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2008 Winners List
2008 Brewers Association World Beer Cup Winners List 
2008 World Beer Cup FACT Sheet
Champion Brewery and Brewer Awards
World Beer Cup Champion Brewery and Brewmaster
Large Brewing Company
Blue Moon Brewing Company
Warren Quilliam
World Beer Cup Champion Brewery and Brewmaster
Mid-Size Brewing Company
Privatbrauerei Hoepfner GmbH
Peter Bucher
World Beer Cup Champion Brewery and Brewmaster
Small Brewing Company
Port Brewing Company and The Lost Abbey
Tomme Arthur
World Beer Cup Champion Brewery and Brewmaster
Large Brewpub
Pelican Pub & Brewery
Darron R. S. Welch
World Beer Cup Champion Brewery and Brewmaster
Small Brewpub
Bend Brewing Company
Tonya Cornett
Beer Awards
| Category 1: Non-Alcoholic Malt Beverage (21 Entries) | |
| Gold | Radegast Birell Plzenský Prazdroj a.s. Pilsen, Czech Republic |
| Silver | Hefeweizen alkoholfrei Alpirsbacher Klosterbräu Glauner GmbH & Co. KG Alpirsbach, Germany |
| Bronze | Organic Saps-Fit Sparkling Malt Drink Neumarkter Lammsbräu Gebr. Ehrnsperger e.K. Neumarkt, Germany |
| Category 2: American-Style Cream Ale or Lager (23 Entries) | |
| Gold | Special Export Pabst Brewing Co. Woodridge, Illinois |
| Silver | Lone Star Pabst Brewing Co. Woodridge, Illinois |
| Bronze | Nide Beer - The Ale Baird Brewing Co. Numazu, Japan |
| Category 3: American-Style Wheat Beer (14 Entries) | |
| Gold | Crystal Wheat Ale Pyramid Breweries Inc. Seattle, Washington |
| Silver | Shiner Dunkelweizen The Spoetzl Brewery Shiner, Texas |
| Bronze | Spanish Peaks Crystal Weiss Spanish Peaks Brewing Co. Poison, Montana |
| Category 4: American-Style Hefeweizen (34 Entries) | |
| Gold | Widmer Hefeweizen Widmer Brothers Brewing Co. Portland, Oregon |
| Silver | UFO Hefeweizen Harpoon Brewery Boston, Massachusetts |
| Bronze | La Bianca Apostel Bräu Hauzenberg, Germany |
| Category 5: Rye Beer (17 Entries) | |
| Gold | Rockchuck Rye Snake River Brewing Lander Jackson, Wyoming |
| Silver | Schremser Roggenbier Bierbrauerei Schrems Schrems, Austria |
| Bronze | Frog Rye IPA Issaquah Brewhouse Issaquah, Washington |
| Category 6: Fruit and Vegetable Beer (70 Entries) | |
| Gold | Redoak Framboise Froment Redoak Sydney, Australia |
| Silver | Blue Moon Chardonnay Blonde Blue Moon Brewing Co. Golden, Colorado |
| Bronze | Alaskan Jalapeno Imperial IPA Alaskan Brewing Co. Juneau, Alaska |
| Category 7: Herb and Spice Beer (67 Entries) | |
| Gold | Avatar Jasmine IPA Elysian Brewing Co. Seattle, Washington |
| Silver | CoCoNut PorTeR Maui Brewing Co. Lahaina, Hawaii |
| Bronze | Stillwater Rye Montana Brewing Co. Billings, Montana |
| Category 8: Coffee Flavored Beer (24 Entries) | |
| Gold | Java The Hut CB Potts Restaurant & Brewery - Flatirons Broomfield, Colorado |
| Silver | Meantime Coffee Porter Meantime Brewing Co. Limited London, United Kingdom |
| Bronze | Hitachino Nest Beer Espresso Stout Kiuchi Brewery Naka-City, Japan |
| Category 9: Specialty Beer (20 Entries) | |
| Gold | Morimoto Soba Ale Rogue Ales Newport, Oregon |
| Silver | 1. Orig. Dinkel Bier (Spelt Beer) Apostel Bräu Hauzenberg, Germany |
| Bronze | Morimoto Black Obi Soba Ale Rogue Ales Newport, Oregon |
| Category 10: Specialty Honey Lager or Ale (29 Entries) | |
| Gold | Blue Moon Honey Moon Blue Moon Brewing Co. Golden, Colorado |
