Friday night in Puyallup, brewers from across the state gathered for the annual Washington Beer Awards ceremony. The winners were announced and the medals were handed out. We share the list of winning breweries and beers below. (Pictured above: Four Generals Brewing & Logan Brewing, winners in the Collab Beer category.)
One thing I always take away from the WA Beer Awards ceremony, as you sit there listening to the winners get announced, you realize how many great breweries we have in Washington. As beer lovers, we are very lucky.
A total of about 1,400 beers were submitted by 179 Washington breweries. All of the beers submitted must have been both brewed and made commercially available in the state of Washington. The entries were evaluated in a blind format using the Brewers Association Style Guidelines by panels of trained beer judges who awarded Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals for each category grouping.
The top-winning breweries were then evaluated based on their size (production volume). “Brewery of the Year” awards were handed out accordingly. In other words, for breweries of a certain size, the brewery that earned the most medals was awarded the Brewery of the Year award. That’s basically how it works, but there’s a bit more to it. Those awards are listed at the bottom.
2022 Washington Beer Awards Winners
Light German-Style Lagers:
- Gold: Chuckanut Brewery – Chuckanut Chuck Light
- Silver: Optimism Brewing – Hello, World!
- Bronze: E9 Brewery LLC – Saturday Sunshine
German-Style Pilsners:
- Gold: Brothers Cascadia Brewing – The People’s Pilsner
- Silver: Fremont Brewing – Golden Pilsner
- Bronze: Four Generals Brewing – Spalter Pils
German-Style Oktoberfests:
- Gold: Grains Of Wrath – Gerstenwolf
- Silver: San Juan Island Brewing Company – San Juan Festbier
- Bronze: Brick West Brewing Co – Festbier
German-Style Maerzens:
- Gold: Scuttlebutt Brewing Co. – Oktoberfest
- Silver: Sound To Summit Brewing – Snohtoberfest
- Bronze: Garland Brew Werks – Maerzan
German-Style Schwarzbiers:
- Gold: Whistle Punk Brewing – Schwarzbier
- Silver: Maelstrom Brewing Company – Schwarzbier
- Bronze: Dru Bru – Black Lager
Other European Amber & Dark Beers:
- Gold: San Juan Island Brewing Company – The Late Boat
- Silver: Bainbridge Brewing – Arrow Point Amber
- Bronze: Resonate Brewery – Lithium
Bohemian-Style Pilsners:
- Gold: Ravenna Brewing Co – Voltova
- Silver: San Juan Island Brewing Company – San Juan Pilsner
- Bronze: Twin Sisters Brewing Company – Pilsner From Now On
Vienna-Style Lagers:
- Gold: Crane’s Castle – Tivoli
- Silver: Chuckanut Brewery – Chuckanut Vienna
- Bronze: The Good Society Brewery & Public House – Love Is Love
American-Style Light Lagers:
- Gold: Victor 23 Craft Brewery – North By Northwest
- Silver: White Bluffs Brewing – Montana Blanca
- Bronze: Fremont Brewing – Trail Magic
American-Style Lagers:
- Gold: Formula Brewing – Japanese Lager
- Silver: Georgetown Brewery – Roger’s
- Bronze: Resonate Brewery – Mexican Radio
Contemporary American-Style Lager:
- Gold: Stoup Brewing – Cervecita
- Silver: Lumber House Brewery – Lager
- Bronze: 54-40 Beer – 1862
