The

Winners

The

WINNERS

U.S. COMPETITION

U.S. COMPETITION

2025 USA CHAMPION

BRETT THOMAS

SUNRIVER BREWING COMPANY

2025 USA CHAMPION

BRETT THOMAS

SUNRIVER BREWING COMPANY

First Place

Sunriver Brewing Company

Double Whammies IPA

Second Place

No Boat Brewing Company

Lil’ Sal Imperial Hop Saturated Ale

Third Place

Hop Dogma Brewing Co.

Muka Laka Hiki ISIPA

Jesse’s Pick

Ghost Town Brewing

Nose Goblin WCDIPA

Almanac Beer Co.
Alameda, CA
Seaside  |  86 IBUs
Mosaic® Cryo®, DynaBoost® & T90, Nelson Sauvin™

Alvarado Street Brewery
Monterey, CA
Black Label Mai Tai  |  100 IBUs
Mosaic® Cryo®, DynaBoost®, HyperBoost™ & T90

Bend Brewing Co.
Bend, OR
Hop Head  |  70 IBUs
Krush™ Cryo®, Simcoe® CO2 Extract, Mosaic® T-90 & DynaBoost™, Nelson Sauvin™ T-90

BKS Artisan Ales
Kansas City, MO
Double Current  |  85 IBUs
Simcoe® CO2 Extract, Cryo®, T90 & DynaBoost®, Strata®, Mosaic® Cryo® & T90, Krush® Cryo®, Nelson Sauvin™, Riwaka™

Breakside Brewing Co.
Portland, OR
What Fresh Beast  |  105 IBUs
T90, Cryo®, Coleman Ag Fresh Hops, Cashmere T90, Nectaron® T90

Burgeon Brewing Company
Carlsbad, CA
Grow All Out  |  90 IBUs
Mosaic® T90, Cryo® & Incognito®, Nectaron® T90 & Cryo®, Simcoe®, Freestyle Tropical Fusion

Califcraft
Walnut Creek, CA
Coolest Kidz  |  62 IBUs
Columbus, Citra® Cryo®, Mosaic®, Nelson Sauvin™ Terps, Strata® Terps & T90

Cannonball Creek Brewing Company
Golden, CO
Badankadank  |  100 IBUs
T90, Cryo®, CO2 Extract

Cellarmaker Brewing
Berkeley, CA
Dank Williams  |  85 IBUs
Nelson Sauvin™, Motueka™, Mosaic® & Centennial T90, Mosaic® Cryo®

Danville Brewing Company
Danville, CA
Chux  |  78 IBUs
DynaBoost®, HyperBoost™, Cryo®, T90

Ghost Town Brewing
Oakland, WA
Nose Goblin  |  100 IBUs
Nelson Sauvin™, Strata® & Mosaic®

Good Line Beer Co.
Lubbock, Texas
Air Hostess In the 60s  |  85 IBUs
Nectaron®, Motueka™, Nelson Sauvin™ Cryo® & HyperBoost™

Grains of Wrath Brewing
Camas, WA
Punch Face Champion  |  75 IBUs
T90, Cryo®, DynaBoost®, HyperBoost™

Hop Dogma Brewing Co.
Halfmoon Bay, CA
Muka Laka Hiki  |  78 IBUs
Krush® T90 & Cryo®, Galaxy®, Nelson Sauvin™, Mosaic®, Hop Keif®

ISM Brewing
Long Beach, CA
Western Double Time  |  60 IBUs
T90, Cryo®, DynaBoost®

Meanwhile Brewing Co.
Austin, Texas
Curious Fellow  |  80 IBUs
Citra® CO2 Extract, Mosaic® DynaBoost®, Citra® T90, Strata®, Mosaic® & Idaho 7® Cryo®

Movement Brewing Co.
Rancho Cordova, CA
All the Way West  |  70 IBUs
Mosaic®, Riwaka™, Strata® T90, DynaBoost®, Cryo®, 

No Boat Brewing Company
Snoqualmie, WA
Lil’ Sal  |  65 IBUs
Chinook CO2 Extract, Citra® T90 & Incognito®, Columbus Cryo®, Nectaron®

Pfeiffer Brewing
Anaheim, CA
High End Lasers  |  75 IBUs
T90, Cryo®, HyperBoost™

Pinthouse Brewing
Austin, TX
Fully Adrift Redux  |  85 IBUs
T90, Cryo®, Cryo Fresh™, DynaBoost™

Single Hill Brewing
Yakima, WA
Dankmaster Flash  |  65 IBUs

Sonoma Springs Brewing Company
Sonoma, CA
Float the Day Away  |  65 IBUs
T90 & Cryo®

Sunriver Brewing Company
Sunriver, OR
Double Whammies  |  75 IBUs
Mosaic®, Nectaron®, Strata®, Nelson Sauvin™

The Outskirts Brewing Co.
Selah, WA
Barn Raiser  |  65 IBUs
Columbus, Citra®, Mosaic®

Past Winners

Past Winners

2023 

Trevor walls

brewery x

2022

ANDREW BELL

RADIANT BEER CO.

