Oregon Beer Awards

Every year, Willamette Week sponsors the state's only double blind beer tasting competition and celebrates the winners with the Oregon Beer Awards. Think of the OBAs as the Oscars of the local brewing industry. Winners were selected by 95 judges from 1,262 beers submitted by 106 breweries. More than 200 industry professionals picked the area's top brewpubs, bottle shops, beer bars, festivals and more in a two-round ballot system. The Oregon Beer Awards took place Feb. 18 at Portland's Revolution Hall.

Pilsner

GOLD: pFriem Family Brewers, Pilsner

SILVER: Breakside Brewery, Jaromir Lager

BRONZE: Worthy Brewing, Sol Power

Golden, Blonde and Other Light Ales

GOLD: Immersion Brewing, Packin' The Arena

SILVER: Allegory Brewing, Grassa Bionda

BRONZE: Baerlic Brewing, Dad Beer

Stout

GOLD: 10 Barrel Brewing, Re-Vive

SILVER: StormBreaker Brewing, Opacus Stout

BRONZE:: Side A Brewing, Sammyvile Stout

Light German and European Lagers

GOLD: Von Ebert Brewing, Vienna Lager

SILVER: Breakside Brewery, Vienna Lager

BRONZE: The Labrewatory, Fraunhofer Lager

Dark German and European Lagers

GOLD: Hop Valley Brewing, Baltic Porter

SILVER: Falling Sky Brewing, DoorStop Bock

BRONZE: Wayfinder Beer, Time Spiral

Dark German and Classic U.K. Styles

GOLD: 10 Barrel Brewing, Redeux

SILVER: Hop Valley Brewing, Mild at Heart

BRONZE: Ecliptic Brewing, Capella Porter

Classic North American Styles

GOLD: Mt. Tabor Brewing, Checkered Flannel Brown Ale

SILVER: 10 Barrel Brewing, Precedential Twheat

BRONZE: Level Beer, Revvin' Up to Neutral

Belgian Beers, German Wheat Beers and Traditional Brett Beers

GOLD: Upright Brewing, Saison Vert

SILVER: Zoiglhaus Brewing, Zoigl-Weiss

BRONZE: Ferment Brewing, Ferment Bière de Garde

Red Beers

GOLD: StormBreaker Brewing, ALTerior Motive

SILVER: Falling Sky Brewing, Daywalker Irish Red Ale

BRONZE: Mt. Hood Brewing, Cloudcap Amber Ale

American Pale Ales and Other Sessionable Hoppy Beers

GOLD: Breakside Brewery, Cuddle Puddle

SILVER: Sunriver Brewing, Rippin

BRONZE: StormBreaker Brewing, Safety Meeting

Hazy or Juicy Pale Ales

GOLD: Breakside Brewery, Biotransformers

SILVER: Worthy Brewing, Saturn Gold Rippin

BRONZE: StormBreaker Brewing, Hazy…So Hot Right Now

American IPA

GOLD: Fort George Brewery, Fanzine IPA

SILVER: Breakside Brewery, Breakside IPA

BRONZE: Sunriver Brewing, Alluvial IPA

Hazy or Juicy IPA

GOLD: Culmination Brewing, Drone Logic

SILVER: Oakshire Brewing, This Is What Space Smells Like

BRONZE: Little Beast Brewing, Fogmatic

Imperial IPA

GOLD: Block 15 Brewing, Sticky Hands

SILVER: pFriem Family Brewers, Triple IPA

BRONZE: Von Ebert Brewing, Never Tell

Hazy Imperial IPA

GOLD: Ruse Brewing, Interpreter

SILVER: Widmer Brothers Brewing, Green Skies IPA

BRONZE: Culmination Brewing, Obscured by Clouds

Dark Hoppy Beers

GOLD: Sunriver Brewing, Cinder Beast

SILVER: Widmer Brothers Brewing, Baerlic Brewing, Dark Thoughts Black IPA

BRONZE: Immersion Brewing, Ring the Alarm

