Dow Scoggins

MILFORD, Conn. — Tribus Beer Co., Milford CT’s first brewery and taproom opened their doors for the first time on August 11th, 2018 from 12pm – 9pm. The highly anticipated brewery encompasses a completely renovated 10,000 square foot warehouse in Milford, CT, complete with on-site manufacturing, a massive wrap-around bar taproom and an intimate outdoor biergarten.

Tribus Beer Co. brews a wide variety of styles, ranging from hop-forward IPAs and silky porters/stouts to refreshing pilsners and innovative styles.

Tribus Beer Co.’s tap list is ever evolving, so be sure to comeback week after week to try new beers and guest taps. Tribus Beer Co.’s mission is to provide the highest-quality spectrum of beer in a fun, laid-back environment.

Tribus Beer Co. currently features 7 of their own beers on tap, accompanied by guest cider, rose, white, red wine and even coffee taps. Tribus Beer Co. will partner with local food trucks to serve offerings on-site Fridays-Sundays.The grand opening was a huge success with over 1,200 visitors on a rainy Saturday. Tribus Beer Co.’s official hours will be Thurs 4-9pm and Fri-Sun 12-9pm.

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After a trio of juicy hazy styles made its debut into the Brewers Association Beer Style Guidelines earlier this year, one thing is clear: the haze craze is here to stay.

The proof? The 2018 Great American Beer Festival Competition is right around the corner and even though it’s the first time “Juicy or Hazy Pale Ale,” “Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ale” and “Juicy or Hazy Imperial or Double India Pale Ale” will be judged and awarded medals, it’s already the top entered beer style—dethroning American-Style India Pale Ales who have historically had the highest number of entries.

The 2018 total sum of all three of the new juicy hazy styles is statistically staggering: 706 entries, divided as following:

· Juicy or Hazy IPA: 414

· Juicy or Hazy Pale Ale: 131

· Juicy or Hazy Double IPA: 161

Full details can be found on the Brewers Association website. Official competition statistics will be published after the GABF Awards Ceremony on Saturday, September 22.

Get ready to raise a glass and celebrate India Pale Ale Beer Day, August 2. This annual occasion aims to increase appreciation of one of the world’s most popular types of craft beer, using social media to spread the word.

IPA beers date back to the late 18th century, when these ales were brewed for British sailors making long sea voyages to India. Most beers didn’t keep well on board ship, but London brewer George Hodgson of Bow Brewery was one of the first to develop a pale ale with a high hop content, which kept its taste better. Bow Brewery beers became popular among East India Company traders because of the brewery’s location near the East India Docks. Demand for the export style of pale ale, which had become known as India pale ale, developed in England around 1840.

CINCINNATI, Ohio—Brink Brewing Company proudly took home four medals last week from the 2018 U.S. Open Beer Championship. Dow Scoggins, director of the U.S. Open Beer and Cider Championships, presented these medals to the brewery last week at their tasting room in College Hill. Brink received three gold medals and one silver, earning them second place in the competition’s Top Breweries of 2018.

Professional breweries and award-winning home-brewers from all over the world sent in 6,300 beers representing more than 110 different styles for the 2018 U.S. Open Beer Championship. Brink Brewing placed first in the English Mild Ale, Brown Ale, and Strong Scottish Ale categories for Hold the Reins, Father G’s Bees, and Duncan Clan, respectively. Additionally, the brewery placed second for their Moozie in the Cream Stout Category.

Hold the Reins is an English Mild, a classic “Session Ale” while still full flavored. Moderate sweetness, a bit nutty with a touch of caramel. Chocolate and roast notes give way to a dry finish. Hold the Reins also recently won Gold at the 2017 Great American Beer Festival®.

Named after the brewery’s College Hill neighbor, Father George, of Saint Clare Parish who also happens to be a beekeeper; Father G’s Bees features 40 pounds of honey from his harvest. The combination of Maris Otter, chocolate, and caramel malts provide a richness while the honey gives a touch of boozy sweetness to this delectable Brown Ale. Beer Styles

Duncan Clan is a Scottish Ale featuring rich, malty flavors of caramel and toffee balanced by roastiness and a subtle rye spiciness. This true-to-style brew is all about featuring the malt, leaving a very subtle hop presence.

Moozie is a rich Milk Stout. Like a chocolate milkshake without the straw, it features chocolate and coffee notes and is almost chewy thanks to the addition of lactose and flaked oats. This beer also boasts a bronze medal from the 2018 World Beer Cup®, a bronze from the 2017 Denver International Beer Competition and a silver medal from the 2017 U.S. Open Beer Championship after only being open for four months (one of the youngest breweries to place that year).

“Any win at this competition is a great achievement for our team, let alone four medals,” says Co-Founder Founder John McGarry. “We take great pride in our ability to brew high-quality beers across a variety of styles and these U.S. Open medals really validates that. Our Co-Founder and Head Brewer Kelly and his team have shown that dedication to their craft can have results, even though we’ve only been a business for a short time.”

