2002 World Beer Cup presented by the Brewers Association
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