Washington Breweries won 26 medals at the 2025 World Beer Cup but were only credited with 24 medals on the official World Beer Cup results spreadsheet.

The World Beer Cup is now an annual international competition produced by the Brewers Association (BA) and taking place during the Craft Brewers Conference® & BrewExpo America.® which was this year held in Indianapolis, Indiana. The prestigious awards are considered the top worldwide beer competition as every country is invited to compete on a global stage.Throughout 14 sessions spanning seven days, a panel of 265 judges from 37 countries methodically evaluated 8,375 entries from 1,761 breweries and cideries across 49 nations and bestowed 349 awards.*

The discrepancy in the total medal count for Washington breweries is due to the mislabeling of Victor 23 Brewing of Vancouver, Washington as instead being from Portland, Oregon. Victor-23 can credit their success to former Wayfinder Beer brewer Tom Torresdal, who has recently did well at the Washington Beer Awards as well. Asked if he had any idea why Victor 23 was categorized as an Oregon brewery, Torresdal said: “That’s a bit of a head scratcher for me. Got to figure out why that happened. Only thing I can think is owner lives in Oregon, and I paid for entries with a credit card based from Oregon.”

Victor 23 is one of the North Bank Brewers Alliance members that comprises Southwest Washington. This year NBBA breweries scored 3 gold medals, 1 each from Barrel Mountain Brewing, Grains of Wrath Brewing, and Victor 23 Brewing which also netted a bronze medal.

"The World Beer Cup competition continues to showcase the global industry's dedication to innovative craftsmanship, diverse flavors, and technical excellence,” said Chris Williams, World Beer Cup competition director. “This roster of 2025 winners represents the pinnacle of craft brewing and cideries, demonstrating what’s achievable through dedication and passion. Congratulations to this year’s award winners; they have once again helped set the standard for excellence in their craft, inspiring innovation and fostering healthy competition within the industry.”

Washington Medal Winners:

American-Style Amber Lager

🥈Silver: Ebb and Flow, Cloudburst Brewing

American-Style Amber/Red Ale

🥉Bronze: First Amber, Stemma Brewing

American-Style Imperial Stout

🥈Silver: Thunderbolt Stout, Valhöll Brewing

Project 9 Brewing celebrates their WBC win for Lights Out Stout

American-Style Imperial Stout

🥉Bronze: Lights Out, Project 9 Brewing

American-Style Pilsener

🥈Silver: Bellevue 1882 Lager, Bellevue Brewing Co.

Barley Wine-Style Ale

🥈Silver: Three Ryes Men, Reuben's Brews

Berliner-Style Weisse

🥇Gold: Champagne Toast, Wander Brewing

British-Style Imperial Stout

🥇Gold: Wrecking Ball Imperial Stout, No-Li Brewhouse

Coffee Beer

🥉Bronze: Gusto Crema, Georgetown Brewing Co.

Experimental India Pale Ale

🥉Bronze: Rainbow Suspenders, Seapine Brewing Co.

Export Stout

🥇Gold: Starway, Barrel Mountain Brewing

🥉Bronze: Stoup Export Stout, Stoup Brewing - Capitol Hill

German-Style Altbier

🥇Gold: Lithium, Resonate Brewery

German-Style Doppelbock or Eisbock

🥉Bronze: Coconspirator, Victor 23 Brewing

Gose

🥈Silver: Gose, Four Generals Brewing

Camas, Washington’s Grains of Wrath Brewing claims a Gold medal in the highly competitive Imperial IPA category

Imperial India Pale Ale

🥇Gold: Punchface Champion, Grains of Wrath Brewing - Camas

International-Style Pilsener

🥇Gold: Birkebeinerpils, Victor 23 Brewing

🥉Bronze: Icicle Premium Pilsner, Icicle Brewing Co.

Icicle Brewing wins a bronze medal at the 2025 World Beer Cup

Irish-Style Red Ale

🥇Gold: Ridgetop Red, Silver City Brewery

Mixed-Culture Brett Beer

🥈Silver: Bobbi, Fair Isle Brewing

Jesse Brown of Formula Brewing accepts his silver medal in the New Zealand-Style IPA category

New Zealand-Style India Pale Ale

🥈Silver: Loyal to the Soil, Formula Brewing

Robust Porter

🥈Silver: Robust Porter, Reuben's Brews

Scotch Ale

🥈Silver: The Magnificent Scotch Ale, Silver City Brewery

South German-Style Hefeweizen

🥉Bronze: Hefeweizen, Dru Bru

Strong Red Ale

🥇Gold: Peaked In High School, Cloudburst Brewing

Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong

🥈Silver: Anniversary Year 5, Lumberbeard Brewing

"The World Beer Cup competition continues to showcase the global industry's dedication to innovative craftsmanship, diverse flavors, and technical excellence,” said Chris Williams, World Beer Cup competition director. “This roster of 2025 winners represents the pinnacle of craft brewing and cideries, demonstrating what’s achievable through dedication and passion. Congratulations to this year’s award winners; they have once again helped set the standard for excellence in their craft, inspiring innovation and fostering healthy competition within the industry.”

WORLD BEER CUP COMPETITION STATISTICS

1. 16th competition (skipped 2020; annualized starting 2022)

2. Entries: 8,375

3. Breweries & cideries: 1,761

5. Countries: 49

6. First-time brewery entries: 317

7. Judges: 265

8. International judges: 132 from 37 countries

9. Judge countries: 37

11. Judging sessions and days: 7 days, 14 sessions

12. Beer style categories (including subcategories): 112

13. Cider categories: 5

14. Avg number of beers in each category: 73

Most entered style categories:

Category 111, Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ale, 290 entries
Category 112, West Coast-Style India Pale, 253 entries
Category 110, American-Style India Pale Ale, 208 entries
Category 43, German-Style Pilsener, 186 entries
Category 39, Hoppy Lager, 155 entries

*Out of a total possible 336 awards in 112 beer style categories, 334 were awarded. Gold was not awarded in Category 78, Belgian-Style Strong Blonde Ale, and a bronze was not designated in Category 67, South German-Style Bernsteinfarbenes Weizen. Out of a total possible 15 awards in 5 cider style categories, 15 were awarded.