Winners List 2018 Category 1: American-Style Wheat Beer - 53 Entries Category 27: Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer - 59 Entries Gold: Dark O’ the Moon, Tilted Axis Brewing Co., Lapeer, MI Gold: Queen of Hearts, Pelican Brewing Co. - Pacific City, Pacific City, OR Silver: Whacked Out Wheat, Telluride Brewing Co., Telluride, CO Silver: Double Barrel Knotty, Twin Peaks Brewing Co., Irving, TX Bronze: Clutch’s American Wheat, Tustin Brewing Co., Tustin, CA Bronze: Dry Hopped Brett Pale Ale, Hi-Wire Brewing - South Slope Specialty Brewery, Asheville, NC Category 2: American-Style Wheat Beer with Yeast - 40 Entries Category 28: Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer - 196 Entries Gold: Miner’s Gold Hefeweizen, Lewis & Clark Brewing Co., Helena, MT Gold: Gin Barrel O-Gii, Milwaukee Brewing Co. - 2nd Street Brewery, Milwaukee, WI Silver: Beehive Honey Wheat, Bristol Brewing Co., Colorado Springs, CO Silver: Scarlet, Steamworks Brewing Co., Burnaby, Canada Bronze: BayWatch, Elk Horn Brewery, Eugene, OR Bronze: Bligh’s Barleywine Ale, Dry Dock Brewing Co. - North Dock, Aurora, CO Category 3: Fruit Beer - 118 Entries Category 29: Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Stout - 190 Entries Gold: Chchchch-Cherry Bomb, Melvin Brewing - Jackson, Jackson, WY Gold: Thunder Hug, Wild Acre Brewing Co., Fort Worth, TX Silver: Razz Against the Machine, Little Machine, Denver, CO Silver: The Baroness, Fat Bottom Brewing Co., Nashville, TN Bronze: American Sour Ale with Guava, Loveland Aleworks, Loveland, CO Bronze: Three Tun, Hermitage Brewing Co., San Jose, CA Category 4: Fruit Wheat Beer - 70 Entries Category 30: Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer - 71 Entries Gold: Mango Cart, Golden Road Brewing, Los Angeles, CA Gold: Train to Beersel, Bruery Terreux, Anaheim, CA Silver: Passionate Envy, 10 Barrel Brewing Co. - Bend Pub, Bend, OR Silver: Odyssey 008, Siren Craft Brew, Finchampstead, United Kingdom Bronze: Bitchin’ Berry, Great Basin Brewing Co., Reno, NV Bronze: Petit Poisson, Little Fish Brewing Co., Athens, OH Category 5: Belgian-Style Fruit Beer - 52 Entries Category 31: Fruited Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer - 117 Entries Gold: Nectarine Golden Ale, pFriem Family Brewers, Hood River, OR Gold: Riserva, Weyerbacher Brewing Co., Easton, PA Silver: Rosetta, Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown, NY Silver: Ritual Madness, Dunedin Brewery, Dunedin, FL Bronze: Wallflower Spring Saison, Fat Bottom Brewing Co., Nashville, TN Bronze: Peach Climacteric, WeldWerks Brewing Co., Greeley, CO Category 6: Pumpkin Beer - 33 Entries Category 32: Aged Beer - 45 Entries Gold: 5 Phantoms Pumpkin Spice Barleywine, Philipsburg Brewing Co., Philipsburg, MT Gold: Vladislav, Diebolt Brewing Co., Denver, CO Silver: Pumpkin Ale, Bier Brewery and Taproom, Indianapolis, IN Silver: Oblivious, Griffin Claw Brewing Co., Birmingham, MI Bronze: Pope’s Imperial Pumpkin Ale, Millersburg Brewing Co., Millersburg, OH Bronze: Solzhenitsyn, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant - Media, Media, PA Category 7: Field Beer - 74 Entries Category 33: Kellerbier or Zwickelbier - 92 Entries Gold: Tupiniquim Pecan Imperial Stout, Cervejaria