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World Beer Cup Winners

Congrats to the following Indiana breweries who are coming home with medals from this weekend’s World Beer Cup competition:

Carson’s Brewery (Evansville) Red Dawn Silver Medal: American-Style Wheat Beer
Thre3e Wise Men Brewing (Indianapolis) Hot for Teacher Ms. Doppelbock Silver Medal: German-Style Doppelbock or Eisbock
Sun King Brewing (Indianapolis) Johan the Barleywine Bronze Medal: Barley Wine Style Ale

 

In addition to the local winners, here are some other craft beer medalists you may be able to find in Indiana liquor stores:

Founders Brewing (Grand Rapids, MI) Mango Magnifico con Calor Gold Medal: Herb and Spice Beer
Left Hand Brewing (Longmont, CO) Sawtooth Ale Gold Medal: Ordinary or Special Bitter
Sprecher Brewing (Glendale, WI) Black Bavarian Gold Medal: German-Style Schwarzbier
Two Brothers (Warrenville, IL) Domaine DuPage Gold Medal: Belgian and French-Style Ale
Widmer Brothers Brewing (Portland, OR) Hefeweizen Gold Medal: American-Style Wheat Beer With Yeast
Fat Head’s Brewery (Middleburg Heights, OH) Head Hunter Silver Medal: American-Style India Pale Ale
Spaten-Franziskaner-Brau (Munchen, Germany) Franziskaner Hefe-Weissbier Dunkel Silver Medal: German-Style Dark Wheat Ale
Sierra Nevada (Chico, CA) Ruthless Rye Silver Medal: Rye Beer
The Bruery (Anaheim, CA) Oude Tart Silver Medal: Belgian-Style Flanders Oud Bruin or Oud Red Ale
Brouwerij Huyghe (Melle, Belgium) Delirium Tremens Bronze Medal: Belgian-Style Tripel
Jester King Brewery (Austin, TX) Le Petit Prince Bronze Medal: Session Beer
Mad River Brewing (Blue Lake, CA) Steelhead Extra Pale Ale Bronze Medal: Golden or Blonde Ale
New Holland Brewing (Holland, MI)  Pilgrim’s Dole Bronze Medal: Old Ale or Strong Ale

World Beer Cup Winners

On the professional side of competitions, we have results to share from the very prestigious 2012 World Beer Cup. This competition is only held once every two years and this year attracted 3,921 entries from 799 breweries from 54 countries and 45 U.S. states. Gold, silver, and bronze medals are awarded in 95 beer style categories. Of the 284 medals awarded to breweries around the world, eight are coming home to the State of Indiana!

Bier Brewery (Indianapolis) Silver Medal: Belgian Dubbel (Belgian-Style Dubbel)
Crown Brewing (Crown Point) Gold Medal: Crown Brown (English-Style Mild Ale)
Rock Bottom College Park (Indianapolis) Gold Medal: Naked Oat Stout (Oatmeal Stout)
Shoreline Brewery (Michigan City) Bronze Medal: Benny’s Pale Ale (Australasian-Style Pale Ale or International-Style Pale Ale)
Bronze Medal: Beltaine Scottish Ale (Scottish-Style Ale) *Note: This is the third World Beer Cup medal for Beltaine.
Sun King Brewing (Indianapolis) Gold Medal: Batch 333: The Velvet Fog (Belgian-Style Dark Strong Ale)
Silver Medal: Ring of Dingle (Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout)
Bronze Medal: Dominator Dopplebock (German-Style Dopplebock or Eisbock)

Big congratulations to the Indiana winners – you can find the full list of winners here.

Cheers, Nathan