2014 Winners
On behalf of Specialty Competitions LLC and the Washington Beer Commission, we are proud to announce the winners of the second annual Washington Beer Awards®. 460 beers were entered in the competition by 75 Washington breweries. All of the beers submitted must have been both brewed and made commercially available in the state of Washington. The entries were evaluated in a blind format using the Brewers Association Style Guidelines by panels of trained beer judges who awarded Gold, Silver, and Bronze placements for each category grouping.
(You can download a PDF version of the winners list here).
(Store owners: you can print out shelf tags of the winners here.)
Pale Lagers:
Gold: Gordon Biersch Seattle - Golden Export
Silver: Icicle Brewing Company - Crosscut Lager
Bronze: Ten Pin Brewing - Ten Light
Amber and Dark Lagers:
Gold: Hi-Fi Brewing - Blue Danube
Silver: Gordon Biersch Seattle - Schwarzbier
Bronze: Chuckanut Brewery - Chuckanut Vienna Lager
Strong Lagers:
Gold: Gordon Biersch Seattle - Maibock
Silver: Riverport Brewing Co. - Bedrock Bock
Bronze: Anacortes Brewery - Mai-Oh-Maibock
German Hybrid Beers:
Gold: Chuckanut Brewery - Chuckanut Kolsch
Silver: White Bluffs Brewing - Red Alt
Bronze: American Brewing Co - American Blonde
Wheat and Rye Beers:
Gold: Stoup Brewing - Stoup Hefeweizen
Silver: Rainy Daze Brewing Co. - Rainy Rye IPA
Bronze: Gordon Biersch Seattle - Hefeweizen
American Light Ales:
Gold: Chuckanut Brewery - Chuckanut Yellow Card
Silver: Puyallup River Brewing - Cream Ale
Bronze: Valholl Brewing Co. LLC - Golden Warrior
Session Ales:
Gold: TripleHorn Brewing Co. - Enabler
Silver: Stoup Brewing - Stoup ISA
Bronze: Fremont Brewing Company - Session Pale Ale
English Ales:
Gold: Flyers Restaurant and Brewery - Humbles Blonde
Silver: Flyers Restaurant and Brewery - Barnstormer Brown
Bronze: Rainy Daze Brewing Co. - English Pale
British Strong Ales:
Gold: Silver City Brewery - Old Scrooge
Silver: Ten Pin Brewing - Snake Eyes Stout
Bronze: Sound Brewery - Old Scoundrel
Scottish Ales:
Gold: Silver City Brewery - Fat Scotch Ale
Silver: Paradise Creek Brewery - Scottish Stovepipe
Bronze: Old Rock Brewery - Misery Whip Scotch Ale
Irish Red Ales:
Gold: Loowit Brewing Company - Two-Sixteen Red Ale
Silver: Republic Brewing Company - Falligan's Irish Red
Bronze: Menace Brewing - Menace Self-Titled Red
Robust Porters:
Gold: Reuben's Brews- Robust Porter
Silver: Stoup Brewing - Stoup Porter
Bronze: Republic Brewing Company - Big Mischief Porter
Other Porters:
Gold: Kulshan Brewing Co - Trans-Porter
Silver: Skookum Brewery - Brown & Hairy
Bronze: American Brewing Co - Baltic Porter
Irish and British Stouts:
Gold: Fish Brewing Co. - Over & Out Oatmeal Stout
Silver: Wander Brewing - Correspondent Foreign Extra Stout
Bronze: Loowit Brewing Company - Shimmergloom Stout
American Stouts:
Gold: Elysian Brewing Company – Dragonstooth Stout
Silver: Odin Brewing Co. - Saga Stout
Bronze: Pike Brewing Company - Pike 5X Stout
Imperial Stouts:
Gold: Der Blokken - Double Black
Silver: Silver City Brewery - Imperial Stout
Bronze: Kulshan Brewing Co - Russian Imperial Stout
American Pale Ales:
Gold: Fremont Brewing Company - Summer Ale
