2010 U.S. Open Beer Championship Winners & Grand National Champion

2010 U.S. Open Beer Championship Medal Winners & Grand National Champion

Atlanta, GA(July) — Winners in the 2010 United States Open Beer Championships – the only brewery competition to include professional breweries and award-winning home brewers – were announced this week. More than 700 beers in 50 different categories were submitted.

Maui Brewing of Hawaii was named Grand National Champion by winning two gold, five silver, and two bronze medals. Sprecher Brewing of Wisconsin finished second while Deschutes Brewing, last year’s winner from Bend, Oregon took third.

In all, 70 individual breweries won at least one medal and 20 won two or more.

Home brewers Jimmy Vervaecke, Jake Ocque and Tom Ocque, who previously medaled at the National Home Brewers competition, each earned a bronze. The U.S. Open is the only competition that allows award-winning home brewers to compete against professional breweries.

“This competition is significant because it accepts entries from breweries around the world and allows national winning homebrews to compete,” said Dow Scoggins, director of the U.S. Open Beer Championships. “More than 700 beers were submitted, and although all the top 10 winning breweries were based in the U.S. this year, at least 20 international breweries representing Canada, Belgium, Germany, England and Brazil also medaled.”

Competing beers were judged in more than 50 different beer style categories. Along with the medals awarded, a Grand National Champion is awarded based on a point system for beers (five minimum) entered in the competition.

The top 10 breweries based on the number of beers placing first (3 points), second (2 points) or third (1 point) are:

1. Maui Brewing, Hawaii
2. Sprecher Brewing, Wisconsin
3. Deschutes Brewing, Oregon
4. Boston Beer Company, Massachuetts
5. Sweetwater Brewing, Georgia
5. South Street Brewery, Virginia
7. August Schell. Minnesota
7. Montana Brewing, Montana
8. Silverton Brewing, Colorado
8. Captial Brewery, Wisconsin
10. Redbrick Brewery, Georgia

The judges also named a “Judges Award” for the top five “most creative names” and “most creative flavors.” Among the judges favorites:

Lucifer Angel by Maui Brewing
Dragon’s Breath by Bayern Brewing
Swamp Ape IPA by Florida Beer Company
Buffalo Sweat by Tallgrass Brewing
Black Betty Imperial Stout – Nebraska Brewing

2010 United States Open Medal Winners
Golden or Blonde ale
GOLD – Red Brick Blonde – Red Brick Brewing
SILVER – Healdsburg Fitch Cask – Healdsburg Brewing
BRONZE – Sweetwater 420 – Sweetwater Brewing

English Summer Ale
GOLD – Sand Bagger Gold – Montana Brewing
SILVER – Twilight Ale – Deschutes Brewing
BRONZE – Fuller’s Summer Ale – Fuller Smith & Turner

English Pale Ale
GOLD – Kentucky Ale – Lexington Brewery
SILVER – Full Sail Pale Ale – Full Sail Brewing
BRONZE – Florida Hurricane Reef Pale Ale – Florida Beer Company

English IPA
GOLD – Hopsecutioner – Terrapin Beer Company
SILVER – Sam Adams Latitude 48 – Boston Beer Company
BRONZE – Sisters of the Moon – Mother Earth Brewing

Imperial IPA
GOLD – Double Overhead IPA – Maui Brewing
SILVER – Gubna – Oskar Blues Brewing
BRONZE – Swamp Ape IPA – Florida Beer Company

Bitter
GOLD – Alaskan Summer Ale – Alaskan Brewing
SILVER – #’s Ale – Redbrick Brewing
BRONZE – Wells Bombardier Bitter- Wells & Young’s Ltd

ESB
GOLD – Anderson Valley ESB – Anderson Valley Brewing
SILVER – Old Thumper – Shipyard Brewing
BRONZE – Ice Pick Ale – Silverton Brewing
BRONZE – Pub Ale – Jimmy Vervaecke(Homebrewer)

English Mild Ale
GOLD – Original Ale – Box Car Brewing
SILVER – Bear Ass Brown – Silverton Brewing
BRONZE – Brakspear Oxford Gold – W.H. Brakspear & Sons

English Brown Ale
GOLD – Brunette Nut Brown – Nebraska Brewing
SILVER – Tall Grass Ale – Tall Grass Brewing
BRONZE – Mutter 5 – Jake Ocque and Tom Ocque (Homebrewers)

Porter
GOLD – Black Butte Porter – Deschutes Brewing
SILVER – Imperial Porter – Shipyard Brewing
BRONZE – Healdsburg Lyton Cask – Healdsburg Brewing

