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Brewery of the Year Scoring Methodology
Each placing entry is given the following points:
1st Place: 8
2nd Place: 4
3rd Place: 2
The following tie-breakers have been applied, in order of priority:
The lowest number of entries.
Winning Entries
Standard American Lager (36 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Jackrabbit Brewing Company
The Eelest
01B - Northern American-Style Lager
2nd
Grass Valley Brewing Company
Long Tom Lager "American Rice Lager"
01A - American Light Lager
3rd
GreyWolf Brewing Co
Norco Lager
01B - Northern American-Style Lager
International Lager (39 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Frogtown Brewery
Survey Says
02A - International Pale Lager
2nd
Old Caz Beer
Chismosa
02B - International Amber Lager
3rd
Hodad's Brewing Company
Surf Punk
02A - International Pale Lager
International-Style Pilsner (26 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Three Mile Brewing Company
Beer Math
03C - German-Style Pilsner
2nd
Headlands Brewing Company
Pt. Bonita
03B - European-Style Pilsner
3rd
Logoff Brewing
Zum Mond
03C - German-Style Pilsner
Bohemian-Style Pilsner (Czech Lager) (14 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Barley and Sword Brewing Company
Liberation!
04A - Czech Pale Lager
2nd
Frogtown Brewery
Lites Out
04A - Czech Pale Lager
3rd
FiftyFifty Brewing Co.
Tahoe Pilz
04A - Czech Pale Lager
German Pale Beers (11 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Brewbilt Brewing
Brain Bypass Helles
06A - Munich-Style Helles
2nd
Morgan Territory Brewing
The Cushman
05C - European-Style Export/Dortmunder
3rd
Steel Bonnet Brewing Company
Loch Lomond Lager
06A - Munich-Style Helles
German/Vienna-Style Märzen (13 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Malibu Brewing Company
Big Rock
07A - Vienna Lager
2nd
Ten Mile Brewing
Plethora Of Pinatas
07A - Vienna Lager
3rd
Two Ass Brewing Company
Marz
07B - Märzen/Oktoberfestbier
European-Style Dark Lager (10 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Discretion Brewing
Oh Black Lager
08B - Schwarzbier
2nd
Sutter Buttes Brewing Co.
Dark Knight
08A - Munich Dunkel
3rd
Touchstone Brewing Company
Deadpoint
08B - Schwarzbier
Euro Strongs (13 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Morgan Territory Brewing
Lock'd, Bock'd And Ready To Rock
09A - Helles Bock/Maibock
2nd
Morgan Territory Brewing
Dark Reckoning
14A - Baltic-Style Porter
3rd
Darkheart Brewing
Baltic Porter
14A - Baltic-Style Porter
American-Style Cream Ale / Wheat Beer (22 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Paperback Brewing
Beer Of Champions
10A - American-Style Cream Ale
2nd
21st Amendment Brewery
Amendment Lager
10A - American-Style Cream Ale
3rd
Malibu Brewing Company
Sand And Sea
10A - American-Style Cream Ale
Kölsch (14 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Standard Deviant Brewing
Kolsch
11A - Kölsch
2nd
Amador Brewing Company
Kolsch
11A - Kölsch
3rd
Five Point Five Brewing Co.
King Kolsch
11A - Kölsch
Amber Mixed Styles (8 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
San Francisco Brewing Company
Fogline California Common
13A - California Common
2nd
Ten Mile Brewing
California Common
13A - California Common
3rd
Touchstone Brewing Company
Arete
12A - German-Style Altbier
German-Style Wheat Ale (17 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Pizza Port Ocean Beach
Junk In Da Trunkel Dunkel
16C - Dunkelweizen
2nd
Feather Falls Brewing Company
Dancing Trees
16B - Hefeweizen
3rd
River City Brewing Company
River City Hefeweizen
16B - Hefeweizen
German Sours (6 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
High-Hand Brewery
Prickly Pear Gose
18B - Contemporary Gose
2nd
San Francisco Brewing Company
Golden Gate Gose
18A - Leipzig-Style Gose
3rd
Old Stump Brewing Co
Lemon Raspberry Gose
18B - Contemporary Gose
Rye Beer (4 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Canyon Lakes Brewery
Walk Or Ryed?
