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2004 Brewers Association
World Beer Cup Winners
Winners as a MS Word DOC
San Diego, CA - April 17, 2004

Brewers Association 2004 World Beer Cup®
Champion Brewery & Brewmaster Awards

Small Brewing Company
(1-15,000 barrels per year):
Oggi's Pizza and Brewing Company, San Clemente, California
Tom Nickel

Mid-Size Brewing Company
(15,001-2,000,000 barrels per year):
Firestone Walker Brewing Company, Paso Robles, California
Matthew Brynildson

Large Brewing Company
(Over 2,000,000 barrels per year):
Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Dr. David S. Ryder

Small Brewpub
(1-1,200 barrels per year):
Laurelwood Pub & Brewery, Portland, Oregon
Christian Ettinger

Large Brewpub
(Over 1,200 barrels per year):
Russian River Brewing Company, Santa Rosa, California
Vinnie Cilurzo

Category: 2 Non-Alcoholic (Beer) Malt Beverage, 18 Entries
Gold: Clausthaler Lager, Radeberger-Gruppe AG, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Silver: O'Doul's Amber, Anheuser-Busch, Saint Louis, MO
Bronze: Kirner Frei, Kirner Privatbrauerei, Kirn, Germany

Category: 3 American Lager/Ale or Cream Ale, 11 Entries
Silver: Extreme Cream, Terrapin Beer Co., Athens, GA
Bronze: Lightning Bold Gold, Hops Grillhouse and Brewery, Tampa, FL

Category: 4 American-Style Wheat Beer, 11 Entries
Gold: Shiner Winter Ale, The Spoetzl Brewery, San Antonio, TX
Silver: Leinenkugel's Honey Weiss, Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co., Chippewa Falls, WI
Bronze: Cascade Summer Blonde, Carlton & United Breweries, Abbotsford, Australia

Category: 5 American-Style Hefeweizen, 8 Entries
Gold: Widmer Hefeweizen, Widmer Brothers Brewery, Portland, OR
Silver: Henry Weinhard's Hefeweizen, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI

Category: 6 American-Style Rye Ale or Lager, 7 Entries
Gold: Rock Chuck Rye, Snake River Brewing of Lander, Lander, WY
Silver: Rye On, Blue Corn Café & Brewery, Albuquerque, NM
Bronze: Tailwind Rye, Blind Tiger Brewery & Restaurant, Topeka, KS

Category: 7 Garden Beer (Fruit and Vegetable Beer), 23 Entries
Gold: Brick Bambay, Brick Brewing Co. Ltd., Waterloo, Canada
Silver: Wäldches Kirschtbier, Wäldches-Bräu GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany
Bronze: Transatlantique Kriek, New Belgium Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO

Category: 8 Herb and Spice Beer, 29 Entries
Gold: Hitachino Nest White Ale, Kiuchi Brewery, Naka, Japan
Silver: Samuel Adams Chocolate Bock, Boston Beer Co., Boston, MA
Bronze: Christmas City Ale, Prescott Brewing Co., Prescott, AZ

Category: 9 Coffee Flavored Beer, 9 Entries
Gold: Black Sheep Espresso Stout, Thunderhead Brewing, Kearney, NE
Silver: Steamworks Grand Espresso Stout, Steamworks Brewing Co., Vancouver, Canada
Bronze: Big River Espresso Stout, Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant, Inc. dba Big River Breweries, Chattanooga, TN

Category: 10 Specialty Beer, 15 Entries
Gold: Aprihop, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Milton, DE
Silver: Thirsty Dog California Crisp, Thirsty Dog Brewing Co., Independence, OH
Bronze: St Norberts Abbey Ale, Titletown Brewing Co., Green Bay, WI

Category: 11 Specialty Honey Lager or Ale, 20 Entries
Gold: J.W. Dundee's Honey Brown, High Falls Brewing Co., Rochester, NY
Silver: Midas Touch, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Milton, DE
Bronze: Honey Kiss My Basswood Tripel, Titletown Brewing Co., Green Bay, WI

Category: 12 Other Strong Ale or Lager, 12 Entries
Gold: Winter Warmer Porter, Elk Grove Brewery & Restaurant, Elk Grove, CA
Silver: Anniversary Barley Wine, Uinta Brewing Co., Salt Lake City, UT
Bronze: Moretti Doppio Malto, Heineken Italia, Pedavena, Italy

