The Brewers Cup of California is presented by The Sacramento Area Brewers Guild, in partnership with the brewer’s guilds of California.
Overall Winners
Best of Show: Kindling, Arts District Brewing Company
Brewery of the year: Morgan Territory Brewery
Guild of the year: Sacramento Area Brewers Guild
Medal Winners
Belgian Low Gravity Ales
1st Rouleur Brewing Company – Domestique Blonde Ale
2nd Societe Brewing Company – The Harlot
3rd Barmhaus Brewing Co – Batch #4
Belgian Strong Darks
1st Kilowatt Brewing – Ob Bubble
2nd Barmhaus Brewing Co. – Löchli
Belgian Sours
1st Bj’s Restaurant & Brewery – West Covina Oud Jeremiah
2nd Burning Beard Brewing – In Praise of Bacchus
3rd Smog City Brewing Co. – Kreiks and Geeks
Belgian Strong Pales
1st Pizza Port Brewing Co. Carlsbad Village – Le Village
2nd Greywolf Brewing Co – Tartarus Warhammer
3rd Pond Farm Brewing Co. – Surreal Appeal
Farmhouse/Other Belgian
1st Half Moon Bay Brewing Company – Saison
2nd Alaro Craft Brewery – Rabbit Hole
3rd Bj’s Restaurant & Brewery – West Covina – Razz Jerry Tart
UK Strong Ales
1st Morgan Territory Brewing – Old Diablo
2nd Eureka Brewing Company – Methuselah
3rd Kilowatt Brewing – Wee Heavy
English Ales
1st Gravity Heights – Brewers’ Best
2nd Alaro Craft Brewery – Goons & Glory
3rd The Monk’s Cellar – Crooked Bridge Esb
Scottish Ales
1st Mountain Rambler Brewery – Seven Gables Scottish Ale
2nd Two Ravens Brewery – Old Nessie
3rd Alesmith Brewing Company – Wee Heavy
English Stouts
1st Epidemic Ales – Defence Against The Dark Oats
2nd Bike Dog Brewing – Snake Oil Tanker
3rd Summer Fox Brewing Company – Apocalypse Moo Milk Stout
Bocks
1st Morgan Territory Brewing – Lubricator
2nd Clandestine Brewing – Agent Provocator
3rd Morgan Territory Brewing – Big Bock Energy
Smoked Beers
1st Arts District Brewing Company – Kindling
2nd Strike Brewing Company – Born In The Cellar
3rd Clandestine Brewing – Smokescreen
German Pale Lagers
1st Brewery X – Stein Me Up Münchner
2nd Ten Mile Brewing – Ausgewogen
3rd New Helvetia Brewing – Buffalo Craft Lager
German Amber Beers
1st Faultline Brewing – Oktoberfest
2nd Institution Ale – Vienna Lager
3rd Flatland Brewing – 12º Polotmavy Lezak
German Weissebiers
1st Sudwerk Brewing Co. – Hefeweizen Bavarian Wheat
2nd Waterman Brewing Company – Hef ‘n’ Brau
3rd Pizza Port Ocean Beach – Junk In da Trunkel Dunkel
American Historical/Indigenous Beers
1st Berryessa Brewing – La Fuerza
2nd Smoking Cannon Brewery – Juniper Flats
3rd Flashpoint Brewing – Churchill Browns
Brett/Mixed or Other Culture/Wild Ales
1st Ghost Town Brewing – Yōkai
2nd Humble Sea – Le Monde Du Silence
3rd Angel City Brewery – Apple Pomace Puncheon
American Wheats
1st Main Street Brewery – Hefeweizen
2nd Pacific Plate Brewing – Agave Wheat
3rd The Dog Pawrk Brewing – El Hefe – Dognito Light
American Imperial Porters and Stouts
1st Epidemic Ales – Og Nightshade
2nd Crooked Lane Brewing – Abuelita’s Kiss
3rd Arcana Brewing Company – Benevolent Dictator
Double/Imperial Red Ales
1st Stereo Brewing – Robot
2nd Bravery Brewing – The Gunny
3rd Docent Brewing – The Rube
American Amber Lagers/Oktoberfests
1st Device Brewing – Oktoberfest
2nd June Lake Brewing – Chingona Amber Lager
3rd Porchlight Brewing Company – Oktoberbeast
