2000 World Beer Cup Medal Results
Category 2: Non Alcoholic (Beer) Malt Beverages – 4 entries
Gold: Clausthaler Classic– Binding-Brauerei AG, Frankfurt Au Main, Germany
Silver: Rolinck Free– Privatbrauerei A. Rolinck, Steinfurt, Germany
Bronze: Clausthaler Extra Herb– Binding-Brauerei AG, Frankfurt Au Main, Germany
Category 3: American Lager/Ale or Cream Ale – 20 entries
Gold: Alpine Lager– Moosehead Breweries Ltd., Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Silver: Moosehead Light– Moosehead Breweries Ltd., Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Bronze: Liebotschaner Cream Ale– Lion Brewery Inc., Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Category 4: American Style Wheat Ale or Lager – 21 entries
Gold: Weiss Guy Wheat Beer— Alcatraz Brewing, Tempe, Arizona
Silver: Leinenkugel’s Honey Weiss– Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co., Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
Bronze: Hefeweizen–Pyramid Breweries Inc., Seattle, Washington
Category 6: Fruit Beers – 22 entries
Gold: Quelque Chose– Unibroue Inc., Chambly, Quebec, Canada
Silver: Raspberry Leghumper– Thirsty Dog Brewing Co., Akron, Ohio
Bronze: Apple Ale– Niagara Falls Brewing Co., Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
Category 7: Chocolate/Cocoa Beers – 6 entries
Gold: Double Chocolate Porter– Stoney Creek Brewing Co., Novi, Michigan
Silver: Mocha Stout– Brew Moon Restaurant and Microbrewery, Boston, Massachusetts
Category 8: Herb and Spice Beers – 13 entries
Gold: Hitachino Nest Beer White Ale– Kiuchi Shuzou, Ibaraki, Japan
Silver: Great Pumpkin Spiced Ale– Cottonwood Brewery, Boone, North Carolina
Bronze: “Original” Vanilla Porter– Stoney Creek Brewing Co., Novi, Michigan
Category 9: Specialty Beers – 10 entries
Gold: Maple Nut Brown Ale–Tommyknocker Brewing Co., Idaho Springs, Colorado
Silver: Pullman Nut Brown Ale–Flossmoor Station Brewing Co., Flossmoor, Illinois
Bronze: Pott’s Paddy– Pott’s Brauerei GmbH, Oelde, Germany
Category 10: Specialty Honey Lagers or Ales – 11 entries
Gold: Algonquin Honey Brown–Brick Brewing Co., Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Silver: JW Dundee’s Honey Brown Lager–Genesee Brewing Co., Rochester, New York
Bronze: Brackett– White Winter Winery, Iron River, Wisconsin
Category 11: Experimental Beers – 12 entries
Gold: Raspberry Tart– New Glarus Brewing Co., New Glarus, Wisconsin
Silver: Old Conundrum Barley Wine–Flossmoor Station Brewing, Flossmoor, Illinois
Bronze: German Stein Beer–Ellicottville Brewing Co., Ellicottville, New York
Category 12: Smoke Flavored Beers – 12 entries
Gold: Alaskan Smoked Porter–Alaskan Brewing Co., Juneau, Alaska
Silver: Fujizakura Kogen Beer Rauch–Fujikankokaihatsu Co. Ltd., Kawaguchiko, Japan
Bronze: Smoke–Rogue Ales, Newport, Oregon
Category 13: American Style Rye Ale or Lager – 4 entries
Gold: Red Eye Rye–75th St. Brewery, Kansas City, Missouri
Silver: Captain Smith’s Rye–Titanic Brewing Co., Coral Gables, Florida
Bronze: Cutthroat Rye –Montana Brewing Co., Billings, Montana
Category 14: European–Style Low-Alcohol Lager/German-Style Licht(bier) – 4 entries
Gold: Stag Beer –Carib Brewery Limited, Champs Fleurs, Trinidad, W. I.
Silver: Carib Beer –Carib Brewery Limited, Champs Fleurs, Trinidad, W. I.
