(Press Release)

CHARLOTTE, N.C.–All About Beer Magazine and Amoretti presented the Beer Army Beer Wars in association with the North Carolina Homebrewers Alliance and the Beer Army Foundation. This was a commercial beer judging contest that was hosted in the heart of southern beer country from Jan. 13-14, 2018, at NoDa Brewing Co. in Charlotte, North Carolina. This year the competition fielded 709 entries from 43 states, five Canadian provinces, Belgium, England and Ireland.

This event was open to all commercial breweries, featuring ale and lager categories supported by the Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP). This was a BJCP-sanctioned event with all judging being done by a double blind panel of BJCP-certified judges and beer industry leaders.

Medals of Gold, Silver and Bronze were awarded to the top three finishers in each beer judging category. Medalists in attendance were announced at the Jolly Skull Beer and Wine Festival, held at the Greenville Convention Center on Jan. 20, 2018. 

Stormbreaker Brewing from Portland, Oregon, was named Grand Champion and will be awarded the championship belt. The Top 10 list and overall champion can be found here.

Find the full list of winners below and at BeerArmy.org.

Style 1A: American Light Lager (2 entries)

1st River Rat Brewery Luminescent Lager 
2nd Perrin Brewing Company Light Lager 

Style 1B: American Lager (9 entries)

1st Big Bend Brewing Company Tejas Clara 
2nd Clouds Brewing Wolkenbräu
3rd Full Sail Brewing Co Sesion Cerveza 

Style 1C: Cream Ale (7 entries)

1st Great Life Brewing Company Classic Cream Ale
2nd Horny Toad Brewing Co. Llc Concho Cream Ale 
3rd New Belgium Brewing Company Dayblazer Easygoing Ale 

Style 1D: American Wheat Beer (5 entries)

1st Urban South Brewery Charming Wit 
2nd Stormbreaker Brewing So Fresh & So Wheat  
3rd Tin Whiskers Brewing Co Wheatstone Bridge  

Style 2A: International Pale Lager (7 entries)

1st Bombshell Beer Company Pale Lager 
2nd Lenny Boy Brewing Life In The South 
3rd Quarter Celtic Brewpub Pedro O’Flannigan’s Mexican Lager 

Style 2B: International Amber Lager (3 entries)

1st Three Spirits Brewery Red Moon Rising 
2nd Four Saints Brewing Company Schmidly Bock 
3rd Wrightsville Beach Brewery La Brewchacha 

Style 2C: International Dark Lager (2 entries)

1st Starr Brothers Brewing Company Black Friday 
2nd King Harbor Brewing Company Cerveza Hermosa

Style 3A: Czech Pale Lager (4 entries)

1st Full Sail Brewing Co Session Pilsner 
2nd Alameda Brewing Co. P-Town Pilsner 
3rd Old Stove Brewing Company Old Stove Pilsner 

Style 3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager (5 entries)

1st Lorelei Brewing Co Lorelei Czech Pilz 
2nd Foothills Brewing Torch Pilsner 
3rd Sugar Creek Brewing Company Sugar Creek Pilsner 

Style 4A: Munich Helles (10 entries)

1st Weeping Radish Farm Brewery Corolla Gold Munich Helles
2nd Nashville Brewing Company Nashville Lager Munich Helles
3rd Kros Strain Brewing Helles Creek Munich Helles

Style 4B: Festbier (4 entries)

1st Three Rivers Brewing Co. Festbier 
2nd Steel Bender Brewyard Steel Bender Lager 
3rd Hansa Brewery Oktoberfest 

Style 4C: Helles Bock (1 entry)

1st Wildwood Brewing Organic Bodacious Bock Helles Bock

Style 5B: Kolsch (22 entries)

1st Stormbreaker Brewing Total Rekolsch 
2nd Three Spirits Brewery Koslch Groovin’
3rd Coulee Brew Co. Devil’s Coulee Kolsch 

Style 5C: German Exportbier (1 entry)

1st Quarter Celtic Brewpub Come To The Dort Side 

Style 5D: German Pils (11 entries)

1st Coulee Brew Co. House of Pilsner 
2nd Dust Bowl Brewing Co Hobo Pils 
3rd Market Garden Craft Brewery Progress Pilsner 

Style 6A: Marzen (4 entries)

1st Nashville Brewing Company Nashville Festbier Marzen
2nd The Tap Brewery Brickyard Marzen
3rd Stormbreaker Brewing Stormtoberfest Marzen

