Deschutes Brewery and Reuben’s Brews are big winners at 2020 U.S. Open Beer Championship
Oregon’s Deschutes Brewery was the Grand National Champion at the 2020 U.S. Open Beer Championship that featured over 6,000 beer entries with distanced judging taking place in America and Europe. Reuben’s Brews of Seattle was also one of the top winners. The unique worldwide competition judges both professionally brewed beers as well as gold medal winners from the National AHA Homebrew Competition. It’s also known for eccentric categories like Peanut Butter beers and this year a category dedicated to Black is Beautiful beers.
Deschutes Brewery of Bend Oregon is the 2020 Grand National Champion, winning three gold and two silver medals. Deschutes is the first three-time Grand Champion winner in the U.S. Open Beer Championship’s 12-year history, having also won the honor for 2009 and 2011. Deschutes’ gold medal winners included Wowza! Light IPA, Home at Port Aged in a Port Barrel and Lil’ Squeezy Juicy Ale. Deschutes’ silver medal winners are The Ages Barrel Aged Sour Ale and Obsidian Stout.
In Oregon, other big winners included Stormbreaker Brewing, Bend Brewing, Ecliptic Brewing, Ferment Brewing, Rosenstadt Brewery, and Three Creeks Brewing.
In Washington, after Reuben’s Brews place in the top 5 overall winners, Icicle Brewing pulled out not far behind, with 54-40 Brewing, No-Li Brewhouse, Boundary Bay Brewing and Brick West Brewing.
Monday Night Garage Brewing out of Atlanta, Georgia placed second, winning three gold medals and a silver, all from beers judged best in the barrel-aged category, which includes Rum Barrel Aged, Blended Barrel-Aged, Barrel-Aged Strong Stout Specialty and Barrel Aged Dark beers.
Narrow Path Brewing out of Loveland, Ohio took third place overall, earning three gold medals for their Barrel-Aged Cerise Sauvage, English Dissent Mild Ale and Tri-Kettle Tripel. The U.S. Open Beer Championship judges more beer styles than any other competition in the world and is the only major beer competition that includes beers from professional breweries and gold medal winners from the National American Homebrewing Association competition. Homebrewer Justin McClenahan Silver Spring, Maryland, won a national bronze medal for his Baltic porter.
For the 2020 competition, a special Black is Beautiful Imperial Stout category was added earlier this year after U.S. Open board of directors sampled several outstanding imperial stouts. The U.S. Open Beer Championships will donate 100 percent of the entry fees in this category to a foundation or organization that supports equity, inclusion, and justice, which will be determined by the gold medal winner. Pontoon Brewing in Atlanta, GA earned the inaugural Black is Beautiful gold.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, judging was held in both the U.S. and Canada, at locations including Atlanta, GA; Oxford, Ohio; and Welland, Ontario. Judging in the U.S. Open Beer Championships is blind; judges know only the categories, not the names or locations of beers being judged.
Top 10 Breweries in 2020’s U.S. Open Beer Championships
1. Deschutes Brewery – Oregon
2. Monday Night Garage – Georgia
3. Narrow Path Brewing – Ohio
4. Barnaby Brewing – Alaska
5. Reuben’s Brew Taproom – Washington
6. Amsterdam Brewing – Ontario
7. Big Sexy Brewing – California
8. Main & Six Brew Company – Florida
9. Spearfish Brewing – South Dakota
10. Wellington Brewery – Ontario
U.S. Open beer judges always enjoy the creativity behind the names that breweries demonstrate for their products, selected subjectively – based on laughter volume — at the conclusion of the judging. This year’s Top 10 Favorite Beer Names included:
1. Menace to Sobriety Stout – Hank Hudson Brewing – New York
2. Purple Floors and Dinosaurs IPA – Double Branch Brewing – Florida
3. Breaking Bud IPA – Knee Deep Brewing – California
4. Flavus Maximus Ale – Soul Fire Brewing – Texas
5. Straight Kick to the Scotch Ale – Urban Brew Labs – Illinois