| Silver | Michelob Honey Lager Anheuser-Busch Inc. St. Louis, Missouri |
| Bronze | Midas Touch Dogfish Head Craft Brewery Milton, Delaware |
| Category 11: Other Low Strength Ale or Lager (15 Entries) | |
| Gold | Firestone Extra Pale Ale Firestone Walker Brewing Co. Paso Robles, California |
| Silver | Polygamy Porter Utah Brewers Cooperative Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Bronze | Provo Girl Pilsner Utah Brewers Cooperative Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Category 12: Other Strong Ale or Lager (28 Entries) | |
| Gold | Dark Horizon Nøgne Ø Grimstad, Norway |
| Silver | Double Pilsner Odell Brewing Co. Fort Collins, Colorado |
| Bronze | Dragonstooth Stout Elysian Brewing Co. Seattle, Washington |
| Category 13: Experimental Beer (Lager or Ale) (27 Entries) | |
| Gold | Ichabod Alpine Beer Co. Alpine, California |
| Silver | Iwate Kura Beer Oyster Stout - B Sekinoichi Shuzo Co. Ltd. Iwate, Japan |
| Bronze | Veritas 002 Port Brewing Co. and The Lost Abbey San Marcos, California |
| Category 14: Gluten Free Beer (12 Entries) | |
| Gold | Deschutes Brewery Sorghum Beer Deschutes Brewery Bend, Oregon |
| Silver | Sinebrychoff Light Beer Oy Sinebrychoff Ab Kerava, Finland |
| Bronze | Redbridge Anheuser-Busch Inc. St. Louis, Missouri |
| Category 15: Wood- and Barrel-aged Beer (21 Entries) | |
| Gold | Red Brick Barrel Select Atlanta Brewing Co. Atlanta, Georgia |
| Silver | Brown's Whiskey Porter Brown's Brewing Co. Troy, New York |
| Bronze | Bourbon Barrel Stout Rockyard Brewing Co. Castle Rock, Colorado |
| Category 16: Wood- and Barrel-aged Strong Beer (54 Entries) | |
| Gold | Paradox Grain BrewDog Fraserburgh, United Kingdom |
| Silver | Elmer's Reserve Newport Beach Brewing Co. Newport Beach, California |
| Bronze | Allagash Curieux Allagash Brewing Co. Portland, Maine |
| Category 17: Wood- and Barrel-aged Sour Beer (14 Entries) | |
| Gold | Cuvee de Tomme Port Brewing Co. and The Lost Abbey San Marcos, California |
| Silver | Temptation Russian River Brewing Co. Santa Rosa, California |
| Bronze | Stevns CCC Nørrebro Bryghus Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Category 18: Aged Beer (Ale or Lager) (25 Entries) | |
| Gold | Vintage AleSmith Old Numbskull AleSmith Brewing Co. San Diego, California |
| Silver | Hopsquatch '06 Four Peaks Brewing Co. Tempe, Arizona |
| Bronze | Little Korkny Ale Nørrebro Bryghus Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Category 19: Cellar or Unfiltered Beer (34 Entries) | |
| Gold | Hoepfner Kräusen Privatbrauerei Hoepfner GmbH Karlsruhe, Germany |
| Silver | Bikini Blonde Lager Maui Brewing Co. Lahaina, Hawaii |
| Bronze | Big Red Machine Fall Classic Ale Baird Brewing Co. Numazu, Japan |
| Category 20: Smoke-Flavored Beer (27 Entries) | |
| Gold | Alaskan Smoked Porter 2007 Alaskan Brewing Co. Juneau, Alaska |
| Silver | Smoked Imperial Porter Four Peaks Brewing Co. Tempe, Arizona |
| Bronze | Nils Oscar Rökporter The Nils Oscar Co. AB Nyköping, Sweden |
| Category 21: European-Style Low-Alcohol Lager/German-Style Leicht(bier) (18 Entries) | |
| Gold | Waldhaus Light Line Privatbrauerei Waldhaus Joh. Schmid GmbH Weilheim/Waldhaus, Germany |
| Silver | Hahn Premium Light Lager The Hahn Brewing Co. Pty Limited Camperdown, Australia |