ABOUT BRINK BREWING
Brink Brewing Co is neighborhood Craft Brewery in the College Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati. Providing quality beers in a welcoming, comfortable taproom. In their one year of operation, they have accumulated an impressive amount of awards including a Gold at the 2017 Great American Beer Festival®, a Bronze at the 2018 World Beer Cup®, seven U.S. Open Beer Competition medals, and two Denver International Beer Competition awards. For more information visit brinkbrewing.com.

Growing up a Portland native I have always known I wanted to be in the craft brewing industry. As a woman I dream about a day where the craft brewing industry sees as many female brewery owners as males. My long-term vision is to start a brewery of my own with a female brew master. With this on my mind, I was feeling inspired lately by the hard working women I am around and decided to pick their brains. I was lucky enough to conduct some interviews with some powerful women involved and leading the way in the craft brewing industry.

The most challenging part of being a woman in beer is the “boys club” mentality that we face everyday. “You kind of have to prove yourself,” as Molly Tyler, former Administrative Assistant at Base Camp Brewing Co. puts it. Like most admins, Molly was the glue of Base Camp and did all the grunt work to keep the company going. Not only is it a boy’s club in the brewing industry, but also, female brewers are combatted everyday with struggles of how they function in a brewery. Being a brewer is a very manual job and can be even harder for women.

The industry has seen a shift in the last five years. What used to be a male dominated industry has transitioned and now women fill about fifty percent of positions. Karolyn Simon, Associate Brand Manager for Kona Brewing Company, has been in the industry for 7 years. She has felt the movement. “I don’t think the industry is dominated by males as much anymore… maybe on the brewing and packaging side, but definitely not in the other parts of the business. I have met so many female brewery reps, marketing pros, QA techs, and beyond lately! That shows where we’re going. When society changes I think the industry changes too.”

Karmen Olson, Director of Innovation at Craft Brew Alliance, sums it up very well. “In the last five years there has been a lot of progress. In five years from now, I see the movement continuing. In ten years from now we should expect gender equality. That can’t happen without the influence of men in the industry as well.” We have seen this shift and now it’s time to continue on that momentum and make sure that gender equality seeps into every aspect and role of the craft brewing industry. Whether you’re rinsing kegs, or designing packaging, the main focus is that we all are doing what we love in a community that we love.

For more information on how to get involved in the craft brewing community for women in your city check out the Pink Boots Society.

Story by Austin Foster – BeerInfo’s Portland Craft Beer Writer 

The results are in! For the second year in a row, Bell’s Two Hearted Ale was named number one in the annual Best Beers in America survey conducted by Zymurgy magazine. Now running in its 16th year, the survey asks members of the American Homebrewers Association (AHA), which publishes Zymurgy, to choose up to five of their favorite commercial beers available for purchase in the U.S.

“As brewers, the members of American Homebrewers Association can discern the subtle differences between a good beer and an outstanding beer,” said Gary Glass, director, American Homebrewers Association. “Zymurgy’s Best Beers in America survey showcases which commercial beers are truly the best of the best out there, and all the breweries who made the list should be proud.”

Despite the plethora of delicious options available to beer lovers, the same two beers have been battling it out for first place for the past eight years. For the second straight year, Bell’s Two Hearted Ale bested Russian River’s Pliny the Elder, which had taken the top spot from 2009 to 2016.

“When I think about the elements that Bell’s shares with the passionate homebrewing community, the values that rise to the top include creativity, a meticulous attention to detail, and the joy of sharing thoughtfully crafted beers with friends,” said John Mallett, director of operations, Bell’s. “To be recognized for excellence by people who truly understand all that goes into creating and delivering quality beers and experiences to our communities is a huge honor. These values are true drivers for us all.”

1. Bell’s Two Hearted Ale
2. Russian River Pliny the Elder
3. The Alchemist Heady Topper
4. Bell’s Hopslam
T5. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
T5. Founders CBS (Canadian Breakfast Stout)
T5. Founders KBS (Kentucky Breakfast Stout)
8. Three Floyds Zombie Dust
9. Founders Breakfast Stout
T10. WeldWerks Juicy Bits
T10. Founders All Day IPA
T12. Cigar City Jai Alai IPA
T12. Tree House Julius
T12 Deschutes Fresh Squeezed IPA
15. Boulevard Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale
16. The Alchemist Focal Banger
17. Toppling Goliath Pseudo Sue
T18. Lawson’s Finest Liquids Sip of Sunshine
T18. Sierra Nevada Celebration
T18. Russian River Blind Pig I.P.A.
21. Melvin 2×4 DIPA
22. Deschutes Black Butte Porter
T23. Surly Todd The Axe Man
T23. Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout
T25. Ballast Point Sculpin IPA
T25. Odell IPA
T27. Left Hand Milk Stout Nitro
T27. Old Nation M-43 N.E. IPA
29. North Coast Old Rasputin
T30. Russian River Pliny the Younger
T30. Surly Furious
T30. New Holland Dragon’s Milk
33. Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA
T34. Arrogant Bastard Ale
T34. Ommegang Three Philosophers
T36. Firestone Walker Parabola
T36. Allagash White
T36. Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA
T36. Fat Head’s Hop JuJu Imperial IPA
T36. Prairie Artisan Ales Bomb!
T43. Summit Extra Pale Ale
T43. Founders Dirty Bastard
T43. Bell’s Oberon Ale
T43. Oskar Blues Dale’s Pale Ale
T43. Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter
T43. Lagunitas Little Sumpin Sumpin
T49. Odd13 Codename: Superfan
T49. Tree House Green
T49. Sierra Nevada Hazy Little Thing IPA
T49. Ballast Point Grapefruit Sculpin
T49. Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA
T49. Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA
T49. New Glarus Wisconsin Belgian Red
T49. Odell Rupture
T49. Creature Comforts Tropicália
T49. Orval

