SweetWater named Grand National Champion at the 2012 U.S. Open Beer Championship(August 8) - Examiner
SweetWater Brewing Company walked away from the 2012 U.S. Open Beer Championship with an abundance of medals and the honor of being named overall Grand National Champion of the event.  The U.S. Open Beer Championship is the only brewing competition that accepts entries from professional breweries from around the world and also award-winning homebrewers from the United States. This year's field of entries included more than 1,650 beers in 65 different categories judged by a panel of experts from Canada, England, and the United States.      

First Draught: Wellington Brewery’s Arkell Best Bitter(August 8) - Post City News
Bitter is just British for “pale ale;” a term that distinguishes this very popular class of beer from the even sweeter porters and stouts. Wellington’s example tends to the dark, deep-copper end of the range. It smells of toast with honey and sweet British desserts. The lightly-roasted malt flavour is supported by a hint of woodsy hops. This beer was part of a trifecta of Ontario entries that swept the Bitter category at the recent U.S. Open Beer Championship. Butler’s Bitter from Niagara College and Neustadt’s Bitter joined Wellington’s on the podium.

Maui Brewing Company Brings Home the Medals(August 8) - Maui Now
Maui Brewing, the Lahaina brewery and brewpub, has won 10 medals at three prestigious beer competitions held last month on the mainland. The awards were for beers entered at the San Diego International Beer Festival, the Los Angeles International Commercial Beer Competition and the US Open Beer Championship.
 
Coastal Empire Beer takes silver medal at U.S. Open championship(August 8) - Savannah Morning News
Coastal Empire Beer Co., one of Savannah's three craft breweries, has won a silver medal at the 2012 United States Open Beer Championship. The company's Savannah Brown Ale took second place in the American Brown Ale category at the July 31 championship, pitting more than 1,650 beers against each other in 65 categories.
 
Florida Beer Company Wins Gold Medal at 2012 U.S. Open Beer Championship(August 7)
The Florida Beer Company, Florida’s leading craft brewer recently competed in the prestigious 2012 U.S. Open Beer Championship. Florida Beer Company is pleased to announce that its Hurricane Reef Pale Ale was awarded the Gold Medal in the very competitive, English Pale Ale Category. 

Sweetwater Brewing wins top honors in US Open Beer Championships(August 3)
Sweetwater Brewing of Atlanta was named Grand National Champion at the 2012 U.S. Open Beer Championships in Atlanta. Sweetwater received the title by winning three gold and three silver medals at the competition, which was sponsored by Beer Connoisseur Magazine and BeerInfo.com. Boston Beer Co., makers of Samuel Adams, took second place honors, and last year’s winner, Deschutes Brewery of Bend, Ore., took third.
 
Cigar City Brewing wins at U.S. Beer Open(August 3) - Creative Loafing
Tampa's own Cigar City Brewing placed fourth as one of the top breweries in the country, based on the number of beers in the competition placing first, second, or third. Cigar City Brewing was the only Florida brewery to place in the top 10 overall.Cigar City's Barley Wine, Church on a Hill, won silver. The Ligero Schwarzbier won bronze. Honahpu's Impertial Stout won gold for the chocolate/cocoa beer category. Their Baltic Porter, Kalevipoeg Baltic Porter, also won a gold medal. 
 
COLORADO BREWERIES TAKE HOME 9 MEDALS IN 2012 US OPEN BEER CHAMPIONSHIP(August 2) - You may be wondering why beer competitions exist outside of the Great American Beer Festival in the US… and I’d otherwise agree with you. However, the US Open Beer Championship is a little different. It is the only beer competition to pit professional breweries and award-winning homebrewers against each other in the same class.
 

Sprecher wins 6 medals, places 8th in national beer championship (August 1) - Milwaukee Journal Sentinal
Sprecher Brewing Co. won six medals at the U.S. Open Beer Championship -- three gold and three bronze -- and was the only Wisconsin brewery to place in the Top 10. The Glendale brewery was dubbed 8th best brewery overall.

Earning gold medals were Sprecher's Black Bavarian (in the schwarzbier category), Dopple Bock (dopple/strong bock) and Chameleon Witty (Belgian witbier). Earning bronze were Sprecher's Hooligan (English pale ale), Kriek Lambic (Belgian lambic) and Winter Brew (Munchner dark/dark). 

Big Bear Brewing Co. Wins Medals in U.S. Open Beer Championship(August 1) - New Times Broward-Palm Beach
After judging more than 1,650 beers in over 65 categories -- well, after that, the judges probably needed a day or two to sleep it off. But instead, the judges of the United States Open Beer Championship rallied and announced the winners. Local brewery and beer institution Big Bear Brewing Co. in Coral Springs brought home three medals in three categories.

