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U.S. Open Beer Championship

The U.S. Open Beer Championship is an international brewing competition. The event, which is open to professional breweries and award-winning home brewers, is held in late June, with the winners announced in July.

Over 140 styles of beer are judged.[1] Winners receive a medal in the shape of a beer stein for 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place.[2] Beers placing in the top 10 of each category and in the top 10 breweries overall are featured on BeerInfo.com.[3] A Grand National Champion is awarded based on a point system for beers (5 minimum) entered in the competition.

Started in 2009 (15 years ago) (2009), the U.S. Open was created by former Friends Brewing owner and brewmaster, Dow Scoggins.[4] This was the first beer judging to be started by former and current brewers and is the only professional competition to allow homebrewers. Every year, the gold medal winners of the National Homebrewers Competition get invited to compete against the pros.

Grand national champions:

  • 2009 - Deschutes Brewing[5] – Bend, Oregon
  • 2010 - Maui Brewing[6] - Hawaii
  • 2011 - Deschutes Brewing[7] – Bend, Oregon
  • 2012 - Sweetwater Brewing[8] - Atlanta, Georgia[9]
  • 2013 - Capital Brewery[10] - Middleton, Wisconsin[11]
  • 2014 - Wormtown Brewery[12] - Worcester, Massachusetts[13]
  • 2015 - Ballast Point Brewing[14] - San Diego, California[15]
  • 2016 - Firestone Walker Brewing[16] - Paso Robles, California[17]
  • 2017 - Cherry Street Brewing[18] - Cumming, Georgia[19]
  • 2018 - Peticolas Brewing Company[20] - Dallas, Texas[21]
  • 2019 - Sun King Brewery[22] - Indianapolis, Indiana[23]
  • 2020 – Deschutes Brewery – Bend, Oregon
  • 2021 - Toppling Goliath Brewing - Decorah, Iowa
  • 2022 - Sun King Brewery - Indianapolis, Indiana

References edit

  1. U.S. OPEN BEER CHAMPIONSHIP’S GRAND NATIONAL CHAMPION & MEDAL WINNERS. All About Beer Magazine, July 11, 2016^
  2. US Open Beer Championship announces top American breweries. Fox News, July 11, 2013^
Specific
  1. ^ "2023 U.S. Open Beer Championship Categories". U.S. Open Beer Championship. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  2. ^ "U.S. Open Beer Championship - Judging the World's Best Beers". U.S. Open Beer Championship. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  3. ^ "Beer Info". Beer Info. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  4. ^ "The Story of the U.S. Open Beer Championship". U.S. Open Beer Championship. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  5. ^ "Bend & Portland Oregon Craft Breweries". Deschutes Brewery. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
  6. ^ "Maui Brewing Company - Hawaii's Largest Craft Brewery". Maui Brewing Company. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
  7. ^ "Bend & Portland Oregon Craft Breweries". Deschutes Brewery. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
  8. ^ "SweetWater Brewery". SweetWater Brewery. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
  9. ^ "SweetWater Takes Home 6 Medals In Open Beer Championship (PR) - Beer Street Journal". Beer Street Journal. 2012-08-03. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
  10. ^ "Capital Brewery - Award Winning Beer For Over 30 Years". Capital Brewery. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
  11. ^ "Beer Man: Capital Brewery shines at beer awards". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
  12. ^ "Wormtown Brewery | A Piece of Mass in Every Glass". Retrieved 2019-05-19.
  13. ^ "Worcester's Wormtown Brewery takes top honor in the 2014 U.S. Open Beer Championship". masslive.com. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
  14. ^ "Home". Ballast Point. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
  15. ^ "Ballast Point wins U.S. Open beer crown". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
  16. ^ "Firestone Walker Brewing Company - Home". www.firestonebeer.com. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
  17. ^ "Firestone Walker named, 'Grand National Champion' at competition - Paso Robles Daily News". pasoroblesdailynews.com. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
  18. ^ "Cherry Street Brewing - Cumming, GA". Cherry Street Brewing. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
  19. ^ "Cumming's Cherry Street wins 2017 U.S. Open Beer Championship". ajc. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
  20. ^ "Peticolas Brewing Company | Dallas, TX | Dallas Brewery". www.peticolasbrewing.com. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
  21. ^ "Dallas Brewery Earns National Honor at Beer Championship". NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
  22. ^ "Sun King Brewery | Indianapolis, IN | Indianapolis Brewery". www.sunkingbrewing.com. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
  23. ^ "Sun King Brewing collects top honors at U.S. Open Beer Championship". Indy Star. Retrieved 2019-07-09.


 

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