1998 World Beer Cup Medal Winners
Category 1: Classic English-Style Pale Ale – 18 Entries
Gold: Samuel Adams Boston Ale – The Boston Beer Co. – Boston, MA
Silver: Royal Oak – Thomas Hardy Brewery – Dorchester, Dorsest, England
Bronze: Denver Pale Ale – Great Divide Brewing Co. – Denver, CO
Category 2: India Pale Ale – 42 Entries
Gold: Lucknow India Pale – Ale Castle Springs Brewing – Moultonborough, NH
Silver: Ponderosa IPA – Prescott Brewing Co. – Prescott, AZ
Bronze: Prohibition Ale – Speakeasy Ales & Lagers – San Francisco, CA
Category 4: English-Style (Special) Best Bitter – 14 Entries
Gold: Sweetwater Ale – Sweetwater Brewing – Atlanta, GA
Silver: Red Butte Bitter – Desert Edge Brewery – Salt Lake City, UT
Bronze: Emerald Ale – Seabright Brewery – Santa Cruz, CA
Category 5: English-Style (Extra Special) Strong Bitter – 16 Entries
Gold: Tower ESB – Bull & Bush Pub & Brewery – Denver, CO
Silver: Extra Special Bitter – Snipes Mountain Brewing – Sunnyside, WA
Bronze: Stoddard’s ESB – Stoddard’s Brewhouse & Eatery – Sunnyvale, CA
Category 6: Scottish-Style Ales – 13 Entries
Gold: Dave’s Scotch Ale – Molson Breweries – Ontario, Canada
Silver: McRock’s Scottish Ale – Red Rock Brewing Co. – Salt Lake City, UT
Bronze: Irish Red Ale – Brown Bear Brewing Co – Lawrence, KS
Category 7: English-Style Mild Ale – 9 Entries
Gold: Alcatraz Mild – Alcatraz Brewing – Tempe, AZ
Silver: Raven Ale – R & B Brewing Co. – British Columbia, Canada
Bronze: McClellan’s D.M. – Il Vicino Brewing Co. – Salida, CO
Category 8: English-Style Brown Ale – 26 Entries
Gold: Ruffian Nut Brown – Mt. Valley Brewpub – Suffern, NY
Silver: Birdman Brown – Alcatraz Brewing – Tempe, AZ
Bronze: Nut Brown Ale – Blackstone Rest. & Brewery – Nashville, TN
Category 9: Strong Ale – 31 Entries
Gold: Star Brew – 1332 Marin Brewing Co. – Larkspur, CA
Silver: Hibernation Ale – Great Divide Brewing Co. – Denver, CO
Bronze: Saint Arnold Christmas Ale – Saint Arnold Brewing – Houston, TX
Category 10: Barley Wine-Style Ale – 16 Entries
Gold: Olde Curmudgeon – La Conner Brewing Co. – La Conner, WA
Silver: Old Blarney Barleywine – Moylan’s Brewing Co. – Novato, CA
Bronze: B&H Big Head Barley Wine – Barley & Hopps – San Mateo, CA
Category 11: Robust Porter – 33 Entries
Gold: Devou Dark – BrewWorks Restaurant & Pub – Covington, KY
Silver: Edmund Fitzgerald Porter – Great Lakes Brewing Co. – Cleveland, OH
Bronze: Pt. Reyes Porter – Marin Brewing Co. – Larkspur, CA
Category 12: Brown Porter – 25 Entries
Gold: Black Jack Porter – Left Hand Brewing Co. – Denver, CO
Silver: Black Butte Porter – Deschutes Brewery – Bend, OR
Bronze: Possum Trot Brown Ale – 75th Street Brewery – Kansas City, MO
Category 13: Sweet Stout – 8 Entries
Gold: Iron Horse Stout – Big River Breweries, Inc. – Chattanooga, TN
Silver: Cheytown Sweet Stout – C.B. & Potts/Big Horn Brewing – Englewood, CO
Category 14: Oatmeal Stout – 19 Entries
Gold: Milly’s Oatmeal Stout – Stark Mill Brewery – Manchester, NH
Silver: McAuslan Oatmeal Stout – La Brasserie McAuslan – Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Bronze: Zoser Stout – Oasis – Boulder, CO
Category 15: Imperial Stout – 17 Entries
Gold: Ruffian Imperial Stout – Mt. Valley Brewpub – Suffern, NY
Silver: Old Rasputin – North Coast Brewing – Fort Bragg, CA
Bronze: Inkwell Extra Stout Cottage – City Brewing – Oak Bluffs, MA
Category 16: Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout – 15 Entries
