Oregon winners at the North American Beer Awards
The North American Beer Awards were just handed out Friday by the North American Brewers Association for their annual competition, and a number of Oregon breweries (of course!) brought home medals.
The North American Beer Awards, held in conjunction with the Mountain Brewers Beer Fest, is a unique event sanctioned by the North American Brewers Association. The competition provides an opportunity for commercially produced beers to be judged against the best beers in the country. The event is conducted as a single blind sampling followed by rank ordering of the entries within a category.
Here are the winners from Oregon, with the beers that won:
- Bling Bling – American Style Wild or Sour Ales – Silver
- Super Fly Rye – California Common, Rye Beer – Gold
- Oregon Brown Ale – Hybrid Style Beers – Silver
- Espresso Stout – Coffee Beers – Silver
- Hot Blonde – Chili Beer – Gold
- Cerveza Negra Caliente – Chili Beer – Bronze
- Shredders Wheat – Wheat Ale, Dark Wheat Ale – Silver
- Turmoil – Cascadian Style Dark Ale – Silver
- DisOrder – American-Style Stout – Bronze
- Scottish Heart – Scotch Ale (Wee Heavy) – Silver
- Funky Bunch – American Style Wild or Sour Ales – Bronze
- Caldera Rauch Ur Bock – German-Style Rauchbier, Smoke-Flavored Beer – Gold
- Caldera Ashland Pale Ale – English-Style Pale Ale – Silver
- Caldera Pilot Rock Porter – Robust Porter – Gold
- Caldera Oatmeal Stout – Oatmeal Stout – Bronze
- Black Butte Porter – Brown Porter – Gold
- Obsidian Stout – Foreign-Style Stout – Bronze
- Crystal Springs IPA – Double/Imperial Red Ale – Silver
- Big Black Jack – Hybrid Style Beers – Gold
- Overcast Espresso Stout – Coffee Beers – Gold
- Hippie Town Brown – (Special) Best Bitter – Gold
- Oakshire Amber – English-Style Mild Ale – Silver
- MacPelican’s Wee Heavy – Scotch Ale (Wee Heavy) – Gold
- Stormwatcher’s Winterfest – English-Style Barley Wine – Gold
- Bridal Ale – Biere de Garde – Bronze
- Le Pélican Brun – Other Belgian-Style Ales – Gold
- Surfer’s Summer Ale – English-Style Summer Ale – Silver
- MacPelican’s Scottish Style Ale – Scottish-Style Light, Heavy and Export – Bronze
- Tsunami Stout – Foreign-Style Stout – Gold
- Marion Bock – Helles Bock/Maibock – Bronze
- Spiced IPA – Pumpkin Beers, Herbed/Spiced – Silver
- Citra Blonde – Light Ale – Silver
- Drop Top – Ordinary Bitter – Bronze
Congrats to all of these breweries, particularly the big winners of Pelican and Barley Brown’s!