American-Style Pilsners:
- Gold: Lowercase Brewing – Goethe Pilsnerist
- Silver: Remlinger Brewing – Tolt’n Float’n
- Bronze: Bale Breaker Brewing Company – Pilsner
Contemporary American-Style Pilsners:
- Gold: Black Raven Brewing – Pilsner
- Silver: Heathen Brewing – Badlands Pilsner
- Bronze: Scuttlebutt Brewing Co. – Pilsner
American -Style India Pale Lagers:
- Gold: Fringe Brewing – Metal Bridge
- Silver: Haas Innovations Brewing – Serendipity
- Bronze: Wheelie Pop Brewing – Global Border Patrol IPL
Other American-Style Lagers:
- Gold: Flyers Restaurant And Brewery – Night Flight Dark Lager
- Silver: Lowercase Brewing – Mexican Lager
- Bronze: Dystopian State – Oktobrist
Australasian, Latin American or Tropical-Style Light Lagers:
- Gold: Four Generals Brewing – Otra Chela
- Silver: Twin Sisters Brewing Company – Mexican Style Lager
- Bronze: Elliott Bay Brewing – Organic Baja Lager
International-Style Pilseners:
- Gold: Kulshan Brewing Co. – Sunnyland – Mexican Lager
- Silver: Icicle Brewing Company – Icicle Premium Pilsner
- Bronze: San Juan Island Brewing Company – De Haro Light Lager
Strong Lagers:
- Gold: Lucky Envelope Brewing – Helles Squared
- Silver: Flying Bike Cooperative Brewery – Baranof
- Bronze: The Good Society Brewery & Public House – Maibock
Kellerbiers or Zwickelbiers:
- Gold: Seapine Brewing Company – Kolsch
- Silver: ValHoll Brewing – Zwickel Pils
- Bronze: Airways Brewing – Biergarten Kellerbier
German-Style Kölsches:
- Gold: Four Generals Brewing – Koelsch
- Silver: Future Primitive – Kingdome Kolsch
- Bronze: Brick West Brewing Co – Riverside
German-Style Wheat Beers:
- Gold: ValHoll Brewing – Blind Squirrel Weizenbock
- Silver: Brothers Cascadia Brewing – Brothers Bavaria
- Bronze: Well 80 Brewing Company – Volle Pulle!
Rye and American Wheat Beers:
- Gold: Big House Brewing – Walla Walla Wheat
- Silver: Formula Brewing – Friend Boat
- Bronze: Remlinger Brewing – Honey Wheat
American-Style Cream Ales:
- Gold: Lucky Envelope Brewing – Mexican Lager (But Seriously It Totally Fits The Cream Ale Style Guideline)
- Silver: Wet Coast Brewing Co. – Wet Coast Cream Ale
- Bronze: Postdoc Brewing – Hydrogen Blonde
Golden or Blonde Ales:
- Gold: Lumber House Brewery – Tres Brewers
- Silver: Laht Neppur Brewing – Backseat Blonde Ale
- Bronze: North 47 Brewing Co – A Cream Come True
English-Style Bitters:
- Gold: Machine House Brewery – Cambridge Bitter
- Silver: Rainy Daze Brewing – Test Drive Amber
- Bronze: Machine House Brewery – Best Bitter
English Pale Ales:
- Gold: Double Bluff Brewing Company – Langley Summer Ale
- Silver: Georgetown Brewery – Manny’s
- Bronze: ValHoll Brewing – Moe St. Pale
English Dark Ales:
- Gold: Lowercase Brewing – Brown Ale
- Silver: Audacity Brewing – Thames At Night
- Bronze: Figurehead Brewing Company – Foxy Throwdown Brown
Irish-Style Red Ales:
- Gold: Loowit Brewing Company – Two-Sixteen Red Ale
- Silver: Kulshan Brewing Co. – Roosevelt – Red Cap
- Bronze: Silver City Brewery – Ridgetop Red
Scottish Ales:
- Gold: ValHoll Brewing – Kilted Viking
- Silver: Penn Cove Brewing Co. – Maxwelton Scotch Ale
- Bronze: Well 80 Brewing Company – Brew 200!!!!!!!
