2014 Washington Beer Awards Winners Announced – Kulshan Brewing & Gordon Biersch Get Top Honors

June 14th, 2014 · No Comments · Washington Breweries

The winners of the 2014 Washington Beer Awards were announced at today’s Washington Brewers Festival. A huge congrats goes out to Kulshan Brewing of Bellingham for taking home the Large Brewery of the Year and to Gordon Biersch’s Seattle brewery for taking home Small Brewery of the Year (I told you they rock).

Here are the full results:

Pale Lagers:

Gold: Gordon Biersch Seattle – Golden Export

Silver: Icicle Brewing Company – Crosscut Lager

Bronze: Ten Pin Brewing – Ten Light

 

Amber and Dark Lagers:

Gold: Hi-Fi Brewing – Blue Danube

Silver: Gordon Biersch Seattle – Schwarzbier

Bronze: Chuckanut Brewery – Chuckanut Vienna Lager

 

Strong Lagers:

Gold: Gordon Biersch Seattle – Maibock

Silver: Riverport Brewing Co. – Bedrock Bock

Bronze: Anacortes Brewery – Mai-Oh-Maibock

 

German Hybrid Beers:

Gold: Chuckanut Brewery – Chuckanut Kolsch

Silver: White Bluffs Brewing – Red Alt

Bronze: American Brewing Co – American Blonde

 

Wheat and Rye Beers:

Gold: Stoup Brewing – Stoup Hefeweizen

Silver: Rainy Daze Brewing Co. – Rainy Rye IPA

Bronze: Gordon Biersch Seattle – Hefeweizen

 

American Light Ales:

Gold: Chuckanut Brewery – Chuckanut Yellow Card

Silver: Puyallup River Brewing – Cream Ale

Bronze: Valholl Brewing Co. LLC – Golden Warrior

 

Session Ales:

Gold: TripleHorn Brewing Co. – Enabler

Silver: Stoup Brewing – Stoup ISA

Bronze: Fremont Brewing Company – Session Pale Ale

 

English Ales:

Gold: Flyers Restaurant and Brewery – Humbles Blonde

Silver: Flyers Restaurant and Brewery – Barnstormer Brown

Bronze: Rainy Daze Brewing Co. – English Pale

 

British Strong Ales:

Gold: Silver City Brewery – Old Scrooge

Silver: Ten Pin Brewing – Snake Eyes Stout

Bronze: Sound Brewery – Old Scoundrel

 

Scottish Ales:

Gold: Silver City Brewery – Fat Scotch Ale

Silver: Paradise Creek Brewery – Scottish Stovepipe

Bronze: Old Rock Brewery – Misery Whip Scotch Ale

 

Irish Red Ales:

Gold: Loowit Brewing Company – Two-Sixteen Red Ale

Silver: Republic Brewing Company – Falligan’s Irish Red

Bronze: Menace Brewing – Menace Self-Titled Red

 

Robust Porters:

Gold: Reuben’s Brews- Robust Porter

Silver: Stoup Brewing – Stoup Porter

Bronze: Republic Brewing Company – Big Mischief Porter

 

Other Porters:

Gold: Kulshan Brewing Co – Trans-Porter

Silver: Skookum Brewery – Brown & Hairy

Bronze: American Brewing Co – Baltic Porter

 

Irish and British Stouts:

Gold: Fish Brewing Co. – Over & Out Oatmeal Stout

Silver: Wander Brewing – Correspondent Foreign Extra Stout

Bronze: Loowit Brewing Company – Shimmergloom Stout

 

American Stouts:

Gold: Elysian Brewing Company – Dragonstooth Stout

Silver: Odin Brewing Co. – Saga Stout

Bronze: Pike Brewing Company – Pike 5X Stout

 

Imperial Stouts:

Gold: Der Blokken – Double Black

Silver: Silver City Brewery – Imperial Stout

Bronze: Kulshan Brewing Co – Russian Imperial Stout

 

American Pale Ales:

Gold: Fremont Brewing Company – Summer Ale

Silver: BaleBreaker Brewing Company – Field 41 Pale Ale

Bronze: Elliott Bay Brewing Co. – Virgil Sunshine Session Ale

 

