IPAs dominate World Beer Cup
Added: Saturday, May 7th 2016
India Pale Ale dominated the World Beer Cup held in Philadelphia, with American-style IPAs accounting for 275 entries, followed by Imperial IPAs with 181. American-style pale ales weighed in with 167 entries.
Awards were announced at a final dinner on 6 May where it was reported there had been a 38% increase in entries over the previous year, with more than 6,600 beers from 1,907 breweries entered from 55 countries. 253 judges from 31 countries handed out gold, silver and bronze awards.
Awards to brewers were:
Very Small Brewing Company
Arch Rock Brewing Co, Oregon
Small Brewing Company
Noble Ale Works, California
Mid-size Brewing Company
Brewery Ommegang, New York State (pictured)
Large Brewing Company
Miller Brewing Co, Milwaukee
Large Brew-pub
Beachwood BBQ & Brewing, California
Winners in the IPA categories were:
Session India Pale Ale
Gold: Little Secret, Triptych Brewing, Savoy, Illinois
Silver: Down to Earth, 21st Amendment Brewery, San Leandro, California
Bronze: Eternal, Northern Monk Brew Co, Leeds, UK
Historical Beers
Gold: Archetype Historical IPA, Circle Brewing Co, Austin, Texas
English-style India Pale Ale
Gold: Independence Pass Ale, Aspen Brewing Co, Aspen, Colorado
Silver: Punjabi Pale Ale, CooperSmith’s Pub & Brewing, Fort Collins, Colorado
Bronze: Big Wave Bay, Hong Kong Beer Co, Chai Wan, Hong Kong
American-style India Pale Ale
Gold: Love It!, Noble Ale Works, Anaheim, California
Silver: IPA, Great North Aleworks, Manchester, New Hampshire
Bronze: Santilli, Night Shift Brewing, Everett, Massachusetts
Imperial India Pale Ale
Gold: Hop JuJu Imperial IPA, Fat Head’s Brewery, Middleburg Heights, Ohio
Silver: Trebuchet, Second Street Brewery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Bronze: Nobility, Noble Ale Works, Anaheim, California
For further information and a list of winners in all 96 categories, go to:
