Winners List 2016

Category: 1 American-Style Wheat - 28 Entries Category: 29 Aged Beer - 40 Entries Gold: Whammy Bar Wheat, Amplified Works, San Diego, CA Gold: Nine-Tailed Fox, Nasu Kohgen Beer Co., Nasumachi, Japan Silver: Whacked Out Wheat, Telluride Co., Telluride, CO Silver: Solzhenitsyn, Iron Hill & - Media, Media, PA Bronze: Flash Bang, Excel Brewing Co., Breese, IL Bronze: 2012 Dr. Strangelove Barleywine, Strange Craft Beer Co., , CO

Category: 2 American-Style with Yeast - 39 Entries Category: 30 or Zwickelbier - 69 Entries Gold: Fuzztail, Sunriver Brewing, Sunriver, OR Gold: Baumgartner Junghopfenpils, Brauerei Jos. Baumgartner, Schaerding, Austria Silver: Haybag Hefeweizen, Philipsburg Brewing Co., Philipsburg, MT Silver: Ulmer Hexensud, Familienbrauerei Bauhoefer, Renchen, Germany Bronze: Lost Meridian Wit, Base Camp Brewing Co., Portland, OR Bronze: , Marble Brewery, Albuquerque, NM

Category: 3 - 77 Entries Category: 31 Smoke Beer - 79 Entries Gold: Shady Spot, Susquehanna Brewing Co., Pittston, PA Gold: Ashes from the Grave, Monkey Paw Brewing, San Diego, CA Silver: Razz Against the Machine, Little Machine, Denver, CO Silver: Breakside Smoked , Breakside Brewery - Pub Brewery, Portland, OR Bronze: That Guava Beer, Legacy Brewing Co., Oceanside, CA Bronze: Raucher, Wolverine State Brewing Co., Ann Arbor, MI

Category: 4 Fruit Wheat Beer - 46 Entries Category: 32 Light - 45 Entries Gold: First Peach Ale, Blue Moon Brewing Co., Golden, CO Gold: Miller Lite, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI Silver: Mr. Pineapple, SanTan Brewing Co., Chandler, AZ Silver: Asahi The Dream, Asahi , Tokyo, Japan Bronze: Raspberry Wheat Beer, Meantime Brewing Co., , United Kingdom Bronze: Landshark, Margaritaville Brewing Co., Wildwood, MO

Category: 5 Belgian-Style Fruit Beer - 58 Entries Category: 33 International-Style Lager - 103 Entries Gold: Rosetta, , Cooperstown, NY Gold: BEER, La Cumbre Brewing Co., Albuquerque, NM Silver: Coal Kriek, Gravity Brewing, Louisville, CO Silver: Amend This!, TAPS Fish House & Brewery - Brea, Brea, CA Bronze: Sunken City, Insight Brewing Co., Minneapolis, MN Bronze: Wonderstuff, Bauhaus Brew Labs, Minneapolis, MN

Category: 6 Pumpkin Beer - 25 Entries Category: 34 Baltic-Style Porter - 44 Entries Gold: Pump Action Imperial , 4 Noses Brewing Co., Broomfield, CO Gold: Dark Reckoning Baltic Porter, Morgan Territory Brewing, Tracy, CA Silver: Tributary Jacques, Tributary Brewing Co., Kittery, ME Silver: Cobaltic Porter, Bottle Logic Brewing, Anaheim, CA Bronze: Pumpkin Down, Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits - Scripps Ranch, San Diego, CA Bronze: Black Aria Baltic Porter, Mountain Sun Breweries, Denver, CO

Category: 7 Field Beer - 57 Entries Category: 35 German-Style Pilsener - 108 Entries Gold: Ponce, Quest Brewing Co., Greenville, SC Gold: Trumer Pils, Trumer Brauerei, Berkeley, CA Silver: Coconut Delight, Lickinghole Creek Craft Brewery, Goochland, VA Silver: Pilsner, Dry Dock Brewing Co. - South Dock, Aurora, CO Bronze: Cranberry Beet Wild Night, Swamp Head Brewery, Gainesville, FL Bronze: Saalfelder Premium, Buergerliches Brauhaus Saalfeld, Saalfeld, Germany

