2021 Winners
On behalf of Specialty Competitions LLC, the Washington Beer Commission and the Washington Brewers Guild, we are proud to announce the winners of the eighth annual Washington Beer Awards®. 1,100 beers were entered in the competition by 142 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).
Light German-Style Lagers:
Gold: Lucky Envelope Brewing - Helles Lager
Silver: Lumberbeard Brewing - Helles
Bronze: Perry Street Brewing - Helles
German-Style Pilsners:
Gold: Seapine - Pilsner
Silver: Cloudburst Brewing - Called To The Light
Bronze: E9 Brewing Co - T-Dome
German-Style Oktoberfests:
Gold: Brick West Brewing Co. - Festbier
Silver: Valholl Brewing - Valholl Oktoberfest
Bronze: Silver City Brewery - Oktoberfest
German-Style Maerzens:
Gold: Chuckanut Brewery - Old Fest
Silver: Deep Draft Brewing - OLD CROW
Bronze: Brick West Brewing Co. - Lucky Penny
German-Style Schwarzbiers:
Gold: Bellevue Brewing Co. - Bellevue Brewing Schwarzbier
Silver: Four Generals Brewing - Schwarzbier
Bronze: Anacortes Brewery - Klosterbier
Other European Amber & Dark Beers:
Gold: Four Generals Brewing - Alt Bier
Silver: Chuckanut Brewery - Dunkel
Bronze: Burke-Gilman Brewing Company - Cerny Kov
Bohemian-Style Pilsners:
Gold: San Juan Island Brewing Co. - San Juan Pilsner
Silver: Twin Sisters Brewing Company - Pilsner From Now On
Bronze: Chainline Brewing Company - Polaris Pilsner
Vienna-Style Lagers:
Gold: The Good Society Brewery & Public House - Love Is Love
Silver: Sound To Summit Brewing - Lederhomish
Bronze: Everybody's Brewing - Vienna Lager
American-Style Light Lagers & Pilsners:
Gold: Resonate Brewery - Mexican Radio
Silver: Chuckanut Brewery - Chuck Light
Bronze: Kulshan Brewing Co. - K2 - Premium Lager
Contemporary American-Style Light Lagers & Pilsners:
Gold: Cloudburst Brewing - Happy Little Clouds
Silver: Georgetown Brewing Company - Roger's
Bronze: Gruff Brewing Co - Mexican Lager
Other American-Style Lagers:
Gold: Brick West Brewing Co. - Out Cold
Silver: Lowercase Brewing - Mexican Lager
Bronze: Meatheads Smokehouse And Beer Works - Festbier
Australasian, Latin American or Tropical-Style Light Lagers:
Gold: Grains Of Wrath Brewing - Cantina Especial
Silver: Rainy Daze Brewing - Lucha Libre
Bronze: Four Generals Brewing - Otra Chela
International-Style Pilseners:
Gold: Chuckanut Brewery - Asian Style Lager
Silver: Ravenna Brewing - Rice Lager
Bronze: Bellevue Brewing Co. - Bellevue Brewing Vacuna Mexican Lager
Strong Lagers:
Gold: Dystopian State Brewing Co. - High Command
Silver: Chuckanut Brewery - Maibock
Bronze: Bickersons Brewhouse - Baltic Porter
German-Style Kölsches:
Gold: Resonate Brewery - Gold Digger
Silver: Whistle Punk Brewing - Kolsch
Bronze: Twin Sisters Brewing Company - Kolsch
German-Style Wheat Beers:
Gold: Grains Of Wrath Brewing - Sickle & Scythe
Silver: Anacortes Brewery - Whistle Lake Hefeweizen
Bronze: Silver City Brewery - Hefeweizen
Rye and American Wheat Beers:
Gold: Chuckanut Brewery - Rye
Silver: Elysian Brewing - Hawkitect
Bronze: Perihelion Brewery - Daedalus
American-Style Cream Ales:
Gold: Wet Coast Brewing Co. - Wet Coast Cream Ale
Silver: Sound To Summit Brewing - The Kraken's Cream Ale
Bronze: Lucky Envelope Brewing - Mexican Lager
Golden or Blonde Ales:
Gold: Terramar Brewstillery - Old Number 6
Silver: Logan Brewing Company - Easy Mode
Bronze: Counterbalance Brewing Company - Abigale Blonde Ale
English & International Pale Ales:
Gold: Dick's Brewing Co. - Dick's Best Bitter
Silver: Reuben's Brews - Production Brewery - Triumvirate
Bronze: Cairn Brewing - Connie's English Bitter
English Dark Ales:
Gold: Double Bluff Brewing Company - Brown Ale
Silver: Lowercase Brewing - Brown Ale
Bronze: Top Rung Brewing Company - Duke Of Lacey
Irish Ales:
Gold: Watts Brewing Company - Xylocopa
Silver: River City Brewing - River City Red
Bronze: Dick's Brewing Co. - Dick's Cream Stout
Scottish Ales:
Gold: Cairn Brewing - Don't Call Me Irish
Silver: Haywire Brewing Co. - DUDE, WHERES ME KILT
Bronze: Postdoc Brewing - Kilty MacSporran
British & American Strong Ales:
Gold: Farmstrong Brewing Company - Brahma Barleywine
Silver: Cairn Brewing - Wee Heavy
Bronze: Bron Yr Aur Brewing Co - Tyrants Face
Brown Porters:
Gold: Blewett Brewing - Show Pony Porter
Silver: Mac & Jack's Brewery Inc. - Blackcat Porter
Bronze: San Juan Island Brewing Co. - Black Boar Porter
Robust Porters:
Gold: Georgetown Brewing Company - 9 Pound Porter
Silver: Resonate Brewery - Spirit In The Dark
Bronze: Reuben's Brews - Production Brewery - Robust Porter
British Stouts:
Gold: Brewing Savage Co - Queen Anne's Stout
Silver: Rainy Daze Brewing - Tay More Cowbell
Bronze: Triceratops Brewing Co - Revival Coffee Milk Stout
American-Style Stouts:
Gold: Dystopian State Brewing Co. - Black Circle
Silver: Top Rung Brewing Company - My Dog Scout Stout
Bronze: Varietal Beer Company - Darkwave
Imperial Porters & Stouts:
Gold: Cloudburst Brewing - This Is Boring
Silver: River City Brewing - Midnight Marmot
Bronze: No-Li Brewhouse - Wrecking Ball
American-Style Pale Ales:
Gold: Grains Of Wrath Brewing - Papermaker Pale
Silver: Trap Door Brewing - Porch Beer
Bronze: Flying Lion Brewing - Call It A Day Pale
Juicy or Hazy Pale Ales:
Gold: Fortside Brewing Company - Orange Whip
Silver: Icicle Brewing Company - Alpenhaze
Bronze: Haas Innovations Brewing - K.A.H. Pale
American-Style Strong Pale Ales:
Gold: Icicle Brewing Company - Peak Seeker
Silver: Stoup Brewing - Citra IPA
Bronze: Wet Coast Brewing Co. - Baronesse Pale Ale
Juicy or Hazy Strong Pale Ales:
Gold: Icicle Brewing Company - Enchantments
Silver: Chainline Brewing Company - Tune Up
Bronze: Georgetown Brewing Company - The Mayor IPA
American Amber Ales:
Gold: E9 Brewing Co - Rowdy And Dick
Silver: Bickersons Brewhouse - Steaming Pile Of 2020
Bronze: Barrel Mountain Brewing Co. - Ash Cloud Amber
American-Style Brown and Black Ales:
Gold: Monka Brewing Co - Mano Oculta
Silver: Wet Coast Brewing Co. - Scofflaw CDA
Bronze: Cairn Brewing - Big Buck Bunny Brown
American-Style India Pale Ales:
Gold: Two Beers Brewing - Wonderland Trail IPA
Silver: Kulshan Brewing Co. - K2 - Heliotrope
