<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3oNbya_0wD7bz5y00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3oNbya_0wD7bz5y00" width="676" height="483" ></figure>This year 65 breweries submitted 165 fresh hop beers for the annual Washington Fresh Hop Beer Awards. The beers were evaluated by a panel of expert judges using a blind-tasting format following the Brewer’s Association’s Style Guidelines. Medals were awarded in nine different style categories. The winners were announced on October 17th at The Growler Guys in Seattle. I share the list of winning breweries and beers below. As far as I know, the Washington Fresh Hop Beer Awards is the largest fresh hop beer judging competition in the world. (Let me know if I am wrong.) The equivalent competition in Oregon is also pretty robust. We do not know which breweries did and did not submit beers; we only know which beers won. Icicle Brewing of Leavenworth deserves a special mention. This year it brewed three fresh hop beers and all three earned medals. The following breweries won two medals each: Ravenna Brewing, Old Stove Brewing, and Single Hill Brewing. Winners of the larger Washington Beer Awards, which judges beers in dozens of style categories, will be announced at an awards dinner on November 4th, part of the Washington Craft Beer Summit. Read more about that event, and how you can attend, here. Washington Fresh Hop Beer Awards WinnersFresh Hop Lagers:Gold: Lucky Envelope Brewing – Fresh Hop Lorien PilsnerSilver: Stoup Brewing – Fresh Hop Fiend Citra Italian PilsBronze: Cloudburst Brewing – Wet Hop Keller PilssponsorFresh Hop American-Style Pale Ales:Gold: Ladd &amp; Lass Brewing – Fresh Hop Pale Ale – Perrault MosaicSilver: Icicle Brewing Company – Dragontail Fresh HopBronze: Single Hill Brewing Company – Six Sisters Fresh Hop Juicy or Hazy Pale Ales: Gold: Old Stove Brewing – Citra Hazy PaleSilver: Icicle Brewing Company – Luminosa Fresh HopBronze: Icicle Brewing Company – Alpenhaze Fresh HopsponsorFresh Hop American-Style Strong Pale Ales:Gold: Single Hill Brewing Company – Energy ConeSilver: Old Stove Brewing – Strata WC IPABronze: Reuben’s Brews – Fresh Hop Crikey IPA Fresh Hop Juicy or Hazy Strong Pale Ales:Gold: Logan Brewing Company – So Hop Right NowSilver: Cloudburst Brewing – Finding WetnessBronze: Georgetown Brewing Co – LoftysponsorFresh Hop American-Style India Pale Ales: Gold: Bale Breaker Brewing Company – Citra Slicker Fresh Hop IPA Silver: Ravenna Brewing – Wet Season: StrataBronze: Formula Brewing – Cone Shattered Dreams Fresh Hop West Coast-Style India Pale Ales: Gold: Vice Beer – Fresh Hop Dot Matrix Silver: Trap Door Brewing – Fresher Than Fresh Bronze: Grains Of Wrath Brewing – Destination Funeral IPAsponsorFresh Hop Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ales: Gold: Irrelevant Beer – Indifferent Life Silver: Hellbent Brewing – Mid Harvest Fresh Hop Hazy IPA Bronze: Echoes Brewing Company – Galactic Haze Fresh Hop Other Fresh Hop Ales: Gold: Varietal Beer Company – HyperionSilver: Ravenna Brewing – Wet Season: Mosaic Bronze: Scuttlebutt Brewing Company – Home Grown Hero Kolsch </div></body>

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Washington Fresh Hop Beer Awards Winners Announced

This year 65 breweries submitted 165 fresh hop beers for the annual Washington Fresh Hop Beer Awards. The beers were evaluated by a panel of expert judges using a blind-tasting format following the Brewer’s Association’s Style Guidelines. Medals were awarded in nine different style categories. The winners were announced on October 17th at The Growler Guys in Seattle. I share the list of winning breweries and beers below.