Category: 13 Experimental Beer, 14 Entries
Silver: Samuel Adams Millennium, Boston Beer Co., Boston, MA
Bronze: Alaskan Winter Ale, Alaskan Brewing Co., Juneau, AK

Category: 14 Wood and Barrel-aged Beer, 26 Entries
Gold: Bourbon Barrel Imperial Stout, America's Brewing Co., Aurora, IL
Silver: Redline Imperial Bourbon Stout, Rock Bottom Brewery - Chicago, Chicago, IL
Bronze: Enigma, New Glarus Brewing Co., New Glarus, WI

Category: 15 Smoke-Flavored Beer, 7 Entries
Gold: Kohlminator, Rocky River Brewing, Rocky River, OH
Silver: Caldera Rauch Ur Bock, Caldera Brewing Co., Ashland, OR
Bronze: Alaskan Smoked Porter, Alaskan Brewing Co., Juneau, AK

Category: 16 European-Style Low-Alcohol Lager/German-Style Leicht(bier), 13 Entries
Gold: Coastal Light Lager, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA
Silver: Beck's Light, Beck & Co., Bremen
Bronze: Victoria Light, Compañia Cervecera de Nicaragua, Managua, Nicaragua

Category: 17 German-Style Pilsener, 38 Entries
Gold: Rolinck Pilsener, Privatbrauerei A. Rolinck GmbH, Steinfurt, Germany
Silver: Pott's Pilsener, Pott's Brauerei GmbH, Oelde, Germany
Bronze: Freudenberger, Brauerei Märkl, Freudenberg, Germany

Category: 18 Bohemian-Style Pilsener, 24 Entries
Gold: Velkopopovický Kozel Premium, Plzeňský Prazdroj,
a.s. - Pivovar Velké Popovice, Velke Popovice, Czech Republic
Silver: Velkopopovický Kozel V čepni Svĕtlỳ, Plzenský Prazdroj,
a.s. - Pivovar Velké Popovice, Velkē Popovice, Czech Republic
Bronze: Radegast Original, Plzeňský Prazdroj,
a.s. - Pivovar Radegast, Nosovice, Czech Republic

Category: 19 Münchner-Style Helles, 36 Entries
Gold: Kalnapilis Original, AB "Kalnapilio-Tauro Grupe", Vilnius, Lithuania
Silver: Bosch Lager, Privatbrauerei Bosch, Bad Laasphe, Germany
Bronze: Pott's Gold, Pott's Brauerei GmbH, Oelde, Germany

Category: 20 European-Style Pilsener, 44 Entries
Gold: Tiger Beer, Asia Pacific Breweries, Singapore
Silver: Spezial, Alpirsbacher Klosterbräu, Alpirsbach, Germany
Bronze: Gold Crown Beer, Cambodia Brewery Ltd., Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Category: 21 Dortmunder/European-Style Export, 26 Entries
Gold: Zeunerts Original, Kopparbergs Bryggeri, Västra Frolunda, Sweden
Silver: Sofiero Original, Kopparbergs Bryggeri, Västra Frolunda, Sweden
Bronze: Distelhäuser Export, Distelhäuser Brauerei, TBB - Distelhausen, Germany

Category: 22 Vienna-Style Lager, 28 Entries
Gold: Schaumburger Landbier, Schaumburger Brauerei, Stadthagen, Germany
Silver: Gordon Biersch Vienna Lager, Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant, Chattanooga, TN
Bronze: Sainsbury Taste The Difference Vienna Style, Meantime Brewing Co. Ltd., London, UK

Category: 23 German-Style Märzen/Oktoberfest, 18 Entries
Gold: Schönramer Festbier, Private Landbrauerei Schönram, Petting/Schönram, Germany
Silver: Goss-Märzen, Brauerei Goss, Deuerling, Germany
Bronze: Sainsbury Taste The Difference Munich Style Oktoberfest Beer, Meantime Brewing Co. Ltd., London, UK

Category: 24 European-Style Dark/Münchner Dunkel, 29 Entries
Gold: Weltenburger Kloster Barock Dunkel, Klosterbrauerei Weltenburg GmbH,
Kelheim, Germany
Silver: Münchner Dunkel, Privatbrauerei Hofmühl, Eichstätt, Germany
Bronze: Winter Brew, Sprecher Brewing Co., Glendale, WI

Category: 25 German-Style Schwarzbier, 22 Entries
Gold: Schwarzbier, Hereford and Hops Steakhouse and Brewpub, Wausau, WI
Silver: Black Forest Schwarzbier, Squatters Pub Brewery, Salt Lake City, UT
Bronze: Black Bear, Thirsty Bear Brewing Co., San Francisco, CA