| Bronze | Gage Roads Pils Gage Roads Brewing Co. Ltd Perth, Australia |
| Category 22: German-Style Pilsener (72 Entries) | |
| Gold | Trumer Pils Trumer Brauerei Berkeley Berkeley, California |
| Silver | Waldhaus Diplom Pils Privatbrauerei Waldhaus Joh. Schmid GmbH Weilheim/Waldhaus, Germany |
| Bronze | Troegs Sunshine Pils Troegs Brewing Co. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
| Category 23: Bohemian-Style Pilsener (41 Entries) | |
| Gold | James Squire Pilsener The Malt Shovel Brewery Pty Limited Camperdown, Australia |
| Silver | HUB Organic Lager Hopworks Urban Brewery Portland, Oregon |
| Bronze | Gambrinus Premium Plzeňský Prazdroj a.s. Pilsen, Czech Republic |
| Category 24: Münchner (Munich)-Style Helles (53 Entries) | |
| Gold | Urtyp Hell Engelbráu Rettenberg Rettenberg, Germany |
| Silver | Hoepfner Export Privatbrauerei Hoepfner GmbH Karlsruhe, Germany |
| Bronze | Chiemgau Hell Schlossbrauerei Stein Wiskott GmbH & Co KG Stein an der Traun, Germany |
| Category 25: Dortmunder/European Style Export or German-Style Oktoberfest/Wiesen (Meadow) (48 Entries) | |
| Gold | Luksus JSC Aldaris Riga, Latvia |
| Silver | Mariestads Export Spendrups Brewery Varby, Sweden |
| Bronze | Llano Lager SandLot Brewery Denver, Colorado |
| Category 26: Vienna-Style Lager (25 Entries) | |
| Gold | Vienna Lager The Covey Restaurant & Brewery Fort Worth, Texas |
| Silver | Vienna Red Lager Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant Wilmington, Delaware |
| Bronze | Lochsa Lager Ram Restaurant & Brewery - Boise Boise, Idaho |
| Category 27: German-Style Märzen (28 Entries) | |
| Gold | Goss Märzen Brauerei Goss Deuerling, Germany |
| Silver | Weltenburger Kloster Anno 1050 Klosterbrauerei Weltenburg GmbH Kelheim, Germany |
| Bronze | Latvijas Seviškais JSC Aldaris Riga, Latvia |
| Category 28: European-Style Dark/Münchner Dunkel (38 Entries) | |
| Gold | Weltenburger Kloster Barock Dunkel Klosterbrauerei Weltenburg GmbH Kelheim, Germany |
| Silver | Munich Dunkel C.H. Evans Brewing/Albany Pump Station Albany, New York |
| Bronze | Ottenbräu 1348 Dunkles Lager Ottenbräu Abensberg, Germany |
| Category 29: German-Style Schwarzbier (30 Entries) | |
| Gold | Shounan Liebe Kumazawa Brewing Co. Kanagawa, Japan |
| Silver | Samuel Adams Black Lager Boston Beer Co. Boston, Massachusetts |
| Bronze | Eisenbahn Dunkel Cervejaria Sudbrack Ltda. Blumenau, Brazil |
| Category 30: Traditional German-Style Bock (21 Entries) | |
| Gold | Bock Lager Elk Grove Brewery and Restaurant Elk Grove, California |
| Silver | Lakefront Bock Lakefront Brewery, Inc. Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Bronze | Troegenator Troegs Brewing Co. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
| Category 31: German-Style Heller Bock/Maibock (31 Entries) | |
| Gold | Hoepfner Maibock Privatbrauerei Hoepfner GmbH Karlsruhe, Germany |
| Silver | Maibock Blind Tiger Brewery & Restaurant Topeka, Kansas |
| Bronze | Rahr's Bucking Bock Rahr & Sons Brewing LP Fort Worth, Texas |
| Category 32: German-Style Strong Bock (38 Entries) | |
| Gold | Freudenberger Märkator Brauerei Märkl Freudenberg, Germany |
| Silver | Doppelbock Dunkel Brauerei Schloss Eggenberg Vorchdorf, Austria |
| Bronze | JW Dundee's Doppelbock High Falls Brewing Co. Rochester, New York |