19A - Rye beer
2nd
Metabolic Brewing Co
All Rye, All Rye, All Rye
19A - Rye beer
3rd
Brewbilt Brewing
Wizard Boots Hazy Pale
19A - Rye beer
American-Style Fruit Beer (39 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Trademark Brewing Company
A La Playa
20A - Fruit beer
2nd
Pizza Port Ocean Beach
Paloma
20A - Fruit beer
3rd
Del Cielo Brewing
Fuzzing Around
20A - Fruit beer
HM
Claremont Craft Ales
Pepper & Peaches
20B - Fruit & Spice beer
Herb & Spice Beer (9 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
South Gate Brewing Company
Oaktown Pecan Brown
22A - Herb & Spice Beer
2nd
Old Caz Beer
Lavender Radler
22A - Herb & Spice Beer
3rd
Canyon Lakes Brewery
Canyon Lakes Galangal Wheat
22A - Herb & Spice Beer
Coffee Beer (10 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Etna Brewing Co
Yakauccino Coffee Stout
23A - Coffee Beer
2nd
Dying Breed Brewing
Hoarder Porter
23A - Coffee Beer
3rd
Trademark Brewing Company
Morning Drive
23A - Coffee Beer
Chocolate Beer (4 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Crow and Wolf Brewing
Legion
24A - Chocolate Beer
2nd
Solano Brewing Company
Mama Rosa
24A - Chocolate Beer
3rd
Alvarado Street Brewery
Midnight Supreme
24A - Chocolate Beer
Smoked Beers (5 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Validation Ale
Bro! Jet Ski!
26B - Grodziskie
2nd
Grass Valley Brewing Company
Dark Hollow
25C - Other Smoked Beer
3rd
Touchstone Brewing Company
Smoked Session
25C - Other Smoked Beer
Historical Beer Styles (7 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Creature Comforts Brewing Co. Los Angeles
Classic City Lager
03A - Pre-Prohibition Pilsner
2nd
Malibu Brewing Company
Pacific Gold
03A - Pre-Prohibition Pilsner
3rd
Canyon Lakes Brewery
O.B. Brown
26F - Pre-Prohibition Porter
Blonde or Golden Ale (22 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Fall River Brewing Company
Day Off
27A - Blonde or Golden Ale
2nd
1886 Brewing Company
Live Stream
27A - Blonde or Golden Ale
3rd
Old Caz Beer
Midas
27A - Blonde or Golden Ale
UK Low Gravity Ales (14 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Amador Brewing Company
Batch #007
28A - English-Style Mild Ale
2nd
Bravery Brewing
Brighton ESB
28D - Extra Special Bitter
3rd
Fall River Brewing Company
Kilty Pleasure
31C - Scottish Export
Standard British Ales (9 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Standard Deviant Brewing
Porter
29B - English-Style Porter/Brown Porter
2nd
Two Ass Brewing Company
Uptown Porter
29B - English-Style Porter/Brown Porter
3rd
Taproom Beer Company
A Usual Brown
29A - English-Style Brown Ale
British Strong Ales (8 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Darkheart Brewing
WeeHeavenly
30A - Wee Heavy/Scotch Ale
2nd
BattleMage Brewing Company
Hooded Assassin
30B - Old Ale
3rd
Lodi Beer Co
Barleywine
30C - English Barleywine
Irish Red Ale (18 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Barley and Sword Brewing Company
Beoir Dearg
32A - Irish Red Ale
2nd
Fort Rock Brewing
Red My Mind
32A - Irish Red Ale
3rd
Pizza Port Brewing Co Carlsbad Village
Irish Hello
32A - Irish Red Ale
Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout (7 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Feather Falls Brewing Company
Celtic Dream
33A - Irish-Style Dry Stout
2nd
Island Brewing Company
Starry Night Stout
33B - Foreign Extra Stout
3rd
Barley and Sword Brewing Company
Wheeler's Patent
33A - Irish-Style Dry Stout
English Stouts (9 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
2nd
Morgan Territory Brewing
Grinding Stone
34A - Oatmeal Stout
3rd
Solorio Brewing Company
Solorio Oatmeal Stout
34A - Oatmeal Stout
Imperial Stouts (7 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Geartooth Alewerks
Father Cog
36B - British Style Imperial Stout
2nd
Sutter Buttes Brewing Co.