Style 6B: Rauchbier (2 entries)

1st The Dayton Beer Company, Llc Upright Smoked Vienna Lager 
3rd Eagle Creek Brewing Company Nature Boy Smoked Honey Ale 

Style 6C: Dunkels Bock (1 entry)

1st Pennsylvania Brewing Co St Nikolaus Bock Dunkels Bock

Style 7A: Vienna Lager (6 entries)

1st Anthem Brewing Company Ogletoberfest 
2nd Alameda Brewing Co. La Negra 
3rd Big Bend Brewing Company Tejas Negra 

Style 7B: Altbier (2 entries)

1st The Olde Mecklenburg Brewery, Llc Copper 
2nd Southern Peak Brewery Southern Peak Altbier 

Style 7C: Kellerbier (3 entries)

1st Twin Lakes Brewing Company Blue Water Pilsner 
2nd Bear Republic Brewing Company Double Aught 
3rd The Butcher & the Brewer Cle Pils 

Style 8A: Munich Dunkel (6 entries)

1st Wibby Brewing Moondoor Dunkel 
2nd The Butcher & the Brewer Not Your Uncle’s Dünkel 
3rd Beale’s Beer Brown (munich Dunkel)

Style 8B: Schwarzbier (5 entries)

1st Weeping Radish Farm Brewery Black Radish 
2nd Loma Brewing Company Midnight Idol 
3rd Hansa Brewery Black Flag Schwarzbier 

Style 9A: Doppelbock (6 entries)

1st Lenny Boy Brewing Bock Street Boys 
2nd Hoppin’ Frog Brewery Karminator Imperial Dopplebock 
3rd Wildwood Brewing Organic Loquacious Duck 

Style 9C: Baltic Porter (8 entries)

1st Southern Prohibition Brewing Ragana
2nd Southern Peak Brewery Midnight Conductor 
3rd The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery The Duck-Rabbit Baltic Porter 

Style 10A: Weissbier (11 entries)

1st Benford Brewing Co. Old Nitrolee 
2nd Beale’s Beer Silver 
3rd Clouds Brewing El Hefe

Style 10B: Dunkels Weissbier (1 entry)

1st Swamp Cabbage Brewing Dunkelweisse Dunkels Weissbier

Style 10C: Weizenbock (1 entry)

1st Waterline Brewing Company Waterline Weizenbock 

Style 11A: Ordinary Bitter (1 entry)

3rd American Harvest Brewpub At Schoolcraft College You Bitter Beware 

Style 11B: Best Bitter (3 entries)

1st Four Day Ray Brewing Air Raid 
2nd Mountain Layers Brewing Co. Alarka Best Bitter 
3rd Thirsty Nomad Brewing Pride Of Tallwood 

Style 11C: Strong Bitter (6 entries)

1st Stormbreaker Brewing Extra Special Baby 
2nd Pig Pounder Brewery Extra Special Pig 
3rd Steel Bender Brewyard Sparkfitter Amber 

Style 12A: English Golden Ale (3 entries)

1st Carolina Brewing Company Carolina Pale Ale 
2nd Twin Lakes Brewing Company Caesar Rodney Golden Ale 
3rd Norris English Pub And Brewery Nep Golden Ale 

Style 12B: Australian Sparkling Ale (1 entry)

2nd North High Brewing Life 

Style 12C: English IPA (3 entries)

1st Santa Fe Brewing Happy Camper IPA 
2nd 7 Hills Brewing Co. Pipeline Pale Ale 
3rd Roak Brewing Co. Live Wire 

Style 13A: Dark Mild (2 entries)

1st Jagged Mountain Craft Brewery Grizzly Peak 
2nd Lineage Brewing Llc The Utah 

Style 13B: English Brown Ale (11 entries)

1st Hansa Brewery Bye Felicia! 
2nd Pig Pounder Brewery Boar Brown 
3rd Santa Fe Brewing Nut Brown

Style 13C: English Porter (5 entries)

1st Blackstone Brewing Co St Charles Porter 
2nd Thirsty Nomad Brewing Sweeney 
3rd New City Brewery Pioneer Valley Porter 

Style 14C: Scottish Export (1 entry)

1st Norris English Pub And Brewery Nep Scotty

Style 15A: Irish Red Ale (7 entries)

1st Beer Army Fire In The Hole 
2nd Block Brewing Company Irish Fury 
3rd Bombshell Beer Company Lady In Red

