Best of Craft Beer Awards – 2022 Fresh Hop Competition

The results are in from the Best of Craft Beer Awards – 2022 Fresh Hop Competition that took place during the 11^th Annual Sisters Fresh Hop Festival. In all, 15 medals were awarded to 13 different breweries with StormBreaker Brewing leading the pack with three medals!

This is the first time that the Best of Craft Beer Awards has held a Fresh Hop beer competition as it invited breweries from across the United States to enter. The competition saw 53 breweries all the way from California to New Jersey enter a total of 107 beers in the five various categories.

Of the 15 medals awarded in the competition, six each were awarded to both Oregon and Washington breweries. California breweries were awarded two medals and the competition was rounded out with one medal being awarded to a Colorado brewery.

StormBreaker was the only brewery to win multiple medals. The North Portland brewer was awarded a Gold Medal for its Fresh Hop Mississippi Red, and Silver Medals for both Fresh Hop It, Don’t Drop It and Fresh Hop Triple Double.

Here is a full list of winners from the Best of Craft Beer Awards – 2022 Fresh Hop Competition.

Fresh Hop Pale Ale or Hazy Fresh Hop Pale Ale
Gold: Stoup Brewing – Fresh Hop Fiend Pale Ale – Seattle, WA
Silver: Reuben’s Brews – Fresh Hop Crushable – Seattle, WA
Bronze: Haas Innovations Brewing – Bold Theory – Yakima, WA

Fresh Hop IPA
Gold: Single Hill Brewing – Five Sisters – Yakima, WA
Silver: Moonraker Brewing – Captain Mo – Auburn, CA
Bronze: Varietal Beer Company – Valley Fresh IPA – Sunnyside, WA

Fresh Hop Hazy IPA
Gold: Deschutes Brewery – Portland Public House – Strut Your Strat – Portland, OR
Silver: StormBreaker Brewing – Fresh Hop It, Don’t Drop It – Portland, OR
Bronze: Ravenna Brewing Co – West Season: Sabro – Seattle, WA

Fresh Hop Lager
Gold: Zoiglhaus Brewing Company – Oktoberfresh – Portland, OR
Silver: Cabin Creek – Wet Hop Lake Effect – Georgetown, CO
Bronze: Pond Farm Brewing Company – Czech One Two – San Rafael, CA

Fresh Hop Beer – Other Styles
Gold: StormBreaker Brewing – FH Mississippi Red – Portland, OR
Silver: StormBreaker Brewing – Fresh Hop Triple Double Imperial IPA – Portland, OR
Bronze: Three Creeks Brewing Company – Sabro Fresh Hop Ale – Sisters, OR