The world’s largest barrel-aged beer competition — The Illinois Craft Beer Guild‘s Festival of Barrel Aged Beer (#FoBAB) in Chicago — is currently satisfying hoards of beer lovers. For breweries, it’s also a chance to see if their beer stood-out among the sea of special beers. The awards have been announced and our Chicago/Midwest editor, Mike Zoller, relayed the information as it happened. Here are the results — Congrats not only to the winners, but also every brewery that took the time to offer their beer to a thirsty, enthusiastic beer crowd.

#FoBAB Best in Show

Cider/Mead/Perry

Silver: Virtue Cider Percheron

Fruit Beer

Specialty Strong Porter/Stout (> 7% ABV)

Barleywine/Wheatwine

Other Dark Beer (>7% ABV)

Other Pale Beer (> 7% ABV)

Strong Porter/Stout (>7% ABV)

Specialty/Experimental Beer

Wild Beer/Brett (Non-Acidic)

Wild Beer/Sours (Acidic)

Wild Beer/Sours (Acidic with Fruit)