Category: 26 Traditional German-Style Bock, 16 Entries
Silver: Brick Anniversary Bock, Brick Brewing Co. Ltd., Waterloo, Canada
Bronze: Bock Lager, Elk Grove Brewery & Restaurant, Elk Grove, CA

Category: 27 German-Style Heller Bock/Maibock, 16 Entries
Gold: Kalnapilis 7.30, AB "Kalnapilio-Tauro Grupe", Vilnius, Lithuania
Silver: Sudwerk Maibock, Sudwerk Privatbrauerei Hubsch, Davis, CA
Bronze: Big Easy Lager, Lakefront Brewery Inc., Milwaukee, WI

Category: 28 German-Style Strong Bock, 27 Entries
Gold: Sled Dog Tripplebock Reserve, Wagner Valley Brewing Co., Lodi, NY
Silver: Carbonator, Glenwood Canyon Brewing Co., Glenwood Springs, CO
Bronze: Samuel Adams Double Bock, Boston Beer Co., Boston, MA

Category: 29 American-Style Light Lager, 28 Entries
Gold: Labatt Blue Light, Interbrew S.A., Brussels, Belgium
Silver: Miller High Life Light, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI
Bronze: Cafri, Oriental Brewery, Icheon City, Korea

Category: 30 American-Style "Light" Amber Lager, 10 Entries
Silver: Henry Weinhard's Amber Light, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI
Bronze: Samuel Adams Light, Boston Beer Co., Boston, MA

Category: 31 American-Style Lager, 26 Entries
Gold: Bowes Original Lager, Starbrew Inc., Saskatoon, Canada
Silver: Brewhouse Pilsener, Great Western Brewing Co. Ltd., Saskatoon, Canada
Bronze: OB, Oriental Brewery, Icheon City, Korea

Category: 32 American-Style Premium Lager, 22 Entries
Gold: 1st Amendment Lager, Utah Brewers Co-op, Salt Lake City, UT
Silver: Henry Weinhard's Private Reserve, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI
Bronze: Moosehead Lager, Moosehead Breweries Ltd., Saint John, Canada

Category: 33 American-Style Specialty Lager, 20 Entries
Gold: OE HG 800, Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, WI
Silver: King Cobra, Anheuser-Busch, Saint Louis, MO
Bronze: Michelob Ultra, Anheuser-Busch, Saint Louis, MO

Category: 34 American-Style Amber Lager, 23 Entries
Gold: Cascade Autumn Amber, Carlton & United Breweries, Abbotsford, Australia
Silver: Blue Point Toasted Lager, Blue Point Brewing Co., Patchogue, NY
Bronze: Capital Wisconsin Amber, Capital Brewery Co. Inc., Middleton, WI

Category: 35 American-Style Dark Lager, 6 Entries
Bronze: Leinenkugel's Creamy Dark, Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co., Chippewa Falls, WI

Category: 36 Australasian, Latin American or Tropical-Style Light Lager 19 Entries
Gold: Premium, Compañia Cervecera de Nicaragua, Managua, Nicaragua
Silver: Myanmar Beer, Myanmar Brewery Ltd., Yangon, Myanmar
Bronze: Vailima Special Export Lager, Samoa Breweries Ltd., Apia, Samoa

Category: 37 Belgian Style White (or Wit)/Belgian-Style Wheat, 17 Entries
Gold: Hoegaarden, Interbrew S.A., Brussels, Belgium
Silver: Allagash White, Allagash Brewing Co., Portland, ME
Bronze: Blanche de Chambly, Unibroue Inc., Chambly, Canada

Category: 38 French-Belgian Style Saison, 7 Entries
Gold: Saison Redwood, Redwood Brewing Co., Flint, MI
Bronze: Cave Aged Hennepin, Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown, NY

Category: 39 Belgian-and French-Style Ale, 14 Entries
Gold: Unhommage À La Vallée d'Or, Bullfrog Brewery, Williamsport, PA
Silver: Perdition, Russian River Brewing Co., Santa Rosa, CA
Bronze: Saint Yves, Brasserie Du Tregor, Treguier, France

Category: 40 Belgian-Style Sour Ale, 16 Entries
Gold: La Folie, New Belgium Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO
Silver: Boon Geuze Mariage Parfait, Boon Brouwerij, Lembeek, Belgium
Bronze: Framboise de Hill, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant, Wilmington, DE

