And the Winners of the 2016 Washington Beer Awards Are…

A regal crest for the house of beers. Photo via Washington Beer Awards
In its fourth year, the Washington Beer Awards—like the Oscars of craft beer minus awkwardly read monologues—are in. Brewers from across the state have entered over 950 beers in a multitude of styles, and the winners were announced this weekend at the annual Washington Brewers Festival.
With ample amounts of great born and brewed in-state beer, consider this a handy guide to the cream of the hop crop. And let’s toast to Ten Pin Brewing, E9 Brewery, and No-Li Brewhouse for their small, mid-sized, and large brewery of the year wins, respectively.
Now, to get drinking. The winners of the 2016 Washington Beer Awards are...
European Pale Lagers
Gold: Gordon Biersch Seattle - Helles
Silver: Three Magnets Brewing Co. - Scherler Gold
Bronze: Redhook Brewery - ESL
Pilsners
Gold: Reuben's Brews - Pilsner
Silver: Fremont Brewing - Pilsner
Bronze: Chuckanut Brewery - Chuckanut Pils
European Amber and Dark Lagers
Gold: Chuckanut Brewery - Chuckanut Dunkel
Silver: Icicle Brewing Company - Dirtyface Amber
Bronze: Ram Restaurant and Brewery - Vienna
Strong Lagers
Gold: Chuckanut Brewery - Chuckanut Maibock
Silver: River City Brewing - Congratulator Doppelbock
Bronze: Snipes Mountain - Bandolero Rye Baltic Porter
American Lagers
Gold: Northwest Brewing Company - Hawk One Lager
Silver: Farmstrong Brewing Company - La Raza
Bronze: Everybody's Brewing - Local Logger Lager
German-Style Kölsch
Gold: Heathen Brewing - Absolution
Silver: Reuben's Brews - Kolsch
Bronze: Dru Bru - Kolsch
German-Style Altbier
Gold: Bainbridge Brewing - Arrow Point Amber
Silver: White Bluffs Brewing - Red Alt
Bronze: Resonate Brewery and Pizzeria - Lithium
German Wheat and Rye Beers
Gold: Stoup Brewing - Stoup Bavarian Hefeweizen
Silver: Seapine Brewing Company - Simian Saber Squabble
Bronze: 5 Rights Brewing Company - Nellie's Nectar
Other Wheat and Rye Beers
Gold: Loowit Brewing Company - Grimlock Rye Porter
Silver: Republic Brewing Company - Ramblin Rye Ale
Bronze: Rainy Daze Brewing Co. - Rainy Rye
Golden or Blonde Ales
Gold: Hellbent Brewing Company - Goldfinch Golden Ale
Silver: Diamond Knot Brewing Co. - Blonde Ale
Bronze: Counterbalance Brewing Company - Abigale Blonde Ale
Cream Ales
Gold: Puyallup River Brewing Co. - Cream Ale
Silver: Flyers Restaurant and Brewery - Penn Cove Pilsner
Bronze: Wet Coast Brewing Co. - Wet Coast Cream Ale
Session Beers
Gold: Ten Pin Brewing Co. - Shrunken Head Pin
Silver: Sumerian Brewing Co. - Sargon IPA
Bronze: Rainy Daze Brewing Co. - Sod Slayer
Bitters
Gold: Flycaster Brewing Company - ESB
Silver: No-Li Brewhouse - Spin Cycle Red
Bronze: Dick's Brewing Co. - Dick's Best Bitter
English Ales
Gold: Flyers Restaurant and Brewery - Humbles Blonde Ale
Silver: No-Li Brewhouse - Born and Raised
Bronze: Fish Brewing Company - Organic IPA
English Dark Ales
Gold: Walking Man Brewing - Barefoot Brown
Silver: Flyers Restaurant and Brewery - Barnstormer Brown Ale
Bronze: Puyallup River Brewing Co. - Springtime Brown Ale
British Strong Ales
Gold: Sound to Summit Brewing - Wild Willy Wee Heavy
Silver: Silver City Brewery - Old Scrooge
Bronze: Icicle Brewing Company - The Decline
Scottish Shilling Ales
Gold: Northern Ales Inc. - Okanagan Highlander
Silver: Waddell's Brewing Co. - Scottish
Bronze: River Time Brewing - Life Changer
Scotch Ales
Gold: Old Rock Brewery - Misery Whip Scotch Ale
Silver: Heathen Brewing - Highland Charge
Bronze: Silver City Brewery - Fat Scotch Ale
Irish Red Ales
Gold: Loowit Brewing Company - Two-Sixteen Red Ale
Silver: Heathen Brewing - Mighty Craic
Bronze: Silver City Brewery - Ridgetop Red
Robust Porters
Gold: Der Blokken Brewery - The Black
Silver: Stoup Brewing - Stoup Robust Porter
Bronze: Reuben's Brews - Robust Porter
Other Porters
Gold: Kulshan Brewing Co. - Transporter
Silver: Schooner Exact Brewing Company - King Street Brown
Bronze: Ram Restaurant and Brewery - Porter
Sweet/Cream Stouts
Gold: Wet Coast Brewing Co. - Sneak Thief Stout
Silver: Bushnell Craft Brewing Company - Dunkadelic Milk Stout
Bronze: Triceratops Brewing Company - Hawthorne Coffee Milk Stout
Irish Stouts
Gold: Gordon Biersch-Seattle - Irish Stout
Silver: Wander Brewing - Correspondent
Bronze: Paradise Creek Brewery - Invective Stout
American-Style Stouts
Gold: Flying Lion Brewing - Rye Stout
Silver: Beardslee Public House - Sidewinder Stout
Bronze: Waddell's Brewing Co. - Alligator Stout
Imperial Stouts
Gold: Fortside Brewing Company - Cocoa-Fied
Silver: Naked City Brewery and Taphouse - Big Lebrewski
Bronze: Black Raven Brewing Co. - Grandfather Raven
American-Style Pale Ales
Gold: No-Li Brewhouse - Poser
Silver: E9 Brewery - Don of Time
Bronze: Flying Lion Brewing - Single-Hop Pale
American-Style Strong Pale Ales
Gold: Heathen Brewing - Vantucky
Silver: Old Schoolhouse Brewery - Epiphany Pale Ale
Bronze: Ten Pin Brewing Co. - Head Pin IPA
Belgo-American and International Ales
Gold: Gordon Biersch-Seattle - Belgian IPA
Silver: Reuben's Brews - Small Batch Brewery - Triumvirate
Bronze: Reuben's Brews - Crikey IPA
American Amber Ales
Gold: Elliott Bay Brewing Company - Organic Gateway Amber
Silver: Chainline Brewing Company - Recumbent Red Ale
Bronze: Northwest Brewing Company - Joker Amber Ale
American Brown and Black Ales
Gold: Riverport Brewing Co. - Bambalam
Silver: No-Li Brewhouse - Crony
Bronze: Flying Bike Cooperative Brewery - Storm Cycle
American-Style India Pale Ales
Gold: Lucky Envelope Brewing - ENIAC Mosaic IPA
Silver: Loowit Brewing Company - Flawless Victory IPA
Bronze: Ten Pin Brewing - Head Pin IPA
Imperial or Double India Pale Ales
Gold: Northwest Brewing Company - Crazy Bitch Double India Pale Ale
Silver: Sumerian Brewing Co. - Eruption Double IPA
Bronze: Standard Brewing - Imperial IPA
Imperial or Double Red Ales
Gold: Cloudburst Brewing - Hoodwink
Silver: Ghost Runners Brewery - Phantom Rojo Imperial Ale
Bronze: Dick's Brewing Co. - Dick's Wreckless Red
Barleywines
Gold: Old Schoolhouse Brewery - Barleywine
Silver: Fish Brewing Company - Ten Squared
Bronze: TripleHorn Brewing Co. - BYGG VIN 2015
Belgian Ales
Gold: Bainbridge Brewing - Bainbridge Blonde
Silver: Northwest Brewing Company - Three Skulls Blood Orange Wit
Bronze: Reuben's Brews - Small Batch Brewery - Lilywhite Wit
Belgian Tripels
Gold: Silver City Brewery - Liquid Sunshine
Silver: Hellbent Brewing Company - Mossback Monk
Bronze: Slaughter County Brewing Company - Mon Petit
Abbey-Inspired Dark Ales
Gold: Wander Brewing - Together
Silver: Valholl Brewing Company - Virgin Hammer Belgian Quad
Bronze: Mollusk - Abbot's Private Reserve
Belgian Strong Ales
Gold: Boundary Bay Brewery and Bistro - Wonderland Belgian Strong Golden
