The 2002 World Beer Cup, a pinnacle event in the craft brewing world organized by the Brewers Association, unfolded in New Orleans, Louisiana, drawing an impressive array of global talent and underscoring the burgeoning international craft beer renaissance. Held biennially since its 1996 inception, this edition featured over 60 categories spanning from light lagers to robust porters, with more than 2,000 entries submitted by hundreds of breweries across dozens of countries, judged by a panel of expert brewers, sommeliers, and beer professionals. Standout American victors included Anheuser-Busch’s O’Douls Amber, claiming gold in the non-alcoholic malt beverage division, Thirsty Dog Brewing Company’s Old Leghumper dominating the robust porter category, and High Falls Brewing Company’s Genesee Cream Ale shining in American-style cream ale—highlighting the U.S. dominance while celebrating innovative flavors like fruit-infused beers and hop-forward ales from emerging international scenes. This competition not only elevated small-batch artisans to global acclaim but also fueled the explosive growth of craft beer culture, inspiring brewers worldwide to push boundaries in style diversity and quality craftsmanship.
2002 World Beer Cup Medal Winners
Category: 2 Non-Alcoholic (Beer) Malt Beverage-14 Entries
Gold: O’Douls Amber, Anheuser-Busch, St Louis, MO
Silver: Radegast Birell, Radegast Brewery JSC, Nosovice, Czech Republic
Bronze: Genesee Non-Alcoholic, High Falls Brewing Company, Rochester, NY
Category: 3 American Lager/Ale or Cream Ale-13 Entries
Gold: Genesee Cream Ale, High Falls Brewing Company, Rochester, NY
Silver: All American Cream Ale, Holy Cow! Casino, Cafe & Brewery, Las Vegas, NV
Bronze: Cameron’s Lager, Cameron’s Brewing Company, Toronto, Canada
Category: 4 American-Style Wheat Ale or Lager-21 Entries
Gold: Leinenkugel’s Honey, Weiss Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing, Chippewa Falls, WI
Silver: Hefeweizen, Pyramid Ales and Lagers, Seattle, WA
Bronze: Shiner Hefeweizen, The Spoetzl Brewery, Inc., San Antonio, TX
Category: 5 American-Style Rye Ale or Lager-11 Entries
Gold: NOT AWARDED
Silver: Worryin’ Ale, Piece Brewery, Chicago, IL
Bronze: Tuck’s Rye PA, Il Vicino Wood Oven Pizza & Brewery, Colorado Springs, CO
Category: 7 Fruit Beer- 21 Entries
Gold: Melbourn Bros. Strawberry, Melbourn Brothers Brewing, Stamford, England
Silver: Melbourn Bros. Apricot, Melbourn Brothers Brewing, Stamford, England
Bronze: Quelque Chose, Unibroue Inc., Chambly, Canada
Category: 8 Chocolate/Cocoa Flavored Beer-8 Entries
Gold: Death By Chocolate Stout, Great Basin Brewing Company, Sparks, NV
Silver: Chocolate Stout, Bison Brewing Company, Berkeley, CA
Bronze: Darth Delirium, Moose’s Tooth Brewing, Anchorage, AK
Category: 9 Herb and Spice Beer-14 Entries
Gold: Cerveza de Santa Rosa, Third Street Ale Works, Santa Rosa, CA
Silver: Hoppy Holidaze, Marin Brewing Company, Larkspur, CA
Bronze: Original Vanilla Porter, Stoney Creek Brewing Company, Detroit, MI
Category: 10 Specialty Beer-9 Entries
Gold: Big Bear, Black Bear Republic Brewing Company, Healdsburg, CA
Silver: Deus Brewery, Bosteels Bougen, Hout, Belgium
Bronze: Pullman Brown Ale, Flossmoor Station, Flossmoor, IL
Category: 11 Specialty Honey Lager or Ale-13 Entries
Gold: Shiner Hefeweizen, The Spoetzl Brewery, Inc., San Antonio, TX
Silver: Oak Brackett, White Winter Winery, Inc., Iron River, WI
