2019 Oregon Beer Awards Winners, Medalists and Photo Recap

The 2019 Oregon Beer Awards ceremony was held last night, February 26th, at Revolution Hall in southeast Portland, where 75 medals were awarded in 25 judged beer categories. In addition to the 25 beer style categories, there were awards handed out for Best New Brewery, Best Beer Fest, Best Brewpub, Best Branding, Best Bottle Shop/Beer Bar, Beer Doing More, Best Collaboration, a Hall of Fame award, and Best Small, Medium, and Large Brewery of the Year.The 25 awarded beer categories were judged in a double-blind competition in January by 85 industry judges (Fresh Hops categories were judged back in September). 1,090 beers were entered this year from 133 Oregon breweries across the state. That's an impressive number that still has a lot of room to grow.The ceremony was kicked off by this year's MCs, Joe Sanders of Old Town Brewing and Ben Love of Gigantic Brewing, who came out on-stage after a fun sketch video that played to an excited crowd. The video above was filmed and edited by Jordan Wilson who produces all of Old Town Brewing's great promo videos.The recently passed Jim Parker received the award for the Oregon Beer Hall of Fame. Parker was posthumously inducted into the Hall of Fame that now includes such legends at Fred Eckhardt, Don Younger, and John Harris. The Oregon Historical Society and last year's winner, John Harris, fittingly introduced and presented the award to Parker's son, Joel Parker, while the family sat in attendance. Earlier this month I (along with Wayfaring Footlights productions)produced a handful of interviews with industry friends of Jim Parker for the tribute video that was then played. Excuse me if I tear up while watching it posted above here.

The winners:

PILSNER

BRONZE

10 Barrel Brewing

Whitburger

SILVER

Sunriver Brewing Company

Czech Meowt

GOLD

10 Barrel Brewing Co.

Smooth Talker

GOLDEN, BLONDE & OTHER ALE

BRONZE

Wild Ride Brewing

Big Booty Golden Ale

SILVER

Breakside Brewery

True Gold

GOLD

Bend Brewing Company

Alpha Blonde

STOUT

BRONZE

Bend Brewing Company

Trade War Export Stout

SILVER

Wolf Tree Brewery

Ship Biscuits

GOLD

Barley Brown's Brew Pub

Havoc

LIGHT GERMAN AND BOHEMIAN BEERS

BRONZE

Breakside Brewery - Dekum

Lucky as Helles

SILVER

Zoiglhaus Brewing Company

Zoigl-Schwarz

GOLD

10 Barrel Brewing Co.

Baywindow

GERMAN STRONG LAGERS, WHEAT/RYE BEERS AND SMOKE BEERS

BRONZE

Buoy Beer Company

The Decapitator

SILVER

Culmination Brewing Company

On The Keller

GOLD

Heater Allen Brewing

Export Lager

CLASSIC UK STYLES

BRONZE

10 Barrel Brewing Co.

RedeuX

SILVER

Level Beer

Biscuits to a Bear

GOLD

Crux Fermentation Project

Gramps Ale

CLASSIC NORTH AMERICAN STYLES

BRONZE

Oakshire Brewing

Ill Tempered Gnome

SILVER

Sunriver Brewing Company

Fuzztail

GOLD

Ecliptic Brewing

Capella Porter

BELGIAN BEERS

BRONZE

Wayfinder

Rumination

SILVER

Ancestry Brewing

Belgian Dark Strong

GOLD

Breakside Brewery - Dekum

Basic Witch

RED BEERS

BRONZE

StormBreaker St. Johns

ALTerior Motive

SILVER

Full Sail Brewing Co.