Silver: Triplehorn Brewing Co. - Mystic
Bronze: Rainy Daze Brewing Co. - Bewildered Stout
Farmhouse Ales
Gold: Three Magnets Brewing Co. - Karakterbier
Silver: Urban Family Brewing - Voices Underground
Bronze: Farmstrong Brewing Company - Northwest Farmhouse Ale
Brett Beers
Gold: E9 Brewery - Friendship
Silver: Standard Brewing - Brett Earl
Bronze: E9 Brewery - Nectarberry
German Sour Beers
Gold: Seapine Brewing Company - Gose
Silver: E9 Brewery LLC - Wild Tacoma Table Sour
Bronze: Aslan Brewing Co. - Disco Lemonade
Sour Beers
Gold: Elliott Bay Brewing Company - Big Pun
Silver: Stoup Brewing - Stoup American Pale Sour
Bronze: Urban Family Brewing - Lady of the Night
American-Style Fruit Beer
Gold: River City Brewing - Huckleberry Ale
Silver: Big Block Brewing - Raspberry Blonde
Bronze: Dick's Brewing Co. - Dick's Grapefruit IPA
Fruit Wheat Beers
Gold: Ten Pin Brewing - Groove Pineapple Wheat
Silver: TripleHorn Brewing Co. - Blood Orange Symbel
Bronze: Ice Harbor Brewing Co. - Tangerine Exbeerience Hefeweizen
Belgian Fruit Beers
Gold: Propolis Brewing - Pi
Silver: Wander Brewing - Cranberry Fruit Puncheon
Bronze: Schooner Exact Brewing Company - NW Sour Beer Framboise
Vegetable Beers
Gold: E9 Brewery - Rhubarb Wild
Silver: Resonate Brewery and Pizzeria - Paradise
Bronze: Anacortes Brewery - 2015 Pumpkin Ale
Chili Pepper Beers
Gold: Middleton Brewing - Mierda Fuego
Silver: Big Al Brewing - Big Al Chile IPA
Bronze: Lucky Envelope Brewing - Two Pepper Pale Ale
Coffee and Chocolate Beers
Gold: Elysian Brewing Company - The Fix
Silver: Wet Coast Brewing Co. - El Capitan Brown Ale
Bronze: Puyallup River Brewing Co. - Mud Mountain Milk Stout
Herb and Spice Beers
Gold: Kulshan Brewing Co. - Royal Tannenbaum
Silver: Hi-Fi Brewing Co. - Pump Up the Volume 2015
Bronze: Elysian Brewing Company - Saison Poivre
Smoke Beers
Gold: Chuckanut Brewery - Chuckanut Helles Rauchbier
Silver: Whitewall Brewing Company - Firetrail Ale
Bronze: Big Barn Brewing Co. - Mountain Smoke Porter
Specialty and Historical Beers
Gold: Pike Brewing Company - Pike Hive Five Hopped Honey Ale
Silver: Crucible Brewing Co. - Crucible Kettle Sour
Bronze: No-Li Brewhouse - Oyster Stout
Experimental
Gold: Urban Family Brewing - Clouds Of Pale Gold
Silver: Bainbridge Brewing - Windfall Grapefruit IPA
Bronze: Lucky Envelope Brewing - Peanut Butter Porter
Wood and Barrel Aged Beers
Gold: Wander Brewing - Wild Warehouse
Silver: Fortside Brewing Company - Cocoa-Espresso Port/Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout
Bronze: River City Brewing - Wine Barrel Aged Huckleberry Ale
Wood and Barrel Aged Strong Beers
Gold: Fremont Brewing - Bourbon Abominable (B-Bomb)
Silver: Whitewall Brewing Company - Anniversary Ale
Bronze: Black Raven Brewing Co. - La Mort Bourbon
Wood and Barrel Aged Sour Beers
Gold: Three Magnets Brewing Co. - 2014 Tart Barrel Aged Helsing
Silver: Riverport Brewing Co. - Barrel Two Batch One
Bronze: Naked City Brewery and Taphouse - The Wild One
Washington Pro-Am
Gold: Aslan Brewing Co. and Jenn Tadder - Lucky Break
Silver: Ram Restaurant and Brewery and Phil Cammarano - Roggen
Bronze: Snipes Mountain and Stephanie Rodriguez - Samsquanch IPA
Best Washington Agricultural Product Inspired Beer: E9 Brewery - Blackberry
Best Washington Malt Beer: Four Horsemen Brewery - Black Plague Stout