Bronze: Beck’s Light –Brauerei Beck & Co.,Bremen, Germany
Category 15: German-Style Pilsener – 55 entries
Gold: Konig Pilsener –Konig-Brauerei GmbH & Co. KG, Duisburg, Germany
Silver: Rolinck Pilsener –Privatbrauerei A. Rolinck, Steinfurt, Germany
Bronze: Barre Brau Pilsener–Privatbrauerei Ernst Barre GmbH, Lubbecke, Germany
Category 16: Bohemian-Style Pilsener – 23 entries
Gold: Payton Pilsner –America’s Brewing Co., Aurora, Illinois
Silver: Lev Lion Pale Double Bock–Mestansky Pivovar Havlickuv Brod, Czech Republic
Bronze: Golden Pilsner–Morgan Street Brewery, St. Louis, Missouri
Category 17: Munchner-Style Helles – 24 entries
Silver: Helles Export –Privatbrauerei Schweiger, Markt Schwaben, Germany
Bronze: Freudenberger Hell –Brauerei Markl, Freudenberg, Germany
Category 18: European-Style Pilsener – 28 entries
Gold: Piast Premium Beczkowe–Piast Browery, Wroclaw, Poland
Silver: DAB Original German Beer–Dortmunder Actien-Brauerei AG, Dortmund, Germany
Bronze: Myanmar Beer –Myanmar Brewery, Mingacardon Top, Yangon, Union of Myanmar
Category 19: Dortmunder/European-Style Export – 14 entries
Gold: Grölsch Premium Lager–Grolsche Bierbrouwerij, Groenlo, Holland
Silver: Ekstra–AB Svyturys, Klaipeda, Lithuania
Bronze: Hoepfner Goldkopfle –Privatbrauerei Hoepfner , Karlsruhe, Germany
Category 20: Vienna-Style Lager – 9 entries
Gold: Blueridge Amber Lager–Frederick Brewing Co., Frederick, Maryland
Silver: Snake River Lager–Snake River Brewing Co., Jackson, Wyoming
Bronze: Royal Red Lager–777 Brewpub, Las Vegas, Nevada
Category 21: German-Style Marzen/Oktoberfest – 14 entries
Gold: Black River Red–Pioneer Brewing Co., Black River Falls, Wisconsin
Silver: Märzen–Sudwerk Brewery & Grill, Sacramento, California
Bronze: Samuel Adams Octoberfest–Boston Beer Co., Boston, Massachusetts
Category 22: European-Style Dark/Munchner Dunkel – 19 entries
Gold: Penn Dark –Penn Brewery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Silver: Ayinger Altbairisch Dunkel–Brauerei Aying, Aying, Germany
Bronze: Pious Monk Dunkel–Church Brew Works, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Category 23: European-Style Schwarzbier – 14 entries
Gold: King’s Peak –Uinta Brewing Co., Salt Lake City, Utah
Silver: Aldara Tums’ais –A/S Aldaris, Riga, Latvia
Bronze: Monteith’s Black Beer–Monteiths Brewing, Greymouth, New Zealand
Category 24: Traditional Bock – 10 entries
Gold: Capricator Bock –Calhoun’s Tennessee Microbrewery, Knoxville, Tennessee
Silver: Lucknow Spring Bock–Castle Springs Brewing Co., Moultonborough, New Hampshire
Bronze: Bock–Iida Beer Co., Iida City, Maruyamacho, Japan
Category 25: German-Style Helles Bock/Mailbock – 13 entries
Gold: Stoudt’s Honey Double Mai Bock–Stoudt’s Brewing Co., Adamstown, Pennsylvania
Silver: Capital Mai-Bock –Capital Brewery, Middleton, Wisconsin
Bronze: Mai-Bock–Hofbrauhaus Munchen, Munchen, Germany
Category 26: German-Style Strong Bock Beer – 16 entries
Gold: Blue Ridge Subliminator –Frederick Brewing Co., Frederick, Maryland
Silver: Hogback Doppel Bock–Mountain Sun Pub & Brewery, Boulder, Colorado
Bronze: Freudenberger Markator –Brauerei Markl, Freudenberg, Germany
Category 27: American-Style Light Lager – 10 entries
