Virginia Craft Beer Cup

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There were 407 registered participants, judges, and stewards.

Results

Best of Show Winners

Best of Show – Beer

Place	Organization	Entry Name	Style
1st	Selvedge Brewing	Batiste	5D: German Pils
2nd	The Answer Brewpub	Rauchpause	32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer
3rd	Port City Brewing Company	Optimal Wit	24A: Witbier

Virginia Brewery of the Year (91 Participating Brewers)

Place	Organization	1st	2nd	3rd	Score
1000 1st	Fine Creek Brewing Company	2	1	0	11.00

Scores and tie-breakers have been applied in accordance with the scoring methodology. Numbers reflected are rounded to the hundredth place. Hover over or tap the question mark icon () for the actual calculated value.

Winning Entries

American Lager & Light Lagers (20 entries)

Place	Organization	Entry Name	Style
1st	Big Ugly Brewing	One Heart	1B: American Lager
2nd	Parkway Brewing Company	Macabrew Pilsner	1B: American Lager
3rd	Harvest Gap Brewery	Stud Light Lager	1B: American Lager

American Wheat/German Weiss & Rye (16 entries)

Place	Organization	Entry Name	Style
1st	2 Silos Brewing Co	Hefe	10A: Weissbier
2nd	Rockfish Brewing Company	Hefeweizen	10A: Weissbier
3rd	Old House Brewing	The Stagshead	10B: Dunkels Weissbier

American Wild Ale (9 entries)

Place	Organization	Entry Name	Style
1st	Fine Creek Brewing Company	2026 Bière De Printemps	28A: Brett Beer
2nd	Stable Craft Brewing	Hermitage Berliner Weisse	28C: Wild Specialty Beer
3rd	Broken Window Brewing Company Llc.	Sour Patch Jacob	28C: Wild Specialty Beer

Alternative Sugar/Grains (3 entries)

Place	Organization	Entry Name	Style
1st	Caboose Brewing Company	Yo!	31A: Alternative Grain Beer
2nd	7 Dogs Brewpub	MISTY MOUNTAIN HONEY KOLSCH	31B: Alternative Sugar Beer
3rd	St. George Brewing Co.	Honey Lager	31B: Alternative Sugar Beer

Amber Ale (4 entries)

Place	Organization	Entry Name	Style
1st	Crazy Rooster Brewing Company	Devil's Pay	19A: American Amber Ale
2nd	Caboose Brewing Company	CTRL-ALT-DEL	7B: Altbier
3rd	Waygone Brewery	Route 6	19A: American Amber Ale

Amber Lager (10 entries)

Place	Organization	Entry Name	Style
1st	Starr Hill Brewery	Under the Radar	7A: Vienna Lager
2nd	Seven Arrows Brewing Co.	Copper Canyon Mexican Lager	2B: International Amber Lager
3rd	The Farm Brewery at Broad Run	Vienna is for Lagers	7A: Vienna Lager

Belgian Ales (13 entries)

Place	Organization	Entry Name	Style
1st	Port City Brewing Company	Optimal Wit	24A: Witbier
2nd	Bald Top Brewing Company	Bière de Garde	24C: Bière de Garde
3rd	Caboose Brewing Company	It's Wit!	24A: Witbier

British Bitters/Scottish (8 entries)

Place	Organization	Entry Name	Style
1st	SuperFly Brewing Co.	TESTIFY	11C: Strong Bitter
2nd	Caiseal Beer & Spirits Co. (the Vanguard Brewpub & Distillery)	Red Ale	11C: Strong Bitter
3rd	Long Way Brewing	aRe U Kilting Me?	14C: Scottish Export

Brown Ale (5 entries)

Place	Organization	Entry Name	Style
1st	Tradition Brewing Company	Tradition Honey Brown Ale	19C: American Brown Ale
2nd	Gloucester Brewing Company	Low Ground	19C: American Brown Ale
3rd	The Virginia Beer Company	Trail Magic	13B: British Brown Ale

