The 2018-2019 Competition is complete!
Behind closed doors, in a tasting room closed to brand participants and the public, this “double-blind” taste test method is one that is most effective in providing honest opinions from the panel. The products are all brought to their optimum tasting temperature, thus assuring the panel the same sensation of taste that is received by the general populous.
The packaging event occurs after the tasting event process has been completed, which gives the highest level of control over the tasting panels' opinions during the tasting phase. Only after all judging is complete and all scores are tallied are any of the results or information about the competition released to the international press.
Now the results are finally in; after more than 20,000 miles of travel for the judging panel, the Competition has finally completed! This year played host to more entries than any year prior. Many brand owners competed with their entire arsenal of product offerings, yet in the end it seems that the best quality came from a small group of manufacturers whom have honed their craft to become the “World’s Best”.
Congratulations to all of our entrants and award winners, your products are truly the best that the world has to offer and you should all be very proud of that honor!
Wishing you all the best in the new year,
Sincerely,
WBC Administrative Staff
We are proud to present to the world,
the winners of this year's
World BEER Competition:
"Best of Show"
Platinum
Great
Alpine Beer Company
Origin: USA
Gold:
Chicken Killer Barley Wine
Santa Fe Brewing Company
USA
Silver:
AleSmith Old Numbskull
AleSmith Brewing Company
USA
Bronze:
Evil Twin Freudian Slip
Evil Twin Brewing
USA
"Best of Show"
Platinum
Hop Stoopid
Lagunitas Brewing Company
Origin: USA
Gold:
Hercules Double IPA
Great Divide Brewing Company
USA
Silver:
Burton Baton
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
USA
Bronze:
Double Jack
Firestone Walker Brewing Co.
USA
"Best of Show"
Platinum
The Abyss
Deschutes Brewery
Origin: USA
Gold:
Breakfast Stout
Founders Brewing Company
USA
Silver:
Yeti Imperial Stout
Great Divide Brewing Company
USA
Bronze:
Hunahpu's Imperial Stout
Cigar City Brewing
USA
"Best of Show"
Platinum
Ranger
New Belgium Brewing
Origin: USA
Gold:
IPA
Lagunitas Brewing Company
USA
Silver:
Focal Banger
The Alchemist
USA
Bronze:
Sweetwater IPA
SweetWater Brewing Company
USA
"Best of Show"
Platinum
No Rules
Perrin Brewery
Origin: USA
Gold:
Road Dog Porter
Flying Dog Brewery
USA
Silver:
Anchor Porter
Anchor Brewing Company
USA
Bronze:
Samuel Adams Holiday Porter
Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams)
USA
"Best of Show"
Platinum
Double Dead Guy Ale
Rogue Ales
Origin: USA
Gold:
Samuel Adams Utopias
Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams)
USA
Silver:
Ale To The Chief
Avery Brewing Company
USA
Bronze:
My Black Parade
The Lost Abbey
USA
"Best of Show"
Platinum
Temptation
Russian River Brewing Company
Origin: USA
Gold:
Aunt Sally
Lagunitas Brewing Company
USA
Silver:
Temptation
Russian River Brewing Company
USA
Bronze:
Framboise De Amorosa
The Lost Abbey
USA
"Best of Show"
Platinum
Alaskan White
Alaskan Brewing Co.
Origin: USA
Gold:
Shiner Hefeweizen
Spoetzl Brewery / Shiner
USA
Silver:
Samuel Adams White Lantern
Boston Beer Company (Samuel Adams)
USA
Bronze:
Franziskaner Hefe-Weisse
Spaten-Franziskaner-Br
Germany
"Best of Show"
Platinum
Blue Moon Gingerbread Spiced Ale
Coors Brewing Company (Molson-Coors)
Origin: USA
Gold:
Rebel Grapefruit IPA
Samuel Adams
USA
Silver:
Juniper Pale Ale
Rogue Ales
USA
Bronze:
Rubaeus Pure Raspberry Ale
Founders
USA
"Best of Show"
Platinum
Sweetwater Georgia Brown
SweetWater Brewing Company
Origin: USA
Gold:
Rogue Ales Dead Guy Ale
Rogue Ales
USA
Silver:
PseudoSue
Toppling Goliath Brewing Company
USA
Bronze:
Nut Brown Ale
Goose Island Beer Co.
USA
"Best of Show"
Platinum
Emerald Coast Kolsch - A Kolsch Style Beer
Destin Brewery
Origin: USA
Gold:
Hoptober Golden Ale
New Belgium Brewing
USA
Silver:
Single Chair Golden Ale
Magic Hat Brewery
USA
Bronze:
Big Wave Golden Ale
Kona Brewing Co.
USA
"Best of Show"
Platinum
Original Dry Hard Apple Cider
North Canyon Cider Company
Origin: USA
Gold:
Crisp Apple
Angry Orchard
USA
Silver:
American Sweet Hard Apple Cider
North Canyon Cider Company
USA
Bronze:
Amber Hard Cider
Woodchuck
USA
"Best of Show"
Platinum
Harvey's Christmas Ale
Harvey & Son Ltd.
Origin: England
Gold:
Leon
Cigar City Brewing
USA
Silver:
Sucaba
Firestone Walker Brewing Co.
USA
Bronze:
Bourbon County Brand Barleywine Ale
Goose Island Beer Co.
USA
"Best of Show"
Platinum
Lindemans Apple
Brouwerij Lindemans
Origin: Belgium
Gold:
Cantillon Lou Pepe - Kriek
Brasserie Cantillon
Belgium
Silver:
Rogue Ales Pumpkin Patch Ale
Rogue Ales
USA
Bronze:
Lips Of Faith - Transatlantique Kriek (Boon)
New Belgium Brewing
USA
"Best of Show"
Platinum
Alcohol Free
Beck's
Origin: Germany
Gold:
N.A.
St. Pauli
Germany
Silver:
Golden Amber
Clausthaler
Germany
Bronze:
Hefeweissbier Alkoholfrei
Weihenstephaner
Germany
"Best of Show"
Platinum
Cascara Quad
New Belgium Brewing
Origin: USA
Gold:
St. Bernardus Abt 12 Oak Aged
Brouwerij St. Bernardus NV
Belgium
Silver:
Judgment Day
The Lost Abbey
USA
Bronze:
Malheur 12
Brouwerij De Landtsheer NV
Belgium
"Best of Show"
Platinum
Margarita
Cayman Jack
Origin: Mexico
Gold:
Seagrams Escapes Bahama Mama
Seagrams
USA
Silver:
Straw-Ber-Rita
Bud Light Lime
USA
Bronze:
Smirnoff Ice Smash Screwdriver
Smirnoff
USA
"Best of Show"
Platinum
Brooklyn Black OPS
Brooklyn Brewery
Origin: USA
Gold:
Brooklyn Black OPS
Brooklyn Brewery
USA
Silver:
Fyodor
Stone Brewing
USA
Bronze:
Yeti Imperial Stout
Great Divide Brewing Company
USA
"Best of Show"
Platinum
Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale
Boulevard Brewing Co.
Origin: USA
Gold:
Cucumber Saison
Cigar City Brewing
USA
Silver:
Rabbid Rabbit
3 Floyds Brewing Co.
USA
Bronze:
Noble Rot
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
USA
Copyright ©2019 World Beverage Competition. All Rights Reserved. Brand names and product photos utilized in the descriptions herein are the property of their prospective trademark holders and are utilized with permission solely for the purpose of brand entry description, award acknowledgement and promotion of the competition itself. No claim is made by the competition to rights on any trademarks or trade names herein other than those of the competition itself.