Other Pale Ales:

Gold: Ten Pin Brewing – Deadwood Pale Ale

Silver: Icicle Brewing Company – Bootjack IPA

Bronze: Rainy Daze Brewing Co. – Belgian Bastard

 

American Amber Ales:

Gold: River City Brewing Company – River City Red

Silver: Wander Brewing – Washington Uncommon California Common

Bronze: Standard Brewing – Wheated Red Ale

 

American Brown and Black Ales:

Gold: Populuxe Brewing – Cinderblock CDA

Silver: Harmon Brewing Co. – Black Tartan IPA

Bronze: Standard Brewing – Cascadian Dark Ale

 

American-Style India Pale Ales:

Gold: Old Schoolhouse Brewery – Renegade IPA

Silver: Bainbridge Island Brewing – Eagle Harbor IPA

Bronze: Old Schoolhouse Brewery – Ruud Awakening IPA

 

Imperial or Double India Pale Ales:

Gold: Rainy Daze Brewing Co. – Hypocrite Double IPA

Silver: Skookum Brewery- Mammoth Jack IPA

Bronze: Fremont Brewing Company – The Brother

 

American Barley Wines:

Gold: Fish Brewing Co. – 10-Squared Barley Wine

Silver: Elliott Bay Brewing Co. – Portside Barleywine

Bronze: TripleHorn Brewing Co. – BYGG VIN

 

Belgian Ales:

Gold: Bainbridge Island Brewing – Bainbridge Blonde

Silver: Valholl Brewing Co. LLC – Poulsbo Abbey Wit

Bronze: Propolis Brewing LLC – Litha

 

Abbey-Inspired Ales:

Gold: Sound Brewery – Tripel Entendre

Silver: Sound Brewery – Dubbel Entendre

Bronze: Sound Brewery – Entendez Noel

 

Belgian Strong Ales:

Gold: Kulshan Brewing Co – Hop Howdy

Silver: Airways Brewing Company – 3rd Anniversary

Bronze: Wingman Brewers – Stratofortress

 

Farmhouse Ales:

Gold: Hilliard’s Beer – Saison

Silver: E9 Brewery – Farmhouse Quatre

Bronze: Kulshan Brewing Co – Saison Du Kulshan

 

Sour Beers:

Gold: E9 Brewery – Golden Berry Wild

Silver: E9 Brewery – Verre Violet

Bronze: Paradise Creek Brewery – Huckleberry Pucker

 

Fruit Beers:

Gold: Icicle Brewing Company – Colchuck Raspberry Wheat

Silver: Hopped Up Brewing Company – Lemon Quality Cream Ale

Bronze: Big Block Brewing – Raspberry Blonde

 

Spice, Herb, and Vegetable Beers:

Gold: Menace Brewing – Menace Chile Bravo

Silver: Puyallup River Brewing – Black Pumpkin Saison

Bronze: Northwest Brewing Company – Bad Panda Ginger Pale Ale

 

Specialty Beers:

Gold: Laht Neppur Brewing Co. – Spiced Peaches ‘N’ Cream Ale

Silver: Kulshan Brewing Co – Black Forest

Bronze: Wingman Brewers – Gratzer

 

Wood and Barrel Aged Beers:

Gold: Iron Goat Brewing – Gin BA Head Butt IPA

Silver: Strong Arm Brewing – Cincinnatus Rum Barrel Aged

Bronze: Puyallup River Brewing – Oak Aged Point Success Porter

 

Wood and Barrel Aged Strong Beers:

Gold: Skookum Brewery – Barren Wood

Silver: Iron Goat Brewing – BA Goatnik Russian Imperial Stout

Bronze: Elysian Brewing Company – The Dread

 

Washington Pro-Am Award:

        Gold: Reuben’s Brews and Dan Hansen – Cream Ale

 

Best Washington Agricultural Product Inspired Beer
(Selected by Washington Agricultural Commission)
Big Block Brewing – The Boss

 

Small Brewery of the Year

(Sponsored by Washington Hop Commission)

Gordon Biersch – Seattle

 

Large Brewery of the Year

(Sponsored by Briess Malt and Ingredients)

Kulshan Brewing Company

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