6. Double Rogg Dare You – Gezellig Brewing – Iowa
7. Fog Eat Fog World Hazy DIPA – Slice Beer Company – California
8. I Don’t Give A Schnitzel Oktoberfest – de Bine Brewing Co. – Florida
9. Arrowmatic DIPA – Arrow Lodge Brewing – California
10. Tipsy Goat Bock – Oak Highlands Brewery – Texas
FULL WINNERS LIST
Ales
Golden or Blonde ale
Gold: Mill Pond Blonde – Oyster City Brewing – Florida
Silver: Easy Breesy – Buckstin Brewing – Texas
Bronze: Local Gold – Wild Leap Brew Co. – Georgia
English Summer Ale
Gold: Approachable Blonde Ale – Municipal Brew Works – Ohio
Silver: Big Boca Ale – Fat Point Brewing – Florida
Bronze: Subterranian Summer – Danville Brewing – California
English Pale Ale
Gold: Special Pale Ale – Wellington Brewery – Ontario
Silver: Royal Scandal – Peticolas Brewing – Texas
Silver: Pale Ale – Ferment Brewing – Oregon
Bronze: Boont Amber – Anderson Valley Brewing – California
English IPA
Gold: Jacaranda – Claremont Craft Ales – California
Silver: Recess IPA – Crow Hop Brewing – Colorado
Bronze: Ichthyosaur “Icky” India Pale Ale – Great Basin Brewing – Nevada
Imperial IPA(DIPA)
Gold: Call of Lupulhu – Big Sexy Brewing – California
Silver: Phantom Forest – Madtree Brewing – Ohio
Bronze: Lupulin River – Knee Deep Brewing – California
Triple IPA
Gold: Dr. Lupulin – Revision Brewing – Nevada
Silver: Hop Trio – Knee Deep Brewing – California
Bronze: Margaery Grapefruit TIPA – Johnnie Byrd Brewing – Nebraska
Bitter
Gold: Lyon Pride – Third Monk Brewing – Michigan
Silver: Bitter – Niagara College – Ontario
Bronze: Brink ESB – Brink Brewing – Ohio
ESB
Gold: Hasty Generalization – Devil’s Logic Brewing – North Carolina
Silver: HOWL – Bend Brewing – Oregon
Silver: Dark Streets of London – Clifford Brewing – Ontario
Bronze: Banksy – Burning Beard Brewing – California
English Mild Ale
Gold: English Dissent – Narrow Path Brewing – Ohio
Silver: Groovy Baby! – Third Eye Brewing – Ohio
Bronze: Beautiful Dreams – Daredevil Brewing – Indiana
Brown ale
Gold: County Brown – Wellington Brewery – Ontario
Silver: Boar Brown – Pig Pounder – North Carolina
Bronze: Ambivert Brown – Incendiary Brewing – North Carolina
Bronze: Perfect Sight – Third Eye Brewing – Ohio
Strong/Imperial Brown Ale
Gold: – Big Brown Beaver – Mathews Brewing Company – Florida
Silver: Winter Coat – StormBreaker Brewing – Oregon
Bronze: Brown Lab – Vizsla Brewing – Montana
Brown Porters
Gold: Eclipse Porter – Ecliptic Brewing – Oregon
Silver: DC Dirt – Red Bear Brewing – Washington
Bronze: Wyoming – Accomplice Beer Company – Montana
Robust Porters
Gold: American Dream – Hopstix – Georgia
Silver: Krista’s Vanilla Porter – Hidden Springs Brewhouse – New York
Bronze: Dark Road Porter – Grand Junction Brewing – Indiana
Imperial Porter
Gold: – Black Eye Imperial Porter – Scratchtown Brewing – Nebraska
Silver: Capella Imperialized Porter – Ecliptic Brewing – Oregon
Bronze: Cinful Imperial Porter – American Harvest Brewpub – Michigan
Classic Irish Dry Stout
Gold: Classic Irish Dry Stout – Cedar Springs Brewing – Michigan
Silver: O’Dark Thirty Stout – 6 Bears & a Goat Brewing – Virgina
Bronze: Dry Stout – Reuben’s Brews – Washington
Foreign Stout
Gold: Extra Extra– Georgia Foreign – Pontoon Brewing
Silver: Foreign Exchange Stout – The Exchange Brewery – Ontario
Bronze: Trade War Export Stout – Bend Brewing – Oregon
Bronze: Big Wall – Strike Brewing – California
American Stout
Gold: Irish Channel Stout – Nola Brewing – Louisanna
Silver: Obsidian Stout – Deschutes Brewery – Oregon
Bronze: Chihuahua Stout – Vizsla Brewing – Montana
Cream Stout
Gold: Higher Purpose – Third Eye Brewing – Ohio
Silver: Moozie – Brink Brewing – Ohio
Silver: Volcano Mudslide – Feather Falls Brewing – Nevada
Bronze: Bronze: Kentucky Mud – Arches Brewing – Georgia
Oatmeal Stout
Gold: Thunderball – Eudora Brewing – Ohio
Silver: Settlers Oatmeal Stout – Vallensons’ Brewing Company – Texas
Bronze: Black Pearl – Privatbrauerei Dirk Dennemann – Germany
British Imperial Stout