American Stout/Black Ales
1st Riip Beer Company – Strategic Arrangement
2nd Cold Coast Brewing – Black Eyepa
3rd Ten Mile Brewing – Hooked On Onyx
Belgian-Style White (or Wit) / Belgian-Style Wheat
1st The Monk’s Cellar – Biere Blanche
2nd Smog City Brewing – From L.A. Wit Love
3rd Antigua Brewing – Harvest Morning Glory
American Lagers
1st Common Space Brewery – Sonrisa
2nd Greywolf Brewing – Norco Lager
3rd El Segundo Brewing – Broken Skull American Lager
American Light Lagers
1st Hamilton Family Brewery – Hammy Lite
2nd Solano Brewing Company – Sbc Lite
3rd Societe Brewing Company – Light Beer
Irish Stouts
1st Eppig Brewing – Sinister Path Foreign
2nd Strike Brewing Company – Big Wall
3rd Pocock Brewing Company – It’s My Island
Specialty Stout
1st Black Plague Brewing – Medusa
2nd Hop Secret Brewing – Tongue Butter – Peanut Butter Stout
3rd Tarantula Hill Brewing – The Grade
Baltic-Style Porter
1st Figueroa Mountain Brewing – Magpie Porter
2nd Morgan Territory Brewing – Dark Reckoning
3rd Pond Farm Brewing – Imperial Dark Mast
Australasian, Latin American or Tropical-Style Light Lager
1st Artifex Brewing Company – Artifexican
2nd Mad Duck Craft Brewing – El Pato Loco
3rd Knee Deep Brewing – Hola Señor
American-Style India Pale Lager
1st Topa Topa Brewing – Kq Express –
2nd Julian Beer Company – Elevation 5353
3rd Tarantula Hill Brewing – The Padrino
Non-Alcoholic Malt Beverage
1st Touchstone Brewing Company – Off Belay
2nd Oak Park Brewing Company – Beer-Ish
3rd Alesmith Brewing Company – Non-Alcoholic IPA
Fresh “Wet” Hop Ale
1st Antigua Brewing Company – Brown Belt
2nd Antigua Brewing Company – Archangel
3rd Antigua Brewing Company – Harvest Morning Glory
Hard Kombucha
1st Mindscape Fermentations – Thigh High Priestess
2nd Mindscape Fermentations – Gypsy Games
Irish-Style Red Ale
1st Main Street Brewery – Rimpau Red Ale
2nd Waterman Brewing Company – Bald Ron’s Irish Red Ale
3rd Tilted Mash Brewing – Red Placement
Brown Porter
1st 1886 Brewing Company Record Beer Brown Porter
2nd Boomtown Brewery Hard Days Night Brown Porter
3rd Kern Brown Claw Brown Porter
Contemporary-Style Gose
1st Sudwerk Brewing Co. – Funhouse Sour Kettle
2nd Porchlight Brewing Company – Selleck Smooches
3rd Party Beer Co. – Cool Dood
English-Style Brown Ale
1st Alesmith Brewing Company – Nut Brown
2nd Chapman Crafted Beer – Still the One
3rd Project Barley Square Torrance – Dirty Leeds
English-Style India Pale Ale
1st Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. – Hoppy Poppy IPA
2nd Discretion Brewing – Uncle Dave’s IPA
Robust Porter
1st Mountain Rambler Brewery – Peaklet Porter
2nd Ghost Town Brewing – Ossuary
3rd Alaro Craft Brewery – Maria
Bohemian-Style Pilsener
1st Smog City Brewing Co. – Little Bo Pils
2nd Sudwerk Brewing Co. – The People’s Pilsner
3rd Wild Fields Brewhouse – Riven Bohemian-Style
European-Style Dark / Münchner Dunkel
1st Pocock Brewing Company – Pococktoberfest
2nd Ten Mile Brewing – Swarthy Czechsman
3rd Burning Barrel Brewing Company – Uncle Dunkel
German-Style Pilsener
Gravity Heights – Take Two Pils
2nd Device Brewing Company – Pincushion
3rd Dust Bowl Brewing Co. – Hobo Pils
German-Style Schwarzbier
1st True Symmetry Brewing – Midnight At Noon