| Category 33: American-Style Light Lager (34 Entries) | |
| Gold | Old Milwaukee Light Pabst Brewing Co. Woodridge, Illinois |
| Silver | Lone Star Light Pabst Brewing Co. Woodridge, Illinois |
| Bronze | Natural Light Anheuser-Busch Inc. St. Louis, Missouri |
| Category 34: American-Style Lager (48 Entries) | |
| Gold | Tooheys Extra Dry Tooheys Pty Limited Lidcombe, Australia |
| Silver | Michelob Lager Anheuser-Busch Inc. St. Louis, Missouri |
| Bronze | Narragansett Lager Narragansett Brewing Co. Providence, Rhode Island |
| Category 35: American-Style Specialty Lager (28 Entries) | |
| Gold | Steel Reserve Miller Brewing Co. Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Silver | Busch Ice Anheuser-Busch Inc. St. Louis, Missouri |
| Bronze | Mickey's Ice Miller Brewing Co. Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Category 36: American-Style Amber Lager (33 Entries) | |
| Gold | Orlio Organic Common Ale Orlio Organic Beer Co. South Burlington, Vermont |
| Silver | Old Scratch Amber Lager Flying Dog Brewery Denver, Colorado |
| Bronze | Brooklyn Lager The Brooklyn Brewery Brooklyn, New York |
| Category 37: American-Style Dark Lager (18 Entries) | |
| Gold | Black Diamond Lager Bend Brewing Co. Bend, Oregon |
| Silver | Canterbury Pacific Western Brewing Prince George, Canada |
| Bronze | Waterloo Dark Brick Brewing Co. Ltd. Waterloo, Canada |
| Category 38: Australasian, Latin American or Tropical-Style Light Lager (33 Entries) | |
| Gold | Anchor Ice Asia Pacific Breweries Limited Singapore, Singapore |
| Silver | Imperial Cerveceria Hondureña, S.A. de C.V. San Pedro Sala, Honduras |
| Bronze | Paceña Tropical Extra Cervecería Boliviana Nacional S.A. La Paz, Bolivia |
| Category 39: International-Style Lager (51 Entries) | |
| Gold | Ursus Premium Ursus Breweries Cluj-Napoca, Romania |
| Silver | Egils Gull The Brewery Egill Skallagrímsson Reykjavik, Iceland |
| Bronze | Knappstein Enterprise Reserve Lager The Knappstein Enterprise Brewery Clare, Australia |
| Category 40: Baltic-Style Porter (15 Entries) | |
| Gold | Amnesia Grumpy Troll Restaurant & Brewery, The Mount Horeb, Wisconsin |
| Silver | 3 Dog Night Chama River Brewing Co. Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Bronze | Baltika N6 Porter Baltika Breweries St. Petersburg, Russia |
| Category 41: Belgian-Style White (or Wit)/Belgian-Style Wheat (35 Entries) | |
| Gold | Hoegaarden InBev Belgium N.V./S.A. Jupille-sur-Meuse, Belgium |
| Silver | Ommegang Witte Brewery Ommegang Cooperstown, New York |
| Bronze | Mill Street Belgian-Style Wit Mill Street Brewery Toronto, Canada |
| Category 42: Belgian- and French-Style Ale (37 Entries) | |
| Gold | Brugse Zot Blond Brouwerij De Halve Maan Brugge, Belgium |
| Silver | Matilda Goose Island Beer Co. Chicago, Illinois |
| Bronze | Triburon Blonde Marin Brewing Co. Larkspur, California |
| Category 43: Belgian-Style Pale Ale (8 Entries) | |
| Gold | No Gold awarded. |
| Silver | Belgian Blonde Black Diamond Brewing Co. Concord, California |
| Bronze | Special Brewery De Ryck Herzele, Belgium |
| Category 44: Belgian-Style Sour Ale (28 Entries) | |
| Gold | Geuze Boon Boon Brouwerij N.V. Lembeek, Belgium |
| Silver | Oude Geuze Ale Oud Beersel Oud Beersel Brussels, Belgium |
| Bronze | Framboise Allentown & Bethlehem Brew Works Allentown, Pennsylvania |