Bronze: BumbleBeer Honey Ale, Rock Bottom – La Jolla, La Jolla, CA
Category: 12 Experimental Beer-12 Entries
Gold: Samuel Adams Utopias, Boston Beer Company, Boston, MA
Silver: Blackfin Bourbon Cask, P.H. Woods Brewery, Moreno Valley, CA
Bronze: Red Hibiscus, Bison Brewing Company, Berkeley, CA
Category: 13 Smoke-Flavored Beer-10 Entries
Gold: Smoke, Rogue Ales Newport OR
Silver: Alaskan Smoked Porter, Alaskan Brewing Company, Juneau, AK
Bronze: Rauchbier, Echigo Beer Company Ltd., Nishikanbaragun, Japan
Category: 14 European-Style Low-Alcohol-5 Entries
Gold: Bohemian Light, America’s Brewing Company, Aurora, IL
Silver: Beck’s Light, Brauerei Beck & Company, Bremen, Germany
Bronze: Wojak 8.9 Plato, Browar Belgia Sp zo.o., Kielce, Poland
Category: 15 German-Style Pilsener-42 Entries
Gold: Distelhauser Premium Pils, Distelhauser Brauerei Ernst Bauer GmbH & Company KG, TBB,
Distelhausen, Germany
Silver: Konig Pilsener, Konig Brauerei, Duisburg, Germany
Bronze: Kasseler Premium Pils, Einbecker-Brauhaus AG, Einbeck, Germany
Category: 16 Bohemian-Style Pilsener-25 Entries
Gold: Radegast Original, Radegast Brewery JSC, Nosovice, Czech Republic
Silver: Radegast Premium, Radegast Brewery JSC, Nosovice, Czech Republic
Bronze: Hometown Blonde, New Glarus Brewing, New Glarus, WI
Category: 17 Muncher-Style Helles-27 Entries
Gold: Neuschwansteiner, Hirschbrau Brauerei, Sonthofen, Germany
Silver: Shiner Summer Stock, The Spoetzl Brewery, Inc., San Antonio, TX
Bronze: Kitzmann Urhell, Kitzmann – Brau KG, Erlangen, Germany
Category: 18 European-Style Pilsener-29 Entries
Gold: Cisk Export Premium Lager, Simonds Farsons Cisk Plc, Mriehe,l Malta
Silver: Stella Artois, Interbrew, Leuven, Belgium
Bronze: Wojak 14.1 Plato, Browar Belgia Sp zo.o., Kielce, Poland
Category: 19 Dortmunder/European-Style Export-17 Entries
Gold: Hoepfner Goldkoepfle, Privatbrauerei Hoepfner, Karlsruhe, Germany
Silver: Schlappeseppel Export, Eder & Heylands Brauerei, Großostheim, Germany
Bronze: Hollendomer Florian, Brauerei Schmidmayer, Siegenburg, Germany
Category: 20 Vienna-Style Lager-17 Entries
Gold: Leinenkugel’s Red Lager, Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company. Chippewa Falls, WI
Silver: Ornery Amber Lager, Tommyknocker Brewery, Idaho Springs, CO
Bronze: Gordon Biersch Vienna, Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant Group, Inc., Chattanooga, TN
Category: 21 German-Style Marzen/Oktoberfest-17 Entries
Gold: Beck’s Oktoberfest, Brauerei Beck & Company, Bremen, Germany
Silver: Octoberfest, Boston Beer Company, Boston, MA
Bronze: Svyturys Baltijos, Svyturys Utenos Alus, Vilnius, Lithuania
Category: 22 European-Style Dark/Muncher Dunkel-23 Entries
Gold: Winter Brew, Sprecher Brewing Company Glendale WI
Silver: Emmett’s Dunkle, Emmett’s Tavern and Brewing Company, West Dundee, IL
Bronze: Slam Dunkel, Great Basin Brewing Company, Sparks, NV
Category: 23 German-Style Schwarzbier-19 Entries
Gold: Black Hole Lager, Honolulu Brewing Company, LLC, Honolulu, HI
Silver: Wippraer, Schwarzbier Museums-Brauerei Wippra/Harz, Bad Kosen, Germany
Bronze: Black Bier, Red Rock Brewing, Salt Lake City, UT
Category: 24 Traditional German-Style Bock-14 Entries
Gold: Oderbolz Bock, Pioneer Brewing Company, Black River Falls, WI
Silver: Get Off My Bock, Blue Corn Café and Brewery, Albuquerque, NM
Bronze: Framingham Bock, John Harvard’s Brew House , LLC, Framingham, MA
Category: 25 German-Style Helles Bock/Maibock-10 Entries