Style 15B: Irish Stout (2 entries)

1st Pitt Street Brewing Company Dapple Dog 
3rd Wrightsville Beach Brewery Oysteman Stout

Style 16A: Sweet Stout (13 entries)

1st Urban South Brewery Ca Phe Vietnamese Coffee Stout 
2nd Boojum Brewing Co Dark Zone Milk Stout 
3rd Madison Brewing Co. Chocolate Peanut Butter Stout

Style 16B: Oatmeal Stout (6 entries)

1st Carolina Brewing Company Nightfall 
2nd Stormbreaker Brewing Opacus Stout
3rd Steel Bender Brewyard Blue Bullet Stout

Style 16D: Foreign Extra Stout (2 entries)

1st Hoppin’ Frog Brewery B.O.R.I.S. the Crusher Oatmeal-Imperial Stout 
3rd Guinness Guinness Foreign Extra Stout 

Style 17A: English Strong Ale (2 entries)

1st 10 Barrel Brewing Co. East Side Pub Redeux 
3rd Migration Brewing Old Silenus 

Style 17B: Old Ale (1 entry)

1st Alameda Brewing Co. Papas Old Ale 

Style 17C: Wee Heavy (4 entries)

1st Lost Cabin Beer Co. Lord Grizzly 
2nd The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery The Duck-Rabbit Wee Heavy Scotch Style Ale 
3rd Waterline Brewing Company Waterline Wee Heavy 

Style 17D: English Barleywine (2 entries)

1st Dust Bowl Brewing Co Great Impression Stock Ale 
2nd Wrightsville Beach Brewery Masonbarrel Barleywine 

Style 18A: Blonde Ale (18 entries)

1st Independence Brewing Power and Light 
2nd Perrin Brewing Company Perrin Gold 
3rd Four Day Ray Brewing Laplander

Style 18B: American Pale Ale (18 entries)

1st Sugar Creek Brewing Company Sugar Creek Pale Ale 
2nd Bonfire Brewing Kindler Pale Ale 
3rd American Harvest Brewpub At Schoolcraft College American Harvest Pale Ale 

Style 19A: American Amber Ale (12 entries)

1st Madcow Brewing Company Rooster Rock Red Ale 
2nd Coulee Brew Co. Red Coat Trail Ale 
3rd Independence Brewing Austin Amber 

Style 19B: California Common (3 entries)

1st Three Rivers Brewing Co. Common 
2nd Lineage Brewing Llc Kimmy Gibbler 
3rd Bhramari Brewing Company Painted Fortune 

Style 19C: American Brown Ale (9 entries)

1st Trapezium Brewing Company Brown 
2nd American Harvest Brewpub At Schoolcraft College American Harvest Brown Ale 
3rd North High Brewing Tree Tapper 

Style 20A: American Porter (13 entries)

1st Coulee Brew Co. Coalbanks Porter 
2nd Foothills Brewing People’s Porter 
3rd Horny Toad Brewing Co. Llc Pump Jack Porter 

Style 20B: American Stout (5 entries)

1st Migration Brewing Step In the Arena 
2nd The Unknown Brewing Company Venture 
3rd American Harvest Brewpub At Schoolcraft College American Harvest Stout 

Style 20C: Imperial Stout (16 entries)

1st Raleigh Brewing Company The Toll 
2nd Hoppin’ Frog Brewery D.O.R.I.S. the Destroyer Double Oatmeal-Imperial Stout 
3rd Spider Bite Beer Co. Boris the Spider

Style 21A: American IPA (56 entries)

1st Belching Beaver Brewery Phantom Bride 
2nd Revision Brewing Company Revision IPA 
3rd Quarter Celtic Brewpub Mor-Buck 

Style 21B1: Belgian IPA (1 entry)

1st Blue Mountain Pizza & Brew Pub On the Bus 

Style 21B2: Black IPA (9 entries)

1st Blackstone Brewing Co Dark Matter 
2nd Rogue Ales & Spirits 5 Hop IPA 
3rd American Harvest Brewpub At Schoolcraft College American Harvest Black IPA

Style 21B3: Brown IPA (1 entry)

2nd 10 Barrel Brewing Co. East Side Pub Oregon Brown 

Style 21B4: Red IPA (5 entries)

1st Boulder Beer Company Slope Style Red IPA 
2nd Carolina Brewing Company Wiggo 
3rd Steel Bender Brewyard Red Iron Red 

