2019 Best of Craft Beer Awards Winners By The Numbers
Last weekend the Best of Craft Beer Awards were judged at Bachelor Village Resort in Bend, OR and the 2019 winners have now been announced. The Best of Craft Beer Awards are one of the fastest growing U.S. professional craft beer competitions with over 2,000 entries this year, 80 or so judges (including myself and many other professional brewers, homebrewers, and trained judges) awarded 262 medals in 90 categories.As usual Portland's Breakside Brewery did extremely well as did Bend-based 10 Barrel Brewing but there were also many surprises, including a new top Gold medal winner for American-style IPA that was very unexpected. Thanks to John Lovegrove for breaking down the numbers for us, check out his documentary PDX: Brew City.
OR | 79 |
WA | 28 |
CA | 26 |
IN | 17 |
CO | 11 |
MN | 9 |
NV | 9 |
TX | 9 |
NM | 8 |
MO | 6 |
NC | 6 |
SC | 6 |
MT | 5 |
OH | 5 |
FL | 4 |
NE | 4 |
AZ | 3 |
IA | 3 |
MA | 3 |
NY | 3 |
VA | 3 |
GA | 2 |
LA | 2 |
PA | 2 |
AK | 1 |
DC | 1 |
ID | 1 |
IL | 1 |
KY | 1 |
MI | 1 |
ND | 1 |
NJ | 1 |
TN | 1 |
Here is a breakdown of just GOLD medals by state:
OR | 29 |
CA | 12 |
WA | 9 |
CO | 5 |
IN | 5 |
MN | 4 |
NC | 3 |
NM | 3 |
Here is Oregon's breakdown by medal:
Gold | 29 |
Silver | 27 |
Bronze | 23 |
The city of Portland had 26 medals, with Bend close behind with 21. Here is the breakdown by cities in Oregon:
Portland | OR | 26 |
Bend | OR | 21 |
Milwaukie | OR | 6 |
Corvallis | OR | 4 |
Eugene | OR | 3 |
Boardman | OR | 3 |
Tualatin | OR | 2 |
Tillamook | OR | 2 |
Redmond | OR | 2 |
McMinnville | OR | 2 |
Cascade Locks | OR | 2 |
Here is a breakdown by brewing company. I have consolidated 10 Barrel and Breakside's locations, as well as Craft Brew Alliance, which won medals for their Widmer, Omission and Kona brands:
Breakside (Milwaukie & Dekum) | 8 |
10 Barrel Brewing Co. | 5 |
Baerlic Brewing Co. | 5 |
CBA (Widmer, Omission, Kona) | 5 |
Boneyard Beer | 4 |
Immersion Brewing | 4 |
Mazama Brewing | 4 |
StormBreaker Brewing | 4 |
Alesong Brewing and Blending | 3 |
Old Town Brewing | 3 |
Ordnance Brewing | 3 |
Bend Brewing Co, | 2 |
Pelican Brewing Company | 2 |
Silver Moon Brewing | 2 |
Thunder Island Brewing | 2 |
Wild Ride Brewing | 2 |
Worthy Brewing | 2 |
Allegory Brewing | 1 |
Ancestry Brewing Company | 1 |
Back Pedal Brewing | 1 |
Gigantic | 1 |
Golden Valley Brewery | 1 |
Great Notion Brewing | 1 |
Migration Brewing | 1 |
Monkless Belgian Ales | 1 |
mt tabor brewing co | 1 |
Oregon City Brewing Co | 1 |
pFriem Family Brewers | 1 |
Rogue Ales & Spirits | 1 |
Rosenstadt | 1 |
Stickmen Brewing Company | 1 |
Sunriver Brewing Company | 1 |
The Ale Apothecary | 1 |
Three Creeks Brewing Company | 1 |
Three Mugs Brewing Company | 1 |
Von Ebert Brewing | 1 |