Category: 8 Chili Beer - 58 Entries Category: 36 Bohemian-Style Pilsener - 65 Entries Gold: Yellow Fever, Comrade Brewing Co., Denver, CO Gold: Duchovni, Medusa Brewing Co., Hudson, MA Silver: Hellcat, Fort George Brewery + Public House, Astoria, OR Silver: High Plains Pils, Canteen Brewhouse, Albuquerque, NM Bronze: Thunder Axe, Brew Hub, Lakeland, FL Bronze: Pilsner, River Rat Brewery, Columbia, SC

Category: 9 Herb and Spice Beer - 129 Entries Category: 37 Muenchner-Style - 76 Entries Gold: Sakura Mankai Lager, Chateau Kamiya Ushiku Brewery, Ushiku, Japan Gold: Loewenbraeu Original, Loewenbraeu, Muenchen, Germany Silver: Squatters Bumper Crop Honey Ale, Squatters Pub Brewery, Salt Lake City, UT Silver: Aktien Hell, ABK Betriebsgesellschaft der Aktienbrauerei Kaufbeuren, Kaufbeuren, Germany Bronze: Vanilla Bean Buffalo Sweat, Tallgrass Brewing Co., Manhattan, KS Bronze: Beach Blonde, Crystal Lake Brewing Co., Crystal Lake, IL

Category: 10 Chocolate Beer - 80 Entries Category: 38 Dortmunder/Export or German-Style Oktoberfest - 52 Entries Gold: Pasteur Street Cyclo , Pasteur Street Brewing Co., Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Gold: Festbier, Muellerbraeu, Pfaffenhofen, Germany Silver: Airporter Chocolate Porter, Marin Brewing Co., Larkspur, CA Silver: Tauras Tradicinis, Kalnapilio-Tauro Grupe, Panevezys, Lithuania Bronze: Kerplunk! Imperial Chocolate Stout, Spring House Brewing Co., Lancaster, PA Bronze: Eder’s Export, Eder & Heylands Brauerei, Grossostheim, Germany

Category: 11 Beer - 154 Entries Category: 39 Vienna-Style Lager - 57 Entries Gold: Mocha Machine, Beachwood BBQ & Brewing, Long Beach, CA Gold: Dock Time, Stony Creek Brewery, Branford, CT Silver: Overload Stout, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant - West Chester, West Chester, PA Silver: Firebrick, August Schell Brewing Co., New Ulm, MN Bronze: Portola Breakfast Stout, Tustin Brewing Co., Tustin, CA Bronze: Puesta del Sol, WeldWerks Brewing Co., Greeley, CO

Category: 12 Specialty Beer - 60 Entries Category: 40 German-Style Maerzen - 34 Entries Gold: Maple Bacon Coffee Porter, Funky Buddha Brewery, Oakland Park, FL Gold: Hissy Fit Marzen Lager, Sisters Brewing Co., Addison, TX Silver: Maple Tripple Ale, Lawson’s Finest Liquids, Warren, VT Silver: Rhinofest, Lost Rhino Brewing Co., Ashburn, VA Bronze: Nut Smasher, Willoughby Brewing Co., Willoughby, OH Bronze: Ur-Saalfelder, Buergerliches Brauhaus Saalfeld, Saalfeld, Germany

Category: 13 - 54 Entries Category: 41 European-Style Dark/Muenchner - 56 Entries Gold: Rye Dawn, Breakwater Brewing Co., Oceanside, CA Gold: I Dunkled in My Pants, Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. - Arroyo Grande, Santa Barbara, CA Silver: Grimlock, Loowit Brewing Co., Vancouver, WA Silver: Mother in Lager, Karbach Brewing Co., Houston, TX Bronze: Uncle Dave’s Rye IPA, Discretion Brewing, Soquel, CA Bronze: Yee-Haw Dunkel, Yee-Haw Brewing, Johnson City, TN

Category: 14 Honey Beer - 55 Entries Category: 42 German-Style - 51 Entries Gold: Honey Chamomile Wheat, Nexus Brewery, Albuquerque, NM Gold: Schwartz Bier, Devils Backbone Brewing Co. - Outpost, Lexington, VA Silver: Cross-Pollination, Magic Rock Brewing, Huddersfield, United Kingdom Silver: Magnetron Schwarzbier, , , IL Bronze: Long Sun Brewing Honey Beer, Long Sun Brewing, New Taipei City, Taiwan Bronze: TAPS Schwarzbier, TAPS Fish House & Brewery - Brea, Brea, CA