Top-Ranked Breweries:
1. Bell’s Brewery, Inc., Comstock, Mich.*
2. Founders Brewing Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.
3. Russian River Brewing Co., Santa Rosa, Calif.*
4. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Chico, Calif. and Mills River, N.C.*
5. Firestone Walker Brewing Company, Paso Robles, Calif.*
T6. Deschutes Brewery, Bend, Ore.*
T6. Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Milton, Del.*
8. Stone Brewing, Escondido, Calif.*
9. The Alchemist, Stowe, Vt.*
10. Three Floyds Brewing Company, Munster, Ind.*

Top-Ranked Beer Portfolios:
1. Stone Brewing (33 beers)*
2. Firestone Walker Brewing Co. (29 beers)*
T3. New Belgium Brewing (24 beers)*
T3. Founders Brewing Co. (24 beers)
5. Dogfish Head Craft Brewery (23 beers)*
T6. Avery Brewing Co. (22 beers)
T6. Hill Farmstead Brewery (22 beers)*
T7. Boulevard Brewing Co. (20 beers)*
T7. Trillium Brewing Co. (20 beers)*
T9. Bell’s Brewery (19 beers)*
T9. Deschutes Brewery (19 beers)*
T9. Odell Brewing (19 beers)*
T9. Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. (19 beers)*
T9. The Bruery (19 beers)*
T9. Three Floyds Brewing (19 beers)

The Can Can Awards is the premier beer competition focused solely on canned craft beers. In their second year, over 400 beers were entered from across the globe, including entries from both big breweries and small breweries alike.

The Can Can Awards invites beer industry professionals to blindly sample canned beers submitted from breweries and brewpubs around the world. Each beer submitted is submitted in a specific category. Our Judges Panel sips submitted beers in order to award Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals to the three beers that best represent each individual category of beers. Beers are assigned to Judges with specific and applicable experience with the particular category in question.

The Can Can Awards are trying to elevate the conversation and speed up the adoption of canned craft beer. There are still some beer styles that are seen as “not good for cans” and that should not be the case. It is our sincere hope that a can-only competition can help make a dent in that perception over time.

Medal Winners of the Can Can Awards
Golden/Blonde Ale
1. BJ’s Brewhouse, BJ’s Brewhouse Blonde (Gold)
2. Three Creeks, Knotty Blonde (Silver)
3. Black Abbey, Crossroads (Bronze)

Kolsch
1. Bier Brewery, Special Kolsch (Gold)
2. Daredevil, Daredevil Vacation (Silver)
3. Bomber, Over The Mountain (Bronze)

English-Style Pale Ale
1. McClellan’s, Wulver (Gold)
2. No Silver Awarded
3. No Bronze Awarded

American-Style Pale Ale
1. Epic, Rino APA (Gold)
2. Full Sail, Session EZ IPA (Silver)
3. Bier Brewery, PDG Pale (Bronze)

English-Style India Pale Ale
1. Sante Fe, Happy Camper (Gold)
2. Three Creeks, Hoodoo Voodoo (Silver)
3. No Bronze Awarded

West Coast-Style India Pale Ale
1. Mother Earth, Boo Koo (Gold)
2. Atlas Brew Works, Ponzi (Silver)
3. Nebraska, IPA (Bronze)

New England-Style India Pale Ale
1. Upstate, 2018 Ale (Gold)
2. Aviator, GigaBlaster (Silver)
3. Moonraker, Hazy Duz It (Bronze)

Black IPA / Cascadian Dark Ale
1. Bomber, Absolute Horizon (Gold)
2. BJ’s Brewhouse, BJ’s Hopstorm IPA (Silver)
3. No Bronze Awarded

Other American-Style India Pale Ale
1. Hops & Grain, Pellets & Powder (Gold)
2. GoodLife, Descender (Silver)
3. Three Taverns, Rowdy and Proud (Bronze)

Session India Pale Ale
1. Griffin Claw, Gateway IPA (Gold)
2. Oskar Blues, Pinner (Silver)
3. Third Street, Sainty Break (Bronze)