Gold: Capital Mai Bock, Capital Brewing Company, Inc., Middleton, WI
Silver: Hell’s Bock, Big Horn Brewing Company, Fort Collins, CO
Bronze: PRIMATOR 16, Exkluziv Lager Pivovar Náchod A.S., Nachod, Czech Republic
Category: 26 German-Style Strong Bock Beer-22 Entries
Gold: Liberator Doppelbock, Angelic Brewing Company, Madison, WI
Silver: Ganter Wodan, Brauerei Ganter, Freiburg, Germany
Bronze: Doppelhirsch, Hirschbrau Brauerei, Sonthofen, Germany
Category: 27 American-Style Light Lager-8 Entries
Gold: Miller Lite, Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, WI
Silver: Brewhouse Light, Great Western Brewery, Ltd., Saskatoon, Canada
Bronze: Western Premium, Light Great Western Brewery, Ltd., Saskatoon, Canada
Category: 28 American-Style Lager-18 Entries
Gold: Miller High Life, Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, WI
Silver: Canadian, Molson Canada, Etobicoke, Canada
Bronze: Stegmaier Gold Medal, The Lion Brewery Inc., Wilkes-Barre, PA
Category: 29 American-Style Premium Lager-14 Entries
Gold: Original Coors, Coors Brewing Company, Golden, CO
Silver: Henry Weinhard’s Private, Miller Brewing Company – Milwaukee, WI
Bronze: Moosehead Lager, Moosehead Breweries, Ltd., St. John, Canada
Category: 30 American-Style Specialty Lager-9 Entries
Gold: Molson Dry, Molson Canada, Etobicoke, Canada
Silver: Ice House, Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, WI
Bronze: Olde English, HG800 Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, WI
Category: 31 American-Style Amber Lager-15 Entries
Gold: Henry Weinhard’s, Northwest Trail Miller Brewing Company-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI
Silver: Point Amber Lager, Stevens Point Brewing Company, Stevens Point, WI
Bronze: Red Dragon Lager, Blue Corn Café and Brewery, Albuquerque, NM
Category: 32 American Dark Lager-7 Entries
Gold: Leinenkugel’s Creamy Dark, Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing, Chippewa Falls, WI
Silver: Henry Weinhard’s Dark Lager, Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, WI
Bronze: Zolotaya, Bochka O Sobaya Seriya LLC Transmark, Moscow, Russia
Category: 33 Australasian or Tropical-Style Light Lager-7 Entries
Gold: Southern Cross Export, Honolulu Brewing Company, LLC., Honolulu, HI
Silver: Premium Cia. Cervecera de Nicaragua, Managua, Nicaragua
Bronze: Double Happiness Beer, Guangzhou Brewery, Guangzhou, China
Category: 34 Belgian-Style White (or Wit)/Belgian-Style Wheat-12 Entries
Gold: Hoegaarden, Interbrew, Hoegaarden, Belgium
Silver: Blanche De Chambly, Unibroue Inc., Chambly, Canada
Bronze: Allagash White, Allagash Brewing Company, Portland, ME
Category: 35 Belgian-Style Lambic-6 Entries
Gold: NOT AWARDED
Silver: NOT AWARDED
Bronze: Lindemans Cuvee, Rene Brouwerij Lindemans, Vlezenbeek, Belgium
Category: 37 Belgian-Style Pale Ale 6 Entries
Gold: Monk’s Lament Belgian Abbey, Angelic Brewing Company, Madison, WI
Silver: NOT AWARDED
Bronze: Dremmwel Blonde, Brasserie Artisanale Du Tregor, Treguier, France
Category: 38 Belgian-Style Pale Strong Ale-10 Entries
Gold: La Fin Du Monde, Unibroue Inc., Chambly, Canada
Silver: Stumblin’ Monk, Stewart’s Brewing Company, Bear, DE
Bronze: Trident Tripel, Angelic Brewing Company, Madison, WI
Category: 39 Belgian-Style Dark Strong Ale-9 Entries
Gold: Trois Pistoles, Unibroue Inc., Chambly, Canada
Silver: Salvation, Russian River Brewing Company, Guerneville, CA
Bronze: Milenia Especialidades, Cerveceras, Monterrey, Mexico
