04/23/2026

AMBA congratulates their members awarded medals at the 2026 World Beer Cup

The World Beer Cup, hosted by the Brewers Association, announced the latest awardees in the world’s most prestigious professional beer and cider competition at the conclusion of the Craft Brewers Conference recently held in Philadelphia. This year there were 8,166 entries from 1,644 breweries and cideries receiving 353 awards. There were 255 judges assessing 118 beer and cider style categories.

AMBA is proud of our member breweries that took home hardware from this year’s event:

Allagash Brewing Co.: Allagash Ski House (bronze, Belgian-Style Strong Speciality Ale); Allagash White (gold, Belgian-Style Witbier)
Big Grove Brewery: Zero Eddy (silver, Hoppy Non-Alcohol Beer)
Boulevard Brewing Co.: Space Camper Low Gravity IPA (bronze, Hoppy Non-Alcohol Beer); Bourbon Barrel Quad (bronze, Wood- and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer)
Deschutes Brewery: Hachimitsu Mai (silver, Honey Beer); Kirkland Signature Helles Lager (bronze, Munich-Style Helles); Sensationator (bronze, Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer)
Devils Backbone Brewing Co.: Gold Leaf Lager (bronze, Contemporary American-Style Lager); Smokehaus Lager (bronze, Smoke Beer); Foxfield Saison (gold, Speciality Saison)
Firestone Walker Brewing Co.: Pear Saison (gold, Brett Beer); Electric Eagle (bronze, West Coast-Style India Pale Ale); Beauty Everywhere (bronze, Wood- and Barrel-Aged Dessert or Pastry Beer)
Goose Island Beer Co.: Kick Back (bronze, American Light Lager); 2025 Bourbon County Brand Proprietor’s Stout (gold, Wood- and Barrel-Aged Dessert or Pastry Beer)
Market Garden Craft Brewery: Yuzu Lager (gold, Fruit Beer)
Molson Coors - The Sandlot Brewery-Coors Field: Key Lime Pie in the Sky (bronze, Fruit Wheat Beer)
New Belgium Brewing Co.: Trippel (silver, Belgian-Style Tripel); Dominga Grapefruit Paloma (bronze, Fruited American-Style Sour Ale)
Odell Brewing Co.: Friek (silver, Fruited American-Style Sour Ale)
pFriem Family Brewers: Spontanee (gold, Belgian-Style Spontaneous Sour Ale); Kellerbier (gold, Kellerbier or Zwickelbier); Japanese Lager (bronze, Rice Lager)
Pinthouse Brewing: Hecho En Szechuan (bronze, Herb and Spice Beer); Fully Adrift (gold, Imperial India Pale Ale)
Pizza Port Brewery: Oats (bronze, Oatmeal Stout); Guillaume (silver, Pizza Port Ocean Beach)
Rhinegeist Innovation Brewery: Uncle (silver, English Mild or Bitter)
Roadhouse Brewing: Escaping Gravity (silver, Experimental India Pale Ale)
Russian River Brewing Co.: Velvet Glow (bronze, International-STyle Pilsener)
Samuel Adams Brewery: Death or Glory (bronze, Old Ale, Strong Ale or Aged Beer)
Sun King Brewery: Emergency Tequila Barrel Aged Tart Kit (silver, American-Style Sour or Wood & Barrel Aged Sour Beer)
Wicked Weed Brewing: Lime Drop (silver, Fruit Beer)