Oro Brewing in Mesa named Brewery of Year at 1st AZ Craft Beer Awards

Oro Brewing, a a small craft brewery and taproom in downtown Mesa, won three gold medals and was named Brewery of the Year at the inaugural Arizona Craft Beer Awards & Festival.

Other notable winners:

• Monsoon IPA from PHX Beer Co. in Phoenix was named Best in Show.
• OHSO Brewery, which has four Valley locations, won the most medals – a gold and four silvers.

The competition: Gold, silver, and bronze medals were awarded in 14 style groups Friday night at the Arizona Heritage Center in Tempe.

• Forty-plus Arizona breweries submitted more than 150 beers for judging.
• An accompanying festival was held Saturday outside State Farm Stadium in Glendale.

The gold, silver, and bronze medalists in each category:

American IPA
🥇 Monsoon, PHX Beer Co. (Phoenix)
🥈 Coast to Coast, Helluva Brewing (Chandler)
🥉 Ocean Beach, Uncle Bear’s Brewery (Gilbert)

American Fruit Beer
🥇 Salt River Lager, Historic Brewing (Flagstaff)
🥈 Popcycle Blonde, OHSO Brewery (Gilbert)
🥉 Strawberry Bitch, Saddle Mountain Brewing (Goodyear)

Fruit Wheat
🥇 Trigo Suave, Oro Brewing (Mesa)
🥈 Belle Blueberry Wheat, Greenwood Brewing (Phoenix)
🥉 Joy Bus WOW Wheat, Four Peaks Brewing (Tempe)

Herb/Spice/Coffee
🥇 Alewife’s Pumpkin Pie Marzen, Desert Monks Brewing (Gilbert)
🥈 Sudoku, OHSO Brewery (Gilbert)
🥉 Morning Sex, Beer Research Institute (Mesa)

Specialty
🥇 Boom Dynamite, OHSO Brewery (Gilbert)
🥈 Common Good, Beer Research Institute (Mesa)
🥉 Rosemary IPA, Greenwood Brewing (Phoenix)

Sour/Wild
🥇 Sour Berry Burst, Helluva Brewing (Chandler)
🥈 Tartonic Berliner Weisse, Grand Avenue Brewing (Phoenix)
🥉 Neonic Orange Julius, The Shop Beer Co. (Tempe)

Wood Barrel-Aged
🥇 Vanilla Vapor, Ad Astra Brewing (Prescott)
🥈 Bustin Nuts, Mudshark Brewery (Lake Havasu City)
🥉 Flightwave Bourbon Maple, Ad Astra Brewing (Prescott)

Lager
🥇 El Capitan Cerveza, Flying Basset Brewing (Gilbert)
🥈 Valley Beer, Wren House Brewing (Phoenix)
🥉 Local Lager, Fate Brewing (Scottsdale)

Juicy/Hazy IPA
🥇 La Ciudad, Arizona Wilderness Brewing (Gilbert)
🥈 Campy, OHSO Brewery (Gilbert)
🥉 Spellbinder, Wren House Brewing (Phoenix)

Pilsner/Helles
🥇 Pedal Haus Pilsner, Pedal Haus (Tempe)
🥈 Dragoon Pils, Dragoon Brewing (Tucson)
🥉 Golden Lager, Four Peaks Brewing (Tempe)

Oktoberfest
🥇 Looktoberfest, Look Brewing (Chandler)
🥈 Bob’s Your Dunkel, OHSO Brewery (Gilbert)
🥉 Oktoberfest, Huss Brewing (Tempe)

Amber/Stout/Porter
🥇 Sabastian’s Porter, Oro Brewing (Mesa)
🥈 Sonoran Amber, Dragoon Brewing (Tucson)
🥉 ClanDestine, Saddle Mountain Brewing (Goodyear)

Gold/Blonde
🥇 Inside the Park, Oro Brewing (Mesa)
🥈 Barrio Blonde Ale, Barrio Brewing (Tucson)
🥉 Belly Tank Blonde, MotoSonora Brewing (Tucson)

Belgian/Hefeweizen/Wheat
🥇 Grand Quad, Grand Avenue Brewing (Phoenix)
🥈 HEF, Pueblo Vida Brewing (Tucson)
🥉 Golden Devil, Grand Avenue Brewing (Phoenix)

Best in Show
🥇 Monsoon IPA, PHX Beer Co. (Phoenix)
🥈 Boom Dynamite, OHSO Brewery (Gilbert)
🥉 El Capitan Cerveza, Flying Basset Brewing (Gilbert)

Can Art/Packaging
🥇 Festbier, Wren House Brewing (Phoenix)
🥈 Head Harvester Pumpkin Pie Amber Ale, Bone Haus Brewing (Fountain Hills)
🥉 Dynamite IPA, Goldwater Brewing (Scottsdale)

Brewery of the Year: Oro Brewing (Mesa)