Category: 40 Belgian-Style Dubbel-6 Entries
Gold: Abbey Belgian Style Ale, New Belgium Brewing Company, Fort Collins, CO
Silver: Maudite, Unibroue Inc., Chambly, Canada
Bronze: Devil’s Dubbel, Angelic Brewing , Madison, WI
Category: 41 Belgian-Style Tripel-12 Entries
Gold: Gouden Carolus Tripel, Het Anker N.V., Mechelen, Belgium
Silver: Tripel, Karmeliet Brewery Bosteels Bougen, Hout, Belgium
Bronze: Black Tulip Tripel, New Holland Brewing, Holland, MI
Category: 42 Other Belgian-Style Ale-4 Entries
Gold: NOT AWARDED
Silver: Pauwel, Kwak Brewery Bosteels Bougen, Hout, Belgium
Bronze: Leffe Blonde, Interbrew, Leuven, Belgium
Category: 44 French-Belgian Style Saison-6 Entries
Gold: Artisan Saison, Rocky River Brewing Company -Ohio, Rocky River, OH
Silver: NOT AWARDED
Bronze: Saison de Brooklyn, Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn, NY
Category: 45 Classic English-Style Pale Ale-18 Entries
Gold: Annadel Pale Ale, Third Street Ale Works, Santa Rosa, CA
Silver: Pitchfork Pale Ale, Jarre Creek Ranch Brewery, Castle Rock, CO
Bronze: Urban Wilderness, Sleeping Lady Brewing Company, Anchorage, AK
Category: 46 English-Style India Pale Ale-12 Entries
Gold: English IPA, SLO Brewing Company, San Luis Obispo, CA
Silver: St. George IPA, St. George Brewing Company, Hampton, VA
Bronze: English Style India Pale Ale, Manayunk Brewing Company, Philadelphia, PA
Category: 47 Ordinary Bitter-7 Entries
Gold: Cutthroat Ale, Uinta Brewing Company, Salt Lake City, UT
Silver: Singletrack Copper Ale, Rockies Brewing Company, Boulder, CO
Bronze: 8th Street Ale, Four Peaks Brewing Company, Tempe, AZ
Category: 48 (Special) Best Bitter-11 Entries
Gold: Double Barrel Ale, Firestone Walker Brewing Company, Paso Robles, CA
Silver: SweetWater ESB, SweetWater Brewing Company, Atlanta, GA
Bronze: Sunnyside Pale Ale, Snipes Mountain Brewery, Sunnyside, WA
Category: 49 (Extra Special) Strong Bitter-19 Entries
Gold: Baby Fitz ESB, Big Horn Brewing Company, Westminster, CO
Silver: Black Rock ESB, Great Basin Brewing Company, Sparks, NV
Bronze: Bobby Magee’s ESB, Zig’s Kettle & Brew, Jackson, MI
Category: 50 Scottish-Style Ale-16 Entries
Gold: Scotch Ale, Boston Beer Company, Boston, MA
Silver: Scottish Ale, Nasu Kohgen Beer Company Ltd., Takakukoh, Japan
Bronze: Mic Finn’s Wee Heavy, Mickey Finn’s Brewery, Libertyville, IL
Category: 52 English-Style Brown Ale-25 Entries
Gold: Sweet George’s Brown, Dillon Dam Brewery, Dillon, CO
Silver: South Shore Nut Brown Ale, South Shore Brewery, Ashland, WI
Bronze: Walnut Brown Ale, Vine Park Brewing Company, St. Paul, MN
Category: 53 Old Ale-10 Entries
Gold: Old English Ale, Redwood Brewing Company, Flint, MI
Silver: Jubel 2000, Deschutes Brewery, Inc., Bend, OR
Bronze: Old Ale, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant, West Chester, PA
Category: 54 Strong Ale-12 Entries
Gold: Dizzy Lizzy Barleywine, Boulder Creek Brewing Company, Boulder Creek, CA
Silver: Sopris, Glenwood Canyon Brewing Company, Glenwood Springs, CO
Bronze: Old Stock Ale, North Coast Brewing, Ft. Bragg, CA
Category: 55 Strong Scotch Ale-18 Entries
Gold: Nils Oscar Julol 2001, Nils Oscar Bryggeri & Branneri, Stockholm, Sweden
Silver: Arcadia Scotch Ale, Arcadia Brewing Company, Battle Creek, MI
Bronze: McAuslan Scotch Ale, LaBrasserie McAuslan Brewing Inc., Montreal, Canada
Category: 56 Other Strong Ale or Lager-14 Entries
Gold: Capital Blonde Doppelbock, Capital Brewing Company, Inc, Middleton, WI