Moon Sabbat
36A - American Style Imperial Stout
3rd
Bravery Brewing
The Shroud
36A - American Style Imperial Stout
American Amber & Brown Ales (24 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Fowler Ranch Farm Brewery
Amberversary Ale
37A - American Amber Ale
2nd
BattleMage Brewing Company
Summon Ifrit
37A - American Amber Ale
3rd
Booze Brothers Brewing Co
Green Eyed Amber
37A - American Amber Ale
American Porter & Stout (10 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
At Ease Brewing Co.
Bivouac
38A - American Porter
2nd
FiftyFifty Brewing Co.
Donner Party Porter
38A - American Porter
3rd
Super Owl Brewing
Dark Academia
38A - American Porter
American Pale Ale (24 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Burgeon Beer Company
Party Of One
39A - American Pale Ale
2nd
Super Owl Brewing
Bicycle Rights
39A - American Pale Ale
3rd
FiftyFifty Brewing Co.
CAPA
39A - American Pale Ale
English-Style India Pale Ale (8 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Alaro Craft Brewery
Castillo
40A - English-Style India Pale Ale
2nd
Blue Note Brewing Company
Hopamine
40A - English-Style India Pale Ale
3rd
Kern river brewing company
Just Outstanding
40A - English-Style India Pale Ale
American-Style India Pale Ale (73 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Alvarado Street Brewery
Alvarado Goes To 11
41A - American-Style India Pale Ale
2nd
Geartooth Alewerks
Excuse Generator
41A - American-Style India Pale Ale
3rd
BattleMage Brewing Company
White Wolf
41A - American-Style India Pale Ale
HM
1886 Brewing Company
Cowboy Chords
41A - American-Style India Pale Ale
New England-Style IPA (Hazy IPA) (67 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Old Caz Beer
Free Craigs
42A - New England-Style IPA (Hazy IPA)
2nd
High-Hand Brewery
Kia Ora Hazy IPA
42A - New England-Style IPA (Hazy IPA)
3rd
Claremont Craft Ales
35 Miles NE
42A - New England-Style IPA (Hazy IPA)
American Imperial IPA (29 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
South Gate Brewing Company
Vibe Check Double
43A - Double IPA
2nd
Fall River Brewing Company
Widowmaker
43B - Triple IPA
3rd
Morgan Territory Brewing
HopTomic
43A - Double IPA
Specialty IPA (15 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Claremont Craft Ales
Jacaranda
44E - Rye IPA
2nd
Alvarado Street Brewery
Local Shred Red
44D - Red IPA
3rd
Feather Falls Brewing Company
Red Sky Rye
44D - Red IPA
Strong American Ale (7 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Feather Falls Brewing Company
Crouching Cougar
45A - American Barleywine
2nd
Island Brewing Company
Imperial Blackbird Porter
45C - Imperial Porter
3rd
1886 Brewing Company
Rare Conundrum
45D - Other American Strong Ales
Saisons (10 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
The Monk's Cellar
Summer Belle
48A - Specialty Saison
2nd
Cold Water Brewery and Grill
Farm Snack
47A - Classic Saison
3rd
The Monk's Cellar
Autumn Reflections
48A - Specialty Saison
Belgian Ales (8 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
The Monk's Cellar
Biere Blanche
46A - Belgian-Style Witbier
2nd
Absolution Brewing Co
Rector 2025
49B - Belgian Blond Ale
3rd
Standard Deviant Brewing
Helmet Head
49A - Belgian Table Beer
Belgian Strong Ale (9 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
1886 Brewing Company
Choir Of Angles
50B - Belgian Dark Strong Ale
2nd
Pizza Port Imperial Beach
Snow White
50A - Belgian Pale Strong Ale
3rd
CUVER Belgian Brewers
Dark Lioness
50B - Belgian Dark Strong Ale
