Atlanta, GA(July 4, 2011) --
Winners in
the 2011 United States Open Beer Championships – the only brewery competition to
include professional breweries and award-winning home brewers – were announced
this week. More than 1200 beers in more than 50 different categories were
submitted.
Deschutes Brewing of Bend, Oregon was named Grand
National Champion by winning three gold and five silver medals. This is the
second time Deschutes has won the U.S. Open title. Cigar City Brewing of Tampa,
FL and Grand Teton Brewing of Idaho tied for second by each winning four gold
medals and 1 silver.
In all, over 70 individual breweries won at least
one medal and 20 won two or more.
National Home Brew Winners, Matt Tucker and Jake
Tucker from Oviedo, FL won a silver medal for their English Pale. While, Stacy
Myers took a bronze for her ale, Horseman of the Hopocalypse Ale in the Rye/Roggen
category, and Phil
Sullivan also took a bronze for his Sully's Belgian Blonde in
the Belgian Ale Category.
“This competition is significant because it
accepts entries from breweries around the world and allows national winning
homebrews to compete,” said Dow Scoggins, director of the U.S. Open Beer
Championships. “More than 1200 beers were submitted, and this year the U.S.
Open had its first brewery outside the United States to be in the Top 10.
Neustadt Brewing from Ontario, Canada finished 8th by winning 2 golds and 2
silvers. This year, at over 20 international breweries entered the competition.
Breweries from Canada, Belgium, China, Germany, Mexico, and England medaled.”
Competing beers were judged in more than 50
different beer style categories. This year’s judges were from Australia,
England, Canada and the United States.
Along with the medals awarded, a Grand National
Champion is awarded based on a point system for beers (five minimum) entered in
the competition.
The top 10 breweries based on the number of beers placing first (3 points),
second (2 points) or third (1 point) are:
1. Deschutes Brewing, Oregon
2. Cigar City Brewing, Florida
2. Grand Teton Brewing, Wyoming
4. Boston Beer Company, Massachusetts
5. New Belgium Brewing, Colorado
6. Full Sail Ales, Oregon
7. Sprecher Brewing, Wisconsin
8. Neustadt Brewing, Canada
9. Montana Brewing, Montana
10. August Schell, Minnesota
10. Capital Brewing, Wisconsin
The judges also named a “Judges Award” for the top five “most creative
names” ” Among the judges favorites:
Bear Ass Brown - Silverton
Brewing
Indiana Krunkles Wheat IPA - Terrapin Beer Company
Mama's Little Yella Pils - Oskar Blues Brewing
Pursuit of Hoppiness - Grand Teton Brewing
Satan’s Pony – South Street
Brewery
2011 United States Open Medal Winners
Golden or Blonde ale
GOLD - Sweetwater
420 – Sweetwater Brewing
SILVER - Cascade Ale -
Deschutes Brewing
BRONZE - Old Faithful
Ale –
Grand Tetons Brewing
English Summer Ale
GOLD – Sand Bagger Gold –
Montana Brewing