Bronze: Georgetown Brewing Company - Lucille IPA
Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ales:
Gold: MIRAGE - Strangers In Town
Silver: Well 80 Brewing Company - 80 Lbs. Of Hop
Bronze: Georgetown Brewing Company - Warchild
Imperial or Double India Pale Ales:
Gold: Triplehorn Brewing Co - Wreckless Abandon
Silver: Elysian Brewing - Snailbones
Bronze: Airways Brewing - Sky Hag
Juicy or Hazy Imperial or Double India Pale Ales:
Gold: Ravenna Brewing - Aligned By Nature
Silver: Urban Family Brewing - The Stuff
Bronze: Burke-Gilman Brewing Company - Hopotheosis
Belgian-Style Witbiers:
Gold: The Good Society Brewery & Public House - Quick Wit
Silver: Reuben's Brews - The Taproom - Lilywhite Wit
Bronze: Valholl Brewing - Valholl Summer Wit
Belgian & Belgian Inspired Ales:
Gold: The Good Society Brewery & Public House - First To Fall
Silver: Kulshan Brewing Co. - Sunnyland - Belgian Blonde
Bronze: Barrel Mountain Brewing Co. - Be Happy Hefeweizen
Belgian Strong & Abbey Ales:
Gold: Figurehead Brewing Company - Midwatch
Silver: Hellbent Brewing Company - Mossback Monk Belgian-Style Tripel
Bronze: Flying Lion Brewing - Belgian Strong
Belgian and French Farmhouse Ales:
Gold: Fair Isle Brewing - Odelette
Silver: Fair Isle Brewing - Madame R. Galle
Bronze: Fortside Brewing Company - Kanaka Ale
Specialty Saisons:
Gold: Fair Isle Brewing - Montgomery
Silver: Counterbalance Brewing Company - Miming Poetry Saison
Bronze: MIRAGE - Introduces The Metric System In Time
Brett Beers:
Gold: Dwinell Country Ales - Summer Blush
Silver: E9 Brewing Co - Balaton Farmhouse
Bronze: MIRAGE - The Quarterly
Berliner-Style Weisses:
Gold: Wander Brewing - Champagne Toast
Silver: Dru Bru - Berliner Weisse
Bronze: Terramar Brewstillery - Shuksan Sour
Goses:
Gold: Gruff Brewing Co - Birman
Silver: Brick West Brewing Co. - Get Right
Bronze: Reuben's Brews - The Taproom - Gose
American-Style Sour Ales:
Gold: Urban Family Brewing - Solar Storm
Silver: The Good Society Brewery & Public House - Be Curious
Bronze: Resonate Brewery - A NU START
Belgian Sour and Wild Ales:
Gold: MIRAGE - Ray
Silver: Fortside Brewing Company - Oude AF
Bronze: Lucky Envelope Brewing - Boysenberry Coolship Sour
American-Style Fruit Beers:
Gold: Triceratops Brewing Co - Bohemian Rhasberry
Silver: Optimism Brewing Company - Solarpunk
Bronze: Big Block Brewing - Cherry Bomb
Fruit Wheat Beers:
Gold: Ten Pin Brewing - Lil' Groovy
Silver: Crucible Brewing - Blood Orange Smith & Weizen
Bronze: Wenatchee Valley Brewing - Raspberry Wheat
Belgian-Style Fruit Beers:
Gold: The North Fork - Elan Rouge
Silver: Fair Isle Brewing - Ana
Bronze: E9 Brewing Co - Blue Gold
Vegetable, Herb & Spice Beers:
Gold: MIRAGE - Versatile Solutions For Modern Living
Silver: Peddler Brewing Co - Horchata Cream Ale
Bronze: Dystopian State Brewing Co. - Everyone's Crisis
Pumpkin Beers:
Gold: Cloudburst Brewing - Your Worst Nightmare
Silver: Elysian Brewing - Night Owl
Bronze: Sound To Summit Brewing - Ryes Of The Pumpkin King
Coffee & Chocolate Beers:
Gold: Snow Eater Brewery - Moose Trot
Silver: Logan Brewing Company - Mind On Midnight
