This sidebar on award-winning fruit beers accompanied an article entitled “A Cornucopia of Beer” in our May 2015 issue.
There are a lot of fruit beers on the market today, using all manner of fruits. Look for these which have been judged as some of the best:
2014 Great American Beer Festival American-Style Fruit Beer
Gold: Raspberry Stout, Hardywood Park Craft Brewery, Richmond, VA
Silver: Sleepyhead Passion Fruit, Coda Brewing Co., Aurora, CO
Bronze: Apricot, Dry Dock Brewing Co. – North Dock, Aurora, CO
2014 Great American Beer Festival Fruit Wheat Beer
Gold: Apricot Ale, Pyramid Breweries, Seattle, WA
Silver: Peachy Peach, Pagosa Brewing & Grill, Pagosa Springs, CO
Bronze: Wasatch Apricot Hefeweizen, Wasatch Brewery, Park City, UT
2014 Great American Beer Festival Belgian-Style Fruit Beer
Gold: Raspberry Provincial, Funkwerks, Fort Collins, CO
Silver: Saison en Regalia, Roadhouse Brewing Co., Jackson, WY
Bronze: Poire du Pélican, Pelican Pub & Brewery, Pacific City, OR
2014 World Beer Cup Fruit Beer
Gold: Cherry Kriek, Strange Brewing Co., Denver, CO
Silver: Apricot Blonde, Dry Dock Brewing Co., North Dock, Aurora, CO
Bronze: Chchchch-Cherry Bomb, Melvin Brewing, Jackson, WY
2014 World Beer Cup Fruit Wheat Beer
Gold: Salty Kiss, Magic Rock Brewing Co., Huddersfield, United Kingdom
Silver: Meantime Raspberry Wheat Beer, Meantime Brewing Co., London, England
Bronze: 5 Lizard Latin Style Witbier, 5 Rabbit Cerveceria, Bedford Park, IL
2014 World Beer Awards Best Fruit Beer
Samuel Adams Blackberry Wit, Boston, MA
Beverage Testing Institute
98/100: Samuel Smith’s Old Brewery Raspberry Ale, Tadcaster, England
98/100: New Glarus Brewing Co. Raspberry Tart, New Glarus, WI
98/100: New Glarus Brewing Co. Wisconsin Belgian Red, New Glarus, WI
96/100: Samuel Smith’s Old Brewery Cherry Ale, Tadcaster, England
95/100: Bastone Brewery Raspberry Midnight Oil Imperial Stout, Royal Oak, MI