Best of the West National IPA Throwdown 2025 Winners Announced
Sunriver Brewing’s collaboration with Alesong Brewing & Grand Fir Brewing celebrates their 2025 Champion WC IPA Below 6.7%
The 3rd annual Oregon Brewers Guild produced national West coast IPA competition have announced the 2025 winners. The Best of the West National IPA Throwdown expanded this year with the most entries yet for these growing category styles.
Thirty judges from 5 states evaluated the 284 entries in triplicate, making Best of the West one of the most thorough and intensive beer competitions in the world. When all was said and done, 65 beers met the criteria to enter into medal contention, and 51 beers walked away with awards.
The Best of the West is a national competition dedicated to a single style of beer: West Coast IPA. Unlike other competitions, it awards multiple gold and silver medals, recognizing the quality, breadth, and depth of world-class IPA being produced in the country. The winning beers represent genre-leading examples from some of the world's top producers of hoppy beer.
Stats:
284 entries
Beers from 22 states
33 judges from 5 states
Preliminary rounds judged in triplicate
40% increase over 2024
65 beers advanced to medal contention
41 beers met medal criteria
Medal winners came from 7 states
San Diego's North Park Beer Co.named Grand Champion IPA. California breweries top the leaderboard with 20 medals; Oregon breweries bring home 11 awards.
North Park Beer Co. won the Grand Champion IPA award for their flagship beer, Hop-Fu! North Park’s International IPA, Dead as a Doornail, was also named one of the top beers in the competition, taking the trophy in its category. Golden, Colorado's Cannonball Creek won the Runner-Up Grand Champion award for their beer Project Alpha; they were also one of only four breweries to win medals for all 3 of their entries into the competition.
Breweries from 22 states participated in this year's competition, with heavy representation coming from Oregon, California, and Washington. Medal-winning beers came from 7 states-- the 3 West Coast states as well as Texas, Colorado, Ohio, and Missouri. California breweries led the medal count with 20 awards, followed by Oregon at 12. Breweries were limited to 3 entries regardless of size or number of locations. In addition to North Park and Cannonball Creek, notable winners included Breakside Brewery and Brujos, both from Portland, OR, and Auburn, CA’s Moonraker Brewing, all of which won 3 medals-- one for each of their entries. Ghost Town Brewing of Oakland, CA, won the trophy in the Oregon-Hop IPA category for Vine Breaker– a beer made with hops grown by Oregon’s Coleman Farms – for the third year in a row.
Best of the West Coast 2025 Winning Breweries & Beers:
2025 Grand Champion IPA
North Park Beer Co. Hop-Fu!
2025 Runner Up Grand Champion IPA
Cannonball Creek Brewing Company Project Alpha
2025 Very Small Brewery Champion IPA
Brujos Don Sixto
2025 Small Brewery Champion IPA
Grains of Wrath Enemy of Average
2025 Medium Brewery Champion IPA
Moonraker Brewing Terrestrial Menace
2025 Large Brewery Champion IPA
Pinthouse Brewing Scorpion Disco
2025 Regional Brewery Champion IPA
Breakside Brewery Wanderjack
2025Very Large Brewery Champion IPA
Deschutes Brewery West Coast Steeze
2025 Champion Traditional American IPA
Victor 23 Imitator IPA
2025 Champion WC IPA Below 6.7%
Sunriver Brewing Company Winning Isn't Everything (But it Sure is Nice)
2025 Champion WC IPA Above 6.7%
Cannonball Creek Brewing Company Project Alpha
2025 Champion International IPA
North Park Beer Co. Dead as a Doornail
2025 Champion Flagship IPA
North Park Beer Co. Hop-Fu!
2025 Champion Oregon Hop IPA
Ghost Town Brewing Vine Breaker
2025 Gold Medal
Breakside Brewery Breakside IPA
2025 Gold Medal
Cannonball Creek Brewing Company More Than A Zealand
2025 Gold Medal
Grains of Wrath Destination Funeral
2025 Gold Medal
Halcyon Brewing Sparkbird
2025 Gold Medal
Highland Park Brewery Hello, LA
2025 Gold Medal
Meanwhile Brewing Secret Beach
2025 Gold Medal
Moonraker Brewing Captain Mo
2025 Gold Medal
Shred Beer Company Relooped
2025 Gold Medal
Shred Beer Company Hey Zeus!
2025 Gold Medal
Urban Roots Brewing Hop Sabbath
2025 Gold Medal
Westbound & Down Westbound IPA
2025 Silver Medal
Absolution Brewing Co Reaper IPA
2025 Silver Medal
Alma Mader Brewing Surcharge
2025 Silver Medal
Bend Brewing Co Knee Bender
2025 Silver Medal
Breakside Brewery Dreamers of the Golden Dream
2025 Silver Medal
Brujos Sixes
2025 Silver Medal
Brujos Werewolves in Portland
2025 Silver Medal
Cannonball Creek Brewing Company Mindbender
2025 Silver Medal
Cerebral BrewingConduit Lab
2025 Silver Medal
Cooperage Brewing Company Smelltron 3030
2025 Silver Medal
Danville Brewing Company Chux
2025 Silver Medal
Fat Head's Brewery Head Hunter
2025 Silver Medal
Fieldwork Brewing Company Ghostbasket
2025 Silver Medal
Great Notion Brewing Easy Lift
2025 Silver Medal
Heathen Brewing Transgression
2025 Silver Medal
Hop Dogma Brewing Company Muka Laka Hiki
2025 Silver Medal
Hop Dogma Brewing Company Alpha Dank
2025 Silver Medal
ISM Brewing Chepedelic
2025 Silver Medal
Level Beer Average Joe
2025Silver Medal
Masthead Brewing Co. Idaho Calling
2025 Silver Medal
Moonraker Brewing Ganja Glow
2025 Silver Medal
Pinthouse Brewing Mosaic Takedown
2025 Silver Medal
Slice Beer Co. Declaration of Fermentation
2025 Silver Medal
Slice Beer Co. Light the Green
2025 Silver Medal
Sunriver Brewing Company Always Sunny in Yakima
2025 Silver Medal
Trap Door Brewing Normcore
2025 Silver Medal
Uprise Brewing Retrospect
2025 Silver Medal
Varietal Beer Co Twine Climber IPA
2025 Silver Medal
Westbound & DownDDH Westbound IPA