Extra Special Bitter
1. Sante Fe, Sante Fe Pale Ale (Gold)
2. Bomber, Bomber ESB (Silver)
3. Redhook, ESB (Bronze)

Scottish- or Scotch-Style Beer
1. Eventide, Highlander (Gold)
2. Boundary Bay, Scotch Ale (Silver)
3. Kettlehouse, Coldsmoke (Bronze)

Irish Red Ale
1. Tractor, Farmer’s Tan (Gold)
2. Noble Rey, Off The Leash (Silver)
3. No Bronze Awarded

Amber Ale
1. Station 26, American Copper (Gold)
2. Fat Bottom, Ruby (Silver)
3. BJ’s Brewhouse, BJ’s Jeremiah Red (Bronze)

Brown Ale
1. Sante Fe, Nut Brown (Gold)
2. Wibby, Moondoor (Silver)
3. Noble Rey, Baracus (Bronze)

Porter
1. Three Creeks, Fivepine Chocolate Porter (Gold)
2. Bier Brewery, Backpackin Brown (Silver)
3. Beards, Serendipity (Bronze)

Stout
1. Chapman’s, Valiant (Gold)
2. Tractor, Milk Mustachio (Silver)
3. Aviator, BlackMamba (Bronze)

German-Style Hefeweizen
1. Bier Brewery, Weizengoot (Gold)
2. Eventide, Citrus Grove (Silver)
3. BJ’s Brewhouse, BJ’s Harvest (Bronze)

Saison
1. Foolproof, La Ferme Urbaine (TIE – Gold)
2. Lift Bridge, Farm Girl (TIE – Gold)
3. Fat Bottom, Wallflower (Bronze)

Other Belgian-Style Beer
1. Blacklist Artisan Ales, Or de Belgique (Gold)
2. Fat Bottom, Ida (Silver)
3. Broken Bow, Old Split-foot (Bronze)

Belgian-Style Dubbel or Quadruple
1. Black Abbey, The Special (Gold)
2. No Silver Awarded
3. No Bronze Awarded

Belgian-Style Tripel
1. Aviator, Devils Tramping Ground (Gold)
2. No Silver Awarded
3. No Bronze Awarded

Imperial India Pale Ale
1. Bomber, Superpest (Gold)
2. Foolproof, The Depths (Silver)
3. Urban South, Finial (Bronze)

Imperial Stout
1. Bomber, Bomber Russian Imperial Stout (Gold)
2. Blacklist Artisan Ales, Dark (Silver)
3. Nebraska, Little Betty (Bronze)

Belgian-Style Witbier
1. Saint Benjamin, Wit or Witout (Gold)
2. Blacklist Artisan Ales, Classic Wit (Silver)
3. Southern Barrel, Betty Wit (Bronze)

American-Style Lager
1. Third Street, Minnesota Gold Lager (Gold)
2. Atlas, District Common (Silver)
3. Wormtown, Maxican (Bronze)

German-Style Pilsner
1. Serda, Hook, Line, & Lager (Gold)
2. Upstate, Pilsner (Silver)
3. Daredevil, Daredevil Pils (Bronze)

Marzen or Oktoberfest
1. Motorworks, V Twin (Gold)
2. Bomber, BC Beer Oktoberfest Collaboration (Silver)
3. Daredevil, Daredevil Marzen (Bronze)

Helles
1. Nashville Brewing, Nashville Original Lager (Gold)
2. Southern Barrel, Helles Lager (Silver)
3. Bomber, Skyline Lager (Bronze)

American-Style Wheat Beer
1. Third Street, Hunny Do (Gold)
2. Griffin Claw, Mr. Blue Sky (Silver)
3. Full Sail, Blood Orange Wheat (Bronze)

Herb and Spice Beer
1. Tailgate, Peanut Butter Milk Stout (Gold)
2. Due South, Mexican Standoff (Silver)
3. Station 26, Tangerine Cream (Bronze)

Out Of Bounds Beer
1. Urban South, White Oak IPA (Gold)
2. Mazama, Salud (Silver)
3. Mother Earth, Cali Creamin’ (Bronze)

American-Style Sour Ale
1. Blue Point, Beach Plum Gose (Gold)
2. Noble Rey, Bridesmaids Tears (Silver)
3. Motorworks, Bizarre Gardening Accident (Bronze)

Wood- and Barrel-aged Beer
1. Kettlehouse, Freeze Out (Gold)
2. Griffin Claw, Downtown Bourbon Brown (Silver)
3. Pigeon Hill, YGOFT (Bronze)

Shandy
1. Wibby, Lightshine Radler (Gold)
2. No Silver Awarded
3. No Bronze Awarded

Chocolate or Coffee Beer
1. Sante Fe, Java Stout (Gold)
2. Urban South, Ca Phe Vietnamese Stout (Silver)
3. Epic, Son of a Baptist (Bronze)

Last Saturday, the 6th Annual Washington Beer Awards took place during the two-day Washington Brewers Festival in Redmond, Washington. Held at Marymoor Park, the Washington Beer Commission with the assistance of Specialty Competitions LLC announced the winners in 74 award categories.