Gold: Southpaw Light –Plank Road Brewery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Silver: Miller High Life Light–Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Bronze: Western Light –Great Western Brewing, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Category 28: American-Style Lager – 20 entries
Gold: Prestige–Brasserie Nationale d’Haiti, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Silver: Labatt Blue –Labatt Brewing Co., London, Ontario, Canada
Bronze: Miller Genuine Draft Light–Miller Brewing Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Category 29: American-Style Premium Lager – 18 entries
Gold: Henry Weinhard’s Private Reserve–Blitz-Weinhard Brewing Co., Tumwater, Washington
Silver: City Lager –City Brewing Co., LaCrosse, Wisconsin
Bronze: Point Special Beer–Stevens Point Brewery, Stevens Point, Wisconsin
Category 30: American-Style Specialty Lager – 15 entries
Gold: Mickey’s Ice –Mickey’s Brewing Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Silver: Mickey’s–Mickey’s Brewing Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Bronze: Asahi Super Dry–Asahi Breweries, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
Category 31: American-Style Amber Lager – 10 entries
Gold: Henry Weinhard’s Amber Ale–Blitz-Weinhard Brewing Co., Tumwater, Washington
Silver: Michael Shea’s Irish Amber–Genesee Brewing Co., Rochester, New York
Bronze: Auburn–Mad Anthony Brewing, Ft. Wayne, Indiana
Category 32: American Dark Lager – 6 entries
Silver: Leinenkugel’s Creamy Dark–Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Co., Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
Category 33: Tropical-Style Light Lager – 5 entries
Gold: Southwark Bitter –Lion-Nathan, Lidcombe, Australia
Bronze: Fiji Bitter –Carlton Brewery Fiji Ltd., Walubay, Suva, Fiji
Category 35: Belgian-Style Dubbel – 10 entries
Gold: Duinen Abbey Ale–Brouwerij Huyghe-Melle, Huyghe-Melle, Belgium
Silver: Allagash Dubbel Reserve–Allagash Brewing Co., Portland, Maine
Bronze: Abbey Belgian Style Ale–New Belgium Brewing Co., Fort Collins, Colorado
Category 36: Belgian-Style Tripel – 16 entries
Gold: Millennium Tripel –Delafield Brewhaus, Delafield, Wisconsin
Silver: Brueghel Blonde Ale–Kross Brewing Co., Morrisville, Vermont
Bronze: Trident Tripel –Angelic Brewing, Madison, Wisconsin
Category 37: Belgian-Style Pale Ale – 4 entries
Silver: Dremmwel–Brasserie Artisanale Du Tregor, Minihy-Tréguier, France
Bronze: Southwark Pale Ale–Lion-Nathan, Lidcombe, Australia
Category 38: Belgian-Style Pale Strong Ale – 4 entries
Gold: Caveat Emptor –Brew Moon Restaurant & Microbrewery, Boston, MA
Silver: Millennium Grand Cru–BJ’s Restaurant and Brewery, Woodland Hills, CA
Bronze: Pauwel Kwak –Brewery Bosteels, Buggenhout, Belgium
Category 39: Belgian-Style Dark Strong Ale – 5 entries
Gold: Trois-Pistoles–Unibroue Inc., Chambly, Quebec, Canada
Silver: Karumina Beer –Hida Takayama Brewing Agricultural Corp., Takayama-shi, Japan
Category 40: Belgian-Style White (or Wit)/Belgian-Style Wheat – 10 entries
Gold: Blanche de Brooklyn–Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn, New York
Silver: Hoegaarden–Hoegaarden, Hoegaarden, Belgium
Bronze: Belgian Style White–Uehara Shuzo Co., Makimachi, Japan
Category 41: Belgian-Style Lambic – 7 entries
