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WINNERS
U.S. COMPETITION
2025 USA CHAMPION
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
| 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.
