US Open Beer Championship
The US Open Beer Championship samples beers from international offerings to pick the best in over 90 categories.

Red Hare, Cherry Street wing big at 2016 US Open Beer Championship

Marietta’s Red Hare Brewing took the #4 spot for Top 10 US Breweries with a total of five medals in the competition with Cherry Street coming in at the #5 spot with four wins.  Georgia breweries in total took home 19 medals from this year’s competition, in its 8th year.  The quality of beer coming from Georgia breweries has grown exponentially in the last few years and it looks like others are starting to notice that as well.  Monday Night Brewing, Coastal Empire, SweetWater, Jekyll, Red Brick, and Terrapin also took home medals from the competition.

Here’s the list of Georgia winners:

Top 10 US Breweries

4) Red Hare
5) Cherry Street Brewing Cooperative

Beer Winners

IPA

  • Bronze | IPA | SweetWater Brewing

Bitter

  • Silver | Laughing Skull Amber | Red Brick

American Stout

  • Silver | Happy Ending | SweetWater Brewing

Oatmeal Stout

  • Bronze | Sticky Stout | Red Hare Brewing

Imperial Stout – American

  • Gold | O.A.S.I.S. | Cherry Street

American Brown Ale

  • Silver | Watership Brown | Red Hare

International Style Pale Ale

  • Gold | Cotton Tail Pale Ale | Red Hare Brewing

Bohemian Pilsener

  • Bronze | Sound Czech Pilsner | Terrapin

German Lager / Pilsener

  • Silver | Ta Ta | Cherry Street

Chili Beer

  • Bronze | Dawn Patrol Imperial Stout | Coastal Empire

Wood / Barrel Aged Pale Beer

  • Bronze | Mom Jeans | Monday Night Brewing

Wood / Barrel Aged Dark Beer

  • Silver | Bourbon Barrel Drafty Kilt | Monday Night Brewing

Wood / Barrel Aged Strong Beer

  • Bronze | Belgo Ruskie | Cherry Street

Wood / Barrel Aged Strong Stout

  • Gold | Wonderwall | Cherry Street
  • Gold | Georgian Imperial Stout | Monday Night Brewing

Out of Bounds Pale Ale (Specialty)

  • Gold | SPF 50/50 | Red Hare

Out of Bounds IPA

  • Bronze | White Caps | Coastal Empire

Session IPA

  • Silver | Fixin’ To | Jekyll Brewing

Non-Alcoholic

  • Bronze | Red Hare Root Beer | Red Hare

Totals

  • Gold | 5
  • Silver | 6
  • Bronze | 8
  • TOTAL | 19 medals

Totals by Brewery

  • Red Hare | 5 | 2 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze
  • Cherry Street | 4 | (2 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
  • Monday Night | 3 | 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze
  • Coastal Empire | 2  | 2 Bronze
  • SweetWater | 2 | 1 Bronze, 1 Silver
  • Jekyll | 1 | 1 Silver
  • Red Brick | 1 | 1 Silver
  • Terrapin | 1 | 1 Bronze

For a full list of results check out the US Open Beer Championships website.

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