2021

RYAN

TORRES

THE BREW BROTHERS

2020

PHIL

PESHECK

BURKE-GILMAN BREWING

2019

JC
HILL

ALVARADO STREET BREWERY

2018

JOE

MOHRFELD

PINTHOUSE PIZZA

2017

THOMAS PETERS

BELCHING BEAVER BREWING

2016

KYLE CARLSON

TAMARACK BREWING COMPANY

2015

MARK HASTINGS

ÜBERBREW

2014

THOMAS PETERS

BELCHING BEAVER BREWING

2023 US

TREVOR WALLS

BREWERY X

2022 US

ANDREW BELL

RADIANT BEER CO.

2021

RYAN

TORRES

THE BREW BROTHERS

2020

PHIL

PESHECK

BURKE-GILMAN BREWING

2019

JC
HILL

ALVARADO STREET BREWERY

2018

JOE

MOHRFELD

PINTHOUSE PIZZA

2017

THOMAS PETERS

BELCHING BEAVER BREWING

2016

KYLE CARLSON

TAMARACK BREWING COMPANY

2015

MARK HASTINGS

ÜBERBREW

2014

THOMAS PETERS

BELCHING BEAVER BREWING
EVENT HEAD BREWER BEER NAME BREWERY
US 2025 BRETT THOMAS DOUBLE WHAMMIES IPA SUNRIVER BREWING COMPANY
US 2024 JERROD LARSEN LIGHT DUTY DIPA BEARDED TANG BREWING
US 2023 TREVOR WALLS SLAP & TUMBLE BREWERY X
US 2022 ANDREW BELL DIG THIS CRAZY SCENE RADIANT BEER CO.
EU 2022 ALICE ROCHE & JEROME LAUTH WEST COAST PARADICE LES INTENABLES
US 2021 RYAN TORRES BIG DOG IPA THE BREW BROTHERS
EU 2021 WILL INMAN FAR FROM THE HAUNTS OF MEN KIRKSTALL BREWERY
US 2020 PHIL PESHECK FRESH HOPOTHEOSIS DIPA BURKE-GILMAN BREWING
US 2019 JC HILL DOUBLE CONE IPA ALVARADO STREET BREWERY
US 2018 JOE MOHRFELD FULLY ADRIFT IIPA PINTHOUSE PIZZA
US 2017 THOMAS PETERS THIZZ IS WHAT IT IS BELCHING BEAVER BREWING
US 2016 KYLE CARLSON HEADWALL IIPA TAMARACK BREWING COMPANY
US 2015 MARK HASTINGS ALPHA FORCE DOUBLE TAP TACTICAL IIIPA ÜBERBREW
US 2014 THOMAS PETERS POUND TOWN IIIPA BELCHING BEAVER BREWING
US 2013 KIRK MCHALE 2x4 MELVIN BREWING
US 2012 KIRK MCHALE 2x4 MELVIN BREWING
US 2011 JEFF BAGBY POOR MAN IIPA PIZZA PORT BREWING COMPANY
US 2010 JEFF BAGBY POOR MAN IIPA PIZZA PORT BREWING COMPANY
US 2009 BRIAN HUTCHINSON HOP VIVANT IIPA MOUNTAIN SUN PUB & BREWERY
US 2008 TOMME ARTHUR HOP 15 IIPA PORT BREWING COMPANY
US 2007 VINNIE CILURZO PLINY THE ELDER IIPA RUSSIAN RIVER BREWING COMPANY
US 2006 ED BENNET BOUNDARY BAY IIPA BOUNDARY BAY BREWING
US 2005 JEFF BAGBY TORREY PINES IPA OGGI’S PIZZA & BREWERY
US 2004 TOMME ARTHUR HOP 15 IIPA PIZZA PORT BREWING COMPANY
US 2003 GENO ACEVEDO DEUCE IIPA EL TORO BREWING
US 2002 BRENDAN MOYLAN MOYLANDER IIPA MOYLAN’S BREWING
US 2001 BRENDAN MOYLAN MOYLANDER IIPA MOYLAN’S BREWING
US 2000 GABE FLETCHER SOCKEYE RED IPA MIDNIGHT SUN BREWING
US 1999 LARRY BELL TWO HEARTED ALE BELL’S BREWING

During the competition, all beer entries were judged by a selected team of brewers, industry experts, and veteran beer writers. The competition follows a series of elimination rounds to determine a list of top finalists as well as three placed winners. The first-place winner receives the Alpha King crown and a prize pack.

While many will contend,

There can be only one.