Gold: Black Magic Stout – Empire Brewing – Rochester, NY
Silver: Founder’s Stout – Mishawaka Brewing Co. – Mishawaka, IN
Bronze: Lights Out Stout – Alcatraz Brewing – Tempe, AZ
Category 17: Foreign-Style Stout – 16 Entries
Gold: Zonker Stout – Snake River B.C. – Jackson, WY
Silver: Old 58 Stout – Woodland Brewing Co. – Seattle, WA
Bronze: Total Eclipse Stout – Blue Ridge Brewing Co. – Greenville, SC
Category 18: American-Style Pale Ale – 38 Entries
Gold: Sharptail Pale Ale – Montana Brewing Co. – Billings, MT
Silver: Mt. Tam Pale Ale – Marin Brewing Co. – Larkspur, CA
Bronze: Snake River Pale Ale – Snake River B.C. – Jackson, WY
Category 19: American-Style Amber Ale – 38 Entries
Gold: Believer’s Bitter – Angelic Brewing Co. – Madison, WI
Silver: Chelsea Sunset Red Ale – Chelsea Brewing Co. – New York, NY
Bronze: Sharkbite Red – Carlsbad Brewery – Carlsbad, CA
Category 20: Golden Ale/Canadian-Style Ale – 27 Entries
Gold: Independence Gold – Independence Brewing Co. – Philadelphia, PA
Silver: 420 Extra Pale Ale – Sweetwater Brewing – Atlanta, GA
Bronze: Labatt Fifty – Labatt Breweries of Canada – London, Ontario, Canada
Category 21: American-Style Brown Ale – 17 Entries
Bronze: Golden Gate Original Ale – Golden Pacific Brewing Co. – Berkeley, CA
Category 22: German-Style K›lsch/K›ln-Style K›lsch – 12 Entries
Gold: Chaser Pale – Blackstone Rest. & Brewery – Nashville, TN
Silver: Yumeminato K›lsh – Beer Gasse – Sakaiminato, Tottori, Japan
Bronze: Skinny Atlas Light – Empire Brewing Co. of Syracuse – Syracuse, NY
Category 23: German-Style Brown Ale/D…sseldorf-Style Altbier – 17 Entries
Gold: Widmer Alt – Widmer Brothers Brewing Co. – Portland, OR
Silver: Southampton Secret Ale -Southampton Publick House – Southampton, NY
Bronze: Alle Tage Altbier – McNeill’s Brewery – Brattleboro, VT
Category 25: South German-Style Hefeweizen/Hefeweissbier – 24 Entries
Gold: Tabernash Weiss – Tabernash Brewing Co. – Denver, CO
Silver: Edelweiss Hefetrub – ¾sterreichische Br¥u-Aktiensgesellschaft – Schwechat, Austria
Bronze: Hitachino Nest Beer Weizzen – Kiuchi Syuzou – Naka-Machi, Ibanaki, Japan
Category 27: South German-Style Dunkel Weizen/Dunkel Weissbier – 6 Entries
Gold: Gudenteit Dunkel Weizen – Libertyville Brewing DBA Mickey Finn’s Brewing – Libertyville, IL
Silver: Edelweiss Dunkel – ¾sterreichische Br¥u-Aktiensgesellschaft – Schwechat, Austria
Bronze: Tucher Dunkles Hefe Weizen – Tucher Brau K.G. – Germany
Category 28: South German-Style Weizenbock/Weissbock – 5 Entries
Gold: Edelweiss Gamsbock – ¾sterreichische Br¥u-Aktiensgesellschaft – Schwechat, Austria
Silver: Weizenator – BJ’s Brewery – Mission Viejo, CA
Bronze: Weizen Bock – Kumazawa Brewing Co. – Chigasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Category 30: Belgian-Style Dubbel – 4 Entries
Gold: Abbey Belgian Style Ale – New Belgium Brewery – Fort Collins, CO
Category 31: Belgian-Style Tripel – 10 Entries
Gold: Tripel Karmeliet – Brewery Bosteels – Buggenhout, Belgium
Silver: Celis Grand CRU – Celis Brewery Inc. – Austin, TX
Bronze: Pran Qster – North Coast Brewing – Fort Bragg, CA
Category 32: Belgian-Style Pale Ale – 7 Entries
Gold: Abbey Ale – Blue Moon Brewing – Golden, CO
Silver: Michinoku Fukushima Beer/Red Ale – Seiko Co., Ltd. – Fukushima-Shi, Fukushima-Ken, Japan
Category 33: Belgian-Style Strong Ale – 9 Entries
Gold: Le Faux Pas – Brew Moon – Cambridge, MA
