2016 World Beer Cup Winners

 

Category: 79 British-Style Imperial Stout - 53 Entries

Gold: Arch Devil Imperial Stout, DevilCraft, Shinagawa-ku, Japan

Silver: Russian Imperial Stout, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant - Media, Media, PA

Bronze: Corvo Negro, Novo Brazil Brewing Co., Chula Vista, CA

 

Category: 80 Old Ale or Strong Ale - 55 Entries

Gold: Ninja Pirate, Black Lotus Brewing Co., Clawson, MI

Silver: Heini’s Good Cheer, Roundabout Brewery, Pittsburgh, PA

Bronze: Irish Walker, Olde Hickory Brewery Co., Hickory, NC

 

Category: 81 Barley Wine-Style Ale - 71 Entries

Gold: 2013 10&2 Barleywine, Fifty West Brewing Co., Cincinnati, OH

Silver: Old Bounder, Boundary Bay Brewery, Bellingham, WA

Bronze: Stormwatcher’s Winterfest, Pelican Brewing Co. - Pacific City, Pacific City, OR

 

Category: 82 Irish-Style Red Ale - 66 Entries

Gold: Reilly’s Red, Devils Backbone Brewing Co. - Outpost, Lexington, VA

Silver: Piper Down, Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits, San Diego, CA

Bronze: Red Molly, Pale Fire Brewing Co., Harrisonburg, VA

 

Category: 83 Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout - 42 Entries

Gold: Minoh Beer STOUT, A·J·I Beer, Minoh, Japan

Silver: Irish Stout, Carver Brewing Co., Durango, CO

Bronze: O’Connor’s Dry Irish Stout, O’Connor Brewing Co., Norfolk, VA

 

Category: 84 Export Stout - 52 Entries

Gold: Fade to Black, Volume 1, Left Hand Brewing Co., Longmont, CO

Silver: Spetsnaz, The Grumpy Troll Brewpub, Mount Horeb, WI

Bronze: Dirty Frank Stout, River’s Edge Brewing Co., Milford, MI

 

Category: 85 Golden or Blonde Ale - 82 Entries

Gold: Power & Light Pale, Independence Brewing, Austin, TX

Silver: Squatters Chasing Tail Golden Ale, Squatters Pub Brewery, Salt Lake City, UT

Bronze: German Blonde, Bemidji Brewing Co., Bemidji, MN

 

Category: 86 American-Style Pale Ale - 167 Entries

Gold: Pistol River Pale, Arch Rock Brewing Co., Gold Beach, OR

Silver: Pale Ale, North High Brewing, Columbus, OH

Bronze: Knotty Pine Pale Ale, Lumberyard Brewing Co., Flagstaff, AZ

 

Category: 87 American-Style Strong Pale Ale - 118 Entries

Gold: Lucky Day, Central Coast Brewing Co., San Luis Obispo, CA

Silver: IPA 2016, Yo-Ho Brewing Co., Saku, Japan

Bronze: Paladin, Wicks Brewing Co., Riverside, CA

 

Category: 88 American-Style India Pale Ale - 275 Entries

Gold: I Love It!, Noble Ale Works, Anaheim, CA

Silver: IPA, Great North Aleworks, Manchester, NH

Bronze: Santilli, Night Shift Brewing, Everett, MA

 

Category: 89 Imperial India Pale Ale - 181 Entries

Gold: Hop JuJu Imperial IPA, Fat Head’s Brewery - Middleburg Heights, Middleburg Heights, OH

Silver: Trebuchet, Second Street Brewery, Santa Fe, NM

Bronze: Nobility, Noble Ale Works, Anaheim, CA

 

Category: 90 American-Style Amber/Red Ale - 96 Entries

Gold: Epiphany Red Ale, Iron Springs Pub & Brewery, Fairfax, CA

Silver: Sabre-Toothed Squirrel, Smog City Brewing Co., Torrance, CA

Bronze: Beast of Bray Road, Second Salem Brewing Co., Whitewater, WI

 

Category: 91 Double Red Ale - 51 Entries

Gold: Summit Sunrise, Denver Beer Co. - Canworks, Denver, CO

Silver: Valentinus IPA, Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant - Wilmington, Wilmington, DE

Bronze: Toaster Pastry, 21st Amendment Brewery, San Leandro, CA

 

Category: 92 Imperial Red Ale - 37 Entries

Gold: Blood Junkie, Three Weavers Brewing Co., Inglewood, CA

Silver: December Nights Imperial Red, Thorn Street Brewery, San Diego, CA

Bronze: Wreak Havoc, Bootstrap Brewing, Niwot, CO

 

Category: 93 American-Style Brown Ale - 81 Entries

Gold: Granola Brown Ale, Black Hog Brewing, Oxford, CT

Silver: Open Road Brown Ale, Troubled Monk Brewery, Red Deer, Canada

Bronze: Upslope Brown Ale, Upslope Brewing Co. - Flatiron Park, Boulder, CO

 

Category: 94 American-Style Black Ale - 67 Entries

Gold: Turmoil, Barley Brown’s Brew Pub, Baker City, OR

Silver: Carlton, Melvin Brewing - Jackson, Jackson, WY

Bronze: Midnight Moonlight, Fat Head’s Brewery - Middleburg Heights, Middleburg Heights, OH

 

Category: 95 American-Style Stout - 51 Entries

Gold: The Defender, Haymarket Pub & Brewery, Chicago, IL

Silver: Kilgore, Beachwood BBQ & Brewing, Long Beach, CA

Bronze: P2P, 10 Barrel Brewing Co. - Boise, Boise, ID

 

Category: 96 American-Style Imperial Stout - 62 Entries

Gold: Blot Out the Sun, Three Floyds Brewing Co., Munster, IN

Silver: HoliDAVE, Artifex Brewing Co., San Clemente, CA

Bronze: Happy Ending, SweetWater Brewing Co., Atlanta, GA