NC represents in the Beer Army Beer Wars!
Over the third week of January, the NC Homebrewers Alliance along with the Bravo Alpha Foundation hosted the annual Beer Army Beer Wars, a beer competition that raises money for great causes and organizations in the community. The NC Craft Brewers Guild is a fortunate recipient of some of those funds & we wanted to shout out the awesome breweries here in NC that took home medals from this competition.
Check out the list below and see if any of your local favorites made the cut!
1A: American Light Lager
Silver: Noda Brewing Company - Layover Lager
1C: Cream Ale
Bronze: Makai Brewing Company - Island Falls Cream Ale
1D: American Wheat Beer
Gold: Pig Pounder Brewery - Curly Tail Ale
Silver: Bombshell Beer Company - Hipster Handshake Wheat
2B: International Amber Lager
Gold: Pitt Street Brewing Company - Cat Scratch Fever
3A: Czech Pale Lager
Silver: The Dreamchaser's Brewery - Dcb Pils
3B: Czech Premium Pale Lager
Gold: Foothills Brewing - Torch Pilsner
5B: Kolsch
Silver: Carolina Brewery - Sky Blue Kolsch
6B: Rauchbier
Gold: Bhramari Brewing Company
8A: Munich Dunkel
Bronze: Mother Earth Brewing - Dark Cloud Dunkel
8B: Schwarzbier
Bronze: Raleigh Brewing Company - The Royal
9A: Doppelbock
Bronze: The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery - The Duck-Rabbit Doppelbock
9C: Baltic Porter
Gold: The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery - The Duck-Rabbit Baltic Porter
10A: Weissbier
Silver: Waterline Brewing Co. - Hefeweizen
Bronze: Clouds Brewing - El Hefe
10B: Dunkels Weissbier
Bronze: Clouds Brewing - Drunk Uncle
11B: Best Bitter
Silver: Carolina Brewery - Copperline Amber Ale
11C: Strong Bitter
Gold: Town Brewing Company - Emotional Support Badger
Bronze: Twin Leaf Brewery - Uproot Esb
12A: English Golden Ale
Gold: Foothills Brewing - Thousand Smiles Golden Ale
13B: English Brown Ale
Gold: Pig Pounder Brewery - Boar Brown
13C: English Porter
Silver: Pitt Street Brewing Company - Plott's Porter
15B: Irish Stout
Silver: Wrightsville Beach Brewery - Oysterman Stout
Bronze: Pitt Street Brewing Company - Dapple Dog
16A: Sweet Stout
Bronze: Brutopia Brewing Company - Shuck Yeah Oyster Stout
16B: Oatmeal STout
Bronze: Blue Mountain Pizza & Brew Pub - Feedback Oatmeal Stout
17B: Old Ale
Bronze: Pilot Brewing Company - Pilot Brewing Old Ale
17C: Wee Heavy
Silver: The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery - The Duck-Rabbit Wee Heavy Scotch Style Ale
18B: American Pale Ale
Gold: Lenny Boy Brewing - Dat Pale
19C: American Brown Ale
Silver: Pilot Brewing Company - Pilot Brown Ale
20A: American Porter
Silver: Noda Brewing Company - Coco Loco
20C: Imperial Stout
Silver: Raleigh Brewing Company - The Toll
21B2: Black IPA
Bronze: Foothills Brewing - Frostbite IPA
21B4: Red IPA
Silver: Blue Mountain Pizza and Brew Pub - Firewheel
21B5: Rye IPA
Silver: Tarboro Brewing Company - First Ryed IPA
21B6: White IPA
Silver: Four Saints Brewing Company - Sneeuw
22A: Double IPA
Gold: The Unknown Brewing Company - Vehopciraptor
22C: American Barleywine
Silver: The Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery - The Duck-Rabbit Barleywine
23B: Flanders Red Ale
Bronze: Twin Leaf Brewery - Beauty in the Cracks
25A: Belgian Blond Ale
Gold: Blue Mountain Pizza and Brew Pub - Daydream Blonde
25B: Saison
Silver: Blue Mountain Pizza and Brew Pub - It Must Have Been The Roselle
25C: Belgian Golden Strong Ale
Gold: Raleigh Brewing Company - Hell Yes Ma'am
26B: Belgian Dubbel
Silver: Four Saints Brewing Company - Genesis
Bronze: Tarboro Brewing Company - Downtown Abbaye
26C: Belgian Tripel
Gold: Brutopia Brewing Company - Brutopia Belgian Style Tripel
Bronze: Four Saints Brewing Company - T.B.A.
27A1: Historical Beer - Gose
Gold: The Unknown Brewing Company - Bright Ass Tank Top
Silver: Pitt Street Brewing Company - Don't Gose Chasin' Waterfalls
Bronze: D9 Brewing Company - Brewer's Day Off
28A: Brett Beer
Silver: Four Saints Brewing Company - Farmhouse Saison
28B: Mixed Fermentation Sout Beer
Gold: Noda Brewing Comapny - Boba Brett
28C: Wild Specialty Beer
Gold: Bhramari Brewing Company - Pain & Patience
Silver: Twin Lead Brewery - Enter the Wild
29A: Fruit Beer
Gold: Mountain Layer Brewing Company - Chocolate Cherry Porter
30A: Spice, Herb, or Vegetable Beer
Bronze: Twin Leaf Brewery - Rosemary IPA
30C: Winter Seasonal Beer
Silver: Twenty-Six Acres Brewing Company - Duck In A Box
32A: Classic Style Smoked Beer
Bronze: Pilot Brewing Company - Pilot Smoke Down
32B: Specialty Smoked Beer
Brozne: Twin Leaf Brewery - Peachy Arsonist
33A: Wood-Aged Beer
Bronze: Noda Brewing Company - Foeder Aged Belgian Tripel
34C: Experimental Beer
Silver: Bhramari Brewing Company - Molly's Lip Black Gose
35A: Session IPA
Bronze: The Unknown Brewing Company - Scratch N' Sniff
If you're missing the warmer weather, slide right up to the bar and order one of those award-winning goses or wheats. Hopefully they'll tide you over until the next heat wave.
Congratulations to all the winners and thanks for all the work y'all do, Bravo Alpha Foundation.
