U.S. Open Beer Championship Explained
The U.S. Open Beer Championship is an international brewing competition. The event, which is open to professional breweries and award-winning home brewers, is held in late June, with the winners announced in July.
Over 140 styles of beer are judged.[1] Winners receive a medal in the shape of a beer stein for 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place.[2] Beers placing in the top 10 of each category and in the top 10 breweries overall are featured on BeerInfo.com.[3] A Grand National Champion is awarded based on a point system for beers (5 minimum) entered in the competition.
Started in, the U.S. Open was created by former Friends Brewing owner and brewmaster, Dow Scoggins.[4] This was the first beer judging to be started by former and current brewers and is the only professional competition to allow homebrewers. Every year, the gold medal winners of the National Homebrewers Competition get invited to compete against the pros.
Grand national champions:
- 2009 - Deschutes Brewing[5] – Bend, Oregon
- 2010 - Maui Brewing[6] - Hawaii
- 2011 - Deschutes Brewing[7] – Bend, Oregon
- 2012 - Sweetwater Brewing[8] - Atlanta, Georgia[9]
- 2013 - Capital Brewery[10] - Middleton, Wisconsin[11]
- 2014 - Wormtown Brewery[12] - Worcester, Massachusetts[13]
- 2015 - Ballast Point Brewing[14] - San Diego, California[15]
- 2016 - Firestone Walker Brewing[16] - Paso Robles, California[17]
- 2017 - Cherry Street Brewing[18] - Cumming, Georgia[19]
- 2018 - Peticolas Brewing Company[20] - Dallas, Texas[21]
- 2019 - Sun King Brewery[22] - Indianapolis, Indiana[23]
- 2020 – Deschutes Brewery – Bend, Oregon
- 2021 - Toppling Goliath Brewing - Decorah, Iowa
- 2022 - Sun King Brewery - Indianapolis, Indiana
References
- U.S. OPEN BEER CHAMPIONSHIP’S GRAND NATIONAL CHAMPION & MEDAL WINNERS. All About Beer Magazine, July 11, 2016^
- US Open Beer Championship announces top American breweries. Fox News, July 11, 2013^
- Specific
- Web site: 2023 U.S. Open Beer Championship Categories . 2024-03-04 . U.S. Open Beer Championship . en-US.
- Web site: U.S. Open Beer Championship - Judging the World's Best Beers . 2024-03-04 . U.S. Open Beer Championship . en-US.
- Web site: Beer Info . 2024-03-04 . Beer Info . en-US.
- Web site: The Story of the U.S. Open Beer Championship . 2024-03-04 . U.S. Open Beer Championship . en-US.
- Web site: Bend & Portland Oregon Craft Breweries. Deschutes Brewery. en-US. 2019-05-19.
- Web site: Maui Brewing Company - Hawaii's Largest Craft Brewery. Maui Brewing Company. en-US. 2019-05-19.
- Web site: Bend & Portland Oregon Craft Breweries. Deschutes Brewery. en-US. 2019-05-19.
- Web site: SweetWater Brewery. SweetWater Brewery. en-US. 2019-05-19.
- News: SweetWater Takes Home 6 Medals In Open Beer Championship (PR) - Beer Street Journal. 2012-08-03. Beer Street Journal. 2018-07-11. en-US.
- Web site: Capital Brewery - Award Winning Beer For Over 30 Years. Capital Brewery. en-US. 2019-05-19.
- News: Beer Man: Capital Brewery shines at beer awards. USA TODAY. 2018-07-11. en.
- Web site: Wormtown Brewery A Piece of Mass in Every Glass. en-US. 2019-05-19.
- News: Worcester's Wormtown Brewery takes top honor in the 2014 U.S. Open Beer Championship. masslive.com. 2018-07-11. en-US.
- Web site: Home. Ballast Point. en-US. 2019-05-19.
- News: Ballast Point wins U.S. Open beer crown. USA TODAY. 2018-07-11. en.
- Web site: Firestone Walker Brewing Company - Home. www.firestonebeer.com. 2019-05-19.
- Web site: Firestone Walker named, 'Grand National Champion' at competition - Paso Robles Daily News. pasoroblesdailynews.com. 11 July 2016 . en-US. 2018-07-11.
- Web site: Cherry Street Brewing - Cumming, GA. Cherry Street Brewing. en-US. 2019-05-19.
- News: Cumming's Cherry Street wins 2017 U.S. Open Beer Championship. ajc. 2018-07-11.
- Web site: Peticolas Brewing Company Dallas, TX Dallas Brewery. www.peticolasbrewing.com. en-US. 2019-05-19.
- News: Dallas Brewery Earns National Honor at Beer Championship. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth. 2018-07-11. en.
- Web site: Sun King Brewery Indianapolis, IN Indianapolis Brewery. www.sunkingbrewing.com. en-US. 2019-05-19.
- News: Sun King Brewing collects top honors at U.S. Open Beer Championship. Indy Star. 2019-07-09. en.