2021 Winners of the 7th Annual Honey Beer Competition

Over the past seven years, the National Honey Board has hosted its annual Honey Beer Competition. This year’s judges evaluated over 240 beers, all brewed with honey.

The 7th Annual Honey Beer Competition was judged by BJCP-certified judges and featured 13 beer style categories, and a cider, hard seltzer and design category. The submitted beers were judged on their aroma, appearance, flavor, mouthfeel and the role honey played in the beer.

Below is a list of the 2021 Honey Beer Competition Winners.

Best of Show

• GOLD – Break Of Jawn
  Fifth Hammer Brewing Company
  Long Island City, New York
• SILVER – Spicer St Christmas Ale
  Akronym Brewing
  Akron, Ohio
• BRONZE – It’s Always Honey In Lithuania
  Sahale Ale Works
  Grafton, Wisconsin

General Lager

• GOLD – Honey Sucker Pils
  Roy-Pitz Brewing Company
  Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
• SILVER – Klosterman Honey Wheat Lager
  Fretboard Brewing Co.
  Blue Ash, Ohio
• BRONZE – Honey Punch In the Nose
  Shoe Tree Brewing
  Carson City, Nevada

General Ale

• GOLD – Honey Kölsch
  Bent Barley Brewing Company
  Aurora, Colorado
• SILVER – Golden Lasso
  Twisted Hippo Brewing
  Chicago, Illinois
• BRONZE – Local Honey Ale
  Dunedin Brewery
  Dunedin, Florida

Amber / Brown

• GOLD – Honey Brown Ale
  Aeronaut Brewing Co
  Somerville, Massachusetts
• SILVER – Stardog
  Mathews Brewing Company
  Lake Worth Beach, Florida
• BRONZE – Dudash Honey Brown
  Six Ten Brewing
  Tampa, Florida

Best Belgian-Style

• GOLD – Break Of Jawn
  Fifth Hammer Brewing Company
  Long Island City, New York
• SILVER – Aldrin
  Launch Pad Brewery
  Aurora, Colorado
• BRONZE – No Sparge Imperial Golden
  Taxman Brewing Company
  Bargersville, Indiana

Fruit / Veg / Spice

• GOLD – Spicer St Christmas Ale
  Akronym Brewing
  Akron, Ohio
• SILVER – Fiesty Redhead
  Hopfusion Ale Works
  Fort Worth, Texas
• BRONZE – Honey Wheat Wine
  Oscars Brewing Company
  Temecula, California

IPA

• GOLD – Honeymaker
  Widowmaker Brewing
  Braintree, Massachusetts
• SILVER – White Reaper
  Evil Czech Brewery
  Mishawaka, Indiana
• BRONZE – Buzz’n Hops
  Streetcar 82 Brewing Co.
  Hyattsville, Maryland

Braggot

• GOLD – Braggot
  Carolina Bauernhaus Brewery & WInery
  Anderson, South Carolina
• SILVER – Benjamin Road Braggot
  Six Ten Brewing
  Tampa, Florida
• BRONZE – Good Kiss
  Obscurity Brewing Co
  Elburn, Illinois

Stout / Porter

• GOLD – Buckwheat Honey Porter
  Screech Owl Brewing
  Bruceton Mills, West Virginia
• SILVER – Abe’s Honey Porter
  Johnnie Byrd Brewing Company
  Wayne, Nebraska
• BRONZE – Covered Pecan Porter
  Georgia Beer Co.
  Valdosta, Georgia

Wheat

• GOLD – Honeycomb Hideout
  Low Road Brewing
  Hammond, Louisiana
• SILVER – Psychedelic Nightmare
  North Country Brewing Company
  Slippery Rock, Pennslyvania
• BRONZE – Buzzin’ Bee Honey Rye Wheat
  Veterans United Craft Brewery
  Jacksonville, Florida

Historical Beer

• GOLD – Arlington Grodziskie Beer
  East End Brewing Company
  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• SILVER – Got Beer
  BJ’s Restaurants & Brewhouse
  Huntington Beach, California
• BRONZE – Robotic Bees
  Launch Pad Brewery
  Aurora, Colorado

Sour

• GOLD – The Laurentian Series: Lake Michigan Honey Cuvée
  Speciation Artisan Ales
  Grand Rapids, Michigan
• SILVER – Wilde Moon
  Oxbow Brewing Company
  Newcastle, Maine
• BRONZE – Many Hands
  Wise Man Brewing
  Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Barrel-Aged

• GOLD – Cellar Cuvée 1
  Jackie O’s Brewery
  Athens, Ohio
• SILVER – Bourbon-aged Honey Meade Lager
  St. George Brewing Co
  Hampton, Virginia
• BRONZE – Queens Farmhouse
  Big aLICe Brewing Company
  Long Island City, New York

Cider

• GOLD – Honey Baby
  Shoal Hope Ciderworks
  Provincetown, Masssachusetts
• SILVER – Idunn’s Cyser
  Williamson Mead and Brewing
  Bakersfield, California

Other

• GOLD – It’s Always Honey In Lithuania
  Sahale Ale Works
  Grafton, Wisconsin
• SILVER – Effloresce
  Oxbow Brewing Company
  Newcastle, Maine
• BRONZE – Winter Warmer
  Intermission Beer Company
  Glen Allen, Virginia

Hard Seltzer

• GOLD – Viva Peach
  Grind City Brewing Company
  Memphis, Tennessee
• SILVER – Viva Hard Seltzer
  Grind City Brewing Company
  Memphis, Tennessee
• BRONZE – Strawberry Surprise
  Williamson Mead and Brewing
  Bakersfield, California

Design

• GOLD – The Bees Made Honey
  Widowmaker Brewing
  Braintree, Massachusetts
• SILVER – Bee Cave
  Vista Brewing
  Driftwood, Texas
• BRONZE – Honey Ale
  Kraemer & Kin
  Grand Isle, Vermont

Congratulations to all of the winners of the 2021 Honey Beer Competition