Amber

GOLD

Deschutes Brewery

Common Have a Pint

SESSIONABLE HOPPY BEERS

BRONZE

Sunriver Brewing Company

20 Klicks

SILVER

Migration Brewing A

Infinite Riff

GOLD

10 Barrel Brewing Co.

IPK

STRONG HOPPY BEERS

BRONZE

Breakside Brewery

India Golden Ale

SILVER

Ruse Brewing

Interpreter

GOLD

StormBreaker Brewing

Triple Double IPA

DARK HOPPY BEERS

BRONZE

Immersion Brewing

Ring the Alarm

SILVER

Ruse Brewing

Dark Between The Stars

GOLD

Migration Brewing 

Cannonball

AMERICAN IPA

BRONZE

Baerlic Brewing

Punk Rock Time

SILVER

Worthy Brewing

Strata IPA

GOLD

Sunriver Brewing 

Escape from Escondido

HAZY HOPPY BEERS

BRONZE

Old Town Brewing

Borneo

SILVER

Migration Brewing B

Mo-HAZE-ic

GOLD

Laurelwood Brewing Co.

Kids These Daze

BARREL-AGED BEERS

BRONZE

Pelican Brewing Company (Production)

Mother of All Storms

SILVER

Ecliptic Brewing

Ecliptic + Tesoaria Blood of Jupiter

GOLD

Breakside Brewery and Taproom

The Oligarch

RARE AND HISTORICAL BEERS

BRONZE

Monkless Belgian Ales

Peppercorn Imperial Wit

SILVER

Wayfinder

Relapse IPA

GOLD

Breakside Brewery - Dekum

Phantasmagoria

FLAVORED BEERS

BRONZE

Three Mugs Brewing

Mo' Honey Ale

SILVER

10 Barrel Brewing Co.

Passionate Envy

GOLD

Salem Ale Works

Hootenanny Honey Basil

COFFEE BEERS

BRONZE

Bend Brewing Company

StumpTHUMPin' Coffee Brown

SILVER

Bend Brewing Company

Coffee N Cream

GOLD

10 Barrel Brewing Co.

C4K

EXPERIMENTAL BEERS

BRONZE

10 Barrel Brewing Co.

Gindulgence

SILVER

Alesong Brewing and Blending

Gose Anejo

GOLD

Alesong Brewing and Blending

French 75

PASTRY OR DESSERT BEER

BRONZE

Breakside Brewery and Taproom

Fourth Wave

SILVER

Alesong Brewing and Blending

Senor Rhino

GOLD

Great Notion Brewing NW

Luminous

AMERICAN SOUR BEERS

BRONZE

Breakside Brewery and Taproom

Passionfruit Sour

SILVER

The Ale Apothecary

The Beer Formerly Known as La Tache

GOLD

10 Barrel Brewing Co.

Allure

BRETT AND MIXED CULTURE

BRONZE

Oregon City Brewing Co

Coming to Fruition: Cherry

SILVER

Logsdon Farmhouse Ales

Spontane Wilde

GOLD

Logsdon Farmhouse Ales

ZuurPruim

WOOD AND BARREL-AGED

BRONZE

Stickmen Brewing Company

I Heart Wood 2019

SILVER

10 Barrel Brewing Co.

Ginoculation

GOLD

Upright Brewing

Saison Ellende

OTHER FRESH HOP BEERS

BRONZE

Level Beer

Fresh Hopped Let's Play

SILVER

StormBreaker

Steambreaker

GOLD

West Coast Grocery Co

Willamette's With love

FRESH HOP PALE ALE AND IPA

BRONZE

Breakside Brewery and Taproom

What Fresh Beast

SILVER

pFriem Family Brewers

Fresh Hop Centennial IPA

GOLD

Sasquatch Brewing Company

Hey, I Just Met You, and This is Hazy

BEER DOING MORE

Ex Novo Brewing

BEST BEER FESTIVAL

Festival of the Dark Arts

BEST BOTTLE SHOP

Belmont Station

BEST BRANDING

Gigantic Brewing

BEST BREWPUB EXPERIENCE

Wayfinder Beer

BEST COLLABORATION

Terrifico Horror Pils (Wayfinder/Heater Allen/Modern Times)

BEST NEW BREWERY

Ruse Brewing

Brewery of the Year - Large

Breakside Brewing

Brewery of the Year - Medium

Block 15

Brewery of the Year - Small

Ruse Brewing

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