Gold: Sturgeon Russian Imperial Stout – Muskellunge Brewing – Ohio
Silver: Stoutacus – Shoe Tree Brewing – Nevada
Bronze: Black Mask – Stillfire Brewing – Georgia
American Imperial Stout
Gold: Black Curtains – Peticolas Brewing – Texas
Silver: Full Grown Man – TUPPS Brewery – Texas
Bronze: Raise A Ruckus – Piney River Brewing – Missouri
Imperial Stout Specialty
Gold: Weapon of Mash Destruction – Main & Six Brewing – Florida
Silver: Chocolate Chess Deviation – The Glass Jug Beer Lab – North Carolina
Bronze: Temptress – Lakewood Brewing – Texas
Bronze: Reace & Desist – Widowmaker Brewing – Massachusetts
Imperial Stout Extreme (ABV: 12.5%+)
Gold: Ol’ Rugger – Zaftig Brewing – Ohio
Gold: Barrel-aged Epic Blackout Stout – Brickway Brewery & Distillery – Nebraska
Silver: Double Navel Gazer – New Heights Brewing – Tennessee
Bronze: Epic Blackout Stout – Brickway Brewery & Distillery – Nebraska
Old Ale
Gold: Old Whistle Britches – The Brewtorium – Texas
Silver: Beer 101: Strong – Niagara College – Ontario
Bronze: Helvetesfonster – Backstep Brewing – Indiana
Bronze: Bearded Man – Spilled Grain Brewhouse – Minnesota
English Barley Wine
Gold: Decline – Icicle Brewing Pub – Washington
Silver: Gobsmacked – New Heights Brewing – Tennessee
Bronze: Bollocks – Haymarket Brewing – Michigan
American Barley Wine
Gold: Crouching Cougar – Feather Falls Brewery – California
Silver: Barleywine 2019 – Bent Barley Brewing – Colorado
Bronze: 5th Anniversary Barleywine – Waikiki Brewing – Hawaii
Barley Wine Specialty
Gold: Just Another Pretty Face – Denver Beer Company – Colorado
Silver: no medal
Bronze: no medal
Scottish Ale
Gold: Scottish MISTS – Grainworks Brewing – Ohio
Silver: Great Scot! – Peticolas Brewing – Texas
Bronze: Caber Toss – Ike & Oak Brewing – Illinois
Strong Scottish Ale
Gold: Ramsey’s Scotch – Square Knot Brewing – New York
Silver: Kilt Switch – 903 Brewers – Texas
Bronze: Minnie Wee – Accomplice Beer Company – Montana
Irish Red Ale
Gold: Caiolann’s Irish Red – Square Knot Brewing – New York
Silver: Outraged Daughters – Wiseman Brewing – North Carolina
Bronze – Alaskan Amber – Alaskan Brewing – Alaska
American Amber / Red
Gold: Red Giant – Big Island Brewhouse – Hawaii
Silver: Magenta – Printer’s Ale Manufacturing Company – Georgia
Bronze: Glass Beach Amber Ale – Makai Brewing – North Carolina
Imperial Red Ale
Gold: Wreak Havoc – Bootstrap Brewing – Colorado
Silver: Recovery Red – Municipal Brew Works – Ohio
Bronze: Velvet Hammer – Peticolas Brewing – Texas
American Pale Ale
Gold: Pinnacles Pale Ale – Lake Arrowhead Brewing – California
Silver: Pinky & Pointer – Gravely Brewing – Kentucky
Bronze: Cardinal Pale Ale – Nebraska Brewing – Nebraska
Australian-Style Pale Ale
Gold: Muka Laka Hiki – Hop Dogma Brewing – California
Silver: My Ruca – Draught Works Brewery – Montana
Bronze: Far Far Away – Eudora Brewing – Ohio
Juicy or Hazy Pale Ale
Gold: Chance IPA – Wild Leap Brew Company – Georgia
Silver: Hazy River – New Holland Brewing – Michigan
Bronze: Soul of the City – Atlanta Brewing – Georgia
Juicy or Hazy Strong Pale Ale
Gold: Fresh Hop Double Crush – Reuben’s Brews – Taproom Brewery – Washington
Silver: Alpha Abstraction, Vol. 14 – Wild Leap Brew Co. – Georgia
Bronze: Mind Haze – Firestone Walker Brewing – California
Bronze: Money Ca$h Haze – Knee Deep Brewing – California
American IPA
Gold: Thompson Island IPA – Thompson Island Brewing – Delaware
Silver: Mosaic IPA -Zipline Brewing – Nebraska
Bronze – Don’t Worry – Wormtown Brewery – Massachusetts
Light IPA(under 120 Calories)
Gold: Wowza! – Deschutes Brewing – Oregon
Silver: Mallet – Workshop Brewing – Michigan
Bronze: High Light – Sweetwater Brewing – Georgia
Brut IPA
Gold: Bootsy IPA – Fretboard Brewing Ohio
Silver: Dry Spell – Field Brewing – Indiana
Bronze: Ultima – McFleshman’s Brewing – Wisconsin
Fruit IPA
Gold: Pineapple Vanilla Milkshake IPA – Whistle Hop Brewing – Colorado
Silver: Jinkies – Fetch Brewing – Michigan
Bronze: Grapefruit Highest Point – Spilled Grain Brewhouse – Minnesota