International Pale Ales:
- Gold: Wet Coast Brewing Co. – Sparklehorse
- Silver: Fortside Brewing Company – Silly Rabbit
- Bronze: Pike Brewing Company – Waterfront
New Zealand-Style India Pale Ales:
- Gold: Perry Street Brewing – Speechless IPA
- Silver: Grains Of Wrath – Ripsaw
- Bronze: Wander Brewing – Range Life
British & American Strong Ales:
- Gold: Silver City Brewery – Old Scrooge
- Silver: Victor 23 Craft Brewery – Jumbo Jet
- Bronze: Cairn Brewing – Wee Heavy
Brown Porters:
- Gold: Old Schoolhouse Brewery – Big Valley Brown
- Silver: Spokanite Brewing – Uncle Porter
- Bronze: Big Time Brewery – Coal Creek
Robust Porters:
- Gold: Flyers Restaurant And Brewery – Pacemaker Porter
- Silver: Bron Yr Aur Brewing Co – Thriller Pillar Porter
- Bronze: Reuben’s Brews – Production Brewery – Robust Porter
Oatmeal Stouts:
- Gold: Rainy Daze Brewing – Haulin Oats Stout
- Silver: Lazy Boy Brewing Co. – Lazy Boy Oatmeal Stout
- Bronze: Anacortes Brewing Company,LLC – Mt Erie Stout
Other British Stouts:
- Gold: Rooftop Brewing Company – TANK RIDE RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT
- Silver: Rainy Daze Brewing – Tay More Cowbell
- Bronze: Optimism Brewing – …Before The Dawn
Irish Stouts:
- Gold: Diamond Knot Brewing Company – Tropic Island Stout
- Silver: Wenatchee Valley Brewing Co. – Trout Stout
- Bronze: Watts Brewing Company – Xylocopa
American-Style Stouts, Imperial Porters & Imperial Stouts:
- Gold: Bron Yr Aur Brewing Co – Gentlemens Stout
- Silver: Hoh River Brewing – Black Raven Porter
- Bronze: Salish Sea Brewing Co. – Big Chocolate Love
American-Style Pale Ales:
- Gold: Old Schoolhouse Brewery – Stowaway Pale Ale
- Silver: Flying Lion Brewing – Larry, Curly And Moesaic Pale
- Bronze: Flying Lion Brewing – Call It A Day Pale
Juicy or Hazy Pale Ales:
- Gold: Single Hill Brewing Company – Sightglass
- Silver: Reuben’s Brews – Production Brewery – Reuben’s Crushable
- Bronze: Icicle Brewing Company – Alpenhaze
American-Style Strong Pale Ales:
- Gold: Kulshan Brewing Co. – Roosevelt – Sunnyland
- Silver: Hellbent Brewing Company – Dang! Citra IPA
- Bronze: Brothers Cascadia Brewing – Bold As Love
Juicy or Hazy Strong Pale Ales:
- Gold: Georgetown Brewery – Lily
- Silver: Airways Brewing – Jumbo Juice
- Bronze: Hop Capital Brewing – Zero To Hero
American Amber Ales:
- Gold: Sound To Summit Brewing – Night Sky Red Ale
- Silver: Two Beers Brewing – Immersion Amber
- Bronze: Kulshan Brewing Co. – Sunnyland – Local Amber
American-Style Brown Ales:
- Gold: Two Beers Brewing – SODO Brown
- Silver: Brothers Cascadia Brewing – Clay’s Brown Ale
- Bronze: Haywire Brewing Co. – JERSEY
American-Style Black Ales:
- Gold: Flying Lion Brewing – Double Black IPA
- Silver: Cloudburst Brewing – Yeah But Why Tho?
- Bronze: Wet Coast Brewing Co. – Scofflaw CDA
American-Style India Pale Ales:
- Gold: Victor 23 Craft Brewery – Imitator
- Silver: Fremont Brewing – Lush
- Bronze: Gruff Brewing Co – 7
Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ales:
- Gold: Diamond Knot Brewing Company – Lazer Sword Hazy IPA
- Silver: Brick West Brewing Co – Helping Hand
- Bronze: Single Hill Brewing Company – Polymorph
Imperial or Double India Pale Ales:
- Gold: Stoup Brewing – Pistol Fingers IPA
- Silver: Elysian Brewing – Airport Way – Snailbones
- Bronze: Kulshan Brewing Co. – Sunnyland – Bull Of The Woods
Juicy or Hazy Imperial or Double India Pale Ales:
- Gold: Wander Brewing – Googly Eyes
- Silver: Ladd & Lass Brewing – Holographic Memory
- Bronze: Trap Door Brewing – A Mega Pint?