German Pale Lagers:
Gold: Mirage – Ski Mask
Silver: Beardslee Public House – Duh Dortmunder
Bronze: Barrel Mountain Brewing – Luv Ya Lager

German-Style Pilsners:
Gold: Grains Of Wrath Brewing – Luger Pils
Silver: Kulshan Brewing Co. – K2 – Kulshan Pilsner
Bronze: Wander Brewing – Doglost

Bohemian-Style Pilsners:
Gold: Bron Yr Aur Brewing Co. – Heisenberg Pils
Silver: Chuckanut Brewery – Chuckanut Pilsner
Bronze: Reuben’s Brews – Pilsner

American-Style Pilsners:
Gold: Airways Brewing – Pre Flight Pilsner
Silver: Farmstrong Brewing Co. – Cold Beer Skagit Pils
Bronze: Yakima Craft Brewing Co. – Pilsnerd

Vienna-Style Lagers:
Gold: Chuckanut Brewery – Chuckanut Vienna Lager
Silver: Grains Of Wrath Brewing – Austro-Naut
Bronze: Triceratops Brewing Company – Pennsyltucky Lager

German Dark Lagers:
Gold: Cloudburst Brewing – No Mistakes
Silver: Redhook Brewery – Dunkel Town
Bronze: Chuckanut Brewery – Chuckanut Dunkel

American-Style Lagers:
Gold: Loowit Brewing Company – Loowit Lager
Silver: Odin Brewing Co. – Freya’s Gold Lager
Bronze: Pacific Brewing & Malting Co. – 1897 Pale Lager

Other American-Style Lagers:
Gold: Kulshan Brewing Co. – James Street – Amber Lager
Silver: Brothers Cascadia Brewing – Crazy 88
Bronze: Lowercase Brewing – MEXICAN LAGER

International Lagers:
Gold: 54-40 Brewing Company – 1862
Silver: Mollusk Brewing – Dexter Daily
Bronze: Chuckanut Brewery – Chuckanut Mexican Lager

Bocks and Doppelbocks:
Gold: Kulshan Brewing Co. – K2 – Kulshan Maibock
Silver: Hopworks Urban Brewery Vancouver – Doppel 07
Bronze: Chuckanut Brewery – Chuckanut Doppelbock

German-Style Kölsch:
Gold: Watts Brewing Company – The Leafcutter (as Kellerbier)
Silver: Watts Brewing Company – The Leafcutter (as Kolsch)
Bronze: Icicle Brewing Company – Snow Creek Kolsch

Other German Amber Beers:
Gold: Chuckanut Brewery – Chuckanut Marzen
Silver: Resonate Brewery + Pizzeria – Lithium
Bronze: Dru Bru – Copper

German Wheat Beers:
Gold: North 47 Brewing Co. – Amber Waves
Silver: Dru Bru – Hefeweizen
Bronze: Cairn Brewing – Donnie Dunkel (Weizen)

American Wheat Beers:
Gold: Three Magnets Brewing – Shig Faced
Silver: Populuxe Brewing – Bring That Wheat Back
Bronze: Fish Brewing Company – Dunkelweizen

Rye Beers:
Gold: Dreadnought Brewing – Red Elvis
Silver: Loowit Brewing Company – Grimlock Rye Porter
Bronze: Lowercase Brewing – IPA

American-Style Cream Ales:
Gold: Wet Coast Brewing Co. – Wet Coast Cream Ale
Silver: Bron Yr Aur Brewing Co. – Beaver Deceiver
Bronze: Flyers Restaurant And Brewery – Penn Cove Pilsner

Golden or Blonde Ales:
Gold: Dick’s Brewing Co. – Golden Ale
Silver: North 47 Brewing Co. – Bitchin Betty
Bronze: McMenamins Breweries (McMenamins on the Columbia) – Nebraska Bitter

Session Beers:
Gold: Bainbridge Brewing – Mosquito Fleet Session IPA
Silver: Brothers Cascadia Brewing – Best Day Ever
Bronze: Fremont Brewing – Session Pale

Ordinary & Special/Best Bitters:
Gold: Rainy Daze Brewing – Test Drive Amber
Silver: Dick’s Brewing Co. – Dick’s Best Bitter
Bronze: Puyallup River Brewing Co. – English Pale Ale

Extra Special Bitters:
Gold: San Juan Island Brewing – Bull Kelp ESB
Silver: Elysian Brewing – The Wise
Bronze: Ravenna Brewing Company – ESB-Real

English Pale Ales:
Gold: Flyers Restaurant And Brewery – Humbles Blonde Ale
Silver: Port Townsend Brewing Co – Hop Diggidy
Bronze: Stones Throw Brewery – Flat Penny Pale

English Dark Ales:
Gold: Puyallup River Brewing Co. – British Bronze
Silver: Foggy Noggin Brewing – Butch’s Brew
Bronze: Cardinal Craft Brewing – Brown Ale

British Strong Ales:
Gold: Cairn Brewing – Wee Heavy
Silver: White Bluffs Brewing – Mighty Knight Imperial Stout
Bronze: Barrel Mountain Brewing – Winch It Out Stout

Scottish Shilling Ales:
Gold: Bron Yr Aur Brewing Co. – Bonnie Doon Scottish Ale
Silver: Postdoc Brewing – Kilty MacSporran
Bronze: Geaux Brewing – Wee Y’at?

