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2019 Washington Beer Awards Results 2019 Washington Beer Awards Results On behalf of Specialty Competitions LLC and the Washington Beer Commission, we are proud to announce the winners of the seventh annual Washington Beer Awards®. 1,467 beers were entered in the competition by 193 Washington breweries. All of the beers submitted must have been both brewed and made commercially available in the state of Washington. The entries were evaluated in a blind format using the Brewers Association Style Guidelines by panels of trained beer judges who awarded Gold, Silver, and Bronze placements for each category grouping. Download the complete awards list at www.wabeerawards.com/winners German Pale Lagers: American-Style Cream Ales: Gold: Dystopian State - Heliophant Gold: Postdoc Brewing - Hydrogen Blonde Silver: Kulshan Brewing Co. - Sunnyland - Helles Silver: Pacific Brewing And Malting - 1897 Lager Bronze: MIRAGE - Patek Water Bronze: Bron Yr Aur Brewing Co. - Beaver Deceiver German-Style Pilsners: Golden or Blonde Ales: Gold: Jellyfish Brewing Company - Hydra Pils Gold: Dick's Brewing Co. - Golden Ale Silver: Bellevue Brewing Co - Bellevue Brewing Pilsner Silver: Rainy Daze Brewing - Blonde Bronze: Grains Of Wrath Brewing - Luger Pils Bronze: Diamond Knot Brewing Co. - Northwest Blonde Bohemian-Style Pilsners: Session Beers: Gold: Chainline Brewing Company - Polaris Gold: Cloudburst Brewing - Tell Me Lies Silver: Brothers Cascadia Brewing - The People's Pilsner Silver: Perry Street Brewing - Session IPL Bronze: Chuckanut Brewery - Chuckanut Pilsner Bronze: Perry Street Brewing - Session IPmaybeA Vienna-Style Lagers: English-Style Bitters: Gold: Lowercase Brewing - ESB Gold: Grains Of Wrath Brewing - Vienna Lager Silver: Elliott Bay Brewing Co - West Seattle - Organic Alembic Pale Silver: Ram Restaurant & Brewery - Rabbit Punch Bronze: Fish Brewing Company - Organic IPA Bronze: Burke-Gilman Brewing Company - Archduke English Pale Ales: German-Style Schwarzbiers: Gold: San Juan Island Brewing Co. - Quarry No.9 Pale Ale Gold: Paradise Creek Brewery - After Dark Silver: Anacortes Brewing Company - Humpday English Mild Silver: Odd Otter Brewing - Von Himmel Bronze: Ram Restaurant & Brewery - Hometown Blonde Bronze: Kulshan Brewing Co. - Sunnyland - Schwarzbier English Dark Ales: Other German Dark Lagers: Gold: North 47 Brewing - Guvnuh Gold: Chuckanut Brewery - Chuckanut Dunkel Silver: Fortside Brewing Company - Couve A'licious Silver: Dru Bru - Bru Ski Patrol Bronze: Dog Days Brewing - Mildly Infuriating Bronze: Chainline Brewing Company - Cerne British Strong Ales: Light American-Style Lagers: Gold: Cairn Brewing - Wee Heavey Gold: Lowercase Brewing - American Light LAGER Silver: Silver City Brewery - Old Scrooge Silver: Odin Brewing Co. - Freya's Gold Lager Bronze: Odin Brewing Co. - Thor's Reserve Stout Bronze: STONES THROW BREWERY - Raincountry Liquid Sunshine Scottish Shilling Ales: Contemporary American-Style Pilseners: Gold: Scamp Brewing Co. - And My Axe Gold: Single Hill Brewing - Citizen Grain Silver: Bron Yr Aur Brewing Co. - Bonnie Doon Scottish Ale Silver: Bellevue Brewing Co - Bellevue Brewing IPL Bronze: North Jetty Brewing - Leadbetter Red