Silver: Hitachino Nest Beer XH – Kiuchi Syuzou – Naka-Machi, Ibanaki, Japan
Bronze: Belgian Strong Ale – Alesmith Brewing Co. – San Diego, CA
Category 34: Belgian-Style White (or Wit)/Belgian-Style Wheat – 13 Entries
Gold: Allagash White – Allagash Brewing Co. – Portland, ME
Silver: Red Rock White – Red Rock Brewing Co. – Salt Lake City, UT
Bronze: Hoegaarden White Ale – Brouwerij de Kluis – Hoegaarden, Belgium
Category 35: Belgian-Style Lambic – 4 Entries
Gold: Belle-Vue Framboise – Brasserie Belle-Vue, – Brussels, Belgium
Silver: Belle-Vue Gueuze – Brasserie Belle-Vue – Brussels, Belgium
Category 37: German-Style Pilsener – 17 Entries
Gold: Beck’s – Beck & Co. – Bremen, Germany
Silver: Herforder Pils – Brauerei Felsenkeller – NRW, Herford, Germany
Category 38: Bohemian-Style Pilsener – 21 Entries
Gold: Red Ass Pegasass Pilsner – Red Ass Brewing Co. – Fort Collins, CO
Silver: Holy Cow! Pilsner – Holy Cow! – Las Vegas, NV
Bronze: Pilsner Iganosato – Mokumoku – Ayama, Mie, Japan
Category 39: European-Style Pilsener – 15 Entries
Gold: Hahn Premium – Tooheys Pty Limited – Lidcombe, N.S.W., Australia
Silver: Cerveja Antarctica – Cia Antarctica Paulista – S§o Paulo-SP, Brazil
Bronze: Sapporo Draft – Sapporo Breweries Ltd. – Tokyo, Japan
Category 41: Munchner-Style Helles – 14 Entries
Gold: Sudwerk Helles – Sudwerk – Davis, CA
Silver: Taiwan Beer – Taiwan Tobacco & Wine Monopoly Bureau – Taipei, Taiwan R.O.C.
Category 42: Dortmunder/European-Style Export – 6 Entries
Gold: Red Brick Golden Lager – Atlanta Brewing Co. – Atlanta, GA
Silver: Herforder Edel-Export – Brauerei Felsenkeller – NRW, Herford, Germany
Bronze: Aldara Luksus – A/S “Aldaris” – Riga, Latvia
Category 43: Vienna-Style Lager – 14 Entries
Gold: Vienna Style Lager – Salt Lake Brewing Co. – Salt Lake City, UT
Silver: Leinenkugel’s Red Lager – Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co. – Chippewa Falls, WI
Bronze: Independence Franklinfest – Independence Brewing Co. – Philadelphia, PA
Category 44: German-Style Marzen/Oktoberfest – 9 Entries
Gold: Oktoberfest – Los Gatos Brewing Co. – Los Gatos, CA
Silver: Oktoberfest – Schooner Brewery – Dallas, TX
Bronze: Sudwerk M¥rzen – Sudwerk – Davis, CA
Category 45: European-Style Dark/Munchner Dunkel – 8 Entries
Gold: Tabernash Munich Dark Lager – Tabernash Brewing Co. – Denver, CO
Silver: Berghoff Genuine Dark Beer – Jos. Huber Brewing Co. – Monroe, WI
Bronze: Asahi Kuronama – Asahi Breweries, Ltd. – Tokyo, Japan
Category 46: German-Style Schwarzbier – 5 Entries
Gold: Sh›nan Liebe – Kumazawa Brewing Co. – Chigasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Silver: King’s Peak – Uinta Brewing Co. – Salt Lake City, UT
Category 47: Traditional Bock – 13 Entries
Gold: Toothless Bock – Bavarian Lager Cellar – Albuquerque, NM
Silver: Saint Arnold Spring Bock – Saint Arnold Brewing – Houston, TX
Bronze: Penalty Bock – C.B. & Potts/Big Horn Brewing – Englewood, CO
Category 48: German-Style Helles Bock/Maibock – 10 Entries
Gold: Sudwerk Mai Bock – Sudwerk – Davis, CA
Silver: Herforder Maibock – Brauerei Felsenkeller – NRW, Herford, Germany
Bronze: Honey Double Mai Bock – Stoudt Brewing – Adamstown, PA
Category 49: German-Style Strong Bock Beer – 8 Entries
Gold: SOT – BrewWorks Restaurant & Pub – Covington, KY
Silver: Doppelbock – La Conner Brewing Co. – La Conner, WA