2nd Greywolf Brewing Co – Schwarz Wulf
3rd King Cong Brewing – Prague At Night
Berliner-Style Weisse (Wheat)
1st Greywolf Brewing Co – Bloodberry Berliner
2nd Angel City Brewery – The Berliner
German Ales
1st Delahunt Brewery – Sunbather
2nd Bravery Brewing – Köbi
3rd Topa Topa Brewing Co – Light Hike
American-Style Cream Ale or Lager
1st Berryessa Brewing Co – Free Kittens
2nd Hodad’s Brewing Company – Surf Punk
3rd Figueroa Mountain Brewing Co. – Agua Santa
Belgian-Style Fruit Beer
1st Ghost Town Brewing – Pythia
2nd Ambitious Ales – Fleurs
3rd Burning Beard Brewin – In Praise Of Plum
Chili Pepper Beer
1st Dunloe Brewing – Pocket Taco
2nd Moksa Brewing Co – Abuelita Enojada
3rd Barebottle Brewing Company – Hella Jalapeno
Chocolate / Cocoa-Flavored Beer
1st Danville Brewing Company – Chocolate Raspberry Royale
2nd Bravery Brewing – The Lost Diner
3rd Kilowatt Brewing – Double Chocolate MacAdamia Stout
Coffee-Flavored Beer
1st Crow and Wolf Brewing – Odyssey
2nd Oak Park Brewing Company – Stout Kang Imperial Stout
3rd Ambitious Ales – Baktuns
Experimental/Specialty Beers
1st Kilowatt Brewing – S3-2x – Peach Cobbler
2nd Pacific Plate Brewing – Flan De Leche
3rd Rouleur Brewing Company – Puckeur Factor Sour
Experimental India Pale Ale
1st Old Stump Brewing Co. – Summer IPA
2nd Black Plague Brewing – Supernatural
3rd Danville Brewing Company – Tres Diablos
Field Beer
1st Moksa Brewing Co – appy Almonds Field Beer
2nd Flatland Brewing Company – Year 7
3rd Summer Fox Brewing Company – Daycay Golden Ale
Fruit Beer
1st Flatland Brewing Company – Family Tradition
2nd Arts District Brewing Company – Summer Crush
3rd Pizza Port Ocean Beach – Paloma Sour
Fruit Wheat Ale or Lager with or without Yeast
1st Around the Horn Brewing Company – Tip Top Lollipop: Mixed Berry Pie
2nd Brewery X – Shhhwheat
3rd Woody’s Brewing Company – Apricot Wheat Ale
Gluten-Free Beer
1st Buck Wild Brewing Salvaje Gluten-Free Beer
2nd Buck Wild Brewing Gold Shine Gluten-Free Beer
3rd Buck Wild Brewing Scarlet Sunset Gluten-Free Beer
Herb and Spice Beer
1st Moksa Brewing Co – Chai Times
2nd Morgan Territory Brewing – Tipping Point
3rd Smoking Cannon Brewery – Hall
International-Style Pale Ale
1st Original Pattern Brewing Co. Can’t Win ’em All
2nd Tarantula Hill Brewing Co – Cali Day
3rd Dust Bowl Brewing Co. – East of Nelson
Other Strong Ale or Lager
1st Coachella Valley Brewing – Oso Grande
2nd Eppig Brewing – Eppig 6th Anniversary Lager
3rd Pond Farm Brewing Co. – Lucy
Rye Ale or Lager with or without Yeast
1st Boomtown Brewery – Ryetetous
2nd Claremont Craft Ales – Jacaranda
3rd Alaro Craft Brewery – Spaniard
Session Beer
1st Burgeon Beer Company – Clever Kiwi
2nd Bearded Tang Brewery – T Minus 10°
3rd Eppig Brewing – Natural Bridge Vienna Lager
Specialty Honey Lager or Ale
1st Mike Hess Brewing – Ez Drankin’
2nd Boomtown Brewery – Submission
3rd Old Stump Brewing – Honey Blonde
Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer
1st Bottle Logic Brewing – Arcane Rituals
2nd Barebottle Brewing – Perpetual Magic: Basil Hayden
3rd Barebottle Brewing – Perpetual Magic: Cognac
Wood- and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer
1st Angel City Brewery – Pinot Grisette
2nd Smog City Brewing – Type O Positive