Scottish Style Ale Bronze: Dreadnought Brewing LLC - Old Man Scotch Ales: Other American-Style Lagers: Gold: Silver City Brewery - Magnificent Bastard Gold: Lowercase Brewing - Mexican LAGER Silver: Black Raven Brewing - Second Sight Silver: Headless Mumby Brewing - Cascadian Brown Lager Bronze: The Pike Brewing Company - Pike Kilt Lifter Scotch Ale Bronze: Four Generals Brewing - Rentoncito Irish Red Ales: International Lagers: Gold: Silver City Brewery - Ridgetop Red Gold: Varietal Beer Company - Casita Silver: Rainy Daze Brewing - Dukes Up Silver: Chuckanut Brewery - Chuckanut Asian Lager Bronze: Haywire Brewing Co. - Foxtrail Bronze: Chuckanut Brewery - Chuckanut Mexican Lager Brown Porters: German-Style Heller Bock/Maibocks: Gold: Iron Goat Brewing - Bob's Your Uncle Brown Porter Gold: Chuckanut Brewery - Chuckanut Maibock Silver: San Juan Island Brewing Co. - Black Boar Porter Silver: Anacortes Brewing Company - Mai-Oh-Mai Bock Bronze: Aslan Brewing Co - Bham Brown Bronze: Redhook Brewlab - Motorhook Robust Porters: Other Strong Lagers: Gold: Ravenna Brewing Co - Lion Tamer Gold: Lowercase Brewing - EISBOCK Silver: Pacific Brewing And Malting - Grit City Porter Silver: Big Barn Brewing Co. - Deitz Bock Bronze: Flyers Restaurant And Brewery - Pacemaker Porter Bronze: Kulshan Brewing Co. - Sunnyland - Doppelbock Sweet/Cream Stouts: German-Style Kölsches: Gold: Bushnell Craft Brewing Company - Dunkadelic Gold: Chuckanut Brewery - Chuckanut Kolsch Silver: Pacific Brewing And Malting - Mama Bear Milk Stout Silver: North Jetty Brewing - Yellow Boots Kolsch Style Ale Bronze: Ten Pin Brewing - Snake Eye Stout Bronze: North Jetty Brewing - North Jetty Kolsch Oatmeal Stouts: German-Style Altbiers: Gold: Dreadnought Brewing LLC - Chocolate Jesus Gold: Chuckanut Brewery - Chuckanut Alt Silver: Rainy Daze Brewing - Built For Comfort Stout Silver: Scuttlebutt Brewing Co. - Ein Malz Und Hopfen (EMuH) Bronze: American Brewing - American Oatmeal Stout Bronze: Burke-Gilman Brewing Company - Der Alte Irish Stouts: German-Style Maerzens: Gold: Wenatchee Valley Brewing Company - Trout Stout Gold: Elliott Bay Brewing Co - West Seattle - My Favorite Marzen Silver: Odin Brewing Co. - Thor's Shadow Imperial Stout Silver: Icicle Brewing Company - Dirtyface Amber Bronze: Lagunitas Brewing Company - Pint O' Danny's Irish Stout Bronze: Flying Bike Cooperative Brewery - Flying Bock American-Style Stouts: South German-Style Hefeweizens: Gold: Top Rung Brewing Company - My Dog Scout Stout Gold: Grains Of Wrath Brewing - Hefeweizen Silver: Bron Yr Aur Brewing Co. - Gentlemens Stout Silver: Well 80 Brewing Company - Folle Pulle! Bronze: Hop Nation Brewing Company - Lane Splitter Stout Bronze: 20 Corners Brewing Company - Scud Runner American-Style Imperial Stouts: Other German Wheat Beers: Gold: Black Raven Brewing - Grandfather Raven Gold: Flyers Restaurant And Brewery - Heat Seeker Hefe Silver: Urban Family Brewing Company - Dunkable Silver: Stoup Brewing - Darker Fields Weizenbock (Collaboration With Holy Mountain) Bronze: Gig Harbor Brewing Co. LLC - Gig Harbor Imperial Stout Bronze: STONES THROW BREWERY - Kristal Who? American-Style Pale Ales: American Wheat Beers: Gold: Grains Of Wrath Brewing - Papermaker Pale Gold: Fish