Stout
GOLD – Anastasia’s Chocolate Stout – South Street Brewery
SILVER – August Schell Stout – August Schell Brewing
BRONZE – Max Darkest – Dirk Denneman Brewing

Oatmeal Stout
GOLD – Anderson Valley Oatmeal Stout – Anderson Valley Brewing
SILVER – Shipwreck Stout – Maui Brewing
BRONZE – Samuel Smith’s Oatmeal Stout – Samuel Smiths Brewery

Imperial Stout
GOLD – Hunahpu – Cigar City Brewing
SILVER – Ten Fidy – Oskar Blues Brewing
BRONZE – Imperial Russian Stout – Stone Brewing

Barley Wine
GOLD – Mirror Mirror – Deschutes Brewing
SILVER – Jubel 2010 – Deschutes Brewing
BRONZE – Lucifer Angel – Maui Brewing

Scottish Ale
GOLD – Old Chub – Oskar Blues Brewing
SILVER – Satan’s Pony – South Street Brewery
BRONZE – Neustadt Scottish Ale – Neustadt Brewing

Strong Scottish Ale
GOLD – Scottish Ale – Traquair House Brewing
SILVER – Piper’s Scotch Ale – Sprecher Brewing
BRONZE – Wee Heavy – Belhaven Brewery

Irish Red Ale
GOLD – Red Mountain Ale – Silverton Brewing
SILVER – Cameron’s Auburn Ale – Cameron’s Brewing
BRONZE – Samuel Adams Red Ale – Boston Beer Company

American Amber / Red
GOLD – Drop Kick – Dunedin Brewing
SILVER – Full Sail Amber – Full Sail Brewing
BRONZE – Sunset Amber – Grand Canyon Brewing

American Pale Ale
GOLD – Sharptail Pale Ale – Montana Brewing
SILVER – Mauna Kea Pale Ale – Mehana Brewing
BRONZE – Cascade Pale Ale – Stevens Point Brewing

American IPA
GOLD – High Seas IPA – Michigan Brewing
SILVER – Iversion IPA – Deschutes Brewing
BRONZE – Sierra Nevada Harvest – Sierra Nevada Brewing

American Brown Ale
GOLD – Hapa Brown – Hawaii Nui Brewing
SILVER – Burly Brown – Stevens Point Brewing
BRONZE – Red Brick Brown – Red Brick Brewing Company

German Alt
GOLD – Munster Alt – Brauerei Pinkus Mueller
SILVER – Frankenheim Alt- Privatbrauerei Frankenheim
BRONZE – Schwelmer Alt- Privatbrauerei Schwelm

German Kolsch
GOLD – Endless River – Mother Earth Brewing
SILVER – Kentucky Light – Lexington Brewing
BRONZE – Viru – Baltic Brewing

German Wheat
GOLD – Dunkle Weiss – Sprecher Brewing
SILVER – Dragon Breath – Bayern Brewing
BRONZE – Erdinger Weissbier- Erdinger Weissbräu

German Hefeweizen
GOLD – Ayinger Bräu Weisse – Brauerei Aying
SILVER – Summer Ale – Redbrick Brewing
BRONZE – EOS – Nebraska Brewing

French / Belgian Ale
GOLD – Devil May Care – South Street Brewery
SILVER – Orval Trappist Ale- Brasserie d’Orval
BRONZE – Troubadour Blond Ale- Brouwerij De Musketiers

Belgian Abbey Ale
GOLD – Dank Tank – Sweetwater Brewing
SILVER – New World Triple – Boston Beer Company
BRONZE – Oude Zuiper – Papago Brewing

Belgian Lambic
GOLD – American Krek – Boston Beer Company
SILVER – Gueuze Cuvée René – Lindemans
BRONZE – Stony Brook Red – Boston Beer Company

Belgian Witbier
GOLD – Belgium White – Stevens Point Brewing
SILVER – Celis White – Michigan Brewing
BRONZE – Keywest Southernmost Wheat – Florida Beer Company
BRONZE – Dry Wit – Pike Place Brewing

American Light
GOLD – Game Day Light – City Brewing Company
SILVER – Grain Belt Light – August Schell Brewing
BRONZE – Schell Light – August Schell Brewing

American Lager / Pilsener
GOLD – Cameron’s Lager – Cameron’s Brewing Company
SILVER – Grain Belt Premium – August Schell Brewing
BRONZE – Belikin – Belize Brewing