West Coast IPA
Gold: Five Oh Five – Moonraker Brewing – California
Silver: Stone IPA – Stone Brewing – California
Bronze: Looking East – Commonhouse Aleworks – South Carolina
New Zealand IPA
Gold: Operation Dynamite! – Slice Beer Company – California
Silver: 41° 16′ S 173° 17′ E – Columbia Craft Brewing – South Carolina
Bronze: Highly Dramatic NEIPA – Middle James Brewing – North Carolina
New England/Juicy IPA
Gold: Alpenhaze Hazy IPA – Icicle Brewing – Washington
Silver: Pulp Prescription – Suffolk Punch Brewing – North Carolina
Bronze: Yard Breather – The Dreamchaser’s Brewery – North Carolina
New England/Juicy DIPA
Gold: Purple Floors and Dinosaurs – Double Branch Brewing – Florida
Silver: Metaphase – Drekker Brewing – North Dakota
Bronze: Second Shift – Incendiary Brewing – North Carolina
American Brown Ale
Gold: Handsworth Brown Ale – Main & Six Brewing Company – Florida
Silver: Blue Collar – Missing Falls Brewery – Ohio
Bronze: Mother Fuggle – Eudora Brewing – Ohio
Ameican-Style Black Ale
Gold: Raven Twins – Scratchtown Brewing – Nebraska
Silver: The Old Man & The Cat – Boundary Bay Brewing – Washington
Bronze: Slightly Darker Black – Vector Brewing – Texas
American Strong Pale ale
Gold: Half Cocked – 54-40 Brewing – Washington
Silver: Big Juicy – No-Li Brewhouse – Washington
Bronze: Bits and Bobs – Reuben’s Brews – Taproom Brewery – Washington
International Style Pale Ale
Gold: Mind the Gap – Reuben’s Brews – Small Batch Brewery – Washington
Silver: Muka Laka Hiki – Hop Dogma Brewing – California
Bronze: Moreish – Reuben’s Brews – Washington
Altbier
Gold: U47 – Third Monk Brewing – Michigan
Silver: 255 Amber – Waconia Brewing – Minnesota
Bronze: Alterior Motive – StormBreaker Brewing – Oregon
German Kolsch
Gold: Kascadia – 54-40 Brewing Company – Washington
Silver: Kolsch – Ballad Brewing – Virginia
Silver: Smash the Day Kolsch – LOD Brew Co. – Ontario
Bronze: Kolsch – Rosenstadt – Oregon
German Wheat
Gold: Shades of autumn – Short Fuse Brewing – Illinois
Silver: Hotel Rendezvous – Revelry Brewing – South Carolina
Silver: Wisconsinite – Lakefront Brewery – Wisconsin
Bronze: Holy Bananas – Middle James Brewing – North Carolina
German Hefeweizen
Gold: Washout Wheat – Holy City Brewing – South Carolina
Silver: Whatever Forever – Barnaby Brewing – Alaska
Bronze: Das Weizen – MPH Brewing – Ohio
Bronze: Hazy Skies Hefeweizen – Pilot Brewing – North Carolina
French / Belgian Saison
Gold: The Mute – Buckstin Brewing – Texas
Silver: Classic Saison – Big Sexy Brewing – California
Silver: Pierre Delecto – Fullsteam Brewery – North Carolina
Bronze: Heritage Saison – Printer’s Ale Manufacturing – Georgia
Belgian Pale Ale
Gold: Crazy Train – Fretboard Brewing – Ohio
Silver: Gold Standard – Taxman Brewing – Indiana
Bronze: Ignition Switch – Neff Brewing – Oklahoma
French / Belgian Ale
Gold: Feral Garden Gnome – Liability Brewing – South Carolina
Silver: Classy Chassis – Bankhead Brewing – Texas
Bronze: Lifeguard – Icicle Brewing Pub – Washington
Belgian Dubbel
Gold: Discipline Dubbel – Bold Monk Brewing – Georgia
Silver: Dubbel Chin – March First Brewing – Ohio
Bronze: Deduction – Taxman Brewing – Indiana
Belgian Tripel
Gold: Tri-Kettle Tripel – Narrow Path Brewing – Ohio
Silver: JWR Trappist Style Trippel – Alexandria Brewing – Kentucky
Bronze: Tripel – White Street Brewing – North Carolina
Belgian Quadrupel
Gold: Cecilia’s Grace Trappist-Style Quad – Alexandria Brewing – Texas
Silver: Plummers Crack – Bad Dad Brewing – Indiana
Bronze: 12% Days of Christmas – Stillfire Brewing – Georgia
Belgian-Style Strong Specialty Ale
Gold: Oost – HighGrain Brewing – Ohio
Silver: Grand Cru – American Harvest Brewpub – Michigan
Bronze: Muse – Daredevil Brewing – Indiana
Bronze: Jordan Harbour PA – Bench Brewing – Ontario
Sour/Belgian Lambic
Gold: Under the Tower Sour – Lost Signal Brewing – Missouri
Silver: Chasing Ponies – Trapezium Brewing – Virginia
Bronze: 3 Year Blend – The Exchange Brewery – Ontario
Belgian Witbier