Category: 15 Session Beer - 34 Entries Category: 43 German-Style or Maibock - 75 Entries Gold: Otra Vez, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Mills River, NC Gold: Maibock, Stoudts Brewing Co., Adamstown, PA Silver: La Fete, 7venth Sun Brewery, Dunedin, FL Silver: Pivo Bublina, Ploughshare Brewing Co., Lincoln, NE Bronze: Golden Dragon, Ise Kadoya Brewery, Ise, Japan Bronze: Engel Bock Dunkel, Biermanufaktur ENGEL, Crailsheim, Germany

Category: 16 Session India - 111 Entries Category: 44 German-Style Doppelbock or Eisbock - 53 Entries Gold: Little Secret, Triptych Brewing, Savoy, IL Gold: Lucubrator, Occidental Brewing Co., Portland, OR Silver: Down to Earth, 21st Amendment Brewery, San Leandro, CA Silver: Warning Sign, Rockyard Brewing Co., Castle Rock, CO Bronze: Eternal, Northern Monk Brew Co., Leeds, United Kingdom Bronze: ATOR 20, Brauerei S. Riegele, Augsburg, Germany

Category: 17 Other Strong Beer - 47 Entries Category: 45 American-Style Lager - 82 Entries Gold: Brilliant, 10 Barrel Brewing Co., Bend, OR Gold: Rainier Lager, Pabst Brewing Co., Los Angeles, CA Silver: Laissez-Faire, Monday Night Brewing, Atlanta, GA Silver: High Life, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI Bronze: Winter Woman, Revolution Brewing Brewpub, Chicago, IL Bronze: Rocket 100, The Austin Beer Garden Brewing Co., Austin, TX

Category: 18 Experimental Beer - 86 Entries Category: 46 American-Style Amber Lager - 59 Entries Gold: Arima Japan Ale, Konishi Brewing Co., Itami, Japan Gold: Steam Engine Lager, Steamworks Brewing Co., Durango, CO Silver: Cerise Mousseux Nouveau, Manitou Brewing Co., Manitou Springs, CO Silver: Ringside Red, Boxing Cat Brewery, Shanghai, China Bronze: Iwate Kura Beer Oyster Stout, Iwate Kura Beer, Ichinoseki, Japan Bronze: Holsteiner, Argus Brewery, Chicago, IL