Bronze: Whistle Punk Brewing - Espresso Milk Stout
Smoke Beers:
Gold: Chuckanut Brewery - Rauch Helles
Silver: Lucky Envelope Brewing - Tea-Smoked Helles Lager
Bronze: Meatheads Smokehouse And Beer Works - Moose And Squirrel Rauch
Specialty & Historical Beers:
Gold: Victor 23 Craft Brewery - Spruce Goose
Silver: Snow Eater Brewery - Ipsut
Bronze: Ghostfish Brewing Company - Watchstander Stout
Experimental & Session Beers:
Gold: Bron Yr Aur Brewing Co - Tie-It-On Blonde
Silver: Watts Brewing Company - Drone Strike
Bronze: Mac & Jack's Brewery Inc. - Logboom Pale Ale
Wood & Barrel Aged Beers:
Gold: Fair Isle Brewing - Vince
Silver: Ten Pin Brewing - BeWILDering C
Bronze: Jellyfish Brewing Company - Good Morning Sunshine
Wood & Barrel Aged Barleywines:
Gold: Heathen Brewing - Reindeer Tears
Silver: Pint Size Brewing - Off The Trail
Bronze: Humble Abode Brewing - III Anniversary Barrel Aged Barleywine
Wood & Barrel Aged Imperial Stouts:
Gold: Bainbridge Brewing - Yama - Mizunara Barrel Imp. Stout
Silver: Single Hill Brewing Company - Overstory
Bronze: Matchless Brewing - 5th Anniversary Blend
Other Wood & Barrel Aged Strong Beers:
Gold: Bickersons Brewhouse - Gin Barrel Aged D.M.M.K.Y.A
Silver: Victor 23 Craft Brewery - Sleighjacker
Bronze: Silver City Brewery - Magnificent Pursuit
Wood & Barrel Aged Sour Beers:
Gold: River City Brewing - Peach Me Your Ways
Silver: Wander Brewing - Plum Bob
Bronze: Jellyfish Brewing Company - Birra Chiara
Fresh Hop Pale Ales:
Gold: Old Stove Brewing - Streaker Juicy Citra Fresh Hop Pale
Silver: Blewett Brewing - Fool's Gold Hazy Pale Ale
Bronze: Cloudburst Brewing - Green On Fort Road
Fresh Hop Strong Pale Ales:
Gold: Icicle Brewing Company - Strata Wet Hop Hazy IPA
Silver: Cloudburst Brewing - Green Is My Favorite Color
Bronze: Single Hill Brewing Company - Skyfinder
Fresh Hop American-Style India Pale Ales:
Gold: Loowit Brewing Company - Lando Hoprissian
Silver: Perry Street Brewing - Master Exploder IPA
Bronze: Dru Bru - Fresh Hop
Fresh Hop Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ales:
Gold: Best Of Hands Barrelhouse - Fresh Hop Series: Amarillo Fresh Hop IPA
Silver: Silver City Brewery - Amarillo Wet Hop Tropic Haze
Bronze: Cloudburst Brewing - An Uplifting Work Of Staggering Wetness
Other Fresh Hop Beers:
Gold: Wandering Hop - Fresh NUMINOUS
Silver: Matchless Brewing - Fresh Bois
Bronze: Perry Street Brewing - Hassel Hopfenbombe
Pro-Am:
Gold: Postdoc Brewing - We Should Probably Have A Name For This Beer
Collaboration Beers:
Gold: Scuttlebutt Brewing and Sound to Summit Brewing - Bridging The Trestle
Silver: Well 80 Brewing Company - Downtown Sour Brown
Bronze: Trap Door Brewing - Flamingo Croquet
Very Small Brewery of the Year (Sponsored by YCH Hops, Yakima Chief Hops): Watts Brewing Company
Small Brewery of the Year (Sponsored by Washington Hops Commission): Fair Isle Brewing
Mid-Sized Brewery of the Year (Sponsored by Skagit Valley Malting): Cloudburst Brewing
Large Brewery of the Year (Sponsored by Briess Malt and Ingredients): Chuckanut Brewery