Category: 41 Belgian-Style Pale Strong Ale, 14 Entries
Gold: Lucifer, Brouwerijgroep Liefmans - Riva-Straffe Hendrik, Dentergem, Belgium
Silver: Bête Blanche Belgian-Style Tripel, Elysian Brewing Co., Seattle, WA
Bronze: Malheur 10, Brewery Malheur, Buggenhout, Belgium

Category: 42 Belgian-Style Dark Strong Ale, 15 Entries
Gold: Vondel, Brouwerijgroep Liefmans - Riva-Straffe Hendrik, Dentergem, Belgium
Silver: Gouden Carolus Christmas, Brewery Het Anker, Mechelen, Belgium
Bronze: Three Philosophers, Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown, NY

Category: 43 Belgian-Style Dubbel, 17 Entries
Gold: Abbey Belgian Style Ale, New Belgium Brewing Co., Fort Collins, CO
Silver: Brass Dubbel, Brass Restaurant & Brewery, South Barrington, IL
Bronze: Ommegang, Brewery Ommegang, Cooperstown, NY

Category: 44 Belgian-Style Tripel, 19 Entries
Gold: Affligem Tripel, Affligem Brouwery, Opwyk, Belgium
Silver: Trois Pain Triple, Bullfrog Brewery, Williamsport, PA
Bronze: Daisy Chain, Chicago Brewing Co., Las Vegas, NV

Category: 45 Other Belgian-Style Ale, 14 Entries
Gold: Cuvee de Tomme, Pizza Port Solana Beach, Solana Beach, CA
Silver: Temptation, Russian River Brewing Co., Santa Rosa, CA
Bronze: Redwood Sezoens, Redwood Brewing Co., Flint, MI

Category: 46 Classic English-Style Pale Ale, 20 Entries
Gold: Pale Ale, Diamond Bear Brewing Co., Little Rock, AR
Silver: Custer's Last Ale, Snake River Brewing Co., Jackson, WY
Bronze: Singletrack Copper Ale, Rockies Brewing Co., Boulder, CO

Category: 47 English-Style Summer Ale, 6 Entries
Gold: Bert Grant's Lazy Days, Yakima Brewing, Yakima, WA
Silver: Cattail Ale, Lakefront Brewery Inc., Milwaukee, WI
Bronze: Avalon Blonde, Angelic Brewing Co., Madison, WI

Category: 48 English-Style India Pale Ale, 11 Entries
Gold: XIPA, Brewerkz Singapore, Singapore
Silver: Magnotta Classic India Pale Ale, Magnotta Brewery, Vaughan, Canada
Bronze: Wasco Indian Summer Ale, Alameda Brewhouse, Portland, OR

Category: 49 Ordinary Bitter, 5 Entries
Silver: Cutthroat Pale Ale, Uinta Brewing Co., Salt Lake City, UT
Bronze: Blue Heron Pale Ale, BridgePort Brewing Co., Portland, OR

Category: 50 (Special) Best Bitter, 14 Entries
Gold: Sunnyside Pale Ale, Snipes Mountain Brewing, Inc., Sunnyside, WA
Silver: Double Barrel Ale, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA
Bronze: Saint Arnold Amber Ale, Saint Arnold Brewing Co., Houston, TX

Category: 51 English-Style (Extra Special) Strong Bitter, 19 Entries
Gold: Black Sheep ESB, Rock Bottom Brewery - La Jolla, La Jolla, CA
Silver: Drake's Amber, Drake's Brewing Co., San Leandro, CA
Bronze: The Tower E.S.B., Bull & Bush Brewery, Denver, CO

Category: 52 Scottish-Style Ale, 13 Entries
Silver: Highland Courage, Rock Bottom Brewery - Bethesda, Bethesda, MD
Bronze: Scottish Ale, Nasu Kohgen Beer Co. Ltd., Nasu, Japan

Category: 53 English-Style Mild Ale, 7 Entries
Gold: Charleston Brown, Carolina Beer & Beverage, Mooresville, NC
Silver: Shaftebury Cream Ale, Okanagan Spring Brewery, Vernon, Canada
Bronze: Sainsbury Mild, J Sainsbury Plc , London, UK

Category: 54 English-Style Brown Ale, 27 Entries
Gold: Pete's Wicked Ale, Pete's Brewing Co., San Antonio, TX
Silver: Neustadt 10W30, Neustadt Springs, Neustadt, Canada
Bronze: Capital Brown Ale, Capital Brewery Co., Inc., Middleton, WI