Category: 19 Fresh or Wet Hop Ale - 10 Entries Category: 47 American-Style Dark Lager - 29 Entries Silver: High Ground IPA, Manitou Brewing Co., Manitou Springs, CO Gold: Jump Seat Black Lager, Lancaster Brewing Co., Lancaster, PA Bronze: Double Conundrum Imperial Red Fresh Hop, Aspen Brewing Co., Aspen, CO Silver: El Moreno, TAPS Fish House & Brewery - Brea, Brea, CA Bronze: Saint Patrick’s Black, Saint Patrick’s Brewing Co., Littleton, CO Category: 20 Historical Beer - 27 Entries Gold: Archetype Historical IPA, Circle Brewing Co., Austin, TX Category: 48 Australian- or International-Style Pale Ale - 84 Entries Silver: Great Odin’s Beard Oat Ale, Third Street Aleworks, Santa Rosa, CA Gold: Triumvirate, Reuben’s Brews, Seattle, WA Bronze: Dortmunder Adambier, Blue Pants Brewery, Madison, AL Silver: Breakside Lunch Break ISA, Breakside Brewery, Milwaukie, OR Bronze: Bosque IPA, Bosque Brewing Co., Albuquerque, NM Category: 21 Gluten-Free Beer - 40 Entries Gold: Glutenberg , Brasseurs Sans Gluten, Montreal, Canada Category: 49 German-Style Koelsch - 75 Entries Silver: Glutenberg Lapsang d’Automne, Brasseurs Sans Gluten, Montreal, Canada Gold: Claritas, Mike Hess Brewing Co. - North Park, San Diego, CA Bronze: A Dark Night, Departed Soles Brewing Co., Jersey City, NJ Silver: Feder Monde, All Rise Brewing Co., Chicago, IL Bronze: Straub Kolsch, Straub Brewery, St. Marys, PA Category: 22 American-Belgo-Style Ale - 61 Entries Gold: Snowcat White IPA, Rock Bottom - Chicago, Chicago, IL Category: 50 German-Style - 56 Entries Silver: Tank 7 , Boulevard Brewing Co., Kansas City, MO Gold: 90 Shilling, Odell Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO Bronze: Salad Days, Pale Fire Brewing Co., Harrisonburg, VA Silver: Little Red Cap, Grimm Brothers Brewhouse, Loveland, CO Bronze: Breakside Will’s Alt, Breakside Brewery - Pub Brewery, Portland, OR Category: 23 American-Style Sour Ale - 84 Entries Gold: Confliction, Sloop Brewing, Elizaville, NY Category: 51 German-Style Sour Ale - 78 Entries Silver: Ensorcelled, The Rare Barrel, Berkeley, CA Gold: Volkssekt, Bend Brewing Co., Bend, OR Bronze: DAM Wild - and Lemon Verbena, Flat Tail Brewing Co., Corvallis, OR Silver: Gosebusters, Noble Ale Works, Anaheim, CA Bronze: Original Ritterguts , Ritterguts Gose, Borna, Germany Category: 24 Brett Beer - 70 Entries Gold: Blushing Star, Liquid Riot Bottling Co., Portland, ME Category: 52 South German-Style Hefeweizen - 100 Entries Silver: Sauvage, NOLA Brewing, New Orleans, LA Gold: Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier, Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan, Freising, Germany Bronze: La Bonte Pear, Wicked Weed Brewing, Asheville, NC Silver: Premier OB Weizen, Co., Icheon-si, South Korea Bronze: Baumgartner Weisse Hell, Brauerei Jos. Baumgartner, Schaerding, Austria Category: 25 Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer - 66 Entries Gold: Bourbon Barrel Aged Koffi Porter, La Quinta Brewing Co., Palm Desert, CA Category: 53 German-Style Wheat Ale - 62 Entries Silver: Rye Robustito, Drake’s Brewing Co., San Leandro, CA Gold: Franziskaner Weissbier Royal, Spaten-Franziskaner-Braeu, Muenchen, Germany Bronze: Wild Warehouse, Wander Brewing, Bellingham, WA Silver: Weihenstephaner Kristallweissbier, Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan, Freising, Germany Bronze: Plank Original Hefeweizen, Brauerei Michael Plank, Laaber, Germany Category: 26 Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer - 151 Entries Gold: Bourbon Barrel Aged Jinx Remover, Fall Brewing Co., San Diego, CA Category: 54 South German-Style Weizenbock - 33 Entries Silver: Omega Point, Olde Hickory Brewery Co., Hickory, NC Gold: Ladenburger Weizenbock Hell, Brauerei Ladenburger, Neuler, Germany Bronze: Samuel Adams Utopias, Boston Beer Co., Boston, MA Silver: Plank Heller Weizenbock, Brauerei Michael Plank, Laaber, Germany Bronze: Plank Dunkler Weizenbock, Brauerei Michael Plank, Laaber, Germany Category: 27 Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Stout - 152 Entries Gold: A Night to End All Dawns, Kane Brewing, Ocean, NJ Category: 55 Belgian-Style Witbier - 78 Entries Silver: Darkstar November, Bottle Logic Brewing, Anaheim, CA Gold: Hoegaarden Wit, , Inbev Belgium, Hoegaarden, Belgium Bronze: Ruse, Hardywood Park Craft Brewery, Richmond, VA Silver: Gentleman’s Wit, Brewery, London, United Kingdom Bronze: Plum Island White, Newburyport Brewing Co., Newburyport, MA Category: 28 Wood- and Barrel-Aged - 115 Entries Gold: Love Among the Ruins, Thornbridge, Bakewell, United Kingdom Category: 56 French & Belgian-Style - 116 Entries Silver: Days of Creation, Thornbridge, Bakewell, United Kingdom Gold: Classic Saison, Blackberry Farm Brewery, Walland, TN Bronze: Bramble On Rose, Toolbox Brewing Co., Vista, CA Silver: La Saison du Tracteur, Microbrasserie Le Trou Du Diable, Shawinigan, Canada Bronze: Soleil Saison, 12Degree Brewing, Louisville, CO Category: 57 Belgian- and French-Style Ale - 42 Entries Category: 81 Barley -Style Ale - 71 Entries Gold: Barrel Aged Woodthrush, Little Fish Brewing Co., Athens, OH Gold: 2013 10&2 Barleywine, Fifty West Brewing Co., Cincinnati, OH Silver: Farnam House Biere de Garde, Farnam House Brewing Co., Omaha, NE Silver: Old Bounder, Boundary Bay Brewery, Bellingham, WA Bronze: Domaine DuPage, Co., Warrenville, IL Bronze: Stormwatcher’s Winterfest, Pelican Brewing Co. - Pacific City, Pacific City, OR