Belgian-Style Witbiers:
- Gold: Reuben’s Brews – Production Brewery – Lilywhite Wit
- Silver: Lowercase Brewing – Witbier
- Bronze: The Good Society Brewery & Public House – Wit & Wisdom
Belgian & Belgian Inspired Ales:
- Gold: Reuben’s Brews – The Taproom – Citra Wit
- Silver: Figurehead Brewing Company – Patersbier
- Bronze: Flying Bike Cooperative Brewery – Wobble Wedge
Belgian Strong & Abbey Ales:
- Gold: Burke-Gilman Brewing Company – Depuis Durbuy
- Silver: Pike Brewing Company – Monk’s Uncle
- Bronze: Figurehead Brewing Company – Midwatch
Belgian and French Farmhouse Ales:
- Gold: Fair Isle Brewing – Hanami
- Silver: Terramar Brewstillery – Apricity Saison
- Bronze: MIRAGE – Streetmap Of The Fucking Universe
Chili Pepper Beers:
- Gold: Big Block Brewing – Pineapple Habanero Pale
- Silver: Outer Planet Brewing – 7th Orbit
- Bronze: Stemma Brewing – Conditus Lager
Brett Beers:
- Gold: Fair Isle Brewing – Eugene
- Silver: Dwinell Country Ales – Dusty Trail
- Bronze: Stoup Brewing – Gaia’s Whimsy
Berliner-Style Weisses:
- Gold: Volition Brewing – Strange News From Another Star
- Silver: No Drought Brewing – White Wolf
- Bronze: Wander Brewing – Champagne Toast
Goses:
- Gold: Terramar Brewstillery – Octopus’s Garden Gose
- Silver: Uprise Brewing Co. – Guava Gose Fruited Sour
- Bronze: Bainbridge Brewing – Better Weather 4Ever!
American-Style Sour Ales:
- Gold: Urban Family Brewing – Perpetuation
- Silver: Ashtown Brewing Co. – Apricot Sour
- Bronze: North Fork Brewery – Cucumber Berliner Weisse
Belgian Sour and Wild Ales:
- Gold: McMenamins Breweries – Class Of 2021 (Anderson School Brewery)
- Silver: Dwinell Country Ales – Field Hop
- Bronze: Dwinell Country Ales – Blind Faith
American-Style Fruit Beers:
- Gold: Elysian Brewing – Elysian Fields – Black Lime Lager
- Silver: Triceratops Brewing Co – Strawberry Golden Ale
- Bronze: Crane’s Castle – El Veranito
Fruit Wheat Beers:
- Gold: Icicle Brewing Company – Colchuck Raspberry Wheat
- Silver: Laht Neppur Brewing – Peach Hefeweizen
- Bronze: Hoh River Brewing – Oxbow
Belgian-Style Fruit Beers:
- Gold: E9 Brewery LLC – Endless Circle
- Silver: Fair Isle Brewing – Val
- Bronze: North Fork Brewery – Electricberryland
Spice, Field and Herb Beers:
- Gold: Fair Isle Brewing – Montgomery
- Silver: Beach Cat Brewing – Christmas In July
- Bronze: In The Shadow Brewing – ITS HBL
Pumpkin Beers:
- Gold: Elysian Brewing – Airport Way – The Great Pumpkin
- Silver: Cloudburst Brewing – Your Worst Nightmare
- Bronze: Lucky Envelope Brewing – Pumpkin Emoji Cream Stout
Coffee & Chocolate Beers:
- Gold: Snow Eater Brewery – Moose Trot
- Silver: Paradise Creek Brewery – MooJoe Milk Stout
- Bronze: Georgetown Brewery – Gusto Crème
Smoke Beers:
- Gold: Four Generals Brewing – Rauch Dunkel
- Silver: Black Fleet Brewing – Tolmie’s Trek Maple Smoked Scotch Ale
- Bronze: Metier Brewing Co. – Smoked Porter Aged In Tequila Barrels
Specialty & Historical Beers:
- Gold: Dwinell Country Ales – Fool’s Gold
- Silver: Dunagan Brewing Inc. – Black Pool
- Bronze: Varietal Beer Company – Hannuksela
Session Beers:
- Gold: Brothers Cascadia Brewing – Best Day Ever!