Scotch Ales:
Gold: Heathen Brewing – Highland Charge
Silver: Silver City Brewery – Magnificent Bastard
Bronze: Cairn Brewing – Don’t Call Me Irish

Irish Red Ales:
Gold: Kulshan Brewing Co. – K2 – Red Cap
Silver: Whitewall Brewing Company – Sassy Lassie
Bronze: Heathen Brewing – Arson

Brown Porters:
Gold: Ram Restaurant & Brewery – Disorder Porter
Silver: Machine House Brewery – Porter
Bronze: Old Schoolhouse Brewery – Uncle Big’s Brown

Robust Porters:
Gold: Flying Bike Cooperative Brewery – Phinneywood
Silver: Stoup Brewing – Robust Porter
Bronze: Airways Brewing – Curbside Porter

Strong Porters:
Gold: Sound Brewery – Baltic Porter
Silver: Melvin Brewing Bellingham – Melixor Baltica
Bronze: Bent Bine Brew Co. – Peaceable American Porter

Sweet/Cream Stouts:
Gold: Four Generals Brewing – Buddhahed Milk Stout
Silver: Cairn Brewing – Thor’s Hammer
Bronze: Wet Coast Brewing Co. – Sneak Thief Stout

Oatmeal Stouts:
Gold: Backwoods Brewing Company – Ridge Run Stout
Silver: Rainy Daze Brewing – Built For Comfort
Bronze: Barrel Mountain Brewing – Starway Stout

Irish Stouts:
Gold: Wander Brewing – Correspondent
Silver: Dick’s Brewing Co. – Dick’s Cream Stout
Bronze: Reuben’s Brews – Dry Stout

American-Style Stouts:
Gold: Aslan Brewing Company – American Stout
Silver: Top Rung Brewing Company – My Dog Scout Stout
Bronze: Old Schoolhouse Brewery – Hooligan Stout

American-Style Imperial Stouts:
Gold: Black Raven Brewing – Grandfather Raven
Silver: Heathen Brewing – Epitaph
Bronze: Bale Breaker Brewing Co. – Wood & Wire Imperial Stout

American-Style Pale Ales:
Gold: Odd Otter Brewing Co. – Ottzel Quatzel
Silver: Stoup Brewing – Mosaic Pale
Bronze: Grains Of Wrath Brewing – Papermaker Pale

American-Style Strong Pale Ales:
Gold: Melvin Brewing Bellingham – Tiger Style
Silver: Grains Of Wrath Brewing – Overkill IPA
Bronze: Everybody’s Brewing – Mountain Mama Pale Ale

American Amber Ales:
Gold: Valholl Brewing Company – Valkyrie Red
Silver: Chainline Brewing Company – Recumbent
Bronze: Manfish Brewing – Red-Headed Step Child

American-Style Brown Ales:
Gold: Iron Goat Brewing – Brown
Silver: Flying Bike Cooperative Brewery – Gentle Ben
Bronze: Trap Door Brewing – Uptown Brown

American-Style Black Ales:
Gold: Reuben’s Brews – Small Batch Brewery – Black Imperial IPA
Silver: Trusty Brewing Company – Dark Marc
Bronze: North 47 Brewing Co. – Nightmare 21

American-Style India Pale Ales:
Gold: Hellbent Brewing Company – Gate City IPA
Silver: White Bluffs Brewing – Fans In Denial
Bronze: Georgetown Brewing Company – Bodhizafa

American-Style India Pale Ales – Northeastern Substyle:
Gold: McMenamins Breweries (Anderson School Brewery) – Egyptian Cotton IPA
Silver: Brothers Cascadia Brewing – You Like ‘A Da Juice
Bronze: Airways Brewing – Luxury Jet

Imperial or Double India Pale Ales:
Gold: Cash Brewing Co – Top Spin Double IPA
Silver: Good Brewing Co. – 100% Pink Boots
Bronze: Sumerian Brewing Co. – Hopruption Double IPA

Imperial or Double India Pale Ale – Northeastern Sub-Style:
Gold: Trap Door Brewing – Juicy Vuitton
Silver: Grains Of Wrath Brewing – Onslaught
Bronze: Reuben’s Brews – Small Batch Brewery – Triple Crush

Imperial or Double Red Ales:
Gold: Resonate Brewery + Pizzeria – Red Sector
Silver: No-Li Brewhouse – Born & Raised
Bronze: Reuben’s Brews – Small Batch Brewery – Life On Mars