Bronze: Canon – Les Brasseurs GMT Inc. – Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Category 50: American-Style Lager – 13 Entries
Gold: Kokanee – Columbia Brewery – Creston, British Columbia, Canada
Silver: Labatt Blue – Labatt Breweries of Canada – London, Ontario, Canada
Bronze: Red Dog – Plank Road Brewery – Milwaukee, WI
Category 51: American-Style Light Lager – 13 Entries
Gold: Miller Lite – Miller Brewing Co. – Milwaukee, WI
Silver: Coors Light – Coors – Golden, CO
Category 52: American-Style Premium Lager – 12 Entries
Silver: Miller Genuine Draft – Miller Brewing Co. – Milwaukee, WI
Bronze: Brick Red Baron – Brick Brewing Co. Limited – Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Category 53: Dry Lager – 3 Entries
Gold: Tooheys Extra Dry – Tooheys Pty Limited – Lidcombe, N.S.W., Australia
Category 54: American-Style Ice Lager – 3 Entries
Gold: Icehouse – Plank Road Brewery – Milwaukee, WI
Silver: Miller High Life Ice – Miller Brewing Co. – Milwaukee, WI
Category 55: American-Style Malt Liquor – 4 Entries
Gold: Schlitz Malt Liquor – The Stroh Brewery Co. – Detroit, MI
Category 56: American-Style Amber Lager – 9 Entries
Gold: Killian’s Red – Coors – Golden, CO
Silver: Steam Engine Steam – Steamworks Brewing Co. – Durango, CO
Bronze: Dr. Holty’s Cyclone Lager – Dr. Holty’s Little Beer Co. – Redondo Beach, CA
Category 57: American-Style Dark Lager – 3 Entries
Bronze: Michelob Amber Bock – Anheuser-Busch – St. Louis, MO
Category 59: American-Style Lager/Ale or Cream Ale – 10 Entries
Gold: Lodgepole Light – Prescott Brewing Co. – Prescott, AZ
Silver: Genesee Cream Ale – Genesee Brewing Co. – Rochester, NY
Bronze: Sandstone Cream Ale – Thunder Canyon Brewery – Tucson, AZ
Category 60: American-Style Wheat Ale or Lager with Yeast – 13 Entries
Gold: Happy Valley Hefeweizen – Desert Edge Brewery – Salt Lake City, UT
Silver: Weiss Guy Wheat – Alcatraz Brewing – Tempe, AZ
Bronze: Claim Jumper Hefeweizen – Bayhawk Ale, Inc. – Irvine, CA
Category 61: American-Style Wheat Ale or Lager without Yeast – 10 Entries
Gold: American Wheat Beer – Western Reserve Brewing – Cleveland, OH
Silver: Lucknow American Wheat – Castle Springs Brewing – Moultonborough, NH
Bronze: New World Wheat – Tied House Cafe & Brewery – Mt. View, CA
Category 63: Fruit Beers – 12 Entries
Gold: Sweet Cherry Brown – Montana Brewing Co. – Billings, MT
Silver: Folie Douce – Les Brasseurs De L’Anse Inc. – L’Anse-Saint-Jean, Quebec, Canada
Bronze: Sweetwater Blue – Sweetwater Brewing – Atlanta, GA
Category 64: Herb and Spice Beers – 10 Entries
Gold: Triple “C” Special Ale – Brew Moon – Cambridge, MA
Silver: Lake Effect Winter Ale – Western Reserve Brewing – Cleveland, OH
Bronze: Samuel Adams Winter Lager – The Samuel Adams Brewery – Cincinnati, OH
Category 65: Specialty Beers – 16 Entries
Gold: B & H Evening Toasted Ale – Barley & Hopps – San Mateo, CA
Silver: Longshot Molasses Coffee Stout – The World Homebrew Competition – Boston, MA
Bronze: Fraoch Heather Ale – Heather Ale Ltd. – Baltimore, MD
Category 66: Smoke-Flavored Beers (Ales or Lagers) – 7 Entries
Gold: Smoke – Rogue Ales – Newport, OR
Silver: Alaskan Smoked Porter – Alaskan Brewing – Juneau, AK
Category 67: Non-Alcoholic Malt Beverages – 6 Entries
Gold: Clausthaler Extra Herb Binding-Brauerei AG – Hessen, Frankfurt, Germany
Silver: Kronenbier Cia Antarctica Paulista – S§o Paulo-SP, Brazil
Bronze: O’Doul’s Amber Anheuser-Busch – St. Louis, MO