Press Releases

Seattle, WA, November 03, 2023: Specialty Competitions LLC is proud to release the results of the tenth annual Washington Beer Awards®. This year 110 Washington breweries received recognition of gold, silver, and bronze medals in 72 award category groupings. (Download full release)

Seattle, WA, November 04, 2022: Specialty Competitions LLC is proud to release the results of the ninth annual Washington Beer Awards®. This year 121 Washington breweries received recognition of gold, silver, and bronze medals in 77 award category groupings. (Download full release)

Seattle, WA, November 05, 2021: Specialty Competitions LLC is proud to release the results of the eighth annual Washington Beer Awards® after a hiatus due to the pandemic. This year 99 Washington breweries received recognition of gold, silver, and bronze medals in 70 award category groupings.(Download full release)

Seattle, WA, October 10, 2019: Specialty Competitions LLC is proud to release the results of the first ever Washington Beer Awards® Fresh Hop Competition. In this inaugural special competition as a part of the long running Washington Beer Awards, 17 Washington breweries received recognition of gold, silver, and bronze medals in 8 award category groupings. (Download full release)

Seattle, WA, September 13, 2019:Join us as we reveal the best Fresh Hop beers from the top breweries in Washington State! A team of trained beer judges has taken on the task of evaluating strictly fresh hop beers from Washington breweries all over the state in a blind format in the first ever Washington Beer Awards Fresh Hop Competition. (Download full release)

Seattle, WA, September 01, 2019:Specialty Competitions LLC is proud to announce the Washington Beer Award’s first ever Fresh Hop Competition. While the main competition has been running for seven years, this year we are having a second competition to allow Washington’s unique fresh hop beers a chance to be recognized in their prime. (Download full release)

Seattle, WA, June 15, 2019:Specialty Competitions LLC is proud to release the results of the seventh annual Washington Beer Awards®. This year 117 Washington breweries received recognition of gold, silver, and bronze medals in 79 award category groupings. (Download full release)

Seattle, WA, June 4, 2019:Join us as we reveal the best beers from the top breweries in Washington State! A team of 78 trained beer judges evaluated 1,467 beers from 193 Washington breweries at the seventh annual Washington Beer Awards and awarded gold, silver, and bronze medals in 79 categories. (Download full release)

Seattle, WA, March 1, 2019:Specialty Competitions LLC is proud to announce the return of the Washington Beer Awards®, the craft beer competition designed specifically to support Washington’s professional brewers. This is the seventh year for the Washington-only competition that provides an opportunity for all of Washington’s craft brewers to compete in a blind judging format and fosters recognition of brewing excellence in Washington.(Download full release)

Seattle, WA, June 16, 2018:Specialty Competitions LLC is proud to release the results of the sixth annual Washington Beer Awards®. This year 117 Washington breweries received recognition of gold, silver, and bronze medals in 74 award category groupings.(Download full release)

Seattle, WA, June 4, 2018:Join us as we reveal the best beers from the top breweries in Washington State! A team of 74 trained beer judges evaluated 1,297 beers from 181 Washington breweries at the sixth annual Washington Beer Awards and awarded gold, silver, and bronze medals in 72 categories.(Download full release)

Seattle, WA, March 1, 2018:Specialty Competitions LLC is proud to announce the return of the Washington Beer Awards®, the craft beer competition designed specifically to support Washington’s professional brewers. This is the sixth year for the Washington-only competition that provides an opportunity for all of Washington’s craft brewers to compete in a blind judging format and fosters recognition of brewing excellence in Washington.(Download full release)

Seattle, WA, June 17, 2017: Specialty Competitions LLC is proud to release the results of the fifth annual Washington Beer Awards®. This year 98 Washington breweries received recognition of gold, silver, and bronze medals in 64 award category groupings.(Download full release)

Seattle, WA, June 5, 2017: Join us as we reveal the best beers from the top breweries in Washington State! A team of 75 trained beer judges evaluated 1,207 beers from 165 Washington breweries at the fifth annual Washington Beer Awards and awarded gold, silver, and bronze medals in 64 categories. This was the largest single state professional beer competition held to date.(Download full release)

Seattle, WA, June 18, 2016: Specialty Competitions LLC is proud to release the results of the fourth annual Washington Beer Awards®. This year 86 Washington breweries received recognition of gold, silver, and bronze medals in 56 award category groupings. (Download full release)

Seattle, WA, June 8, 2016: Join us as we reveal the best beers from the top breweries in Washington State! Over 70 trained beer judges evaluated 950 beers from 139 Washington breweries at the fourth annual Washington Beer Awards and awarded gold, silver, and bronze medals in 56 categories.(Download full release)

Seattle, WA, March 1, 2016: Specialty Competitions LLC is proud to announce the return of the Washington Beer Awards®, the craft beer competition designed specifically to support Washington’s professional brewers. This is the fourth year for the Washington-only competition that provides an opportunity for all of Washington’s craft brewers to compete in a blind judging format and fosters recognition of brewing excellence in Washington.(Download full release)

Seattle, WA, June 20, 2015: Specialty Competitions LLC is proud to release the results of the third annual Washington Beer Awards®. Seventy Washington breweries received recognition of gold, silver, and bronze medals in 45 award category groupings.(Download full release)

Seattle, WA, June 9, 2015: On May 30th Specialty Competitions LLC held the state’s third Washington Beer Awards, a professional beer competition open to all of Washington’s breweries. This competition drew 716 entries from more than 107 breweries spread all over the state. The competition was held at Elliott Bay Public House & Brewery with over 50 trained beer judges evaluating beers spanning over 100 styles from the Brewers Association Beer Style Guidelines.  (Download full release)

Seattle, WA, February 17, 2015: Specialty Competitions LLC is proud to announce the return of the Washington Beer Awards®, the craft beer competition designed specifically to support Washington’s professional brewers. This is the third year for the Washington-only competition that provides an opportunity for all of Washington’s craft brewers to compete in a blind judging format and fosters recognition of brewing excellence in Washington.  (Download full release)

Seattle, WA, June 16, 2014: Specialty Competitions LLC is proud to release the results of the second annual Washington Beer Awards®. More than 50 breweries received recognition of gold, silver, and bronze medals in 33 category groupings. (Download full release)

Seattle, WA, May 28, 2014: On May 10th Specialty Competitions LLC held the state’s second Washington Beer Awards, a professional beer competition open to all of Washington’s breweries. This competition drew 460 entries from more than 70 breweries spread all over the state. The competition was held at Elliott Bay Public House & Brewery with around 40 trained beer judges evaluating (Download full release)

Seattle, WA, February 5, 2014: Specialty Competitions LLC is proud to announce the return of the Second Annual Washington Beer Awards®, a craft beer competition designed specifically to support Washington’s professional brewers. This Washington-only competition provides an opportunity for all of Washington’s craft brewers to compete in a blind judging format and fosters recognition of brewing excellence in Washington. (Download full release)

Seattle, WA, June 19, 2013: Specialty Competitions LLC is proud to release the results of the first ever Washington Beer Awards®. More than 40 breweries received recognition of gold, silver, and bronze medals in 26 category groupings. (Download full release)

Seattle, WA, June 3, 2013: On May 18th Specialty Competitions LLC. held the state’s first Washington Beer Awards, a professional beer competition open to all of Washington’s breweries. This inaugural competition drew over 400 entries from nearly 70 breweries spread all over the state. The competition was held at Elliott Bay Public House & Brewery with around 40 trained beer judges evaluating beers spanning over 90 styles from the Brewers Association Beer Style Guidelines. (Download full release)