American Premium Lager
GOLD – Supper Club – Captial Brewery
SILVER – Session Permium – Full Sail Brewing
BRONZE – Yuengling Premium Beer- Yuengling Brewery

Bohemian Pilsener
GOLD – Noble Pils – Boston Beer Company
SILVER – Pau Hana Pils – Maui Brewing
BRONZE – American Pils – Grand Canyon Brewing

Geman Lager / Pilsener
GOLD – Summer Pils – South Street Brewery
SILVER – Dutch Republic 1581 – World Brews
BRONZE – Capital Pilsner – Captial Brewery

Munchner Helles
GOLD – Gold Mine – Silverton Brewing
SILVER – Bikini Blonde – Maui Brewing
BRONZE – Tallgrass Kold – Tallgrass Brewing

Munchner Dunkel / Dark
GOLD – Dark Cloud – Mother Earth
SILVER – Sprecher Winter Brew – Sprecher Brewing
BRONZE – Sessions Black – Full Sail Ales

Marzen / Oktoberfest
GOLD – Snake River Lager – Snake River Brewing
SILVER – Heavy Seas Marzen – Clipper City Brewing
BRONZE – Capital Fest – Captial Brewery

Schwarzbier
GOLD – Black Bavarian – Sprecher Brewing
SILVER – Black Lager – Boston Beer Company
BRONZE – Xingu Black Beer- Cervejaria Sul Brasileira

Bock
GOLD – Capital Mai Bock – Captial Brewery
SILVER – Sprecher Mai Bock – Sprecher Brewing
BRONZE – Dump Truck – Bayern Brewing

Dopple / Strong Bock
GOLD – Thomas Creek Dopple Bock – Thomas Creek Brewing
SILVER – Seasonal Dopple Bock – Sprecher Brewing
BRONZE – Eisphyre – Captial Brewery

American Cream Ale
GOLD – Deer Brand – August Schell Brewing
SILVER – Camerson Cream Ale – Cameron’s Brewing
BRONZE – Summer Solstice Cerveza Crema – Anderson Valley Brewing Company

American Wheat
GOLD – Sch’Wheat – Sweetwater Brewing
SILVER – UFO White – Harpoon Brewing
BRONZE – Summer Ale – Boston Beer Company

American Specialty Wheat
GOLD – Whitetail Wheat – Montana Brewing
SILVER – Easy Street Wheat – Odell Brewing
BRONZE – Haystack Wheat – Left Hand Brewing

Fruit / Vegetable beer
GOLD – Samuel Smith’s Organic Raspberry – Samuel Smith Brewing
SILVER – Sweetwater Blue – Sweetwater Brewing
BRONZE – St-Ambroise Apricot Wheat Ale- McAuslan Brewing

Herb and Spice beer
GOLD – Stone Saison Du Buff – Stone Brewing
SILVER – Maui Coconut Porter – Maui Brewing
BRONZE – Stillwater Rye – Montana Brewing

Chocolate / Cocoa Beer
GOLD – Fort Collins Chocolate Stout – Fort Collins Brewing
SILVER – Generation Porter – Sprecher Brewing
BRONZE – Young’s Double Chocolate Stout – Wells & Young

Wood / Barrel aged beer
GOLD – Black Pearl – Maui Brewing
SILVER – Kentucky Burbon Barrel Ale – Lexington Brewing
BRONZE – Extra Stout Porter- Mickey Finn’s Brewery

Wood / Barrel aged strong beer
GOLD – Black Betty Imperial Stout – Nebraska Brewing
SILVER – Beeper – Sweetwater Brewing
BRONZE – Heaven & Hell – Maui Brewing

Smoked / Rauch beer
GOLD – Z Lager – Fort Collins Brewing
SILVER – SmokeStack Lager – Maui Brewing
BRONZE – Fireside Ale – Weyerbacher Brewing

Specialty / Anything Goes
GOLD – Stone Sublimely Self-Righteous – Stone Brewing
SILVER – Aged Porter – Neustadt Brewing
BRONZE – Mbege Ale – Sprecher Brewing

Out of Bounds Pale Ale
GOLD – Terrapin Rye Pale Ale – Terrapin Beer Company
SILVER – Harpoon Belgian Pale Ale – Harpoon Brewing
BRONZE – Hazed & Infused – Boulder Beer Company

Best of Show Organic
GOLD – Samuel Smith’s Organic Raspberry – Samuel Smith Brewing
SILVER – Green Lakes Organic Ale – Deschutes Brewing
BRONZE – OB 1 – Snake River Brewing