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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
Alternative Grain/Sugar (8 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Morgan Territory Brewing
Bees Better Have My Honey
57C - Honey Beer
2nd
Fruition Brewing
Watsonville Wildflower
57C - Honey Beer
3rd
Brewbilt Brewing
Wizard Boots Hazy Pale
19A - Rye beer (Except IPA)
American Amber and Brown Ales (15 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Steel Bonnet Brewing Company
Big Trees Red Ale
37A - American Amber Ale
2nd
Hodad's Brewing Company
Throwback Brown
37B - American Brown Ale
3rd
Grass Valley Brewing Company
8 Years After
37A - American Amber Ale
American IPA (57 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Knee Deep Brewing Co.
Breaking Bud
41 - American-Style India Pale Ale
2nd
The Monk's Cellar
West Coastin
41 - American-Style India Pale Ale
3rd
Solano Brewing Company
Great Bambino
41 - American-Style India Pale Ale
American Lagers (39 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Claremont Craft Ales
CCA Light
01A - American Light Lager
2nd
The Monk's Cellar
Vernon Street Lager
01B - Northern American-Style Lager
3rd
Paradise Brew Werks
Mike D
01A - American Light Lager
American Pale Ale (20 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Urban Roots Brewing
Exchange Program
39 - American Pale Ale
2nd
Alvarado Street Brewery
Pool Service
39 - American Pale Ale
3rd
Fifty Fifty Brewing Co.
C.A.P.A.
39 - American Pale Ale
American Porter and Stout (4 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Fifty Fifty Brewing Co.
Donner Party Porter
38A - American Porter
2nd
Amador Brewing Company
Night Hike Porter
38A - American Porter
3rd
Sutter Buttes Brewing Co.
Specter Stout
38B - American Stout
Belgian Blond/Pale/Wit (10 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Pfeiffer Brewing Company
Bruges Cruise
49B - Belgian Blond Ale
2nd
Pfeiffer Brewing Company
Mistaken Identity
49F - Other Belgian/French-Style Ales
3rd
CUVER
Unwind Classic
46 - Belgian-Style Witbier
Belgian Strongs (10 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
CUVER
Dark Lioness
51D - Trappist Quadrupel
2nd
CUVER
Tripel
51C - Trappist Tripel
3rd
Gilman Brewing Company
Old Rusty
50C - Belgian Strong Specialty Ale
Blonde/Golden Ale (12 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Wort To Fermentation Beer Co
Don't Call Me Honey
27 - Blonde or Golden Ale
2nd
Super Owl Brewing
Cagey Blonde
27 - Blonde or Golden Ale
3rd
Knee Deep Brewing Co.
916
27 - Blonde or Golden Ale
British Ales (15 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Standard Deviant Brewing
brown ale
29A - English-Style Brown Ale
2nd
The Monk's Cellar
london Porter
29B - English-Style Porter/Brown Porter
3rd
Stone Church Brewing
SCB Dark Mild
28A - English-Style Mild Ale
British Strong Ales (8 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Pizza Port San Clemente
Way heavy
30A - Wee Heavy/Scotch Ale
2nd
Lodi Beer Co
Barleywine
30C - English Barleywine
3rd
Morgan Territory Brewing
Ravens Home
36B - British Style Imperial Stout
Chili Beer (4 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Malibu Brewing Company
Hatch Green Chili Lager
60 - Chili Beer
2nd
Canyon Lakes Brewery
Stinger
60 - Chili Beer
3rd
River Rock Brewery
Bern Yur Butt Amber Ale
60 - Chili Beer
Chocolate Beer (6 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Urban Roots Brewing
Chocolate Moustache
24 - Chocolate Beer
2nd
Pfeiffer Brewing Company
Afters
24 - Chocolate Beer
3rd
San Francisco Brewing Company
Ghirardelli Chocolate Stout
24 - Chocolate Beer
Cider (7 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Gowan's Heirloom Cider
Spiced Apple
61 - Cider
2nd
Indigeny Reserve
Blackberry Lemonade Hard Cider
61 - Cider
3rd
Gowan's Heirloom Cider
Gravenstein
61 - Cider
Coffee Beer (8 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
High-Hand Brewery
Coffee Stout
23 - Coffee Beer
2nd
Lodi Beer Co
Cafe' Firebox Imerial Stout
23 - Coffee Beer
3rd
Pizza Port San Clemente
Dusk til dawn
23 - Coffee Beer
Cream Ale (14 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Cooperage Brewing Company
Crispy Crusher
10 - American-Style Cream Ale
2nd
Morgan Territory Brewing
Snap Shot
10 - American-Style Cream Ale
3rd
Headlands Brewing Company
Party Wave
10 - American-Style Cream Ale
Czech Lagers (10 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Jackrabbit Brewing Company
Dun' Workin'
04A - Czech Pale Lager
2nd
Fifty Fifty Brewing Co.
Tahoe Pilz
04A - Czech Pale Lager
3rd
Headlands Brewing Company
Point Bonita
04A - Czech Pale Lager
European Strong (11 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Morgan Territory Brewing
Lock'd, Bock'd & Ready to Rock
09A - Helles Bock/Maibock
2nd
Morgan Territory Brewing
Lubricator
09C - Doppelbock
3rd
Morgan Territory Brewing
Dark Reckoning
14 - Baltic-Style Porter
Experimental Beer (14 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Crow and Wolf Brewing
Peaches
58 - Experimental Beer
2nd
Sugoi Brewing Company
Fire Horse
58 - Experimental Beer
3rd
Level Up Brewcade
Call Of Brewty
58 - Experimental Beer
Fruit Beers (19 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Logoff Brewing
Turbo Tango
20A - Fruit beer
2nd
Fort Rock Brewing
Raspberry Puree
20A - Fruit beer
3rd
Feather Falls Brewing Company
Blackberry Dancing Trees
20A - Fruit beer
German Ambers (10 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Malibu Brewing Company
Big Rock Amber Lager
07A - Vienna Lager
2nd
San Francisco Brewing Company
Smoke n' Rocks
25A - Bamberg-Style Rauchbier
3rd
Paradise Brew Werks
PBW Marzen
07B - Märzen/Oktoberfestbier
German Dark Lagers (7 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Kairoa Brewing Company
Boots and Stubbies
08B - Schwarzbier
2nd
Fowler Ranch Farm Brewery
Dalton der Dunkel
08A - Munich Dunkel
3rd
Super Owl Brewing
Umbral Companion
08B - Schwarzbier
German Pale Lagers (8 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Morgan Territory Brewing
The Cushman
05C - European-Style Export/Dortmunder
2nd
Sutter Buttes Brewing Co.
Prost!
06 - Munich-Style Helles
3rd
Brewbilt Brewing
Brain Bypass Helles
06 - Munich-Style Helles
German Wheat (10 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Feather Falls Brewing Company
Dancing Trees
16B - Hefeweizen
2nd
Darkheart Brewing
Hefe Pirata
16B - Hefeweizen
3rd
Pond Farm Brewing Co.
7th Anniversary Hefeweizen
16B - Hefeweizen
Gose (3 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
High-Hand Brewery
Prickly Pear Gose
18B - Contemporary Gose
2nd
Alvarado Street Brewery
Howzit Punch
18B - Contemporary Gose
3rd
San Francisco Brewing Company
Golden Gate Gose
18A - Leipzig-Style Gose
Hard Seltzer (17 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Crow and Wolf Brewing
Maui Sunset
63 - Hard Seltzer
2nd
Crow and Wolf Brewing
Lady Marmalade
63 - Hard Seltzer
3rd
Level Up Brewcade
Spyro's Strawberry Burst
63 - Hard Seltzer
Hazy Double IPA (11 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Alvarado Street Brewery
Fill it with Premium
43C - Double Hazy IPA
2nd
Wort To Fermentation Beer Co
Oh Be Haze Yourself
43C - Double Hazy IPA
3rd
Solano Brewing Company
Hazy On The 80
43C - Double Hazy IPA
Hazy IPA (41 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Headlands Brewing Company
Whoosh!
42 - New England-Style IPA (Hazy IPA)
2nd
Cooperage Brewing Company
Metal Peacock
42 - New England-Style IPA (Hazy IPA)
3rd
Ritual Brewing Co
Habitual Haze
42 - New England-Style IPA (Hazy IPA)
Historical Beers (7 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Brown Soul Brewing Co.
Russ 2.0
13 - California Common
2nd
San Francisco Brewing Company
Grodziski Brewski
26B - Grodziskie
3rd
Barley and Sword Brewing Company
Sawmill Steam
13 - California Common
Imperial IPAs (25 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Solano Brewing Company
Chip's N' Dip
43B - Triple IPA
2nd
Pond Farm Brewing Co.
Pon Farr
43A - Double IPA
3rd
Alvarado Street Brewery
Double Cone
43A - Double IPA
Imperial Stout (6 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
North Coast Brewing Co.
