Best of Craft Beer Awards names winners of Fresh Hop Competition held in Sisters and Yakima
(Update: Adding video, interview)
SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Professional brewers and judges from across the Pacific Northwest descended upon Central Oregon and the hop region of Yakima, Wash., recently to judge super fresh Wet Hop beers from as far away as Texas, Virginia, New Jersey and Saskatchewan, Canada.
Two separate judging sessions allowed brewers to enter beers using hops harvested at different times across multiple states. The Early Harvest session took place at Three Creeks Brewing in Sisters on Sept. 24, with the Late Harvest session taking place at Single Hill Brewing in Yakima on Oct. 15.
MEDALISTS
https://bestofcraftbeerawards.com/medalists
Early Harvest Session
Bend Brewing Co. - (Bronze) Fresh Hop Lager
Boneyard Beer - (Gold) Fresh Hop Imperial IPA/Hazy Imperial IPA
Burke-Gilman Brewing Co. - (Silver) Fresh Hop Imperial/Hazy Imperial IPA
(Silver) Fresh Hop Specialty
Chainline Brewing Co. - (Silver) Fresh Hop Pale/Hazy Pale
Deschutes Brewery Bend Public House - (Silver) Fresh Hop IPA
Ecliptic Brewing - (Bronze) Fresh Hop Specialty
Reuben's Brews / Gnarly Barley Brewing - (Gold) Fresh Hop Lager
StormBreaker Brewing - (Bronze) Fresh Hop Imperial/Hazy Imperial IPA
(Bronze) Fresh Hop Pale/Hazy Pale
Stoup Brewing - (Bronze) Fresh Hop IPA
Sunriver Brewing Co. - (Gold) Fresh Hop Specialty |
(Gold) Fresh Hop Pale/Hazy Pale
TapRoom Beer Co. - (Silver) Fresh Hop Hazy IPA
Threshold Brewing & Blending - (Silver) Fresh Hop Lager
Trap Door Brewing / Taps Beer Reserve - (Gold) Fresh Hop IPA
Trap Door Brewing - (Bronze) Fresh Hop Hazy IPA
Varietal Beer Co. / Future Primitive Brewing / Cervecería Transpeninsular - (Gold) Fresh Hop Hazy IPA
Late Harvest Session
Bale Breaker Brewing / Russian River Brewing - (Gold) Fresh Hop IPA
Bend Brewing Co. - (Gold) Fresh Hop Pale/Hazy Pale
Grains of Wrath Brewing - (Gold) Fresh Hop Specialty
Moonraker Brewing - (Silver) Fresh Hop Hazy IPA
Old Stove Brewing - (Silver) Fresh Hop IPA
Pinthouse Brewing - (Bronze) Fresh Hop Specialty
Single Hill Brewing / Highland Park Brewing - (Bronze) Fresh Hop Hazy IPA
Single Hill Brewing / Obelisk Beer Co. - (Gold) Fresh Hop Hazy IPA
StormBreaker Brewing - (Bronze) Fresh Hop Pale/Hazy Pale
Stoup Brewing - (Bronze) Fresh Hop IPA
(Silver) Fresh Hop Specialty
Sunriver Brewing Co. - (Silver) Fresh Hop Pale/Hazy Pale
A total of 37 gold, silver, and bronze medals were awarded to breweries from WA, OR, CA, TX, and LA, with several collaborators taking home medals, including:
- Russian River Brewing - Santa Rosa, CA
- Obelisk Beer Co - Astoria, OR
- Highland Park Brewing - Los Angeles, CA
- Taps Beer Reserve - Ridgefield, WA
- Future Primitive Brewing - Seattle, WA
- Cerveceria Transpeninsular - Tijuana, MX
- Gnarly Barley Brewing - Hammond, LA
About the Best of Craft Beer Awards
The Best of Craft Beer Awards just completed its 9th year of competition, seeing a successive growth rate in participating breweries year over year. In that short amount of time, the competition has grown to be the third largest professional brewing competition in North America.