Silver: Star Brew, Marin Brewing Company, Larkspur, CA
Bronze: White Knuckle Ale, Marin Brewing Company, Larkspur, CA
Category: 57 Barley Wine-Style Ale-22 Entries
Gold: 1701 Tricentennial, Oggi’s Pizza & Brewing Company, San Diego, CA
Silver: Switch Stance Strong Ale, Pizza Port – Carlsbad Brewery, Carlsbad, CA
Bronze: Release the Hounds Barley Wine, Bull & Bush Brewery, Denver, CO
Category: 58 Robust Porter-30 Entries
Gold: Old Leghumper, Thirsty Dog Brewing Company, Akron, OH
Silver: Billy Bowlegs Buffalo Beer, Spanish Springs Brewing Company, The Villages, FL
Bronze: Summit Great Northern Porter, Summit Brewing Company, St. Paul, MN
Category: 59 Brown Porter-20 Entries
Gold: Chocolate Porter, (Three Threads) Bayhawk Ales, Inc., Irvine, CA
Silver: SweetWater Exodus Porter, SweetWater Brewing Company, Atlanta, GA
Bronze: Pioneer Porter, Fredericksburg Brewing Company, Fredericksburg, TX
Category: 60 Sweet Stout-11 Entries
Gold: Iron Horse Stout, Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant Group, Inc., Chattanooga, TN
Silver: Saint Arnold Winter Stout, Saint Arnold Brewing Company, Houston, TX
Bronze: Cream Stout, Redwood Brewing Company, Flint, MI
Category: 61 Oatmeal Stout-21 Entries
Gold: Alaskan Stout, Alaskan Brewing Company, Juneau, AK
Silver: Stonefly Oatmeal Stout, Third Street Ale Works, Santa Rosa, CA
Bronze: Sinners Stout, Angelic Brewing Company, Madison, WI
Category: 62 Imperial Stout-14 Entries
Gold: Imperial Stout, Rogue Ales, Newport, OR
Silver: Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout, Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn, NY
Bronze: Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout, North Coast Brewing, Ft. Bragg, CA
Category: 63 German-Style Kolsch/Koln-Style Kolsch-17 Entries
Gold: Zunft Kolsch, Erzquell Brauerei Bielstein, Wiehl-Bielstein, Germany
Silver: Gaffel-Kolsch, Privatbrauerei Gaffel, Koln, Germany
Bronze: Golden, Arm Piece Brewery, Chicago, IL
Category: 64 German-Style Brown Ale/Dusseldorf-Style-19 Entries
Gold: Otis Alt, Elk Grove Brewery Restaurant, Elk Grove, CA
Silver: Alle Tage Altbier, McNeill’s Brewery, Brattleboro, VT
Bronze: Alt-Er Ego Amber, Hops! Bistro & Brewery, San Diego, CA
Category: 66 South German-Style Weizen/Weissbier-46 Entries
Gold: Martini Weissbier, Hell Einbecker-Brauhaus AG, Einbeck, Germany
Silver: Penn Weizen, Pennsylvania Brewing Company, Pittsburgh, PA
Bronze: Tucher Kristall Weizen, Tucher Brau GmbH & Company KG, Furth, Germany
Category: 67 South German-Style Dunkel Weizen/Dunkel-13 Entries
Gold: Hofmuhl – Weissbier Dunkel, Privatbrauerei Hofmuhl, Eichstatt, Germany
Silver: Distelhauser Dunkles Weissbier, Distelhauser Brauerei Ernst Bauer GmbH & Company KG,
TBB, Distelhausen, Germany
Bronze: Tucher Dunkles Hefeweizen, Tucher Brau, Furth, Germany
Category: 68 South German-Style Weizenbock/Weissbock-10 Entries
Gold: Plank Heller Weizenbock, Brauerei, Plank Laaber, Germany
Silver: Delusionator Weizenbock, Linden’s Brewing Company, Ft Collins, CO
Bronze: St. Nick’s Weizenbock, Sweetwater Tavern & Brewery, Centreville, VA
Category: 69 Irish-Style Red Ale-15 Entries
Gold: Irish, Il Vicino Brewing Company-Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM
Silver: Red Hills Amber, The Buckhead Brewery & Grill, Stockbridge, GA
Bronze: Starr Hill Amber Ale, Starr Hill Restaurant & Brewery, Charlottesville, VA
Category: 70 Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout-9 Entries