| Category 45: Belgian-Style Flanders/Oud Bruin or Oud Red Ale (5 Entries) | |
| Gold | No Gold awarded. |
| Silver | Red Poppy Port Brewing Co. and The Lost Abbey San Marcos, California |
| Bronze | Phat Phlemish Red Upstream Brewing Co. Omaha, Nebraska |
| Category 46: Belgian-Style Dubbel (26 Entries) | |
| Gold | Allagash Dubbel Allagash Brewing Co. Portland, Maine |
| Silver | Emmett's Belgian-style Dubbel Emmett's Ale House/Emmett's Tavern & Brewing Co. West Dundee, Illinois |
| Bronze | Urthel Parlus Magnificum - Vlaemse Bock De Leyerth Ruiselede, Belgium |
| Category 47: Belgian-Style Tripel (42 Entries) | |
| Gold | Affligem Tripel Affligem Brewery Opwijk, Belgium |
| Silver | Allagash Tripel Allagash Brewing Co. Portland, Maine |
| Bronze | Westmalle Trappist Tripel Westmalle Trappist Brewery Malle, Belgium |
| Category 48: Belgian-Style Pale Strong Ale (24 Entries) | |
| Gold | La Fin du Monde La Brasserie Unibroue Chambly, Canada |
| Silver | Mont-Saint Aubert Brasserie De Brunehaut Brunehaut, Belgium |
| Bronze | Baron's Strong Brew Asia Pacific Breweries Limited Singapore, Singapore |
| Category 49: Belgian-Style Dark Strong Ale (28 Entries) | |
| Gold | Salvation Russian River Brewing Co. Santa Rosa, California |
| Silver | Malheur 12° Brewery Malheur Buggenhout, Belgium |
| Bronze | Brother David's Double Anderson Valley Brewing Co. Boonville, California |
| Category 50: Other Belgian-Style Ale (59 Entries) | |
| Gold | Upstream Grand Cru Upstream Brewing Co. Omaha, Nebraska |
| Silver | Malheur Brut Reserve Brewery Malheur Buggenhout, Belgium |
| Bronze | Pride Midnight Sun Brewing Co. Anchorage, Alaska |
| Category 51: English-Style Summer Ale (20 Entries) | |
| Gold | Rooster's Y.P.A. (Yorkshire Pale Ale) Rooster's Brewing Co. Ltd Knaresborough, United Kingdom |
| Silver | "312" Goose Island Beer Co. Chicago, Illinois |
| Bronze | Sandbagger Gold Montana Brewing Co. Billings, Montana |
| Category 52: Classic English-Style Pale Ale (35 Entries) | |
| Gold | MacTarnahan's Amber Ale Pyramid Breweries Inc. Seattle, Washington |
| Silver | Saranac Pale Ale F.X. Matt Brewing Co. Utica, New York |
| Bronze | Bass Samlesbury Brewery Preston, United Kingdom |
| Category 53: English-Style India Pale Ale (32 Entries) | |
| Gold | Wild Goose IPA Wild Goose Brewery Frederick, Maryland |
| Silver | On Belay IPY Snake River Brewing Lander Jackson, Wyoming |
| Bronze | Vapor Cave Glenwood Canyon Brewing Co. Glenwood Springs, Colorado |
| Category 54: Ordinary Bitter (10 Entries) | |
| Gold | Cutthroat Uinta Brewing Co. Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Silver | BridgePort Blue Heron Pale Ale BridgePort Brewery Portland, Oregon |
| Bronze | No Bronze awarded. |
| Category 55: Special Bitter or Best Bitter (23 Entries) | |
| Gold | Snake River Pale Ale Snake River Brewing Jackson, Wyoming |
| Silver | 1065 Raccoon Red Rock Bottom Brewery - Bethesda Bethesda, Maryland |
| Bronze | Numbers Ale Atlanta Brewing Co. Atlanta, Georgia |
| Category 56: Extra Special Bitter or Strong Bitter (39 Entries) | |
| Gold | Standing Wave Pale Ale Kannah Creek Brewing Co. Grand Junction, Colorado |
| Silver | The Wise ESB Elysian Brewing Co. Seattle, Washington |
| Bronze | Stone Pale Ale Stone Brewing Co. Escondido, California |