Gold: Cuvee Rene Guêuze Lambic– Brouwerij Lindemans, Vlezenbeek, Belgium
Bronze: Cranberry Tart Oulde Ale–Brew Moon Restaurant & Microbrewery, Boston, MA
Category 43: Classic English-Style Pale Ale – 16 entries
Gold: Denver Pale Ale–Great Divide Brewing Co., Denver, Colorado
Silver: Urban Wilderness Pale Ale–Sleeping Lady Brewing, Anchorage, Alaska
Category 44: India Pale Ale – 42 entries
Gold: India Pale Ale–Russian River Brewing Co., Guerneville, California
Silver: BridgePort IPA –BridgePort Brewing Co., Portland, Oregon
Bronze: Hop Ottin’ India Pale Ale–Anderson Valley Brewing Co., Boonville, California
Category 46: English-Style (Special) Best Bitter – 12 entries
Gold: Sweetwater ESB –Sweetwater Brewing Co., Atlanta, Georgia
Silver: Boulder Amber –Rockies Brewing, Boulder, Colorado
Bronze: River’s Best Bitter–Rivers Effortless Dining, Salt Lake City, Utah
Category 47: English-Style (Extra Special) Strong Bitter – 22 entries
Gold: Alaskan ESB –Alaskan Brewing Co., Juneau, Alaska
Silver: Original ESB –Crooked River Brewing Co., Cleveland, Ohio
Bronze: Best Bitter –Boundary Bay Brewery, Bellingham, Washington
Category 48: Scottish-Style Ale – 18 entries
Gold: Just a “Wee-Bit”–Hopcats, Chicago, Illinois
Silver: McAllister’s Ale –Smiling Moose Brewpub, Greeley, Colorado
Bronze: Tilted Kilt –Pyramid Breweries Inc., Seattle, Washington
Category 49: English-Style Mild Ale – 7 entries
Gold: Blind Boar Amber–Montana Brewing Co., Billings, Montana
Silver: Top Down Classic Red Ale–Sonora Brewing Co., Phoenix, Arizona
Bronze: Busby Stout –Keihan Uji Kotsu Co. Ltd., Uji Kanaido, Uji Kyoto, Japan
Category 50: English-Style Brown Ale – 27 entries
Gold: Nut Brown Ale–Blackstone Restaurant & Brewery, Nashville, Tennessee
Silver: Bohannon Nut Brown Ale–Bohannon Brewing Co., Nashville, Tennessee
Bronze: Red Brick Ale–Atlanta Brewing Co., Atlanta, Georgia
Category 51: Strong Ale – 35 entries
Gold: Strong Scotch Ale–Westwood Brewing Co., Los Angeles, California
Silver: Winter Ale –Buckhead Brewery & Grill, Stockbridge, Georgia
Bronze: Tannenbaum–LaConner Brewing Co., LaConner, Washington
Category 52: Barley Wine-Style Ale – 31 entries
Gold: Nils Oscar No. 5 Julol 1998–Tarno Bryggeri AB, Stockholm, Sweden
Silver: Full Sail Old Boardhead Barleywine Ale–Full Sail Brewing, Hood River, Oregon
Bronze: Kosmyk Charlie’s Y2K Catastrophe Ale–Central Waters Brewing Co., Junction City, Wisconsin
Category 53: Robust Porter – 33 entries
Gold: Swan Lake Beer Porter–Hyouko Yashiki No Mori Brewery, Kanaya Sasakani, Japan
Silver: Mocha Porter –Rogue Ales, Newport, Oregon
Bronze: Old Leghumper –Thirsty Dog Brewing Co., Akron, Ohio
Category 54: Brown Porter – 18 entries
Gold: Willow Porter –Willow Street Brewery, San Rafael, California
Silver: Concord Junction Porter–Concord Junction Brewing Co., Concord, Mass
Bronze: Black Butte Porter–Deschutes Brewery, Bend, Oregon
Category 55: Sweet Stout– 10 entries
Gold: Cheytown Sweet Stout–C.B. & Potts, Englewood, Colorado
Silver: Black Beard Stout–Wallaby’s Brewpub, Medina, Ohio
Bronze: Mackeson XXX Stout–Hudepohl-Schoenling, Cincinnati, Ohio
Category 56: Oatmeal Stout – 23 entries
Gold: Oscar’s Chocholate Oatmeal Stout–Pioneer Brewing Co., Black River Falls, Wisconsin
Silver: Zoser Stout –Oasis, Boulder, Colorado
