Take that, Oregon and California. Twelve beers from Washington, Oregon and California battled it out last week at Beer Brawl IV, which took place at Portland’s Concordia Ale House. For the second year in a row, and third year out of all four competitions, Washington beat the other two states in overall voting.

From Concordia:

12 of the best Beers in 3 States have battled it out and “YOU” have decided the winner!

Congrats to Bill Prieb and his Brewing Crew for their second straight BEER BRAWL IV victory.

Washington 917
California 754
Oregon 646

Firestone Walker Double Jack IPA wins Most Outstanding Beer, edging out Black Raven Brewings Totem Pale Ale by 2 votes.

Our closest race ever.

TASTER TRAY ORDER
1. Sierra Nevada Pale (CA)
2. Hop Lava (OR)
3. Boundary Bay Stout (WA)
4. Racer 5 IPA (CA)
5. Black Raven Totem Pale (WA)
6. Supergoose IPA (WA)
7. Old Rasputin (CA)
8. Hop Henge Batch #9 (OR)
9. Blue Heron Pale Ale (OR)
10. Double Jack IPA (CA)
11. Rogue Shakespeare Stout (OR)
12. Flyer’s Pacemaker Porter(WA)

For more info on how the competition/blind tasting works, you can check out my original post.