IL

Silver: Slainte, Legion Brewing Co., Charlotte, NC

Bronze: Faricy’s Dry Stout, Arbor Brewing Co. Microbrewery, Ypsilanti, MI

Category 89: Export Stout – 53 Entries

Gold: Big Wall, Strike Brewing Co., San Jose, CA

Silver: Starway Stout, Barrel Mountain Brewing, Battle Ground, WA

Bronze: Nox Arcana, Cerveza Fauna, Mexicali, Mexico

Category 90: Golden or Blonde Ale – 121 Entries

Gold: ‘67 Blonde Ale, Public Coast Brewing Co., Cannon Beach, OR

Silver: Vega, First Magnitude Brewing Co., Gainesville, FL

Bronze: Shinshu Roman Original Ale, REIJIN Brew Co., Suwa, Japan

Category 91: American-Style Pale Ale – 182 Entries

Gold: C-Hops, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA

Silver: Double Nickels, Docent Brewing, San Juan Capistrano, CA

Bronze: Pennyrile Pale Ale, West Sixth Brewing Co., Lexington, KY

Category 92: American-Style Strong Pale Ale – 124 Entries

Gold: Green Battles, Pinthouse Pizza – Burnet, Austin, TX

Silver: Breakside Wanderlust IPA, Breakside Brewery & Taproom, Milwaukie, OR

Bronze: Gore Creek IPA, Vail Brewing Co., Avon, CO

Category 93: American-Style India Pale Ale – 377 Entries

Gold: Revision IPA, Revision Brewing Co., Sparks, NV

Silver: Radiant Beauty, Green Cheek Beer Co., Orange, CA

Bronze: Bailing Room, Pinthouse Pizza – S. Lamar, Austin, TX

Category 94: Imperial India Pale Ale – 196 Entries

Gold: Nobility, Noble Ale Works, Anaheim, CA

Silver: Revision DIPA, Revision Brewing Co., Sparks, NV

Bronze: MadeWest Donlon, MadeWest Brewing Co., Ventura, CA

Category 95: American-Style Amber/Red Ale – 110 Entries

Gold: Ole Prospector, BNS Brewing & Distilling Co., Santee, CA

Silver: Faction Red, Faction Brewing Co., Alameda, CA

Bronze: Truckee River Red, Great Basin Brewing Co. – Sparks, Sparks, NV

Category 96: Double Red Ale – 54 Entries

Gold: Local Shred Red, Alvarado Street Brewery, Salinas, CA

Silver: Born & Raised, No-Li Brewhouse, Spokane, WA

Bronze: Red Nut, BentSpoke Brewing Co., Braddon, Australia

Category 97: Imperial Red Ale – 44 Entries

Gold: Good, Not Great, StormBreaker Brewing, Portland, OR

Silver: Red Rock, Figueroa Mountain Brewing – Arroyo Grande, Arroyo Grande, CA

Bronze: Wreak Havoc, Bootstrap Brewing, Niwot, CO

Category 98: American-Style Brown Ale – 78 Entries

Gold: Cell Block 304, Parkersburg Brewing Co., Parkersburg, WV

Silver: Mr. Dynamite, Mad Chef Craft Brewing, East Petersburg, PA

Bronze: Restraint, Institution Ale Co., Camarillo, CA

Category 99: American-Style Black Ale – 53 Entries

Gold: Bivouac Black IPA, Hutton & Smith Brewing Co., Chattanooga, TN

Silver: Midnight Moonlight, Fat Heads Brewery – Middleburg Heights, Middleburg Heights, OH

Bronze: Hoppa Emeritus, Beachwood BBQ & Brewing – Long Beach, Long Beach, CA

Category 100: American-Style Stout – 55 Entries

Gold: Black Cliffs, Boise Brewing, Boise, ID

Silver: Feeling My Oats, Swamp Rabbit Brewery & Taproom, Travelers Rest, SC

Bronze: Disorder, Barley Brown’s Brew Pub, Baker City, OR

Category 101: American-Style Imperial Stout – 93 Entries

Gold: Cultivating Mass, Cooperage Brewing Co., Santa Rosa, CA

Silver: Black Walnut Belgian Imperial Stout, Raised Grain Brewing

Bronze: HoliDAVE, Artifex Brewing Co., San Clemente, CA