Gold: Wit Wit (In The Wit) – Hansa Brewery – Ohio
Silver: Walk On Water White – Bold Monk Brewing – Georgia
Bronze: Bungalow Belgian Witbier – Ivanhoe Park Brewing – Florida
Berliner-Style Weisse
Gold: Raspberry Beret – Streetside Brewery – Ohio
Silver: Jungalow Juice – Arrow Lodge Brewing – California
Bronze: Cran Da – The Dreamchaser’s Brewery – North Carolina
Gose
Gold: Gose – Reuben’s Brews – Washington
Silver: Gose In Your Mouth – Spider Bite Beer Company – New York
Bronze: Gose Like Swayze – Territorial Brewing – Michigan
Fruit Gose
Gold: Lime Margarita – Tire Shack Brewing – New Brunswick
Silver: Raspbery Lemon Gose – Variant Brewing – Georgia
Bronze: Bronze: Tropical Hazy Sour – Anderson Valley Brewing – California
Category Lager
American Light
Gold: 3 Speed – Amsterdam Brewing – Ontario
Silver: Light – Altstadt Brewery – Texas
Bronze: Heights Light Lager – New Magnolia Brewing – Texas
American Lager/Pilsener
Gold: Launcher Lager – Big Top Brewing – Florida
Silver: 63 Axe Handles – Royal Palm Brewing – Florida
Bronze: Park Hopp’r Pilsner – Ivanhoe Park Brewing – Florida
American Premium Lager
Gold: Sugar Creek Pilsner – Sugar Creek Brewing – North Carolina
Gold: Long Day Lager – Red Hare Brewing – Georgia
Silver: SRB Lager – Sibling Revelry Brewing – Ohio
Bronze: Double Mitts – MadTree Brewing – Ohio
American Amber/California Common
Gold: Oktoberfest – Huss Brewing – Arizona
Silver: Alta Mar – Ketch Brewing – California
Bronze: Point Classic Amber Lager – Stevens Point Brewery – Wisconsin
Bohemian Pilsener
Gold: – Küsterer Pils – Cedar Springs Brewing – Michigan
Silver: 12º Pils – Ferment Brewing – Oregon
Bronze: 407 Pils – Bowigens Beer Company – Florida
German Lager / Pilsener
Gold: Bavarian Pils – Privatbrauerei Ayinger – Germany
Silver: 3 Golden Hairs – Grimm Brothers Brewhouse – Colorado
Bronze: Pils Beer – Bofferding – Luxenburg
International Style Pilsner
Gold: Cerveza Rio – Piney River Brewing – Missouri
Silver: Silver Bluff Mexican Lager – Silver Bluff Brewing – Georgia
Bronze: Dye-It Pils – Infamous Brewing – Texas
Mexican Pilsner
Gold: Tres Arroyos Mexican Lager – Three Creeks Brewing – Oregon
Silver: Mexican Pilsner – Cerveceria Colorado – Colorado
Bronze: Norteño – Crow Hop Brewing – Colorado
Munchner Helles, Light
Gold: Helles Lager – New Oberpfalz Brewing – Indiana
Silver: Helles Creek – Kros Strain Brewing – Nebraska
Bronze: Helles – Reuben’s Brews – Taproom Brewery – Washington
Munchner Dunkel / Dark
Gold: Fearless Youth – Grimm Brothers Brewhouse – Colorado
Silver: Munich Dunkel – Schulz Bräu Brewing – Tennessee
Bronze: Night Game – Field Brewing – Indiana
Marzen / Oktoberfest/
Gold: Sam Adams Oktoberfest – Boston Beer Company – Massachusetts
Silver: Proast – Twin Oast Brewing – Ohio
Bronze: Oktoberfest Märzen – Schulz Bräu Brewing – Tennessee
Vienna
Gold: Oktoberfest – Crooked Lane Brewing – California
Gold: Firebrick – August Schell Brewing – Minnesota
Silver: Feeling Fritzy – Brink Brewing – Ohio
Bronze: Brick West Vienna – Brick West Brewing – Washington
Schwarzbier
Gold: Black Forest – Desperate Times Brewery – Pennsylvania
Silver: Black Sheep – Bru Daddy’s Brewing – Pennsylvania
Bronze: Dark Cloud – The Common Beer Company – Ohio
Bock
Gold: Bock – Niagara College – Ontario
Silver: Exterior Illumination – Deviant Wolfe Brewing – Florida
Bronze: Judy’s Buck – Muskellunge Brewing – Ohio Bronze:
Heller Bock/Maibock
Gold: Fest Bier – Spearfish Brewing – South Dakota
Silver: Tipsy Goat – Oak Highlands Brewery – Texas
Bronze: Helles Bock – River Rat Brewery – South Carolina
Dopple / Strong Bock
Gold: Doppelbock – Lupulin Brewing – Minnesota
Silver: Slayerator Dopplebock – Alexandria Brewing – Kentucky
Bronze: Corbet’s Couloir – Ike & Oak Brewing – Illinois
Bronze: Doppelbock – Bayern Brewing – Montana
Baltic Porter
Gold: Porters Porter – Big Ash Brewing – Ohio
Silver: Moonlight Excursion – Mason Jar Lager Co. – North Carolina
Bronze: Coolverine – Nine Giant Brewing – Ohio