Category: 55 Old Ale, 13 Entries
Gold: Old Ale, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant, Wilmington, DE
Silver: Vintage Ale 2001, La Brasserie McAuslan Brewing Inc., Montreal, Canada
Bronze: Hahn Special Vintage, Lion Nathan Australia, Sydney, Australia

Category: 56 Strong Ale, 20 Entries
Gold: Never Summer Ale, Rockies Brewing Co., Boulder, CO
Silver: Sopris, Glenwood Canyon Brewing Co., Glenwood Springs, CO
Bronze: Green Flash 1st Anniversary Ale, Green Flash Brewing Co., Vista, CA

Category: 57 Strong Scotch Ale, 22 Entries
Gold: Wee Heavy, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant, Wilmington, DE
Silver: Caber Toss Wee Heavy, Oggi's Pizza and Brewing Co., San Clemente, CA
Bronze: Under the Kilt Wee Heavy, Dragonmead Microbrewery, Warren, MI

Category: 58 Barley Wine-Style Ale, 28 Entries
Gold: Old Boardhead Barleywine Ale, Full Sail Brewing Co., Hood River, OR
Silver: Horn Dog, Flying Dog Ales, Denver, CO
Bronze: Freedom Ale - 2002, Tun Tavern Brewery & Restaurant, Atlantic City, NJ

Category: 59 Robust Porter, 38 Entries
Gold: Sweet Sanderine Porter, Il Vicino, Colorado Springs, CO
Silver: Organic Tree Hugger Porter, Laurelwood Pub & Brewery, Portland, OR
Bronze: Swan Lake Beer Porter, Hyouko Yashiki Nomori Brewery, Kitanbara, Japan

Category: 60 Brown Porter, 19 Entries
Gold: Sweetwater Exodus Porter, Sweetwater Brewing Co., Atlanta, GA
Silver: Pyramid Mount Diablo Porter, Pyramid Ales & Lagers, Seattle, WA
Bronze: Bad Elmers Porter, Upland Brewing Co., Bloomington, IN

Category: 61 Sweet Stout, 14 Entries
Gold: Straight from the Teats Stout, Sports City Café & Brewery, El Cajon, CA
Silver: Iron Horse Stout, Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant, Inc. dba Big River Breweries, Chattanooga, TN
Bronze: SKA Milk Stout, SKA Brewing Co., Durango, CO

Category: 62 Oatmeal Stout, 28 Entries
Gold: Oatmeal Stout, Troy Brewing Co., Inc., Troy, NY
Silver: Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout, Anderson Valley Brewing Co., Booneville, CA
Bronze: Sierra Nevada Stout, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Chico, CA

Category: 63 Imperial Stout, 23 Entries
Gold: Kappler Stout, Etna Brewing Co. L.L.C., Etna, CA
Silver: High Desert Imperial Stout, Great American Restaurants, Centreville, VA
Bronze: Imperial Oatmeal Stout, Boundary Bay Brewery, Bellingham, WA

Category: 64 German-Style Kölsch/Köln-Style Kölsch, 29 Entries
Gold: Mother Martha's Kölsch, Rock Bottom Brewery - Arlington, Arlington, VA
Silver: Kaorino-Nama, Shimono Co., Ltd., Chiba, Japan
Bronze: Golden Arm, Piece, Chicago, IL

Category: 65 German-Style Brown Ale/Düsseldorf-Style Altbier, 16 Entries
Silver: Terrapin Alt, Rock Bottom Brewery - Bethesda, Bethesda, MD
Bronze: Southampton Secret Ale, Southampton Publick House, Southampton, NY

Category: 66 South German-Style Hefeweizen/Hefeweissbier, 56 Entries
Gold: Pshenychne Etalon, Radomyshl Beer and Beverages Plant, Kiev, Ukraine
Silver: Weißer Franke, Ritter St. Georgen Brauerei, Nennslingen, Germany
Bronze: Freudenberger Hefe Weizen, Brauerei Maerkl, Freudenberg, Germany

Category: 67 German-Style Pale Wheat Ale, 6 Entries
Gold: Hofmühl-Weissbier Leicht, Privatbrauerei Hofmühl, Eichstätt, Germany
Silver: Redback, Matilda Bay Brewing Co., North Fremantle, Australia
Bronze: Samuel Adams Weiss Bier, Boston Beer Co., Boston, MA