Barleywines:
Gold: Figurehead Brewing Company – First Leg
Silver: Optimism – Ale X
Bronze: River City Brewing – Colonel Crusher

Belgo-American & International Ales:
Gold: Barrel Mountain Brewing – Silver Star Session
Silver: Chainline Brewing Company – Pump Track
Bronze: Reuben’s Brews – Triumvirate

Belgian-Style Witbiers:
Gold: Lowercase Brewing – WITBIER
Silver: E9 Brewery LLC – E9 Belgian White
Bronze: Flying Lion Brewing – Belgian Witbier

Belgian Ales:
Gold: Wander Brewing – Wanderale
Silver: Bainbridge Brewing – Bainbridge Blonde
Bronze: Lost Woods Brewery – Lost Woods Belgian

Abbey-Inspired Ales:
Gold: Perihelion Brewery – Quasar
Silver: Cash Brewing Co – Dubbel Header
Bronze: North Fork Pizza & Brewing Inc – Brother Crazy John

Belgian Strong Ales:
Gold: Kulshan Brewing Co. – James Street – Belgian Golden Strong
Silver: Grains Of Wrath Brewing – Brewhouse Bully
Bronze: Figurehead Brewing Company – Midwatch

Belgian and French Farmhouse Ales:
Gold: Northish Beer Company – Stable Boy
Silver: Optimism – Pride
Bronze: Fortside Brewing Company – Kanaka

Specialty Saisons:
Gold: Aslan Brewing Company – Justice Temple
Silver: Dystopian State – O.G. Farmhouse
Bronze: Cairn Brewing – Winter Sunshine

Brett Beers:
Gold: Standard Brewing – Time Crystals #2
Silver: E9 Brewery LLC – Aeons
Bronze: E9 Brewery LLC – Catharsis

Mixed Culture Brett Beers:
Gold: E9 Brewery LLC – Atma
Silver: Tin Dog Brewing – Mandala
Bronze: Mirage – Drie Valleien

Berliner-Style Weisses:
Gold: Wander Brewing – Foeder-Aged Berliner Weiss
Silver: Ravenna Brewing Company – North Potion
Bronze: Aslan Brewing Company – Disco Lemonade

Goses:
Gold: Ten Pin Brewing Co. – Guava Gose
Silver: Reuben’s Brews – Gose
Bronze: 20 Corners Brewing Company – Mountain Berry Gose

American-Style Sour Ales:
Gold: Stoup Brewing – Pale Sour
Silver: Dirty Bucket Brewing Co – BlackBerry Sour Part Of Our Dirty Lil Pucker Collection
Bronze: Heathen Brewing – Raspberry Rhubarb Sour

Belgian and Wild Sour Beers:
Gold: Elliott Bay Brewing Company LCW – Spontaneous
Silver: Harmon Brewing Company – Flander Red
Bronze: Tin Dog Brewing – Melange Deux

American-Style Fruit Beer:
Gold: Big Block Brewing – Cherry Sour
Silver: Silver City Brewery – Sun Glitter
Bronze: Haywire Brewing Co. – U-PICK STRAWBERRY PALE ALE

Fruit Wheat Beers:
Gold: Populuxe Brewing – Raspberry Wheat
Silver: Ten Pin Brewing – Groove Pineapple Wheat
Bronze: North Jetty Brewing – Another F**king Raspberry Hef

Belgian Fruit Beers:
Gold: E9 Brewery LLC – The Duel
Silver: E9 Brewery LLC – MERAKI #2
Bronze: North Fork Pizza & Brewing Inc – No. 13 Baby

Vegetable Beers:
Gold: Airways Brewing – Batch Number 707
Silver: Métier Brewing – Coconut Porter
Bronze: Propolis Brewing – Melissa

Chili Pepper Beers:
Gold: Beardslee Public House – Pepper Lime Pils
Silver: Steam Donkey Brewing Co. – Shindig En Fuego
Bronze: 20 Corners Brewing Company – Pepper Lager

Chocolate or Cocoa Beers:
Gold: Ram Restaurant & Brewery – Cocoa Chaos
Silver: Icicle Brewing Company – DARKER Persuasion
Bronze: Icicle Brewing Company – Dark Persuasion

Coffee Beers:
Gold: Ram Restaurant & Brewery – Udder Chaos
Silver: Georgetown Brewing Company – Bob’s Coffee Brown
Bronze: Top Rung Brewing Company – Three Sixty Coffee Red

Herb & Spice Beers:
Gold: Atwood Ales Farm Brewery – Mo’s Saison
Silver: Ten Pin Brewing Co. – Horchata Snake Eye Stout
Bronze: Ten Pin Brewing Co. – All About That Bas-Il

Smoke Beers:
Gold: Dru Bru – Rauchbier
Silver: Walking Man Brewing – Zero Bullsh#t Monastery
Bronze: Headless Mumby Brewing – Smoked Rye Lager