Trappist Style Ale (13 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Pizza Port San Clemente
Faceplant
51C - Trappist Tripel
2nd
The Monk's Cellar
Abbey Ale
51B - Trappist Dubbel
3rd
Leashless Brewing
C'est La Vie
51D - Trappist Quadrupel
Belgian Sour Ale (7 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
BJ's Restaurant & Brewery
Sour Cherry Jerry
52C - Other Belgian-Style Sour Ale
2nd
BJ's Restaurant & Brewery
Oud Jeremiah
52B - Flanders Red Ale
3rd
San Francisco Brewing Company
Peach Party Belgian-Style Fruit Lambic
52C - Other Belgian-Style Sour Ale
Sours/Brett/Wild Ferment (6 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Angel City Brewery
Fram BamBoozle
53C - Fruit Lambic
2nd
Angel City Brewery
Apple Pomace Puncheon
54C - Wild Specialty Beer
3rd
Fowler Ranch Farm Brewery
Paisley Peach Sour Ale
53C - Fruit Lambic
Wood- and Barrel-Aged (Wine barrels) (4 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
The Monk's Cellar
Barrel-Aged St. Arnold
55A - Wood- and Barrel-Aged (stored in barrels previously containing wine, port, or sherry)
2nd
Audio Graph Beer Co
Super Fuzz
55A - Wood- and Barrel-Aged (stored in barrels previously containing wine, port, or sherry)
3rd
Headlands Brewing Company
Vie Dorée
55A - Wood- and Barrel-Aged (stored in barrels previously containing wine, port, or sherry)
Wood- and Barrel-Aged (Spirit barrels) (17 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
El Segundo Brewing Company
Old Jetty
56A - Wood- and Barrel-Aged (stored in barrels previously containing distilled spirits i.e. brandy, bourbon, etc)
2nd
Frogtown Brewery
Prince George
56A - Wood- and Barrel-Aged (stored in barrels previously containing distilled spirits i.e. brandy, bourbon, etc)
3rd
Track 424 Brewery
Bourbon Barrel Aged Black Cask Imperial Stout
56A - Wood- and Barrel-Aged (stored in barrels previously containing distilled spirits i.e. brandy, bourbon, etc)
Alternative Fermentable Beer (8 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Malibu Brewing Company
Happy Days
57C - Honey Beer
2nd
Morgan Territory Brewing
Bees Better Have My Honey
57C - Honey Beer
3rd
Absolution Brewing Co
Rector 2024
57C - Honey Beer
Experimental Beer (13 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Angel City Brewery
Big Trouble In Little Tokyo
58A - Experimental Beer
2nd
Creature Comforts Brewing Co. Los Angeles
Comfortably Riip'd
58A - Experimental Beer
3rd
Norco Brewing Company
Pioneer
58A - Experimental Beer
Low/No alcohol beers (16 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Jackrabbit Brewing Company
Luppolino
59A - Session Beer (beer less than or equal to 5% abv.)
2nd
Track 424 Brewery
Lite Track
59A - Session Beer (beer less than or equal to 5% abv.)
3rd
Sugoi Brewing Company
Biru 101
59A - Session Beer (beer less than or equal to 5% abv.)
Chili Beer (5 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Feather Falls Brewing Company
Wild Hare
60A - Chili Beer
2nd
Angel City Brewery
Miche Verde
60A - Chili Beer
3rd
Angel City Brewery
Srirachelada
60A - Chili Beer
Cider (10 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
River City Brewing Company
Black Currant Cider
61 - Cider
2nd
Sincere Cider
Sincere Cider - Dry Apple
61 - Cider
3rd
North Canyon Cider Company
Semi-Sweet Hard Apple Cider
61 - Cider
Hard Kombucha/Seltzer (21 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Burning Barrel Brewing Company
Desert Nectar
63 - Hard Seltzer
2nd
Four Sons Brewing
John Daly
63 - Hard Seltzer
3rd
Crow and Wolf Brewing
Dark Horse
63 - Hard Seltzer
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