Skip to main contentOregon Beer Awards’ has announced a new batch of Fresh Hops winners from the nearly 150 entries from almost 50 participating breweries.
Only two breweries that entered the Oregon Beer Awards’ Fresh Hops category reappeared on the 2025 winners’ list from last year. Von Ebert Brewing took home the top Gold prize for Fresh Hop Hazy Pale Ales and India Pale Ales this year after placing Bronze in the 2024 ceremony, which it won in 2023 due to the category’s seasonal needs for early judgment before the spring ceremony.
Baerlic Brewing Company, which last won the Other Fresh Hops Beers category in 2023′s cohort, took home Silver for fresh hop PA/IPAs. The rest of this year’s top winners either appear in their categories for the first time, or return to what they’d humbly call their rightful spots.
The 2025 OBAs saw the most entries from statewide breweries in its entire decade-long run. This year 47 breweries entered 137 beers among all categories. The “Other” category—which covers essentially every style of fresh hop beers except PAs, IPAs and their hazy variants—saw the most growth over the prior two awards, with 42 entries. Hazy PA/IPAs also made gains with 33 entries, while the non-hazy varieties modestly dropped to 62 entries.
Fresh hop harvest season is winding down, which means time’s running out to try the top winners. Taste glory at the following breweries, most of which have locations in the Portland metro area:
Fresh Hop Pale Ales and India Pale Ales
Gold: Dino (Collaboration with Ghost Town), Living Häus Beer Company
Silver: Fresh Hop Splishy IPA, Baerlic Brewing Company
Bronze: FH Mosaic Mega Pint, Bend Brewing Co.
Fresh Hop Hazy Pale Ales and India Pale Pales
Gold: Fresh Hop Sector 7, Von Ebert Brewing
Silver: Fresh Hop Fields of Green, Fort George Brewery
Bronze: Set Freshies To Haze, StormBreaker Brewing
Other Fresh Hop Beers
Gold: Cones of Lorien, Binary Brewing
Silver: Fresh Hopped Italian Pils, Hetty Alice
Bronze: Fresh Hop Green Idol, Oak Union Brewing