They are saying what occurs in Vegas stays in Vegas. However with the Craft Brewers Convention underway there, the outcomes of the occasion’s hallmark competitors, the World Beer Cup, had been certain to get out.
On Wednesday evening, beermakers from across the globe celebrated their accolades in what’s billed because the business’s largest and most prestigious competitors. This yr, World Beer Cup judges evaluated 9,300 beers from 2,060 breweries. Participation was down considerably from 10,213 beers from 2,376 breweries in 2023, presumably because of the truth the competitors now occurs yearly as an alternative of each different yr.
Colorado made out with a powerful 21 medals, together with 9 gold. That’s a lower in comparison with final yr when native breweries introduced 24 medals house to the Centennial State; nonetheless, the variety of gold medals elevated.
River North Brewery in Denver and The Publish Brewing Co. in Lafayette had been the evening’s largest winners with two medals every. River North introduced house gold for its Nightmare Gasoline within the espresso stout/porter class and bronze for its Pumpkin Spice Bucket of Bolts within the pumpkin beer class. In the meantime, The Publish garnered silver for East County Superb Malt Liquor within the different robust beer class and bronze for Prime Rope within the American-style cream ale class.
In any other case, Colorado breweries positioned in a wide selection of types, from worldwide pilsner and worldwide gentle lager to juicy/hazy robust pale ale and Australian-style pale ale.
If there’s one model brewers right here appear to do effectively it’s barleywines, a class the place two native breweries earned accolades. Loveland’s Verboten Brewing and Barrel Challenge took silver for Develop Outdated With You barleywine and Colorado Springs’ Goat Patch Brewing Co. landed bronze for Baaah-ley Wine.
“Colorado continues to show that it’s aggressive on the world beer stage. With 9 gold medals this yr starting from lagers to Belgian types, Colorado craft breweries are demonstrating that they’ll brew alongside the very best brewers on the planet,” Shawnee Adelson, government director of the Colorado Brewers Guild, in an announcement.
See the complete checklist of native winners under and peruse the complete checklist at worldbeercup.org.
Gold
Belgian-style robust blonde ale: Treachery, 12Degree Brewing, Louisville
Belgian-style robust specialty ale: French Lager Biere Ambree, Banded Oak Brewing Co., Denver
Traditional Irish-style dry stout: Dry Irish Stout, Bent Barley Brewing Co., Aurora
Espresso stout or porter: Nightmare Gasoline, River North Brewery, Denver
Dessert stout or pastry stout: Kauai Pie, Bull & Bush Brewery, Denver
Additional particular bitter: ESB, Outdated 121 Brewhouse, Lakewood
Worldwide gentle lager: Prost Leichtbier, Prost Brewing Co., Denver
Worldwide pilsener: Venga, Cerveceria Colorado, Denver
Session beer or Belgian-style desk beer: Swift Half, Station 26 Brewing Co., Denver
Silver
Australian-style pale ale: Mountain Customary, Odell Brewing Co., Fort Collins
Barleywine-style ale: Develop Outdated With You, Verboten Brewing and Barrel Challenge, Loveland
Traditional saison: Farmhouse Saison, Cellar West Brewery, Lafayette
German-style Maerzen or Franconian-style rotbier: Falltoberfest, Launch Pad Brewery, Aurora
Worldwide pale ale: Colorado Pale Ale, Westbound & Down Brewing Co., Idaho Springs
Different robust beer: East County Superb Malt Liquor, The Publish Brewing Co., Lafayette
Bronze
American-style cream ale: Prime Rope, The Publish Brewing Co., Lafayette
Barleywine-style ale: Baaah-ley Wine, Goat Patch Brewing Co., Colorado Springs
Dortmunder/export or German-style Oktoberfest: Clean Exportations, Denver Beer Co., Arvada
Juicy or hazy pale: Inexperienced Flash: Hazy West Coast IPA, SweetWater Brewing Co., Fort Collins
Juicy or hazy robust pale ale: Aspen Hazy IPA, Aspen Brewing Co., Aspen
Pumpkin beer: Pumpkin Spice Bucket of Bolts, River North Brewery, Denver
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