Specialty & Historical Beers:
Gold: Populuxe Brewing – Maltøl
Silver: Rooftop Brewing Company – Hoppin’ Honey
Bronze: The Pike Brewing Company – Pike Hive Five Honey Ale

Experimental Beers:
Gold: The Hidden Mother Brewery – Pine Tree Peppercorn Saison
Silver: The Hidden Mother Brewery – Morel Mushroom Red
Bronze: Lucky Envelope Brewing – Peanut Butter Cream Stout

Wood & Barrel Aged Beers:
Gold: Willapa Brewing Co – Double Knee Whiskey Stout
Silver: Wander Brewing – Wild Warehouse
Bronze: Ten Pin Brewing – Barrel Aged BeWILDering C

Wood & Barrel Aged Strong Beers:
Gold: Steam Donkey Brewing Co. – Shindig On The Beach
Silver: Fremont Brewing – Bourbon Barrel Aged Dark Star
Bronze: Loowit Brewing Company – Cryptodome

Wood & Barrel Aged Sour Beers:
Gold: Stoup Brewing – Funky Cold Bordelleaux
Silver: Optimism – Raspberry Solar Punk
Bronze: Wander Brewing – Plum Bob

Pro-Am:
Gold: Figurehead Brewing Company and Homebrewer Paul Navarrette – Big Wheel Brown (English Brown Ale)
Silver: Lucky Envelope Brewing and Homebrewer Blake Dopeker – Cuke Nukem (Field Beer)
Bronze: Reuben’s Brews and Homebrewer Brian Hale – Game Over (Scotch Ale)

Collaboration Beers:
Gold: Lowercase Brewing and Georgetown Brewing – Italian PILSNER
Silver: Trap Door Brewing and Dwinell Country Ales – Gift Horse
Bronze: Flying Lion Brewing and Four Generals Brewing – Weizenbock

Best Washington Agricultural Product Inspired Beer: Propolis Brewing – Cherry Damiana
Best Washington Malt Beer: Atwood Ales Farm Brewery – Triticale

Breweries of the Year
Very Small Brewery of the Year: Grains of Wrath Brewing
Small Brewery of the Year: Populuxe Brewing
Mid-Sized Brewery of the Year: E9 Brewery LLC
Large Brewery of the Year: Wander Brewing

Middleton, Wisconsin – Are you tired of being cooped up all winter – AND most of the spring? Do you miss being outdoors, listening to music and drinking award winning beer with your friends? Capital Brewery Bier Garten will OFFICIALLY open Friday, May 25th!

Over the last 31 years the Bier Garten has hosted numerous national acts including Eliot Sumner, The Record Company, Wishbone Ash, Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen, Clyde Stubblefield, Keb Mo, and Magic Slim to name a few. Countless fundraisers, festivals, and private events (e.g. wedding rehearsals, birthday parties, graduations) have been held over the years in what has become known as ‘Middleton’s Backyard’.

The official grand opening for 2018 will be Friday May 25th at 3pm, featuring music at 6pm by The Voodoo Fix – all the way from Nashville, TN.

Check them out at www.thevoodoofix.com

“I am looking forward to another exciting season here in the Bier Garten,” stated Kevin Bagstad, General Manager. “This will be my second year here, and we have a lot of fun planned for Middleton’s Backyard!” he added.

Capital Lake House, our summer seasonal, a Munich – Style Helles lager, will be on tap – as well as a number of other award winning beers.

Founded on March 14, 1984, Capital brewed its first batch of beer in the spring of 1986. The company has received over 240 major awards in both domestic and international competitions in over 20 categories. Capital was named ‘America’s #1 Rated Brewery’ by the Beverage Testing Institute at the World Beer Championships in 1998, and Grand National Champion in the 2013 US Open Beer Championship. Capital Wisconsin Amber has been available in cans since 1999.

Cincinnati, Ohio –  On Thursday May 17th Urban Artifact, Ohio’s sour brewery, will embark on an expansion of their production capacity which will double their size. After opening three years ago, in the Northside neighborhood of Cincinnati, Urban Artifact has seen steady growth while focusing on sour beers.

As the craft market has continued to develop and more customers are seeking sour beers, Urban Artifact has been there to provide beer to those thirsty drinkers. “It has been fantastic to see how the reception to sour beer has grown locally and regionally since we opened our doors just over three years ago”, explains Scotty Hunter, Chief of Strategic Development.

Once Urban Artifact began canning their beers at the end of 2016, sales saw an even greater uptick. It got to the point that, by the middle of 2017 the brewery could not make enough beer to keep up with demand.

“Since summer of 2017 we have been reducing our distribution footprint. We have had to pull out of Indiana completely and parts of Tennessee as well as shipping less to Northern Kentucky in order to service Cincinnati and Ohio as a whole” explains Scotty Hunter. This new expansion will allow Urban Artifact to meet demand locally with an eye towards moving back into those markets later in 2018.