Category: 58 Belgian-Style Pale Ale or Blonde Ale - 60 Entries Category: 82 Irish-Style Red Ale - 66 Entries Gold: La Trappe Trappist Blond, Bierbrouwerij de Koningshoeven, Berkel-Enschot, Gold: Reilly’s Red, Devils Backbone Brewing Co. - Outpost, Lexington, VA Silver: Raise the Roost, Portland Brewing, Portland, OR Silver: Piper Down, Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits, San Diego, CA Bronze: Golden Ghost, Lost Highway Brewing, Denver, CO Bronze: Red Molly, Pale Fire Brewing Co., Harrisonburg, VA

Category: 59 Belgian-Style Sour Ale - 46 Entries Category: 83 Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout - 42 Entries Gold: Oude Geuze Boon Black Label, Brouwerij Boon, Lembeek, Belgium Gold: Minoh Beer STOUT, A·J·I Beer, Minoh, Japan Silver: Lindemans Oude Kriek Cuvee Rene, Lindemans Brewery, Vlezenbeek, Belgium Silver: Irish Stout, Carver Brewing Co., Durango, CO Bronze: Red Angel, Wicked Weed - Funkatorium, Asheville, NC Bronze: O’Connor’s Dry Irish Stout, O’Connor Brewing Co., Norfolk, VA

Category: 60 Belgian-Style Flanders or Oud Red Ale - 36 Entries Category: 84 Export Stout - 52 Entries Gold: Yearling, Eagle Rock Brewery, Los Angeles, CA Gold: Fade to Black, Volume 1, Left Hand Brewing Co., Longmont, CO Silver: Oude Tart, Bruery Terreux, Placentia, CA Silver: Spetsnaz, The Grumpy Troll Brewpub, Mount Horeb, WI Bronze: 2014 Vintage Blue Sunday, New Holland Brewing Co., Holland, MI Bronze: Dirty Frank Stout, River’s Edge Brewing Co., Milford, MI

Category: 61 Belgian-Style or Quadrupel - 73 Entries Category: 85 Golden or Blonde Ale - 82 Entries Gold: Sanitarium, Bier Brewery and Taproom, Indianapolis, IN Gold: Power & Light Pale, Independence Brewing, Austin, TX Silver: Dubbel, Hertog Jan Brouwerij, Arcen, Netherlands Silver: Squatters Chasing Tail Golden Ale, Squatters Pub Brewery, Salt Lake City, UT Bronze: Three Philosophers, Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown, NY Bronze: German Blonde, Bemidji Brewing Co., Bemidji, MN

Category: 62 Belgian-Style - 76 Entries Category: 86 American-Style Pale Ale - 167 Entries Gold: Bedotter, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant - Lancaster, Lancaster, PA Gold: Pistol River Pale, Arch Rock Brewing Co., Gold Beach, OR Silver: 33 Acres of Euphoria, 33 Acres Brewing Co., Vancouver, Canada Silver: Pale Ale, North High Brewing, Columbus, OH Bronze: Gnomegang, Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown, NY Bronze: Knotty Pine Pale Ale, Lumberyard Brewing Co., Flagstaff, AZ

Category: 63 Belgian-Style Pale - 48 Entries Category: 87 American-Style Strong Pale Ale - 118 Entries Gold: Treachery, 12Degree Brewing, Louisville, CO Gold: Lucky Day, Central Coast Brewing Co., San Luis Obispo, CA Silver: Sanctuary Golden Strong Ale, Gemini Beer Co., Westminster, CO Silver: IPA 2016, Yo-Ho Brewing Co., Saku, Japan Bronze: Deceit, Funkwerks, Fort Collins, CO Bronze: Paladin, Wicks Brewing Co., Riverside, CA

Category: 64 Belgian-Style Dark Strong Ale - 37 Entries Category: 88 American-Style India Pale Ale - 275 Entries Gold: The Sixth Glass, Boulevard Brewing Co., Kansas City, MO Gold: I Love It!, Noble Ale Works, Anaheim, CA Silver: Four Swords, Deep Ellum Brewing Co., Dallas, TX Silver: IPA, Great North Aleworks, Manchester, NH Bronze: La Grivoise de Noel, Microbrasserie Le Trou Du Diable, Shawinigan, Canada Bronze: Santilli, Night Shift Brewing, Everett, MA