Style 21B5: Rye IPA (3 entries)

1st Raleigh Brewing Company House of Clay Rye IPA 
2nd Tarboro Brewing Company First Ryed IPA 
3rd Loma Brewing Company Reconciliation 

Style 22A: Double IPA (28 entries)

1st Revision Brewing Company Revision Double IPA 
2nd Stormbreaker Brewing Triple Double Ipa 
3rd Track 7 Brewing Co Left Eye Right Eye 

Style 22B: American Strong Ale (5 entries)

1st Barrio Brewing Citrazona 
2nd 10 Barrel Brewing Co. , Bend Westside Pub Rough Terrain
3rd Full Sail Brewing Co Full Sail IPA 

Style 22C: American Barleywine (2 entries)

1st Rogue Ales & Spirits Old Crustacean Barleywine 
2nd Boulder Beer Company Killer Penguin Barleywine 

Style 22D: Wheatwine (1 entry)

3rd Raleigh Brewing Company 4th Anniversary Ale Wheatwine

Style 23A: Berliner Weisse (5 entries)

1st Raleigh Brewing Company The Belltower 
2nd Big Bend Brewing Company Balmorhea
3rd Independence Brewing Redbud 

Style 23B: Flanders Red Ale (4 entries)

1st New Belgium Brewing Company La Folie
2nd Carolina Bauernhaus Ales 18 Mile Red Grand Cru 
3rd Cape May Brewing Company Phantom Crew 

Style 23C: Oud Bruin (1 entry)

2nd Conyngham Brewing Company Oud Bruin

Style 23E: Gueuze (1 entry)

2nd Wetten Importers Oud Beersel Oude Geuze Gueuze

Style 23F: Fruit Lambic (3 entries)

1st Conyngham Brewing Company Sour Cherry Ale 
2nd Belching Beaver Brewery Batch 1 
3rd Perrin Brewing Company Black Currant Sour

Style 24A: Witbier (6 entries)

1st New Belgium Brewing Company Fat Tire Belgian White 
2nd Belgh Brasse Mons d’Abbaye Witte 
3rd Wrightsville Beach Brewery Wilmywood Wit 

Style 24B: Belgian Pale Ale (1 entry)

1st Tarboro Brewing Company Nana’s Roof Belgian Pale Ale

Style 24C: Biere de Garde (5 entries)

1st Jagged Mountain Craft Brewery Fetchez la Blonde 
2nd Stilt House Brewery Black Lager 
3rd Bastone Brewery Bier De Garde 

Style 25A: Belgian Blond Ale (4 entries)

1st Anthem Brewing Company Golden One 
2nd Blue Mountain Pizza & Brew Pub Daydream Blonde
3rd Bastone Brewery Sister Golden Hair 

Style 25B: Saison (8 entries)

1st Birds Fly South Ale Project The Anchorage 
2nd Blackberry Farm Brewery Classic Saison 
3rd The Butcher & the Brewer Biere de Miel 

Style 25C: Belgian Golden Strong Ale (6 entries)

1st Wetten Importers Delirium Tremens 
2nd Bastone Brewery Thor’s Hammer 
3rd Block Brewing Company 2 Grand Cru 

Style 26A: Trappist Single (1 entry)

1st Bastone Brewery Petite Du Bastone 

Style 26B: Belgian Dubbel (6 entries)

1st Sugar Creek Brewing Company Sugar Creek Dubbel 
2nd Belgh Brasse Mons d’Abbaye Dubbel 
3rd Tarboro Brewing Company Downtown Abbaye 

Style 26C: Belgian Tripel (4 entries)

1st Tomfoolery Brewing Crack Concrete 
2nd Bastone Brewery Nectar Des Dieux 
3rd Eagle Creek Brewing Company Tripel Anniversary (Y3b)

Style 26D: Belgian Dark Strong Ale (7 entries)

1st The Tap Brewery Frostbite 
2nd Wetten Importers Gouden Carolus van de Keizer Blauw
3rd Rogue Ales & Spirits Santa’s Private Reserve 2017

Style 27A: Historical Beer (2 entries)

1st Southern Peak Brewery One Mile Round 
2nd The Dreamchaser’s Brewery Tj’s Ale

Style 27A1: Gose (5 entries)

1st Platform Beer Co Shanghai Noon 
2nd Wolf’s Ridge Brewing Gose 
3rd Pitt Street Brewing Company Mango Pink Guava Gose 