Bronze: Odin’s Beard – Justin McClenahan – Homebrewer
India Pale Lager(IPL)
Gold: Bohemian Fusion – Big Sexy Brewing – California
Silver: CalifornIPA – The Dudes’ Brewing – California
Bronze: Triboulet – Arches Brewing – Georgia
Category – Hybrids
American Cream Ale
Gold: The Classic Cream Ale – Pantown Brewing – Minnesota
Silver: Cheetah – Rhinegeist – Ohio
Bronze: Matrimony Ale – The Blue Heron Brewery and Event Center – Ohio
American Wheat / Specialty Wheat
Gold: 4th Street Wheat – Foxhole Brewhouse – Minnesota
Silver: American Wheat – Bent Barley Brewing – Colorado
Bronze: Float Trip – Piney River Brewing – Missouri
American Style Fruit Beer
Gold: Mangrove Pale Ale – Oyster City Brewing – Florida
Silver: Bitchin’ Berry – Great Basin Brewing – Nevada
Bronze: Peach Mango Blonde Ale – Saint Patrick’s Brewing – Colorado
Belgian Style Fruit Beer
Gold: Plum Grove – Bench Brewing – Ontario
Gold: Berry Fresh 2020 – Barnaby Brewing – Alaska
Silver: Blackberry Duelist – Municipal Brew Works – Ohio
Bronze: Tangerine Splash – Brew Bus Brewing – Florida
Vegetable beer
Gold: Root Tang Clan – Shoe Tree Brewing – Nevada
Silver: Fiesty Redhead – Hopfusion Ale Works – Texas
Bronze: The Great Rhubarbian! – Sun King Brewing – Indiana
Pumpkin
Gold: Pumpkin Paddy – Launch Pad Brewery – Colorado
Silver: Pumpkin Ale – 2 Silos Brewing – Virginia
Bronze: Harvest Saison – Pilot Brewing – North Carolina
Coconut
Gold: Medusa – Black Plague Brewing
Silver: Weapon of Mash Destruction with Coconut– Main & Six Brew Company – Florida
Bronze: Coo Loco – Tire Shack Brewing – New Brunswick
Herb and Spice beer
Gold: Herb & Honey – South Park Brewing – California
Gold: Fly Rod – The Common Beer Company – Ohio
Silver: The Sodfather – Bad Dad Brewery – Indiana
Bronze: Passion of the Heights – Brew Bus Brewing – Florida
Chili Pepper Beer
Gold: Mango Habanero IPA – Motorworks Brewing – Florida
Silver: Chili Pepper Beer – Wynwood Brewing – Oregon
Bronze: Chili Pepper Beer – Bent Barley Brewing – Colorado
Chocolate / Cocoa Beer
Gold: German Chocolate Cake – Wicked Weed Brewing – North Carolina
Silver: Yuengling Hershey Chocolate Porter – D.G. Yuengling & Son
Bronze: Glazed & Confused – Thompson Island Brewing – Delaware
Coffee beer
Gold: Cats and Coffee – Burning Barrel Brewing – California
Silver: 3 Shades of Black – Akademia Brewing – Georgia
Silver: Rocket Fuel – 8th Wonder Brewery – Texas
Bronze: Mocha Java – Sugar Creek Brewing – North Carolina
Rye / Roggen Beer
Gold: Double Rogg Dare You – Gezellig Brewing – Iowa
Silver: Roggenschnizzle – Bier Brewery – Indiana
Bronze: Station 31 – Danville Brewing – California
Smoked / Rauch Beer
Gold: Smoke on the Lager – Hop Dogma Brewing – California
Silver – Rauchbier – Amsterdam Brewing – Ontario
Bronze: Smoke Beer – Barnaby Brewing – Alaska
Smoked Porter
Gold: CreepShow Smoked Porter – Warped Wing Brewing – Ohio
Silver: Alaskan Smoked Porter – Alaskan Brewing – Alaska
Bronze: Smoked Porter – Listermann Brewing – Ohio
Honey Beer
Gold: 1 Honey % that B – BAKFISH Brewing – Texas
Silver: Butineuse – Micro Coureur de Bois – Quebec
Silver: My Turn Series: JUVARR – Lakefront Brewing – Wisconsin
Bronze: Summer Lightning Ale – Brew Monkey Beer Company – Texas
Hemp Beer
Gold: Bob RastafarIPA – Shoe Tree Brewing – Nevada
Silver: The Hemperor – New Belgium – Colorado
Category Barrel Aged
Barrel Aged Ale beer
Gold: Dragon’s Milk White – New Holland Brewing – Michigan
Silver: Bent Barrel – River Dog Brewing – South Carolina
Bronze: Sonata Con Legno – New Groove Artisan Brewery – South Carolina
Barrel aged dark beer
Gold: Tears Of My Enemies Bourbon Barrel-Aged – Monday Night Garage – Georgia
Silver: Test of Time – Northern Row – Ohio
Bronze: Double Barrel Drop Forge – Pantown Brewing – Minnesota
Barrel aged strong beer
Gold: 1314 – Black Tooth Brewing – Wyoming
Silver: 3 Sisters – Barrel Aged – Port O’Pints Brewing – California
Bronze: Dragon’s Milk Solera – New Holland Brewing – Michigan
Barrel-Aged Strong Stout/Porter