Category: 65 Other Belgian-Style Ale - 43 Entries Category: 89 Imperial India Pale Ale - 181 Entries Gold: Supernatural, Crooked Run Brewing, Leesburg, VA Gold: Hop JuJu Imperial IPA, Fat Head’s Brewery - Middleburg Heights, Middleburg Heights, OH Silver: Chump Change, Oak Highlands Brewery, Dallas, TX Silver: Trebuchet, Second Street Brewery, Santa Fe, NM Bronze: Sugarfoot Belgian Table Beer, Spangalang Brewery, Denver, CO Bronze: Nobility, Noble Ale Works, Anaheim, CA

Category: 66 English-Style - 38 Entries Category: 90 American-Style Amber/Red Ale - 96 Entries Gold: Song In Your Heart, Discretion Brewing, Soquel, CA Gold: Epiphany Red Ale, Iron Springs Pub & Brewery, Fairfax, CA Silver: Triple Crown Brown, The Mitten Brewing Co., Grand Rapids, MI Silver: Sabre-Toothed Squirrel, Smog City Brewing Co., Torrance, CA Bronze: Brockwell, Heist Brewery, Charlotte, NC Bronze: Beast of Bray Road, Second Salem Brewing Co., Whitewater, WI

Category: 67 English-Style Summer Ale - 30 Entries Category: 91 Double Red Ale - 51 Entries Gold: James Squires The Swindler Summer Ale, West End Brewery, Thebarton, Australia Gold: Summit Sunrise, Denver Beer Co. - Canworks, Denver, CO Silver: Pacific Ale, Stone & Wood Brewing Co., Byron Bay, Australia Silver: Valentinus IPA, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant - Wilmington, Wilmington, DE Bronze: True Blonde Ale, SKA Brewing Co., Durango, CO Bronze: Toaster Pastry, 21st Amendment Brewery, San Leandro, CA

Category: 68 Ordinary or Special Bitter - 36 Entries Category: 92 Imperial Red Ale - 37 Entries Gold: Amber, Dry Dock Brewing Co. - North Dock, Aurora, CO Gold: Blood Junkie, Three Weavers Brewing Co., Inglewood, CA Silver: Sawtooth Ale, Left Hand Brewing Co., Longmont, CO Silver: December Nights Imperial Red, Thorn Street Brewery, San Diego, CA Bronze: Broken Dial, Harviestoun, Alva, United Kingdom Bronze: Wreak Havoc, Bootstrap Brewing, Niwot, CO

Category: 69 Classic English-Style Pale Ale - 33 Entries Category: 93 American-Style - 81 Entries Gold: Caldera Ashland Amber, Caldera Brewing Co., Ashland, OR Gold: Granola Brown Ale, Black Hog Brewing, Oxford, CT Silver: Puddlers Row ESB, Conshohocken Brewing Co., Conshohocken, PA Silver: Open Road Brown Ale, Troubled Monk Brewery, Red Deer, Canada Bronze: Breakside ESB, Breakside Brewery - Pub Brewery, Portland, OR Bronze: Upslope Brown Ale, Upslope Brewing Co. - Flatiron Park, Boulder, CO

Category: 70 Extra Special Bitter - 68 Entries Category: 94 American-Style Black Ale - 67 Entries Gold: ESB, Bier Brewery and Taproom, Indianapolis, IN Gold: Turmoil, Barley Brown’s Brew Pub, Baker City, OR Silver: End of Summer Beer, Mother Earth Brew Co., Vista, CA Silver: Carlton, Melvin Brewing - Jackson, Jackson, WY Bronze: Old Jalopy Pale Ale, Powell Street Craft Brewery, Vancouver, Canada Bronze: Midnight Moonlight, Fat Head’s Brewery - Middleburg Heights, Middleburg Heights, OH