SanTan Brewing wins gold & bronze medals at U.S. Open Beer Championships(August 1) - Mouth by Southwest
Downtown Chandler’s SanTan Brewing won two medals – one gold, one bronze – at the U.S. Open Beer Championships in Atlanta. SanTan’s Epicenter took the gold in the American amber/red category, while its flagship Devils Ale earned the bronze for American pale ale.

Canadian Breweries Take Medals At 2012 U.S. Open Beer Championship(August 1) - Canadian Beer News
The winners of the 2012 United States Open Beer Championship were announced this week, and several Canadian breweries – or more specifically, Ontario breweries – took home medals in several of the 65 style categories, including a full sweep in one category.
 
Evans Premium Lager Captures Bronze at U.S. Open Beer Championship(August 1) - Brewbound
Evans Premium Lager, the upstart craft beer company that produces Evans Original, Evans Black and Evans Light lagers, continues to garner accolades for its premium lagers. Having won two more awards on July 31st, 2012, this time two bronze medals at the United Stated Open Beer Championship in Atlanta, GA for their Evans Original in the Premium Lager category, and for their Evans Light in the Light Beer category, the Evans brand continues to earn peer acceptance for the quality of their beers.

Winners Announced In The 2010 U.S. Open Beer Championship - Mutineer Magazine
The U.S. Open Beer Championship is different from all other beer competitions for one reason: homebrewers are allowed to compete in direct competition with professional breweries — which is really awesome. More than 700 beers in 50 different categories were submitted in what would become an epic ‘battle royale’ of world class beer.

“This competition is significant because it accepts entries from breweries around the world and allows national winning homebrewers to compete.” — Dow Scoggins, director of the U.S. Open Beer Championships. “More than 700 beers were submitted, and although all the top 10 winning breweries were based in the U.S. this year, at least 20 international breweries representing Canada, Belgium, Germany, England and Brazil also medaled.”

Shell's Brewery Places High In U.S. Beer Championships - Channel 12(Fox) - Video
They're toasting each other at the Schell's Brewery.That comes after a big weekend in the state of Georgia.The New Ulm brewer took 7th place at the U.S. Open Beer Championships.The brewery had five of their beers medal in four different categories.There were over 700 entrants from professional breweries to home brewers competing in fifty different categories.Schell's Brewery's Jace Marti says, "We're not really out to make beers that just will win awards. We make beers we like to drink and we hope other people like to drink, so when we do win awards it's definitely a bonus."Competitors came from around the world, and when your German Brew can beat breweries from Germany, that's something to take pride in.Quality Control Manager Tom Kaehler says, "They're amazed trying our beers compared to their home beers too, how much similar they are, how much sometimes even better than they are, so we're kind of proud of it."
 
U.S. Open Beer Championship Winners Announced - All About Beer Magazine
More than 700 beers in 50 categories were submitted to the 2010 U. S. Open Beer Championships. Maui Brewing Co. was named Grand National Champion by winning two gold, five silver and two bronze. Sprecher Brewing and Deschutes Brewing followed.

Capital Brewery among winners in Beer Championships - Wisconsin State Journal
Capital Brewery won gold medals in the American Premium Lager category for its recently released Supper Club and in the Bock category for its Capital Mai Bock. The brewery also won bronze medals in the German Lager/Pilsner category for its Capital Pilsner; in the Marzen/Oktoberfest category for its Capital Fest and in the Dopple/Strong Bock category for its Eisphyre.

Medals and organic brews in eastern NC - Mountain Express
The U.S. Open Beer Championships took place Fourth of July weekend in Atlanta, and one North Carolina brewery brought home two gold medals and a bronze. Mother Earth Brewing won a gold medal in the German Kolsch category for their Endless River Kolsch, a gold in the Dunkel category for their Dark Cloud Munich-Style Dunkel, and a bronze in the IPA category for their Sisters of the Moon. More than 700 beers in 50 different categories were submitted to the championships.
 

City Brewery Wins Gold at U.S. Beer Championships  - Lacrosse Tribune
Four Wisconsin breweries, including La Crosse's City Brewing Co., have taken home gold medals from the U.S. Open Beer Championships in Atlanta. City Brewing Co. won in the American Light category for its Game Day Light.
 

Maui Brewing Wins U.S. Open Beer Championship for 2010  - Full Pint
Maui Brewing of Hawaii was named Grand National Champion by winning two gold, five silver, and two bronze medals. Sprecher Brewing of Wisconsin finished second while Deschutes Brewing, last year’s winner from Bend, Oregon took third. In all, 70 individual breweries won at least one medal and 20 won two or more.

Boston Beer Company a big winner at U.S. Open Beer Championships
The Boston Beer Company recently finished fourth with several medals in the U.S. Open Beer Championships. The Maui Brewing Company of Hawaii was the overall winner with the most medals, but Boston Beer Company, producers of Samuel Adams, came in with quite a few medals.