3rd Hidden Hills Brewing & Blending – Deep Space
Flavored Malt Beverage
1st Crow and Wolf Brewing – Lady Marmalade
2nd Crow and Wolf Brewing – Dark Horse
3rd Morgan Territory Brewing – Burst Seltzer-Blood Orange
Wood/Barrel-Aged Beers
1st Chapman Crafted Beer – Beer of the Dark
2nd Moksa Brewing Co – Moksa Five
3rd Bottle Logic Brewing – Fundamental Observation
American-Style Amber/Red Ale
1st Smog City Brewing – Sabre Toothed Squirrel
2nd Mountain Rambler Brewery – Singing Coyote
3rd Arts District Brewing – Órale
American-Style Barley Wine Ale
1st Hidef Brewing Company – Bass Clef Barley Wine
2nd Project Barley Lomita – Good Boy (2002)
3rd 3 Punk Ales – Barley Legal
Golden or Blonde Ale
1st Alaro Craft Brewery – Goons & Glory
2nd Two Ravens Brewery – Freydis
3rd Long Beach Beer Lab – Lb Blonde
Session India Pale Ale
1st Crooked Lane Brewing Co – Lenny
2nd Berryessa Brewing Co Mini Separation Anxiety
3rd Societe Brewing Company – The Coachman
American-Style Brown Ale
1st Fort Rock Brewing – Frb Brown
2nd Wild Fields Brewhouse – Three Bridges Brown
3rd Institution Ale Co. – Restraint
Australian-Style Pale Ale
1st Lost Winds Brewing Company – Beach Hoppin’ Pale Ale
2nd Riip Beer Company – Wannabe Wallaby
3rd Crooked Lane Brewing Co – Kangaroo Culture
American-Style India Pale Ale
1st Moksa Brewing Co – Pacific St IPA
2nd Riip Beer Company – Dan K
3rd Hamilton Family Brewery – Sacred Hop: Citra IPA
American-Style Pale Ale
1st Double Peak Brewing Co. Llc – Creekside Pale Ale
2nd Alaro Craft Brewery – Bennett
3rd King Cong Brewing – Gorilla
American-Style Dark Lager
1st Santa Monica Brew Works – Santa Monica Brew Works Dark Lager
2nd Tarantula Hill Brewing Co – Bad Spider
3rd Onibi Beer Company – Tatarimoke
American-Style Sour Ale
1st Mindscape Fermentations Briar Patch Kids American-Style Sour Ale
2nd Stereo Brewing Company Summer Sun American-Style Sour Ale
3rd Morgan Territory Brewing – Glorious-Er Passion Fruit
Imperial or Double India Pale Ale
1st Morgan Territory Brewing – Menace To Sobriety
2nd Societe Brewing Company – The Roustabout
3rd Crooked Lane Brewing Co – Dank Mode
Juicy or Hazy Imperial or Double India Pale Ale
1st Solano Brewing Company – Hazy On the 80
2nd Humble Sea – Kook Sled
3rd Pure Project – Esoteric Knowledge
American-Style Strong Pale Ale
1st Artifex Brewing Company – Trigger Finger
2nd South Lake Brewing Company – Angora IPA
3rd Riip Beer Company – Chain Out
Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ale
1st Arts District Brewing Company – Mr. Popular
2nd Barebottle Brewing Company – Haze & Ashbury
3rd Lincoln Beer Company – Subtle Smurk
Juicy or Hazy Pale Ale
1st Smog City Brewing Co. – Booming Dunes
2nd Our Brew Llc – Hazy Pale
3rd Taproom Beer Company – Tomorrowland
Juicy or Hazy Strong Pale Ale
1st Taproom Beer Company – Pb Haze
2nd Antigua Brewing Company Llc – Hazy Baby
3rd Laughing Monk Brewing – Brother Waldo
American Pilsners
1st Burning Barrel Brewing Company – Sidepull Pillows
2nd Pond Farm Brewing Co. – Pond Pals
3rd Barebottle Brewing Company – Sutro Suds
International Pale Lagers
1st Fort Point Beer Company – Shw
2nd Topa Topa Brewing Co – Dos Topas
3rd Institution Ale Co. – Euro Pils
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