(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