Category: 68 German-Style Dark Wheat Ale, 13 Entries
Gold: Schwarzer Ritter, Ritter St. Georgen Brauerei, Nennslingen, Germany
Silver: Distelhäuser Dunkles Hefe-Weizen, Distelhäuser Brauerei,
TBB - Distelhausen, Germany
Bronze: 1543, Flötzinger Braü, Rosenheim, Germany

Category: 69 South German-Style Weizenbock/Weissbock, 13 Entries
Gold: Plank Weizenbock, Brauerei Michael Plank, Laaber, Germany
Silver: Aventinus, Schneider Weisse, Kelheim, Germany
Bronze: Plank Heller Weizenbock, Brauerei Michael Plank, Laaber, Germany

Category: 70 Irish-Style Red Ale, 21 Entries
Gold: McIlhenney's Irish Red, Alpine Beer Co., Alpine, CA
Silver: Enchanted Rock Red Ale, Fredericksburg Brewing Co., Fredericksburg, TX
Bronze: Irish Red, Diamond Bear Brewing Co., Little Rock, AR

Category: 71 Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout, 13 Entries
Gold: O.V.L. Stout, Russian River Brewing Co., Santa Rosa, CA
Silver: Blarney Sister's Dry Irish Stout, Third Street Aleworks, Santa Rosa, CA
Bronze: McGuire's Irish Stout, McGuire's Irish Pub #2, Destin, FL

Category: 72 Foreign (Export)-Style Stout, 13 Entries
Gold: Space Stout, Laurelwood Pub & Brewery, Portland, OR
Silver: Tsunami Stout, Pelican Pub & Brewery, Pacific City, OR
Bronze: Black Magic Stout, Oggi's Pizza and Brewing Co., San Clemente, CA

Category: 73 Golden or Blonde Ale, 24 Entries
Gold: Kiwanda Cream Ale, Pelican Pub & Brewery, Pacific City, OR
Silver: Rickard's IPA, Molson Canada, Toronto, Canada
Bronze: Big Rack Blonde, Brü, Rochester, NY

Category: 74 American-Style Pale Ale, 40 Entries
Gold: Firestone Pale Ale, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA
Silver: Pale Nectar, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA
Bronze: Piston Pale Ale, Laurelwood Pub & Brewery, Portland, OR

Category: 75 American-Style Strong Pale Ale, 25 Entries
Gold: Mad Hatter, New Holland Brewing Co., Holland, MI
Silver: Nectar IPA, Firestone Walker Brewing Co., Paso Robles, CA
Bronze: Victory Pale Ale, Emmett's Tavern & Brewing Co., West Dundee, IL

Category: 76 American-Style India Pale Ale, 40 Entries
Gold: Wipeout IPA, Pizza Port Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA
Silver: Racer 5 I.P.A., Bear Republic Brewing Co., Healdsburg, CA
Bronze: Drake's IPA, Drake's Brewing Co., San Leandro, CA

Category: 77 Imperial or Double India Pale Ale, 25 Entries
Gold: Imperial IPA, Boundary Bay Brewery, Bellingham, WA
Silver: Wingnut, Piece, Chicago, IL
Bronze: Frank, Pizza Port Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA

Category: 78 American-Style Amber/Red Ale, 32 Entries
Gold: Sunset Amber, Oggi's Pizza and Brewing Co., San Clemente, CA
Silver: Thirsty Dog Hoppus Maximus, Thirsty Dog Brewing Co., Independence, OH
Bronze: Swan Lake Beer Amber Swan Ale, Hyouko Yashiki Nomori Brewery, Kitanbara, Japan

Category: 79 Imperial or Double Red Ale, 8 Entries
Gold: YuleSmith, AleSmith Brewing Co., San Diego, CA
Silver: Double Deranger, Laurelwood Pub & Brewery, Portland, OR
Bronze: Hopsquatch, Four Peaks Brewing Co., Tempe, AZ

Category: 80 American-Style (Extra Special) Strong Bitter, 11 Entries
Gold: Organic Free Range Red, Laurelwood Pub & Brewery, Portland, OR
Silver: Red Truck IPA, Palisade Brewery, Palisade, CO
Bronze: Blue Point ESB, Blue Point Brewing Co., Patchogue, NY

Category: 81 American-Style Brown Ale, 18 Entries
Gold: Not Brown, Red Rock Brewing Co., Salt Lake City, UT
Silver: Book Cliff Brown Ale, Palisade Brewery, Palisade, CO
Bronze: Kick-Ass Brown, C.H. Evans Brewing Co. At the Albany Pump Station, Albany, NY