Gold: Blarney Sister’s Dry Irish Stout, Third Street Ale Works, Santa Rosa, CA
Silver: O’Hanlons Port Stout, O’Hanlons Brewing Company Ltd., Whimple, England
Bronze: Celtic Stout, Fitzpatrick’s Brewing Company, Iowa City, IA
Category: 71 Foreign-Style Stout-16 Entries
Gold: Zonker Stout, Snake River Brewing Company, Jackson, WY
Silver: Obsidian Stout, Deschutes Brewery, Inc, Bend, OR
Bronze: Nils Oscar Imperial Stout 2001, Nils Oscar Bryggeri & Branneri, Stockholm, Sweden
Category: 72 Golden or Blonde Ale-32 Entries
Gold: Mother Lode Golden Ale, Laurelwood Public House & Brewery, Portland, OR
Silver: Rickard’s Pale, Molson Canada, Etobicoke, Canada
Bronze: Griffon Extra Pale Ale, LaBrasserie McAuslan Brewing Inc., Montreal, Canada
Category: 73 American-Style Pale Ale-50 Entries
Gold: Piston Pale Ale, Laurelwood Public House & Brewery, Portland, OR
Silver: Bridge Port India Pale Ale, Bridge Port Brewing Company, Portland, OR
Bronze: Mt. Tam Pale Ale, Marin Brewing Company, Larkspur, CA
Category: 74 American-Style India Pale Ale-41 Entries
Gold: Wipeout IPA, Pizza Port – Carlsbad Brewery, Carlsbad, CA
Silver: Hoptown IPA, HopTown Brewing Company, Pleasanton, CA
Bronze: Big Eye IPA, Ballast Point Brewing Company, San Diego, CA
Category: 75 American-Style Amber/Red Ale-35 Entries
Gold: Calico Amber Ale, Ballast Point Brewing Company, San Diego, CA
Silver: Believer’s Bitter, Angelic Brewing Company, Madison, WI
Bronze: Oasis Capstone ESB, Oasis Brewery, Boulder, CO
Category: 76 American-Style Brown Ale-19 Entries
Gold: Nut Brown Ale, Red Rock Brewing, Salt Lake City, UT
Silver: Doryman’s Dark, Ale Pelican Pub & Brewery, Pacific City, OR
Bronze: Slow Down Brown, Il Vicino Brewing Company-Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM
The Brewers Association
For beer lovers, the Brewers Association stands as the passionate guardian of America’s craft beer soul, representing over 6,000 small and independent breweries that pour creativity into every pint. Founded in 2005 through the merger of the Association of Brewers and the Brewers’ Association of America, this non-profit powerhouse advocates for the little guys against big beer conglomerates, fighting for fair laws, sustainable practices, and the right to experiment with wild ingredients like local hops, fruits, and even foraged botanicals. From publishing the definitive Beer Style Guidelines that help brewers and enthusiasts speak the same language to hosting epic events like the Great American Beer Festival—where thousands of taps flow with rare brews—the BA turns beer fandom into a community celebration.
Dive deeper, and you’ll find the Brewers Association fueling your next favorite discovery through initiatives like the World Beer Cup, the biennial “Olympics of Beer” that pits global talents against each other in blind tastings across dozens of categories. They empower homebrewers with resources via the American Homebrewers Association division, offer Seal of Independence certification so you know your dollar supports true craft, and track industry stats that reveal craft beer now claims over 24% of the U.S. market by volume. Whether you’re chasing a hazy IPA in Portland or a barrel-aged sour in Denver, the BA’s work ensures diversity thrives on tap, making every sip a victory for flavor freedom. Website: https://www.brewersassociation.org/
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