Bay Space breweries dominated in two main beer competitions that befell in current weeks: The Brewer’s Cup of California and World Beer Cup. Among the many standouts? Morgan Territory Brewing and Ghost City Brewing. Right here’s what to know.
Brewer’s Cup of California
The California State Truthful competitors, often known as the Brewer’s Cup of California, pits all California breweries in opposition to one another in Sacramento. Organized by the Sacramento Space Brewers Guild with the help of different state guilds,1,360 beers from 203 California breweries confronted off in 64 type classes this yr.
Russian River Brewing gained a gold medal and a silver one at this yr’s World Beer Cup. (Courtesy Brewers Affiliation)
The winners have been introduced April 25, and Bay Space breweries took residence about one in 5 of the awarded 191 medals. Throughout the Bay Space, the East Bay dominated with eight breweries profitable 19 medals, adopted by the South Bay, the place 9 breweries accounted for 14 medals. Total, the massive particular person winner was Morgan Territory Brewing, which was named Brewery of the 12 months for the second time in three years, and introduced residence a staggering seven medals, together with 4 golds.
Morgan Territory Brewing, a Tracy-based brewery, not too long ago opened a brand new taproom in Nice Hill. The enlargement is geared toward introducing the brewery’s choices to a Bay Space viewers. (Picture courtesy Cassandra Santos/Morgan Territory Brewing.)
Within the East Bay, past Morgan Territory’s seven, Fieldwork Brewing gained 4 medals, together with two golds (for “Wrapt in Warm Flannel” and their N/A “Day Money”) and two silvers. Ghost City Brewing gained a silver and a bronze and Mike Hess Brewing gained two bronze medals.
Within the South Bay, Alvarado Avenue picked up three medals together with a gold for “Bistro Hef,” and Fruition, Half Moon Bay, and Hop Dogma every gained two medals.
San Francisco’s Black Hammer Brewing gained two medals, and within the North Bay, Pond Farm Brewing introduced residence a silver medal for his or her “Daily Brot.”
World Beer Cup
Simply the following week, Bay Space’s breweries took to the worldwide ring, competing head-to-head in opposition to each brewery on the planet within the World Beer Cup.
This yr’s competitors, held in Indianapolis, included the judging of 8,375 beers from 1,761 breweries and cideries from 49 nations in 112 beer classes and 5 cider classes. There have been 265 tasters from 37 nations, together with yours actually, who judged the beers over a seven-day interval. The awards have been introduced Could 1.
The largest Bay Space winner was Oakland’s Ghost City Brewing, which was one in every of solely two breweries on the planet to win 5 medals — and 4 of them have been gold. They gained gold for “Mordanr,” “Necrocat,” “Ossuary” and “Perverse Inverse,” with a silver for the splendidly named “Chasmic Absorption Through Whirlpools of Disarray.”
Alvarado Avenue Brewery introduced residence three medals between their Salinas and Monterey areas, together with a gold medal for “Howzit Punch.” 5 Bay Space breweries every gained a pair of medals, together with Danville Brewing (with two bronze medals), Morgan Territory (each gold medals), Unique Sample (together with one gold and a bronze), Russian River Brewing (additionally with one gold medal plus a silver), and twenty first Modification Brewing (with a silver and a bronze).
Fieldwork Brewing took residence one medal from the World Beer Cup and 4 from the Brewer’s Cup of California this yr. (Courtesy Brewers Affiliation)
Three extra native breweries gained a single gold medal every, they usually have been Drake’s Brewing (for “Bold Rush”), Hop Dogma (for “Pyro’s Prost”), and Pond Farm Brewing (for “Imperial Dark Mast”). The opposite single award winners have been Alameda Brewing, Bartlett Corridor, Fieldwork Brewing and Outdated Caz Brewing.
Though entries have been down barely over final yr, presumably as a consequence of financial and political components, there was nonetheless good illustration from overseas. Regardless of that, the U.S. dominated the awards, profitable 301 of the 349 medals awarded. The following-closest nation was Japan, with 13, adopted by 9 from Canada. Of the U.S. medals, California breweries introduced residence a whopping 76 medals, with Oregon in second with 35, adopted by Washington, with 24 medals.
Unsurprisingly, as soon as once more, the class with essentially the most entries was Juicy or Hazy IPA, with 290 entered, adopted by West Coast-Model IPA with 253. American-Model IPA got here in third, with 208 entries, with lagers within the closing two of the highest 5. At quantity 4 was German-Model Pilsner, with 186 entries, adopted by Hoppy Lager, with 155 entries.
Discover the total checklist of winners at brewerscupofca.com/2025-winners and worldbeercup.org/winners/current-winners/. Congratulations to all of the breweries that introduced residence a medal. Please cease by their breweries and luxuriate in their profitable beers.
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