SILVER - Twilight Ale –
Deschutes Brewing
BRONZE - Summer Squeeze -
Bridgeport Brewing
English Pale Ale
GOLD - Mirror Pond Pale
Ale - Deschutes Brewing
SILVER - Pale Ale -
Matt Tucker - Homebrewer
BRONZE - Full Sail Pale
Ale - Full Sail Brewing
English IPA
GOLD - Green Monsta IPA
- Wachusetts Brewing
SILVER -
Flyin' HI.P.Hay - Maui Brewing
BRONZE -
Moylans IPA - Moylans
Brewery
Imperial IPA
GOLD - Hop Hedge –
Deschutes Brewing
SILVER -
Swamp Ape IPA – Florida Beer
Company
BRONZE -
Moylans Double IPA - Moylans
Brewery
Bitter
GOLD -
Neustadt Bitter - Neustadt
Brewing
SILVER - First
Draft - Niagara College
BRONZE - Happy Hour
Hero Ale - Montana Brewing
ESB
GOLD - Oasis -
Tallgrass Brewing
SILVER -
Redhook ESB - Redhook Brewing
BRONZE - Stone Pale Ale
- Stone Brewing
English Mild Ale
GOLD - Mill Race -
Grand River Brewing
SILVER - Point 2012
Black Ale – Stevens Point Brewing
BRONZE - Fatbelly Amber
- Montana Brewing
English Brown Ale
GOLD - Maduro Oatmeal
Brown Ale - Cigar City Brewing
SILVER –
Doreens Downtown Brown -
Montana Brewing
BRONZE -
Bear Ass Brown - Silverton
Brewing
Porter
GOLD - LoneRider
DeadEye Jack -
LoneRider Brewing
SILVER -
Black Butte Porter –
Deschutes Brewing
BRONZE - Peninsula
Porter - Michigan
Brewing
Stout
GOLD -
Obsidian Stout - Deschutes
Brewery
SILVER -
Anastasia's Chocolate Stout -
South Street Brewery
BRONZE -
August Schell Stout -
August Schell Brewing
Oatmeal Stout
GOLD - Samuel
Smith’s Oatmeal Stout – Samuel Smiths Brewery
SILVER - Shipwreck Stout –
Maui Brewing
BRONZE - Alaskan Stout –
Alaskan Brewing Company
Imperial Stout
GOLD - Dirac – Cigar City
Brewing
SILVER - The Abyss -
Deschutes Brewing
BRONZE - Tempest
Imperial Stout - Amsterdams Brewing
Old Ale
GOLD - Ubu Ale - Lake
Placid Brewing
SILVER - Stomp -
Niagara College
BRONZE -
Hibernation Ale - Great
Divide Brewing Company
Barley Wine
GOLD - Stone Old
Guardian - Stone Brewing Company
SILVER - Whiteout
Winter - Montana Brewing
BRONZE - Rudolph's Red
Nose Ale - Niagara College
Scottish Ale
GOLD - Old Chub – Oskar
Blues Brewing
SILVER -
Wee Heavy - Maui Brewpub
BRONZE -
Satan’s Pony – South Street
Brewery
Strong Scottish Ale
GOLD -
Big Sound - Cigar City Brewing
SILVER - Piper's Scotch Ale
– Sprecher Brewing
BRONZE -
Moylans Kilt Lifter - Moylans
Brewing
Irish Red Ale
GOLD - Pursuit of
Hoppiness - Grand Teton
Brewing
SILVER - O'Regan's
Revenge Irish Red Ale - Sound Brewery
BRONZE -
Bomber Mountain Amber - Black
Tooth Brewing
American Amber / Red
GOLD - Laughing Skull
Ale - Redbrick Brewing
SILVER - Big Island Red Giant
- Big Island Brewhaus
BRONZE -
Stone Levitation Ale -
Stone Brewing
American Pale Ale
GOLD - Teton Ale - Grand
Teton Brewing Company
SILVER - Bitter American
- 21st Amendment Brewing
BRONZE - Tap
Room No. 21 Pale Ale - Tap Room No. 21 Brewing
American IPA
GOLD -
Overboard IPA - Big Island
Brewhaus
SILVER -
Sisters Of The Moon - Mother Earth Brewing
BRONZE -
Stone IPA - Stone Brewing
American Brown Ale
GOLD - Bitch Creek Ale
- Grand Teton Brewing
SILVER - 10W30 -
Neustadt Brewing
BRONZE - LoneRider
Sweet Josie - LoneRider Brewing
BRONZE- Hapa Brown Ale - Hawaii Nui Brewery
German Kolsch
GOLD -
Sunner Kolsch - Gebr. Sünner
GmbH & Co
SILVER - Endless River
– Mother Earth Brewing
BRONZE - Kolsch - Big
Bear Brewing
German Wheat
GOLD - Bayern Dragon's
Breath – Bayern Brewing
SILVER - Denison's
Weissbier - Denison's Brewing Company
BRONZE - Tucher Kristall
Weizen - Brauerei Tucher Brau
German Hefeweizen
GOLD – Ayinger
Brau-Weisse - Brauerei Aying
SILVER - Howling Wolf -
Grand Teton Brewing
BRONZE - Schell's
Hefeweizen - August Schell Brewing
French / Belgian Saison Ale
GOLD - Grand Saison
- Grand Teton Brewing
SILVER - St. Feuillien
Saison - Brasserie St. Feuillien
BRONZE - Saison Dupont
- Brasserie Dupont
French / Belgian Ale
GOLD - Omer - Brouwerij
Bockor
SILVER - Hop Ruiter -
Vanberg & Dewulf
BRONZE - Sully's Belgian Blonde - Phil Sullivan
Belgian Abbey Ale - Dubbel
GOLD - New
Belgium Abbey - New Belgium Brewing
SILVER - Brother David
Double - Anderson Valley Brewing
BRONZE - South
Street Dubbel - South Street Brewery
Belgian Abbey Ale - Tripels &
Quads
GOLD - Samuel Adams New
World Triple – Boston Beer Company
SILVER - Urthel
Samaranth - De Leyerth Brouwerijen
BRONZE - South Street
Tripel - South Street Brewery
Belgian Lambic
GOLD - 2010 La
Lolie - New Belgium Brewing
SILVER - Sprecher Kriek
Lambic - Sprecher Brewing
BRONZE - Samuel Adams
Stony Brook Red –
Boston Beer Company
Belgian Witbier
GOLD - Oranje Weisse
Permium White - Amsterdam Brewery
SILVER - Infinite Wit -
Nebraska Brewing
BRONZE - Pike Dry Wit -
Pike Brewing
American Light
GOLD -
Sam Adams Light - Boston
Beer Company
SILVER -
Schell Light - August
Schell Brewing
BRONZE -
Shiner Light Blonde -
Spoetzl Brewery
American Lager / Pilsener
GOLD –
Samuel Adams Boston Lager - Boston Beer
Company
SILVER - Grain Belt
Premium - August Schell Brewing
BRONZE -
Goldmine Lager - World Brews
American Premium Lager
GOLD -
Session Permium –
Full Sail Brewing
SILVER -
Florida Lager - Florida Beer
Company
BRONZE -
Supper Club – Captial Brewery
Bohemian Pilsener
GOLD - Samuel Adams Noble Pils – Boston
Beer Company
SILVER - Harpoon
Bohemian Pilsner - Harpoon Brewing
BRONZE -
Trumer Pils - Trumer
Brauerei Berkeley
Geman Lager / Pilsener
GOLD –
Neustadt Lager - Neustadt Brewing
SILVER -
Summer Pils - Sprecher Brewing
BRONZE - Zatac
- ˇateckż Pivovar
BRONZE - Helmet Fire - Lexington Ave Brewery
Munchner Helles
GOLD -
Shiner Old Time Alt -
Spoetzl Brewery
SILVER -
Full Sail LTD - Full Sail Ales
BRONZE -
Fort Collins 1900 - Fort
Collins Brewing
Munchner Dunkel / Dark
GOLD -
Sessions Black – Full Sail
Ales
SILVER - Sprecher Winter
Brew – Sprecher Brewing
BRONZE - Zatec
Dark - ˇateckż Pivovar
Marzen / Oktoberfest
GOLD -
Saranac Adirondack Lager - F.X.