Gold: Milwaukee County Stout – The Explorium Brewpub – Wisconsin
Gold: Double Tempest – Amsterdam Brewing – Ontario
Silver: 2020 Cumberland Cask Whiskey Barrel Aged Navel Gazer – New Heights Brewing – Tennessee
Bronze: Barrel-Aged Drenched in Desire – Revision Brewing – Nevada
Barrel-Aged Strong Stout/Porter Specialty
Gold: 7 Deadly Stouts – Monday Night Garage – Georgia
Silver: UVB-76 – Wellington Brewery – Ontario
Bronze: Incendiary Brewing – North Carolina
Bronze: Maple Grenade – Silver Harbor Brewing – Michigan
Barrel-Aged Sour Beer
Gold: Rose Wildwood – Bench Brewing – Ontario
Gold: Cerise Sauvage – Narrow Path Brewing
Silver: The Ages – Deschutes Brewery – Oregon
Bronze: Surrette Saison – Suffolk Punch Brewing – North Carolina
Barrel-Aged Fruit Sours
Gold: Farm to Oak Nectarine/Plum – Reuben’s Brews – Small Batch Brewery – Washington
Silver: Fonce – Gravely Brewing – Kentucky
Bronze: Perceptual Passion – Rhinegeist – Ohio
Barrel-Aged Fruit Beer
Gold: Bourbon Barrel Vanilla Porter With Tart Cherries – Oak Highlands Brewery – Texas
Silver: Trippin Around the Sun – Cherry Street Brewpub at Halcyon – Georgia
Bronze: Rubuscubus – Lupulin Brewing – Minnesota
Barrel-Aged Scotch Ale
Gold: Damebier – Cherry Street Brewing – Georgia
Silver: Wicked Thunder – Peak View Brewing – Colorado
Bronze: Fortingall Bourbon Barrel Aged Smoked Scotch Ale – Whistle Hop Brewing – Colorado
Barrel-Aged Barley Wine
Gold: 12.12.12 – Cherry Street Brewing – Georgia
Gold: Rally Round The Family – Liquid Mechanics Brewing – Colorado
Silver: Lil’ Nippert – Wolf’s Ridge Brewing – Ohio
Bronze: Old Marathon – Keg Creek Brewing – Iowa
Barrel-Aged Quad/Belgian Dark Ale
Gold: St. Francis the Elder – Wolf’s Ridge Brewing – Ohio
Silver: BBA Dragon With Matches – Incendiary Brewing – North Carolina
Blended Barrel-Aged Beer
Gold: Tie 9 On – Monday Night Garage – Georgia
Silver: XII – Listermann Brewing – Ohio
Bronze: Beasts Of Bourbon – Liquid Mechanics Brewing – Colorado
Spirits Barrel Aged Beer (non-whiskey) & Brandy Barrels
Gold: Lion’s Share VIII – Lakewood Brewing – Texas
Silver: Hooga – Barrel Chest Brewing – Virginia
Bronze: Apple Brandy Barrel-Aged Barleywine – Incendiary Brewing – North Carolina
Bronze: Warhead – Streetside Brewery – Ohio
Tequila Barrel Aged Beer
Gold: Emo is not dead – Barnaby Brewing – Alaska
Silver: Belgian Tripel Aged in Tequila Barrels- Ghost Seires – Brown Truck Brewery – North Carolina
Bronze: Tequila Barrel Aged Salty Marg – Widowmaker Brewing – Massachusetts
Rum Barrel Aged Beer
Gold: Colombiana – Martin House Brewing – Texas
Gold: Maple Rum Huracan – Big Storm Brewing – Florida
Silver: Tears of My Enemies – Monday Night Garage – Georgia
Bronze – Deviant of the Depths – Keg Creek Brewing – Iowa
White Wine Barrel Aged Beer
Gold: Perpétuelle – Barrel Chest Brewing – Virginia
Silver: Townshend – Widowmaker Brewing – Massachusetts
Bronze: Blanc Is The New White – Nebraska Brewing – Nebraska
Red/Port Wine Barrel Aged Beer
Gold: Home at Port – Deschutes Brewery – Oregon
Silver: It’s A Hard Knock Life – Wine Barrel – New Groove Artisan Brewery – South Carolina
Bronze: Sturgill -Haymarket Brewing – Michigan
Barrel-Aged Brett / Wild Beer
Gold: Long Funky Streaks Batch 2 – Benchtop Brewing – Virginia
Silver: Rustique – Motorworks Brewing – Florida
Bronze: BA Wild Ale w/ Chamomile – Upslope Brewing – Colorado
Barrel Aged German Lager
Gold: Barrel Aged Doppelbock – Schulz Bräu Brewing – Tennessee
Silver: Krostoberfest – Kros Strain Brewing – Nebraska
Bronze:The Helping Phriendly Bock – O.H.S.O. Brewery – Arizona
Category-Specialty
Aged Beer
Gold: Monk’s Tears – Four Day Ray Brewing – Indiana
Silver: 1st Anniversary – Municipal Brew Works – Ohio
Bronze: Bagpipes of Bardstown (2018) – Grainworks Brewing – Ohio
Specialty Pale Ale
Gold: South Park Pale – South Park Brewing – California
Silver: Hot Streak – Black Tooth Brewing – Wyoming
Bronze: Sabro – Toms River Brewing – New Jersey
Specialty IPA
Gold: Soft And Fluffy – Temblor Brewing – California