- Silver: Stoup Brewing – Pint Of Ambition IPA
- Bronze: Kulshan Brewing Co. – Sunnyland – New Moon
Experimental Beers:
- Gold: Whistle Punk Brewing – Apricot Crumble
- Silver: Elysian Brewing – Airport Way – Gator Pie
- Bronze: Victor 23 Craft Brewery – Sugar Plum Fairy
Experimental India Pale Ales:
- Gold: Best Of Hands Barrelhouse – Heldscalla IPA
- Silver: Top Rung Brewing Company – Kveik IPA
- Bronze: Black Fleet Brewing – POG Slammer Juicy IPA
Wood & Barrel Aged Beers:
- Gold: Fair Isle Brewing – Vince
- Silver: Wander Brewing – Wild Warehouse
- Bronze: Lagunitas Brewing Company – Seattle – Vine, Barrel, & Time – Pink Guava & Pink Peppercorn
Wood & Barrel Aged Imperial Stouts:
- Gold: Reuben’s Brews – The Taproom – All Hands – 10th Anniversary Stout
- Silver: Fremont Brewing – 2022 COCONUT CACAO BBADS (BARREL-AGED DARK STAR)
- Bronze: Wander Brewing – Earlybird
Other Wood & Barrel Aged Strong Beers:
- Gold: Old Stove Brewing – Barrel Aged Castaway
- Silver: Ravenna Brewing Co – Lion Tamer
- Bronze: Heathen Brewing – Reindeer Tears
Wood & Barrel Aged Sour Beers:
- Gold: Elysian Brewing – Elysian Fields – Scarlet Beast
- Silver: Best Of Hands Barrelhouse – Borne Back Ceaselessly
- Bronze: Elysian Brewing – Elysian Fields – Pomace Ring
Fresh Hop Beers:
- Gold: Icicle Brewing Company – Enchantments Experimental Hazy IPA
- Silver: Old Stove Brewing – Freshy Fresh Citra Pale
- Bronze: Old Stove Brewing – Freshy Fresh Mosaic IPA
Pro-Am:
- Gold: Everybody’s Brewing & Homebrewer Nathan Zorich – Natron Beer
- Silver: Heathen Brewing & Homebrewer Andrew Morris – Roulette Of Brett
- Bronze: Ladd & Lass Brewing & Homebrewer Tony Ochsner – The Pale Project
Collaboration Beers:
- Gold: Scuttlebutt Brewing Co. & Sound to Summit – Bridging The Trestle
- Silver: Beach Cat Brewing & Anacortes Brewery – Raspberry Purrrree’
- Bronze: Four Generals Brewing & Logan Brewing – Collab German Pils
Brewery of the Year
Congratulations to all the breweries that one medals, and especially to the breweries that won multiple medals. And especially those that earned “brewery of the year” honors.
- Very Small Brewery of the Year (Sponsored by Yakima Chief Hops): Laht Neppur Brewing
- Small Brewery of the Year (Sponsored by Crosby Hops): Four Generals Brewing
- Mid-Sized Brewery of the Year (Sponsored by Skagit Valley Malting): Fair Isle Brewing
- Large Brewery of the Year (Sponsored by Briess Malt and Ingredients): Stoup Brewing