Matt Brewing Company
SILVER - Capital Fest – Captial Brewery
BRONZE - Numbskull
Oktoberfest - Lexington Ave Brewery
Schwarzbier
GOLD - New Belgium 1544 - New
Belgium Brewing
SILVER - Saranac
Black Forrest - F.X. Matt Brewing Company
BRONZE - Black Bavarian –
Sprecher Brewing
Bock
GOLD - Fort Collins Maibock – Fort Collins Brewing
SILVER - Sprecher Mai Bock – Sprecher Brewing
BRONZE - Capital Mai Bock – Captial Brewery
Dopple / Strong Bock
GOLD - Capital Autumnal Fire - Capital Brewery
SILVER - Capital Blonde Doppelbock - Capital Brewery
BRONZE - Redcock Doppel Bock - Maui Brewpub
American Cream Ale
GOLD - Deer Brand - August Schell Brewing
SILVER - El Toro Cream Ale - Fullsteam Brewing
BRONZE - Cameron's Cream Ale - Camerons Brewing
American Wheat
GOLD - Hefeweizen - Widmer Brothers Brewing
SILVER - Sch'Wheat - Sweetwater Brewing
BRONZE - Nude Beach Summer Wheat - Stevens Point Brewing
American Specialty Wheat
GOLD – Boontlinger Weiss - Anderson Valley Brewing
SILVER - Halcyon Wheat
Tallgrass
BRONZE - Whitetail
Wheat - Montana Brewing
Fruit / Vegetable beer
GOLD - Wailua - Kona
Brewing Company
SILVER - The Sour Kraut
- Neustadt Springs Brewery
BRONZE - Hell of High
Watermelon - 21st Amendment Brewery
Herb and Spice beer
GOLD - Mexican Imperial Stout
- Cerveceria Calavera
SILVER - Zingibier - Sam
Firke
BRONZE - Coconut Porter
- Maui Brewing Company
Chocolate / Cocoa Beer
GOLD - Hunahpu Mayan
Chocolate Stout - Cigar City Brewing
SILVER - Maui Imperial
Coconut Porter - Maui Brewing
BRONZE - Chocolate Ale
- Boulevard Brewing Co.
Coffee Beer
GOLD - Coffee Porter -
LoneRider Brewing
SILVER - Mean Joe Bean -
Sweetwater Brewing
BRONZE - Big Shot
Espresso Stout - Twisted Pine Brewing Co.
Rye/Roggen
GOLD - Rich & Dan
Rye IPA - Harpoon Brewing
SILVER - Wachusett Ryde
Beer - Wachusetts Brewing
BRONZE - Horseman of
the Hopocalypse - Stacy Myers
Wood / Barrel aged beer
GOLD -
Kentucky Bourbon
Barrel Ale – Lexington Brewing
SILVER - Jai Alia
White Oak IPA - Cigar Brewing
BRONZE - Humidor
IPA - Cigar Brewing
Wood / Barrel aged strong
beer
GOLD - Black Betty Imperial
Stout – Nebraska Brewing
GOLD - Triple Overhead
- Mother Earth Brewing
BRONZE - KGB Woody -
Maui Brewing
Smoked / Rauch beer
GOLD - SmokeStack Lager –
Maui Brewpub
SILVER -
Hogwash - Fullsteam Brewing
BRONZE -
Z Lager – Fort Collins
Brewing
Specialty / Anything Goes
GOLD - Monk's Indiscretion - Sound Brewing Company
SILVER - Monk's Blood - 21st Amendment Brewing
BRONZE - Maui Onion Ale - Maui Brewpub
Out of Bounds Pale Ale
GOLD - Nickel Brook Headstock - Better Bitters Brewing
SILVER -
Terrapin Rye Pale Ale –
Terrapin Beer Company
BRONZE - Maui Black Rock IPA - Maui Brewpub
Best of Show Organic
GOLD - Mothership Wit – New Belgium Brewing
SILVER - Green Lakes Organic Ale – Deschutes Brewing
BRONZE - Organic I.P.A. - Bison Brewing
Experimental
GOLD - Lambrucha - Vanberg & DeWulf
SILVER - White Mountain Porter - Big Island Brewhaus
BRONZE - Indiana Krunkles Wheat IPA - Terrapin Beer Company
(*) The Carolina BrewMasters hold an annual homebrew competition called the US Open. This homebrew competitionis is open to all North American homebrewers and is a fully sanctioned BJCP event. This competition was started in 1991.