Silver: I Need a Vaca IPA – Foxhole Brewhouse – Minnesota
Bronze: Nilla Nectar – Kros Strain Brewing – Nebraska
Experimental Beer
Gold: Sin Mint Temptress – Lakewood Brewing – Texas
Silver: Sunset Sherbet – Moonraker Brewing – California
Bronze: Cobbler Hugs – Liquid Love Brewing – Illinois:
Specialty / Anything Goes
Gold: Kitchen Sink Breakfast Porter – Bayboro Brewing – Florida
Silver: You’re Killin’ Me S’mores – Brewfinity Brewing – Wisconsin
Bronze: Dreamcoat – Castle Island Brewing – Massachusetts
American-Belgo-Style Ale
Gold: Minor Swing – Nine Giant Brewing – Ohio
Silver: La Maison – Taxman Brewing – Indiana
Bronze: #4.5 Dry Hopped Saison – Brown Truck Brewing – North Carolina
Kellerbier or Zwickelbier
Gold: FemDom – Hansa Brewery – Ohio
Silver: Liquifaction Chardonnay Barrel Fermented – Seismic Brewing – California
Bronze: Homestand – Atlanta Brewing – Georgia
Brett Beer
Gold: Tropical Funk – Reuben’s Brews – Taproom Brewery – Washington
Silver: Rebel Funk – Wise Man Brewing – North Carolina
Bronze: Straight to Boss Level – Atlanta Brewing – Georgia
Sessions Beer
Gold: The Little Guy – White Rock Alehouse & Brewery – Texas
Silver: Peacekeeper – Launch Pad Brewery – Colorado
Bronze: Basic Lager – Platform Beer Company – Ohio
Session IPA
Gold: Local Lo Cal IPA – Commonhouse Aleworks – South Carolina
Silver: Kickstand – Icicle Brewing Production – Washington
Bronze: Single Twin – Scratchtown Brewing – Nebraska
Gluten-Free Beer
Gold: Truth in the Juice – Revelation Craft Brewing – Delaware
Silver: Olly Olly Gluten Free Pale Ale – Sibling Revelry Brewing – Ohio
Bronze: Co-Conspirator Apriot Sour – Revelation Craft Brewing – Delaware
Near Gluten Free
Gold: Lil’ Squeezy Juicy Ale – Deschutes Brewery – Oregon
Silver: Copper Mule Cream Ale – Black Tooth Brewing – Wyoming
Bronze: Irish Red Ale – Red Door Brewing – New Mexico
Near Gluten Free – Lager
Gold: Daura – S.A.DAMM – Spain
Silver: Copper Midge – Spearfish Brewing – South Dakota
Bronze: Daura Märzen – S.A.DAMM – Spain
Near Gluten Free – IPA/DIPA
Gold: Adventure Pants DIPA – Spearfish Brewing – South Dakota
Silver: Stone Delicious IPA – Stone Brewing – California
Bronze: Damn! That’s Good DIPA – The Explorium Brewpub – Wisconsin
Peanut Butter
Gold: Carver’s Peanut Butter Stout – The Explorium – Wisconsin
Silver: Nutcase – Listermann Brewing – Ohio
Bronze: CPB – Lupulin Brewing – Minnesota
Nut Beer
Gold: Chickow! – Listermann Brewing – Ohio
Silver: Grandma’s Pecan Brown – The Dudes’ Brewing – California
Bronze: Smoked Pecan Porter – Lost Signal Brewing – Missouri
Tea Beer
Gold: Broken Carabiner – Ike & Oak Brewing – Illinois
Silver: Blend No. 53 – Fullsteam Brewery – North Carolina
Bronze: Sudoku – O.H.S.O. Brewery – Arizona
Category Non-Alcoholic
Rootbeer
Gold: Sassy’s Root Beer – Whistling Springs Brewing/Dark Hills Brewery – Missouri
Silver: Point Premium Root Beer – Stevens Point Brewery – Wisconsin
Bronze: Popa’s Root Beer – Port O’Pints Brewing – California
Non Alcoholic IPA
Gold: Run Wild IPA – Athletic Brewing – California
Silver: Paradiso Citra IPA – Big Drop Brewing – United Kingdom
Bronze: Creatives IPA – Surreal Brewing – California
Bronze: Strapless – Bootstrap Brewing – Colorado
Non Alcoholic Stout
Gold: Bravus Breakfast Stout – Bravus Brewing – California
Silver: Galactic Milk Stout – Big Drop Brewing – United Kingdom
Bronze: All Out Stout – Athletic Brewing – California
Non Alcoholic Lager
Gold: Heineken 0.0 – Heineken N.V. – Holland
Silver: Fire Damm – S.A. Damm – Spain
Bronze: Bitburger Drive – Bitburger Brewery – Germany
Non-Alcoholic Malt Beverage
Gold: Pine Trail Pale Ale – Big Drop Brewing – United Kingdom
Silver: Pale Ale – Partake Brewing – Alberta
Silver: 17 Mile Porter – Surreal Brewing – California
Bronze: Bravus Cream Ale – Bravus Brewing – California
Special Category
Black is Beautiful Imperial Stout
Gold: Pontoon Brewing – Georgia
Silver: Maui Brewing – Hawaii
Bronze: Durty Bull Brewing – North Carolina
Bronze: Stone Brewing – California