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Winners of this year's Best of Craft Beer Awards announced, including breweries Sunriver, Humble Parlor, and Widmer Brothers.

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Winners of this year's Best of Craft Beer Awards announced, including breweries Sunriver, Humble Parlor, and Widmer Brothers.

Press Release

Redmond, OR - April 3rd, 2023

During the weekend of March 31-April 2, professional brewers and judges from as far away as El Salvador descended upon
Central Oregon to judge over 2,500 entries in the 2023
Best of Craft Beer Awards competition.

Breweries of all sizes sent over 16,000 containers of their finest product for evaluation entered in 59 categories and subcategories.

Judging took place during a 3-day, five-session period by over 100 of the most qualified international judges. They awarded 165 gold, silver, and bronze medals to 128 brewery locations around the world.

Large-Sized Brewery of the Year - Widmer Brothers Brewing, Portland, OR Medium-Sized Brewery of the Year - Sunriver Brewing Co., Sunriver, OR Small-Sized Brewery of the Year - Humble Parlor, Philadelphia, PA

Most-Entered Style Categories

American-Style India Pale Ale (159 entries) American-Style Pale Ale (91 entries) Porters & Brown Ales (81 entries)

About the Best of Craft Beer Awards

Hazy or Juicy India Pale Ale (136 entries) Red or Strong Beers (91 entries)
North American Lagers (79 entries)

The Best of Craft Beer Awards just completed its 9th year of competition, seeing a successive growth rate in participating breweries year over year. In that short amount of time, the competition has grown to be the third largest professional brewing competition in North America.

For more information, visit https://bestofcraftbeerawards.com/

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Breweries Block 15, Buoy Beer, and Sunriver, collaborate to support the Ocean Blue Project with the release of Where Rivers Meet Pale Ale.

Where Rivers Meet Pale Ale was crafted and brewed by all three breweries on May 26th in Sunriver, OR. Head Brewer Patrick Raasch describes the beer as “a light-colored, clear, West Coast-style Pale Ale with a bright citrus and tropical hop character”. The beer will be available on draft and in cans throughout Oregon and at the three brewery locations after the launch party in Newport.

While developing the beer concept and recipe, the breweries recognized the impact of sourcing ingredients from sustainable suppliers. “We brewed with a selection of Salmon-Safe hops from some of Oregon’s finest hop growers – Crystal from Goschie Farms, Strata from Coleman AG, and Estate Grown Comet and Chinook from Crosby Hop Farm.” Brett Thomas, Sunriver Brewing Director of Brewing Ops, explains.

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Breweries Block 15, Buoy Beer, and Sunriver, collaborate to support the Ocean Blue Project with the release of Where Rivers Meet Pale Ale.