| Category 57: Scottish-Style Ale (24 Entries) | |
| Gold | McGarveys Scottish Ale Oggi's / Left Coast Brewing Co. San Clemente, California |
| Silver | Beltaine Scottish Ale Shoreline Brewery Michigan City, Indiana |
| Bronze | Scottish Ale Nasu Kohgen Beer., Ltd. Nasugun, Japan |
| Category 58: English-Style Mild Ale (19 Entries) | |
| Gold | Crusader Dark Mild Ale Dragonmead Microbrewery Warren, Michigan |
| Silver | Barnstormer Brown Ale Flyers Restaurant and Brewery Oak Harbor, Washington |
| Bronze | The Mild One Redwood Brewing Co. Flint, Michigan |
| Category 59: English-Style Brown Ale (47 Entries) | |
| Gold | BridgePort Beertown Brown BridgePort Brewery Portland, Oregon |
| Silver | Sweet George's Brown Dillon DAM Brewery Dillon, Colorado |
| Bronze | Big Ben Brown Ale Bull & Bush Brewery Denver, Colorado |
| Category 60: Brown Porter (28 Entries) | |
| Gold | Porter Bell's Brewery, Inc. Galesburg, Michigan |
| Silver | Cutthroat Porter Odell Brewing Co. Fort Collins, Colorado |
| Bronze | St. Charles Porter Blackstone Restaurant and Brewery Nashville, Tennessee |
| Category 61: Robust Porter (49 Entries) | |
| Gold | People's Porter Foothills Brewing Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
| Silver | Porter Nøgne Ø Grimstad Norway |
| Bronze | Swan Lake Beer Porter Hyokoyashikinomori Brewery Tentyokaku Co., Inc. Agano-city, Japan |
| Category 62: Sweet Stout (15 Entries) | |
| Gold | Left Hand Brewing Company Milk Stout Left Hand Brewing Co. Longmont, Colorado |
| Silver | Outlaw Stout Great Basin Brewing Co. Sparks, Nevada |
| Bronze | No Bronze awarded. |
| Category 63: Oatmeal Stout (35 Entries) | |
| Gold | Sless' Stimulating Stout Iron Springs Pub & Brewery Fairbax, California |
| Silver | Sleeping Dog Oatmeal Stout Chama River Brewing Co. Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Bronze | Velvet Merkin Firestone Walker Co. Paso Robles, California |
| Category 64: Strong Scotch Ale (43 Entries) | |
| Gold | Saint Arnold Divine Reserve No. 4 Saint Arnold Brewing Co Houston, Texas |
| Silver | Wee Heavy Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant Wilmington, Delaware |
| Bronze | Caribou Kilt Strong Scotch Kassik's Kenai Brew Stop, LLC Kenai, Alaska |
| Category 65: British-Style Imperial Stout (16 Entries) | |
| Gold | Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout The Brooklyn Brewery Brooklyn, New York |
| Silver | High Desert Imperial Stout Great American Restaurants Centreville, Virginia |
| Bronze | Blackout Stout Great Lakes Brewing Co. Cleveland, Ohio |
| Category 66: Old Ale (17 Entries) | |
| Gold | AleSmith Decadence AleSmith Brewing Co. San Diego, California |
| Silver | Upland Winter Warmer Upland Brewing Co. Bloomington, Indiana |
| Bronze | HMS Bounty Old Ale Dry Dock Brewing Co. Aurora, Colorado |
| Category 67: Strong Ale (21 Entries) | |
| Gold | Outback X Bend Brewing Co. Bend, Oregon |
| Silver | Cabin Fever Boundary Bay Brewery Bellingham, Washington |
| Bronze | Sopris Glenwood Canyon Brewing Co. Glenwood Springs, Colorado |
| Category 68: Barley Wine-Style Ale (61 Entries) | |
| Gold | Old Diablo Schooner's Grille & Brewery Antioch, California |
| Silver | Hopsquatch '07 Four Peaks Brewing Co. Tempe, Arizona |
| Bronze | Alaskan Barley Wine Alaskan Brewing Co. Juneau, Alaska |