Old Rasputin
36A - American Style Imperial Stout
2nd
Track 424 Brewery
Black Cask Imperial Stout
36A - American Style Imperial Stout
3rd
Pizza Port Imperial Beach
Indie Roo
36A - American Style Imperial Stout
International Lagers (34 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Super Owl Brewing
River Surfing
02A - International Pale Lager
2nd
Malibu Brewing Company
Big Rock Amber Lager
02B - International Amber Lager
3rd
Malibu Brewing Company
Sand and Sea Mexican Style Lager
02A - International Pale Lager
Irish Red Ale (9 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Urban Roots Brewing
Shamrockout
32 - Irish Red Ale
2nd
Darkheart Brewing
O'Malleys Red
32 - Irish Red Ale
3rd
Grass Valley Brewing Company
Irish Getaway
32 - Irish Red Ale
Kölsch (9 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Standard Deviant Brewing
kolsch
11 - Kölsch
2nd
Brewbilt Brewing
Party Eyes Kolsch
11 - Kölsch
3rd
Amador Brewing Company
Kolsch
11 - Kölsch
Non-Alcoholic Beer (5 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
RationAle Brewing
Hazy IPA
64 - Non-Alcoholic Beer
2nd
Oak Park Brewing Company
Beer-Ish
64 - Non-Alcoholic Beer
3rd
RationAle Brewing
Mexican Style Brew
64 - Non-Alcoholic Beer
Pilsners (24 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Jackrabbit Brewing Company
Luppolino Italian Style Pilsner
03C - German-Style Pilsner
2nd
Discretion Brewing
Shimmer Pils
03C - German-Style Pilsner
3rd
Cooperage Brewing Company
Czech Pilsner
03B - European-Style Pilsner
Saisons (11 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Standard Deviant Brewing
saison
47 - Classic Saison
2nd
The Monk's Cellar
Black is Beautiful 2025
47 - Classic Saison
3rd
Urban Roots Brewing
Splinter & Glow
47 - Classic Saison
Session Beer (13 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Geartooth Alewerks
Giallo
59 - Session Beer (beer less than or equal to 5% abv.)
2nd
Knee Deep Brewing Co.
The Kid
59 - Session Beer (beer less than or equal to 5% abv.)
3rd
Pond Farm Brewing Co.
Dark Mast
59 - Session Beer (beer less than or equal to 5% abv.)
Specialty IPA (7 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Granite Bay Brewing Company
Hearth Fire Red Rye IPA
44E - Rye IPA
2nd
Two Ass Brewing Company
Dark Donkey
44B - Black IPA
3rd
CUVER
By Her Bootstraps
44F - White IPA
Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beers (9 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Alameda Brewing
Burma Ale
22 - Herb & Spice Beer
2nd
Paradise Brew Werks
Strawberry Basil Ale
22 - Herb & Spice Beer
3rd
Canyon Lakes Brewery
Tea'd Up
22 - Herb & Spice Beer
UK Stouts (8 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Steel Bonnet Brewing Company
Black Dragon Stout
33B - Foreign Extra Stout
2nd
Fort Rock Brewing
Arm the Kittens
34A - Oatmeal Stout
3rd
Morgan Territory Brewing
Shut Up and Adore Me
33B - Foreign Extra Stout
US Strongs (6 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Burning Barrel Brewing Company
Fireside Stories
45C - Imperial Porter
2nd
Four Legs Brewing
Slow Is Smooth
45A - American Barleywine
3rd
Feather Falls Brewing Company
Crouching Cougar
45A - American Barleywine
Wild/Sour Ales (14 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
San Francisco Brewing Company
Flanders Red Ale
52B - Flanders Red Ale
2nd
Pizza Port San Clemente
Margie’s mangos
17 - Berliner-Style Weisse
3rd
Fowler Ranch Farm Brewery
Loose Llama
53C - Fruit Lambic
Wood/Barrel Aged Beers (12 entries)
Place
Organization
Entry Name
Style
1st
Urban Roots Brewing
Demons Run
56 - Wood- and Barrel-Aged (stored in barrels previously containing distilled spirits i.e. brandy, bourbon, etc)
2nd
Urban Roots Brewing
Demons Run Reserve - Amburana
56 - Wood- and Barrel-Aged (stored in barrels previously containing distilled spirits i.e. brandy, bourbon, etc)
3rd
Urban Roots Brewing
Night Will Fall
56 - Wood- and Barrel-Aged (stored in barrels previously containing distilled spirits i.e. brandy, bourbon, etc)
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