Winners List 2016 Category: 1 American-Style Wheat Beer - 28 Entries Category: 29 Aged Beer - 40 Entries Gold: Whammy Bar Wheat, Amplified Ale Works, San Diego, CA Gold: Nine-Tailed Fox, Nasu Kohgen Beer Co., Nasumachi, Japan Silver: Whacked Out Wheat, Telluride Brewing Co., Telluride, CO Silver: Solzhenitsyn, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant - Media, Media, PA Bronze: Flash Bang, Excel Brewing Co., Breese, IL Bronze: 2012 Dr. Strangelove Barleywine, Strange Craft Beer Co., Denver, CO Category: 2 American-Style Wheat Beer with Yeast - 39 Entries Category: 30 Kellerbier 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: Pilsner, Marble Brewery, Albuquerque, NM Category: 3 Fruit Beer - 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 Porter, 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 Lager - 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 Breweries, Tokyo, Japan Bronze: Raspberry Wheat Beer, Meantime Brewing Co., London, 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, Brewery Ommegang, 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 Pumpkin Ale, 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 Helles - 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 Stout, 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 Coffee 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, Bitter 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 Rye Beer - 54 Entries Category: 41 European-Style Dark/Muenchner Dunkel - 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 Schwarzbier - 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, Metropolitan Brewing, Chicago, 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 Bock 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 Pale Ale - 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 India Pale Ale, Brasseurs Sans Gluten, Montreal, Canada Category: 49 German-Style Koelsch - 75 Entries Silver: Glutenberg