| Category 69: German-Style Kölsch/Köln-Style Kölsch (36 Entries) | |
| Gold | Wind Blown Blonde Stewarts Brewing Co. Bear, Delaware |
| Silver | Colorado Kölsch Steamworks Brewing Co. Durango, Colorado |
| Bronze | Kaorino Nama Shimono Co., LTD Chiba, Japan |
| Category 70: German-Style Brown Ale/Düsseldorf-Style Altbier (22 Entries) | |
| Gold | Alt and in the Way Squatters Pub Brewery Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Silver | Bobsled Brown Utah Brewers Cooperative Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Bronze | 1065 Fire Chief Alt Rock Bottom Brewery - Bethesda Bethesda, Maryland |
| Category 71: South German-Style Hefeweizen/Hefeweissbier (71 Entries) | |
| Gold | Freudenberger Hefe Weizen Brauerei Märkl Freudenberg, Germany |
| Silver | Fujizakura kogen Beer "Weizen" Fujikanko Kaihatsu Co., LTD Minamitsuru, Japan |
| Bronze | Plank Hefeweizen Brauerei Michael Plank Laaber, Germany |
| Category 72: German-Style Pale Wheat Ale (20 Entries) | |
| Gold | Distelhäuser Kristallweizen Distelhäuser Brauerei Ernst Bauer GmbH Tauberbischofsheim, Germany |
| Silver | I'm Half the Beer I used to be (Harvest Light) BJ's Restaurant and Brewery - Chandler Chandler, Arizona |
| Bronze | Weihenstephan Kristall-Weissbier Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan Freising, Germany |
| Category 73: German-Style Dark Wheat Ale (29 Entries) | |
| Gold | Schneider Weisse Original Schneider Weisse Kelheim, Germany |
| Silver | Original Plank Hefeweizen Brauerei Michael Plank Laaber, Germany |
| Bronze | Fendt Vario-Weizen Aktienbrauerei Kaufbeuren AG Kaufbeuren, Germany |
| Category 74: South German-Style Weizenbock/Weissbock (19 Entries) | |
| Gold | Plank Heller Weizenbock Brauerei Michael Plank Laaber, Germany |
| Silver | Penn Weizen Bock Pennsylvania Brewing Co. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Bronze | Aventinus Schneider Weisse Kelheim, Germany |
| Category 75: Irish-Style Red Ale (31 Entries) | |
| Gold | Samuel Adams Irish Red Boston Beer Co. Boston, Massachusetts |
| Silver | McIlhenney's Irish Red Alpine Beer Co. Alpine, California |
| Bronze | Red Rocks Rock Bottom Brewery - Denver Denver, Colorado |
| Category 76: Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout (20 Entries) | |
| Gold | Blarney Sisters Dry Irish Stout Third Street AleWorks Santa Rosa, California |
| Silver | Dark Starr Stout Starr Hill Brewery Crozet, Virginia |
| Bronze | Irish Stout Schooner's Grille & Brewery Antioch, California |
| Category 77: Foreign (Export)-Style Stout (26 Entries) | |
| Gold | Zonker Stout Snake River Brewing Jackson, Wyoming |
| Silver | San Quentin's Breakout Stout Marin Brewing Co. Larkspur, California |
| Bronze | Tsunami Stout Pelican Pub & Brewery Pacific City, Oregon |
| Category 78: Golden or Blonde Ale (39 Entries) | |
| Gold | Alaskan Summer Ale Alaskan Brewing Co. Juneau, Alaska |
| Silver | Kiwanda Cream Ale Pelican Pub & Brewery Pacific City, Oregon |
| Bronze | Red Cap Brick Brewing Co. Ltd. Waterloo, Canada |
| Category 79: American-Style Pale Ale (66 Entries) | |
| Gold | Widmer Pale Ale Widmer Brothers Brewing Co. Portland, Oregon |
| Silver | Sharptail Pale Ale Montana Brewing Co. Billings, Montana |
| Bronze | Maui Pale Ale Maui Brewing Co. Lahaina, Hawaii |
| Category 80: American-Style Strong Pale Ale (52 Entries) | |