Category: 71 English-Style India Pale Ale - 41 Entries Category: 95 American-Style Stout - 51 Entries Gold: Independence Pass Ale, Aspen Brewing Co., Aspen, CO Gold: The Defender, Haymarket Pub & Brewery, Chicago, IL Silver: Punjabi Pale Ale, CooperSmith’s Pub & Brewing, Fort Collins, CO Silver: Kilgore, Beachwood BBQ & Brewing, Long Beach, CA Bronze: Big Wave Bay IPA, Hong Kong Beer Co., Chai Wan, Hong Kong Bronze: P2P, 10 Barrel Brewing Co. - Boise, Boise, ID

Category: 72 Scottish-Style Ale - 41 Entries Category: 96 American-Style Imperial Stout - 62 Entries Gold: Kilt Lifter, Four Peaks Brewing Co. - Wilson Street, Tempe, AZ Gold: Blot Out the Sun, Three Floyds Brewing Co., Munster, IN Silver: Druthers 80 Shilling, Druthers Brewing Co., Albany, NY Silver: HoliDAVE, Artifex Brewing Co., San Clemente, CA Bronze: Maltopia Scotch Ale, Hermitage Brewing Co., San Jose, CA Bronze: Happy Ending, SweetWater Brewing Co., Atlanta, GA

Category: 73 English-Style Brown Ale - 50 Entries Gold: Boar Brown, Pig Pounder Brewery, Greensboro, NC Champion Brewery and Brewer Awards Silver: Sweet George’s Brown, Dillon Dam Brewery, Dillon, CO Bronze: Brewers Special Brown Ale, New English Brewing Co., San Diego, CA World Beer Cup Champion Brewery and Brewmaster Very Small Brewing Company Category: 74 Brown Porter - 66 Entries Arch Rock Brewing Co. Gold: Capella Porter, Ecliptic Brewing, Portland, OR James Smith Silver: Polygamy Nitro Porter, Utah Brewers Cooperative, Salt Lake City, UT Bronze: Blue Nose Brown, Red Leg Brewing Co., Colorado Springs, CO World Beer Cup Champion Brewery and Brewmaster Small Brewing Company Category: 75 Robust Porter - 92 Entries Noble Ale Works Gold: P.M. Porter, BJ’s Restaurant & Brewery - West Covina, West Covina, CA Evan & The Giants Silver: Gaspar’s Porter, Beer Co., Cape Canaveral, FL Bronze: Stranger than Fiction Porter, Collective Arts Brewing, Hamilton, Canada World Beer Cup Champion Brewery and Brewmaster Mid-Size Brewing Company Category: 76 Sweet Stout or Cream Stout - 63 Entries Brewery Ommegang Gold: Chocolate Milk Stout, Boxing Bear Brewing Co., Albuquerque, NM Brewery Ommegang Silver: Buried at Sea, Galway Bay Brewery, Galway, Ireland Bronze: Udder Love, Beachwood BBQ & Brewing, Long Beach, CA World Beer Cup Champion Brewery and Brewmaster Large Brewing Company Category: 77 Oatmeal Stout - 67 Entries Miller Brewing Co. Gold: Scaredy Cat, Vintage Brewing Co., Madison, WI Miller Brewing Co. Brewing Team Silver: Stumblers Stout, Columbia River Brewing Co., Portland, OR Bronze: Sasquatch Shadow, Elk Horn Brewery, Eugene, OR World Beer Cup Champion Brewery and Brewmaster Small Brewpub Category: 78 Scotch Ale - 70 Entries 12Degree Brewing Gold: Clan Warrior Scotch Ale, Odyssey Beerwerks, Arvada, CO Jon Howland & Tor O’Brien Silver: AleSmith Wee Heavy, AleSmith Brewing Co., San Diego, CA Bronze: Glasgow Butcher, Crooked Ewe Brewery & Ale House, South Bend, IN World Beer Cup Champion Brewery and Brewmaster Large Brewpub Category: 79 British-Style Imperial Stout - 53 Entries Beachwood BBQ & Brewing Gold: Arch Devil Imperial Stout, DevilCraft, Shinagawa-ku, Japan Julian Shrago, Ian McCall & Gene Wagoner Silver: Russian Imperial Stout, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant - Media, Media, PA Bronze: Corvo Negro, Novo Brazil Brewing Co., Chula Vista, CA

Category: 80 or Strong Ale - 55 Entries Gold: Ninja Pirate, Black Lotus Brewing Co., Clawson, MI Silver: Heini’s Good Cheer, Roundabout Brewery, Pittsburgh, PA Bronze: Irish Walker, Olde Hickory Brewery Co., Hickory, NC

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