Rare Historical and Other Traditional Beers

GOLD: Zoiglhaus Brewing, Lichtenhainer

SILVER: Bend Brewing, Mad Dogs of Glory

BRONZE: Little Beast Brewing, Fólkvangr

Barrel-Aged Beers

GOLD: Deschutes Brewery, Home at Port

SILVER: 10 Barrel Brewing, Vino de Grano

BRONZE: Baerlic Brewing, Gin Barrel Punk Rock Time

Barrel-Aged Stouts

GOLD: Ordnance Brewing, Blackfiskey

SILVER: Baerlic Brewing, Wood Worker Night Howler Coconut Ginger Vanilla

BRONZE: Oregon City Brewing, Barrel of the Beast

Flavored Beers

GOLD: Breakside Brewery, White Tea Lager

SILVER: McKenzie Brewing, Filbert Brown

BRONZE: Sunriver Brewing, Cocoa Cow

Fruit Beers

GOLD:: Breakside Brewery, Sun Ripened

SILVER: Hop Valley Brewing, Trippy Henderson

BRONZE: Boneyard Beer, Incredible Pulp

Coffee and Smoke Beers

GOLD: Von Ebert Brewing, Rauch Helles

SILVER: 10 Barrel Brewing, Grain Station

BRONZE: Grain Station Brew Works, Tenango Coffee Stout

Experimental Beers

GOLD: Alesong Brewing and Blending, Terroir Cabernet Sauvignon

SILVER: 10 Barrel Brewing, Gindulgence

BRONZE: Breakside Brewery, Beachcomber

Pastry or Dessert Beers

GOLD: Culmination Brewing, Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!
(a stout after midnight)

SILVER: Sunriver Brewing, Haole at the Moon

BRONZE: Great Notion Brewing , Double Stack

Emerging IPA or Experimental Hoppy Beer

GOLD: pFriem Family Brewers, Citrus Zest IPA

SILVER: Breakside Brewery, Star Sprinkles

BRONZE: Deschutes Brewery, Cloudy & Rowdy

American Sour Beers

GOLD: The Ale Apothecary, The Beer Formerly Known as La Tache

SILVER: Great Notion Brewing, Fruit Monster

BRONZE: Silver Moon Brewing, Bangarang

Mixed-Culture Beers

GOLD: pFriem Family Brewers, Flanders Blonde

SILVER: Crux Fermentation Project, In the Pocket

BRONZE: Breakside Brewery, The Body Electric

Fruited Mixed-Culture Beers

GOLD: Block 15 Brewing, Framboise White

SILVER: 10 Barrel Brewing, Old Stoner

BRONZE: Logsdon Farmhouse, Deep River Blues

Fresh Hop Pale Ales and IPAs

GOLD: Von Ebert Brewing, Fresh Hop Volatile Substance

SILVER: Rock Bottom Brewery, Space Potato

BRONZE: Breakside Brewery, What Fresh Beast

Other Fresh Hop Beers

GOLD: Zoiglhaus Brewing, Oktoberfresh

SILVER: Breakside Brewery, Fresh Hop Sterling Pilsner

BRONZE: Falling Sky Brewing, Nuggets of Wisdom Fresh Hop English Pale Ale

BEST BOTTLE SHOP

Belmont Station

BEST BEER BAR or TAPROOM

The Bier Stein

BEST BREWPUB EXPERIENCE

Wayfinder Beer

BEST BEER FESTIVAL

Festival of the Dark Arts

BEST NEW BREWERY

Boss Rambler Beer Club

BEST BEER LABEL

Ex Novo Brewing Nevermore

HALL OF FAME

Kurt and Rob Widmer

EXCELLENCE IN BREWING OPERATIONS (REGIONAL)

Coast Fort George Brewery

Metro Upright Brewing

Central Sunriver Brewing

Northeast pFriem Family Brewers

Southern Caldera Brewing

Alumni Block 15 Brewing

SMALL BREWERY OF THE YEAR

Immersion Brewing

MEDIUM BREWERY OF THE YEAR

Culmination Brewing

LARGE BREWERY OF THE YEAR

Breakside Brewery