Style 27A2: Piwo Grodziskie (2 entries)

1st Conyngham Brewing Company Grodziskie 
2nd Noda Pitmaster 

Style 27A3: Lichtenhainer (1 entry)

1st Hansa Brewery Winzig Haus Bier 

Style 27A6: Kentucky Common (3 entries)

1st Pitt Street Brewing Company Ryelo Joe 
2nd Maltese Brewing Company Brass Coupling Kentucky Common 
3rd Upstate Brewing Company Common Sense

Style 28A: Brett Beer (4 entries)

1st Four Saints Brewing Company Farmhouse Saison 
2nd The Butcher & the Brewer Barrel Talk 
3rd Perrin Brewing Company Casey’s Brett IPA

Style 28B: Mixed Fermentation Sour Beer (3 entries)

1st Wolf’s Ridge Brewing Terre Du Sauvage Gold 
2nd Cape May Brewing Company Higbee 
3rd 10 Barrel Brewing Co. East Side Pub Pyka

Style 28C: Wild Specialty Beer (8 entries)

1st 10 Barrel Brewing Co. , Bend Westside Pub Femme de la Rouge 
2nd Platform Beer Co Sailing To Nowhere 
3rd Quarter Celtic Brewpub Mangose 

Style 29A: Fruit Beer (9 entries)

1st 10 Barrel Brewing Co. , Bend Westside Pub Allure 
2nd South Park Brewing Llc Cherry Blonde
3rd Santa Fe Brewing Lustgarden

Style 29B: Fruit and Spice Beer (7 entries)

1st Hoppin’ Frog Brewery Double Chocolate Cherry Oatmeal Stout 
2nd 10 Barrel Brewing Co. East Side Pub Fancy Hot Pants
3rd Sugar Creek Brewing Company Sugar Creek Raspberry White 

Style 29C: Speciality Fruit Beer (7 entries)

1st 10 Barrel Brewing Co. , Bend Westside Pub Pickin Mission 
2nd 10 Barrel Brewing Co. East Side Pub Raspberry Crush 
3rd Rogue Ales & Spirits Paradise Pucker

Style 30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer (31 entries)

1st Waterline Brewing Company Waterline la Gose Roma 
2nd Boojum Brewing Co Jalapeño IPA 
3rd Hoppin’ Frog Brewery Infusion A Peanut Butter Chocolate Coffee Porter 

Style 30B: Autumn Seasonal Beer (4 entries)

1st Trapezium Brewing Company Maple Pecan Wheat
2nd Wormtown Brewery Table Talk Pumpkin Pie Ale 
3rd Gizmo Brew Works Renaissance Man

Style 30C: Winter Seasonal Beer (12 entries)

1st Quarter Celtic Brewpub S’more Than Beer 
2nd Platform Beer Co Cocoa Suave 
3rd Big Bend Brewing Company The Blue Norther

Style 32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer (5 entries)

1st Alaskan Brewing Co Smoked Porter 
2nd Wormtown Brewery Pro-Pro Porter 
3rd Track 7 Brewing Co Burnt Fog 

Style 33A: Wood-Aged Beer (10 entries)

1st The Dayton Beer Company, Llc Beast Of Tadmor Village 
2nd Bastone Brewery Private Stock #004 
3rd Madison Brewing Co. Barrel Aged Nor’beaster 

Style 33B: Specialty Wood-Aged Beer (17 entries)

1st The Tap Brewery Bourbon Old Wooden Head 
2nd Perrin Brewing Company Die My Darling 
3rd Hoppin’ Frog Brewery Barrel Aged B.O.R.I.S. Royale Imperial Stout

Style 34C: Experimental Beer (18 entries)

1st Bhramari Brewing Company Molly’s Lips 
2nd 10 Barrel Brewing Co. East Side Pub Gintuition 
3rd 10 Barrel Brewing Co. , Bend Westside Pub Gindulgent 

Style 35A: Session IPA (8 entries)

1st Alameda Brewing Co. Alternator Session Ipa 
2nd Independence Brewing Shiny Diamonds 
3rd Track 7 Brewing Co L&h In Vt

Style 36A: Amoretti Custom Beer (7 entries)

1st Track 7 Brewing Co Golden Guava 
2nd Blackstone Brewing Co Tropjack 
3rd Swamp Cabbage Brewing Ruby Red IPA