| Gold | Organic IPA Hopworks Urban Brewery Portland, Oregon |
| Silver | Nectar IPA Firestone Walker Brewing Co. Paso Robles, California |
| Bronze | Peg Leg Pale Ale Ham's Brewhouse Greenville, North Carolina |
| Category 81: American-Style India Pale Ale (77 Entries) | |
| Gold | IPA Odell Brewing Co. Fort Collins, Colorado |
| Silver | Union Jack IPA Firestone Walker Brewing Co. Paso Robles, California |
| Bronze | India Pelican Ale Pelican Pub & Brewery Pacific City, Oregon |
| Category 82: Imperial or Double India Pale Ale (39 Entries) | |
| Gold | Hopnotic IPA San Diego Brewing Co. San Diego, California |
| Silver | Poor Man's IPA Pizza Port - Carlsbad Carlsbad, California |
| Bronze | Dread Naught Three Floyds Brewing Co. Munster, Indiana |
| Category 83: American-Style Amber/Red Ale (53 Entries) | |
| Gold | Hop Head Red Green Flash Brewing Co. Vista, California |
| Silver | Swan Lake Beer Amber Swan Ale Hyokoyashikinomori Brewery Tentyokaku Co., Inc. Agano-city, Japan |
| Bronze | Red Horse Ale Sacramento Brewing Co. Sacramento, California |
| Category 84: Imperial or Double Red Ale (22 Entries) | |
| Gold | Behemoth Three Floyds Brewing Co. Munster, Indiana |
| Silver | Organic Deranger Laurelwood Brewing Co. Portland, Oregon |
| Bronze | Gordon Oskar Blues Brewery Lyons, Colorado |
| Category 85: American-Style Brown Ale (30 Entries) | |
| Gold | Doryman's Dark Ale Pelican Pub & Brewery Pacific City, Oregon |
| Silver | Redrock Nut Brown Ale Redrock Brewing Co. Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Bronze | Bitch Creek Grand Teton Brewing Co. Victor, Idaho |
| Category 86: American-Style Sour Ale (4 Entries) | |
| Gold | No Gold Awarded. |
| Silver | Eric's Ale New Belgium Brewing Co. Fort Collins, Colorado |
| Bronze | Le Terroir New Belgium Brewing Co. Fort Collins, Colorado |
| Category 87: American-Style Stout (20 Entries) | |
| Gold | Terminal Stout Rock Bottom Brewery - Chicago Chicago, Illinois |
| Silver | Total Eclipse Stout Foothills Brewing Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
| Bronze | Sticky Stout Pizza Port - Carlsbad Carlsbad, California |
| Category 88: American-Style Wheat Wine Ale (4 Entries) | |
| Gold | Winter Wheatwine Rubicon Brewing Co. Sacramento, California |
| Silver | Wheat Wine Great Adirondack Brewing Co. Lake Placid, New York |
| Bronze | Star Brew Marin Brewing Co. Larkspur, California |
| Category 89: American-Style Imperial Stout (30 Entries) | |
| Gold | Gonzo Imperial Porter Flying Dog Brewery Denver, Colorado |
| Silver | Happy Ending Sweetwater Brewing Co. Atlanta, Georgia |
| Bronze | Night Rider Imperial Stout Pizza Port - Carlsbad Carlsbad, California |
| Category 90: International Pale Ale (20 Entries) | |
| Gold | Winter Storm Clipper City Brewing Co. Baltimore, Maryland |
| Silver | Saint Arnold Elissa IPA Saint Arnold Brewing Co Houston, Texas |
| Bronze | Punk IPA BrewDog Fraserburgh, United Kingdom |
| Category 91: Other International Ale (29 Entries) | |
| Gold | State Pen Porter Santa Fe Brewing Co. Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| Silver | Old Dundee Upstream Brewing Co. Omaha, Nebraska |
| Bronze | Brouwer's Imagination Series Saison Port Brewing Co. and The Lost Abbey San Marcos, California |
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