Last week, the Best of Craft Beer Awards announced the results of its fresh hop competition, the judging for which took place over two different sessions in Oregon and Washington. Judges evaluated 219 fresh hop beers from 91 breweries, which is a lot of fresh hop beer to have in one place.

Having two sessions makes sense, considering you want to taste the beers as fresh as possible yet many wouldn’t necessarily be available at the time of judging. Winners were awarded separately for each session, rather than aggregating into one winner’s list, which seems like the smart way to go in this situation.

Here’s the press release with the details:

91 Registered Breweries | 219 Entries | 37 Medals Awarded

In September and October, professional brewers and judges from across the Pacific NW descended upon Central Oregon and the hop region of Yakima, WA 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, OR on Sept 24th, with the Late Harvest session taking place at Single Hill Brewing in Yakima, WA on Oct 15th.

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
• Obelisk Beer Co.
• Highland Park Brewing
• Taps Beer Reserve
• Future Primitive Brewing
• Cerveceria Transpeninsular
• Gnarly Barley Brewing

View Full Results Here

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

Congrats to all the winners!