Cream & Blond Ale (10 entries)

Place	Organization	Entry Name	Style
1st	Water's End Brewery	Damn Beer	18A: Blonde Ale
2nd	The Farm Brewery at Broad Run	Broad Run Blonde	18A: Blonde Ale
3rd	The Farm Brewery at Broad Run	American Ale	1C: Cream Ale

Dark European Lagers (11 entries)

Place	Organization	Entry Name	Style
1st	Cave Hill Farms Brewery	Zeigenbock	8A: Munich Dunkel
2nd	Laudenbach Brewing	Schwarzwald Lager	8B: Schwarzbier
3rd	Olde Salem Brewing Company	Black Betty	8B: Schwarzbier

Double IPA (12 entries)

Place	Organization	Entry Name	Style
1st	Precarious Beer Project	Brewery Boyz Want To Believe	22A: Double IPA
2nd	Pro re nata	Double Dose	22A: Double IPA
3rd	Three Leg Run	Fat Russell Crowe	22A: Double IPA

European Sour (4 entries)

Place	Organization	Entry Name	Style
1st	Strangeways Brewing Company	Uberlin	23A: Berliner Weisse
2nd	Fine Creek Brewing Company	Barrel Aged Sour Red	23B: Flanders Red Ale
3rd	Starr Hill Brewery	Stupid Sexy Flanders	23B: Flanders Red Ale

Fruit (20 entries)

Place	Organization	Entry Name	Style
1st	Blue Mountain Barrel House	Raspberries on Acid	29C: Specialty Fruit Beer
2nd	2 Silos Brewing Co	Squared Pants	29C: Specialty Fruit Beer
3rd	Southern Revere Cellars	Salty Beach	29B: Fruit and Spice Beer

Hazy IPA (31 entries)

Place	Organization	Entry Name	Style
1st	The Answer Brewpub	Unfamiliar Sheep	21C: Hazy IPA
2nd	New Realm Brewing Compnay	Hazy Like a fox	21C: Hazy IPA
3rd	Heliotrope Brewery	Nebular Velvet	21C: Hazy IPA

IPA (20 entries)

Place	Organization	Entry Name	Style
1st	New Realm Brewing Compnay	Kickflipper	21A: American IPA
2nd	Wildmandan Brewery	Roy Kent	12C: English IPA
3rd	Kindred Spirit Brewing	Headspace IPA	21A: American IPA

International Lager (9 entries)

Place	Organization	Entry Name	Style
1st	Smartmouth Brewing Co.	Senorita Vesa	2A: International Pale Lager
2nd	Billsburg Brewery	Classic Lager	2A: International Pale Lager
3rd	Three Leg Run	El Vikingo	2A: International Pale Lager

Irish Red (14 entries)

Place	Organization	Entry Name	Style
1st	Iron Pipe Alewerks	Bearded Charmer	15A: Irish Red Ale
2nd	Water's End Brewery	Irish Red	15A: Irish Red Ale
3rd	Seven Arrows Brewing Co.	Maelstrom Irish Red	15A: Irish Red Ale

Kolsch/Leichtbier (13 entries)

Place	Organization	Entry Name	Style
1st	Big Lick Brewing Company	Leicht & Frisch	5A: German Leichtbier
2nd	Bear Chase Brewing Company	Kodiak Kolsch	5B: Kölsch
3rd	Great American Restaurants - Sweetwater Tavern	Barking Frog Kolsch	5B: Kölsch

Monastic (5 entries)

Place	Organization	Entry Name	Style
1st	Solstice Farm Brewery	Cerberus	26C: Belgian Tripel
2nd	Caiseal Beer & Spirits Co. (the Vanguard Brewpub & Distillery)	Namur the Merrier Belgian Quad	26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale
3rd	Trouvaille Brewing Company	Octave	26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale

Pale Ale (9 entries)

Place	Organization	Entry Name	Style
1st	Decipher Brewing	109 E. Pale Ale	18B: American Pale Ale
2nd	Loudoun Brewing Company	Mosaic Sunshine	18B: American Pale Ale
3rd	Big Lick Brewing Company	Star City Pale Ale	18B: American Pale Ale

Pale European Lager (11 entries)

Place	Organization	Entry Name	Style
1st	Bingo Beer Co.	Special	5C: German Helles Exportbier
2nd	Strangeways Brewing Company	Helles Frozen Over	4A: Munich Helles
3rd	Harvest Gap Brewery	Devil Dog Helles Lager	5C: German Helles Exportbier

Pilsner (17 entries)

Place	Organization	Entry Name	Style
1st	Selvedge Brewing	Batiste	5D: German Pils
2nd	Crazy Rooster Brewing Company	Burnin' Shore	34BMS: 34B Mixed Style (Pilsner Table)
3rd	Hardywood Park Craft Brewery	Pils	5D: German Pils

Porter (6 entries)

Place	Organization	Entry Name	Style
1st	SuperFly Brewing Co.	MIDNIGHT TRAIN	13C: English Porter
2nd	Decipher Brewing	Porta	20A: American Porter
3rd	Three Leg Run	We The People	27A7: Pre-Prohibition Porter

Smoked Beer (3 entries)

Place	Organization	Entry Name	Style
1st	The Answer Brewpub	Rauchpause	32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer
2nd	Patch Brewing Company	Sea Smoke	6B: Rauchbier
3rd	Northern Neck Brewing Company	McGinniss' Ordinary	27A: Historical Beer

Speciality IPA (7 entries)

Place	Organization	Entry Name	Style
1st	Harvest Gap Brewery	Dark Star Cascadian Dark IPA	21B2: Black IPA
2nd	Eleven Eleven Brewing Company	Chinook Ones Pt 2	21B: Specialty IPA
3rd	Starr Hill Brewery	Exit Strategy	21B: Specialty IPA

Stout (10 entries)

Place	Organization	Entry Name	Style
1st	Barley Naked Brewing Company	Irish Prenup	16A: Sweet Stout
2nd	6 Bears and a Goat Brewing Co.	O'Dark Thirty	15C: Irish Extra Stout
3rd	Outback Brewhouse	Choc-A-Bloc Stout	16A: Sweet Stout

Strong Ale (7 entries)

Place	Organization	Entry Name	Style
1st	Fine Creek Brewing Company	Wheatwine	22D: Wheatwine
2nd	Broken Window Brewing Company Llc.	Tim Reaper	20C: Imperial Stout
3rd	Caiseal Beer & Spirits Co. (the Vanguard Brewpub & Distillery)	Fifth Force Imperial Stout	20C: Imperial Stout

Strong European Lagers (8 entries)

Place	Organization	Entry Name	Style
1st	Heliotrope Brewery	Armoured Bear	9C: Baltic Porter
2nd	Barley Naked Brewing Company	Hung Monk	9A: Doppelbock
3rd	Solstice Farm Brewery	Bottom Creek	4C: Helles Bock

Vegetable (15 entries)

Place	Organization	Entry Name	Style
1st	Three Leg Run	You're Gherkin My Chain	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
2nd	Old Bust Head Brewing Company	Caramel Macchiato Stout	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
3rd	Strangeways Brewing Company	Owl Stare Coffee Brown Ale	30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer

Wood Aged (6 entries)

Place	Organization	Entry Name	Style
1st	Eavesdrop Brewery	Unspoken	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer
2nd	Southern Revere Cellars	Three Oaks Bourbon Barrel Aged Honey Brown Lager	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer
3rd	Blue Mountain Barrel House	Dark Hollow	33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer

Pro-Am (7 entries)

There are no winning entries at this table.

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