Tupiniquim, Porto Alegre, Brazil Gold: STiVO, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA Silver: The Patsy, Barley Forge Brewing Co., Costa Mesa, CA Silver: Shoat, Sterling Pig Brewery, Media, PA Bronze: Beet Cream Ale, Cogstone Brewing Co., Colorado Springs, CO Bronze: Keller Pils, Summit Brewing Co., Saint Paul, MN Category 8: Chili Beer - 57 Entries Category 34: Smoke Beer - 76 Entries Gold: McFate Hatch Chile Gatos, McFate Brewing Co., Scottsdale, AZ Gold: Smoked Marzen, 49th State Brewing Co. - Denali National Park, Denali National Park, AK Silver: Datil, Motorworks Brewing, Bradenton, FL Silver: Smoke & Mirrors Imperial Smoked Ale, Coal Harbour Brewing Co., Vancouver, Canada Bronze: Heat of the Night, Hoparazzi Brewing Co., Anaheim, CA Bronze: 18022/42, The Sandlot Brewery at Coors Field, Denver, CO Category 9: Herb and Spice Beer - 142 Entries Category 35: Light Lager - 72 Entries Gold: Spruce IPA, Alaskan Brewing Co., Juneau, AK Gold: BC Light, Territorial Brewing Co., Springfield, MI Silver: Lohn Bier Carvoeira, Cervejaria Lohn, Lauro Mueller, Brazil Silver: Van ICE, MacLeod Ale Brewing Co., Van Nuys, CA Bronze: Taiwan Head Brewers 立秋 Start of Autumn Tea Ale, Taiwan Head Brewers Brewing Co., Bronze: Cayaco, Cervecería de Colima, Cuauhtemoc, Mexico New Taipei City, Taiwan Category 36: International-Style Pilsener - 64 Entries Category 10: Chocolate Beer - 77 Entries Silver: Vlad the Impaler, Fretboard Brewing Co., Blue Ash, OH Gold: Genesee Brew House Pilot Batch Dark Chocolate Scotch Ale, Genesee Brewing Co. - Genesee Bronze: Pedro O’Flanagan’s Mexican Lager, Quarter Celtic Brewpub, Albuquerque, NM Brew House, Rochester, NY Silver: Somebody Else’s Dream, Fort Myers Brewing Co., Fort Myers, FL Category 37: Other International-Style Lager - 81 Entries Bronze: Assault N Fudgery, Barrage Brewing Co., Farmingdale, NY Gold: Mountain Jam, Southbound Brewing Co., Savannah, GA Silver: Camden Pils Lager, Camden Town Brewery, London, United Kingdom Category 11: Coffee Beer - 71 Entries Bronze: Four Peaks Golden Lager, Four Peaks Brewing Co., Tempe, AZ Gold: Gusto Crema, Georgetown Brewing Co., Seattle, WA Silver: Pablo Escobeer, Beachwood BBQ & Brewing - Long Beach, Long Beach, CA Category 38: Baltic-Style Porter - 66 Entries Bronze: Breakfast of Champions Coffee Lager, Riot Brewing Co., Chemainus, Canada Gold: Bangor Slate Baltic Porter, Two Rivers Brewing Co., Easton, PA Category 12: Coffee Stout or Porter - 157 Entries Silver: Doggerland, Oakshire Brewing, Eugene, OR Gold: Portola Breakfast Stout, Tustin Brewing Co., Tustin, CA Bronze: Danzig, Devils Backbone Brewing Co. - Outpost, Lexington, VA Silver: Mocha Machine, Beachwood BBQ & Brewing - Huntington Beach, Huntington Beach, CA Category 39: German-Style Pilsener - 176 Entries Bronze: Odin, Cerveceria Rámuri, Tijuana, Mexico Gold: Primadonna Pilsner, Rockyard American Grill & Brewing Co., Castle Rock, CO Category 13: Specialty Beer - 61 Entries Silver: Sprockets, Gravely Brewing Co., Louisville, KY Gold: Double Stack, Great Notion Brewing, Portland, OR Bronze: Pils Lager, Fourpure Brewing Co., London, United Kingdom Silver: SUNMAI Buckwheat Lager, Long Sun Brewing Co., New Taipei City, Taiwan Category 40: Bohemian-Style Pilsener - 92 Entries Bronze: Campfire Stout, High Water Brewing, Stockton, CA Gold: Chuckanut Pilsner, Chuckanut Brewery, Bellingham, WA Category 14: Rye Beer - 54 Entries Silver: Bobcat Pilsner, Adirondack Pub and Brewery, Lake George, NY Gold: Red Rocker, Cromarty Brewing Co., Cromarty, United Kingdom Bronze: Check Pils, Beaver Island Brewing Co., Saint Cloud, MN Silver: Ryes Against the Machine, Hell’s Basement Brewery, Medicine Hat, Canada Category 41: Muenchner-Style Helles - 122 Entries Bronze: Panic Switch, Platform Beer Co., Cleveland, OH Gold: Penn Gold, Pennsylvania Brewing Co., Pittsburgh, PA Category 15: Honey Beer - 65 Entries Silver: Nashville Lager, Nashville Brewing Co., Nashville, TN Gold: Honey Please, Armadillo Ale Works, Denton, TX Bronze: Mass Produced Lager: Helles, Wormtown Brewery, Worcester, MA Silver: Belgian Honey Blonde, No Clue Craft Brewery, Rancho Cucamonga, CA Category 42: Dortmunder/Export or German-Style Oktoberfest - 57 Entries Bronze: Jetty, Great South Bay Brewery, Bay Shore, NY Gold: Ott Spezial, Schussenrieder Brauerei, Bad Schussenried, Germany Category 16: Session Beer - 48 Entries Silver: Alpirsbacher Spezial, Alpirsbacher Klosterbreau Glauner Co., Alpirsbach, Germany Gold: Fernson Farmhouse Ale, Fernson Brewing Co., Sioux Falls, SD Bronze: The Weasel, C.B. & Potts / Big Horn Brewery - Fort Collins, Fort Collins, CO Silver: Session Pale Ale, Center of the Universe Brewing Co., Ashland, VA Category 43: Vienna-Style Lager - 98 Entries Bronze: Peacekeeper, Launch Pad Brewery, Aurora, CO Gold: Hook & Hatchet, Nevin’s Brewing Co., Plainfield, IL Category 17: Session India Pale Ale - 103 Entries Silver: Gustav, Taft’s Ale House, Cincinnati, OH Gold: Trump Hands, Cannonball Creek Brewing Co., Golden, CO Bronze: Havana Lager, Concrete Beach Brewery, Miami, FL Silver: Hop Tamer Session IPA, Higherground Brewing Co., Hamilton, MT Category 44: German-Style Maerzen - 62 Entries Bronze: Tuna, Half Acre Beer Co., Chicago, IL Gold: Your Move Paulie!, Independent Brewing Co., Bel Air, MD Category 18: Other Strong Beer - 51 Entries Silver: Mayhem Maerzen, Springfield Brewing Co., Springfield, MO Gold: Anodyne, Revolver Brewing, Granbury, TX Bronze: Film Fest Lager, Good City Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI Silver: Grateful Haze Porter, Bellefonte Brewing Co., Wilmington, DE Category 45: Munich-Style Dunkel or European-Style Dark Lager - 67 Entries Bronze: ZOZ #3 Golden, Brasserie 35, Turuçu, Brazil Gold: I Dunkled in My Pants, Figueroa Mountain Brewing, Buellton, CA Category 19: Experimental Beer - 130 Entries Silver: Weltenburger Kloster Barock Dunkel, Klosterbrauerei Weltenburg, Regensburg, Germany Gold: Sn4 Cuvée, Logsdon Farmhouse Ales, Hood River, OR Bronze: Fearless Youth, Grimm Brothers Brewhouse, Loveland, CO Silver: Hickory Peach Wee Heavy, The Intrepid Sojourner Beer Project, Denver, CO Category 46: Dark Lager - 99 Entries Bronze: Wild Barrels Project #5, Lost Forty Brewing, Little Rock, AR Gold: Night Train, Steamworks Brewing Co., Durango, CO Category 20: Fresh or Wet Hop Ale - 21 Entries Silver: Alternate Present, Fiction Beer Co., Denver, CO Gold: More Like Bore-O-Phyll, Call To Arms Brewing Co., Denver, CO Bronze: Černé, Chainline Brewing Co., Kirkland, WA Silver: This Year’s