Silver: BaleBreaker Brewing Company - Field 41 Pale Ale
Bronze: Elliott Bay Brewing Co. - Virgil Sunshine Session Ale
Other Pale Ales:
Gold: Ten Pin Brewing - Deadwood Pale Ale
Silver: Icicle Brewing Company - Bootjack IPA
Bronze: Rainy Daze Brewing Co. - Belgian Bastard
American Amber Ales:
Gold: River City Brewing Company - River City Red
Silver: Wander Brewing - Washington Uncommon California Common
Bronze: Standard Brewing - Wheated Red Ale
American Brown and Black Ales:
Gold: Populuxe Brewing - Cinderblock CDA
Silver: Harmon Brewing Co. - Black Tartan IPA
Bronze: Standard Brewing - Cascadian Dark Ale
American-Style India Pale Ales:
Gold: Old Schoolhouse Brewery - Renegade IPA
Silver: Bainbridge Island Brewing - Eagle Harbor IPA
Bronze: Old Schoolhouse Brewery - Ruud Awakening IPA
Imperial or Double India Pale Ales:
Gold: Rainy Daze Brewing Co. - Hypocrite Double IPA
Silver: Skookum Brewery- Mammoth Jack IPA
Bronze: Fremont Brewing Company - The Brother
American Barley Wines:
Gold: Fish Brewing Co. - 10-Squared Barley Wine
Silver: Elliott Bay Brewing Co. - Portside Barleywine
Bronze: TripleHorn Brewing Co. - BYGG VIN
Belgian Ales:
Gold: Bainbridge Island Brewing - Bainbridge Blonde
Silver: Valholl Brewing Co. LLC - Poulsbo Abbey Wit
Bronze: Propolis Brewing LLC - Litha
Abbey-Inspired Ales:
Gold: Sound Brewery - Tripel Entendre
Silver: Sound Brewery - Dubbel Entendre
Bronze: Sound Brewery - Entendez Noel
Belgian Strong Ales:
Gold: Kulshan Brewing Co - Hop Howdy
Silver: Airways Brewing Company - 3rd Anniversary
Bronze: Wingman Brewers - Stratofortress
Farmhouse Ales:
Gold: Hilliard's Beer - Saison
Silver: E9 Brewery - Farmhouse Quatre
Bronze: Kulshan Brewing Co - Saison Du Kulshan
Sour Beers:
Gold: E9 Brewery - Golden Berry Wild
Silver: E9 Brewery - Verre Violet
Bronze: Paradise Creek Brewery - Huckleberry Pucker
Fruit Beers:
Gold: Icicle Brewing Company - Colchuck Raspberry Wheat
Silver: Hopped Up Brewing Company - Lemon Quality Cream Ale
Bronze: Big Block Brewing - Raspberry Blonde
Spice, Herb, and Vegetable Beers:
Gold: Menace Brewing - Menace Chile Bravo
Silver: Puyallup River Brewing - Black Pumpkin Saison
Bronze: Northwest Brewing Company - Bad Panda Ginger Pale Ale
Specialty Beers:
Gold: Laht Neppur Brewing Co. - Spiced Peaches 'N' Cream Ale
Silver: Kulshan Brewing Co - Black Forest
Bronze: Wingman Brewers - Gratzer
Wood and Barrel Aged Beers:
Gold: Iron Goat Brewing - Gin BA Head Butt IPA
Silver: Strong Arm Brewing - Cincinnatus Rum Barrel Aged
Bronze: Puyallup River Brewing - Oak Aged Point Success Porter
Wood and Barrel Aged Strong Beers:
Gold: Skookum Brewery - Barren Wood
Silver: Iron Goat Brewing - BA Goatnik Russian Imperial Stout
Bronze: Elysian Brewing Company - The Dread
Washington Pro-Am Award:
Gold: Reuben's Brews and Dan Hansen - Cream Ale
Best Washington Agricultural Product Inspired Beer
(Selected by Washington Agricultural Commission)
Big Block Brewing – The Boss
Small Brewery of the Year
(under 1,200 bbl site annual production)
(Sponsored by Washington Hop Commission)
Gordon Biersch - Seattle
Large Brewery of the Year
(1,200 bbl and over site annual production)
(Sponsored by Briess Malt and Ingredients)
Kulshan Brewing Company