Brewing Company - Hefeweizen Silver: Burke-Gilman Brewing Company - Troll Tears Silver: Snoqualmie Falls Brewery - Haystack Bronze: Hellbent Brewing Company - Always Naked Summer Pale Bronze: Metier Brewing Company - Wheat Juicy or Hazy Pale Ales: Rye Beers: Gold: MIRAGE - Final Rose Gold: Headless Mumby Brewing - Smoked Rye Lager Silver: Reuben's Brews - 1406 Brewery - Hazealicious Silver: Haywire Brewing Co. - Ryed Into The Dark Bronze: Hellbent Brewing Company - Seattle Sunshine Hazy Pale Bronze: Chuckanut Brewery - Chuckanut Rye Lager American-Style Strong Pale Ales: Gold: Single Hill Brewing - Eastside IPA Silver: Stoup Brewing - Citra IPA Bronze: Hellbent Brewing Company - DANG! Citra IPA American Amber Ales: Contemporary-Style Goses: Gold: Hellbent Brewing Company - Funky Red Patina Gold: Ten Pin Brewing - Guava Gose Silver: Big Block Brewing - Flathead Red Silver: Old Stove Brewing - Gose 2.0 Bronze: Wenatchee Valley Brewing Company - Overlord Amber Ale Bronze: Resonate Brewery + Pizzeria - One Red Thread American-Style Brown and Black Ales: American-Style Sour and Wild Ales: Gold: Big Block Brewing - Big Block Brown Gold: Standard Brewing - Apocryphal Silver: Populuxe Brewing - Beer Snob Brown Silver: Heathen Brewing - Mojita Sour Bronze: Western Red Brewing - Crew Boss CDA Bronze: Northish Beer Company - Rarified Inertia American-Style India Pale Ales: Belgian Sour Beers: Gold: Grains Of Wrath Brewing - Overkill IPA Gold: Tin Dog Brewing - Errant Whispers Silver: Barrel Mountain Brewing - Unplug IPA Silver: Elliott Bay Brewing Co - Lake City - Big Pun Bronze: The Pike Brewing Company - Pike Bitterlake IPA Bronze: Elliott Bay Brewing Co - Lake City - De Rode Duivels Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ales: American-Style Fruit Beers: Gold: Trap Door Brewing - Glowed Up Gold: Twin Sisters Brewing Company - Strawberry Zwickelbier Silver: Trap Door Brewing - TANG Silver: Silver City Brewery - Sun Glitter Bronze: Old Schoolhouse Brewery - Eddy Hopper Bronze: Ice Harbor Brewing Co. - Tropika IPA Imperial or Double India Pale Ales: Fruit Wheat Beers: Gold: Sumerian Brewing Co. - Hopruption Double IPA Gold: Ten Pin Brewing - Groove Silver: Ghost Runners Brewery - Pre-HOPtaine Silver: Ten Pin Brewing - Taphouse - Tropical Groove Bronze: Taneum Creek Brewing - Never Lift IIPA Bronze: Steam Donkey Brewing Co. - Currant Situation Juicy or Hazy Imperial or Double India Pale Ales: Belgian-Style Fruit Lambics: Gold: Trap Door Brewing - Popular Culture Gold: E9 Brewing Co - Last Truck To Clarksville Silver: Reuben's Brews - Triple Crush Silver: E9 Brewing Co - Genus Rubus Bronze: Urban Family Brewing Company - Game Breaker Bronze: E9 Brewing Co - Wild Tacoma Bing Cherry Other American Strong Ales: Vegetable Beers: Gold: Double Bluff Brewing Company - Anthesian India Red Ale Gold: Cloudburst Brewing - Grandma Take Me Home Silver: Three Bull Brewing Co. - Elk Camp Porter Silver: Black Raven Brewing - Coco Jones Bronze: Georgetown Brewing Company - 18 Pound Bronze: North Fork Brewery - Golden Beet Berliner Barleywines: Chili Pepper Beers: Gold: Icicle Brewing Company - Decline Gold: 20 Corners Brewing Company - Zicatella Silver: Boundary
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