Bronze: Sinner’s Stout –Angelic Brewing Co., Madison, Wisconsin
Category 57: Imperial Stout – 16 entries
Gold: Imperial Stout–Rogue Ales, Newport, Oregon
Silver: Imperial Porter –Uehara Shuzo Co., Nakimachi, Japan
Bronze: Warhead Stout –Thunder Canyon Brewery, Tucson, Arizona
Category 58: German-Style Kolsch/Koln-Style Kölsch – 23 entries
Gold: Brewer’s Blonde Ale–Hops! Bistro & Brewery, San Diego, California
Silver: Stoddard’s Kolsch –Stoddard’s Brewhouse, Sunnyvale, California
Category 59: German-Style Brown Ale/Dusseldorf-Style Alt Bier– 13 entries
Gold: Widmer Springfest –Widmer Brothers Brewing, Portland, Oregon
Silver: Josyu Forest Beer Molino Akuma–Shin Shin Foods Co., Ltd., Takaimachi, Japan
Bronze: Traditional Altbier –Magnotta Brewery, Vaughn, Ontario, Canada
Category 61: South German-Style Weizen/Weissbier – 47 entries
Gold: Josyu Forest Beer Molino Yousei–Shin Shin Foods Co. Ltd., Takaimachi, Japan
Silver: Kogane Weizen –Kogane Food Co. Ltd., Shizuoka, Japan
Bronze: Leinenkugel’s Hefeweizen –Leinenkugel’s Ballyard Brewery, Phoenix, Arizona
Category 62: South German-Style Dunkel Weizen/Dunkel Weissbier – 9 entries
Gold: Edelweiss Weissbier –Hofbrau Caltenhausen, Caltenhausen, Austria
Silver: Ayinger Ur-Weisse –Brauerei Aying, Aying, Germany
Bronze: Double Play Dunkelweizen–Leinenkugel’s Ballyard Brewery, Phoenix, Arizona
Category 63: South German-Style Weizenbock/Weissbock – 9 entries
Gold: Edelweiss Weissbier Gamsbock–Hofbrau Caltenhausen, Caltenhausen, Austria
Silver: Weizenbock–Kumezawa Brewing Co., Kagawa, Japan
Category 64: Irish-Style Red Ale – 17 entries
Gold: Casco Bay Riptide Red Ale–Casco Bay Brewing Co., Portland, Maine
Silver: Sullivan’s Irish Ale–Southampton Publick House, Southampton, New York
Bronze: Stewart’s Red Ale–Stewart’s Brewing Co., Bear, Delaware
Category 65: Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout – 17 entries
Silver: Dogwood Stout – Dogwood Brewing Co., Atlanta, Georgia
Bronze: Bear Bottom Stout–Rocky River Brewing, Sevierville, Tennessee
Category 66: Foreign-Style Stout – 16 entries
Gold: Stout –Nasu Kohgen Beer Co., Takakukoh Nasumachi, Japan
Silver: Obsidian Stout –Deschutes Brewery, Bend, Oregon
Bronze: San Quentin’s Breakout Stout–Marin Brewing, Larkspur, California
Category 67: Golden Ale/Canadian-Style Ale – 30 entries
Gold: Labatt 50 –Labatt Brewing Co., London, Ontario, Canada
Silver: Buffalo Gold –Rockies Brewing, Boulder, Colorado
Bronze: Keith’s–Labatt Brewing Co., London, Ontario, Canada
Category 68: American-Style Pale Ale – 50 entries
Gold: J.P. Ale –South Street Brewery, Charlottesville, Virginia
Silver: Mad Hatter –New Holland, Holland, Michigan
Bronze: Sharptail Pale Ale–Montana Brewing Co., Billings, Montana
Category 69: American-Style Amber/Red Ale – 40 entries
Gold: SLO Brew Central Coast Amber Ale–SLO Brewing Co., Paso Robles, California
Silver: Shark Bite Red–Pizza Port, Carlsbad, California
Bronze: Emigration Amber Ale–Squatters Beer, Salt Lake City, Utah
Category 70: American-Style Brown Ale – 16 entries
Gold: Barber Shop Brown Ale–Il Vicino, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Silver: Doryman’s Dark Ale–Pelican Pub & Brewery, Pacific City, Oregon
Bronze: Kourage–New Holland Brewing Co., Holland, Michigan