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Saddle Mountain, 3 other AZ breweries win medals at World Beer Cup

🍺 Congrats to Saddle Mountain Brewing and three other Arizona breweries that won medals Wednesday at the prestigious 2023 World Beer Cup in Nashville, Tenn.

🥇🥈 Saddle Mountain (pictured), located in Goodyear, was a double medal-winner, taking the gold in the American Wheat Beer category for its Taildragger 5G and the silver in Scottish Style Ale for its Taildragger Clan-Destine.

Other Arizona medalists:

  • 🥇 State 48 Brewery won the gold in Strong Porter for its Baltic Porter brewed at its Lager House location in Scottsdale.
  • 🥉 Flying Basset Brewing in Gilbert took the bronze in Coffee Beer for its Alchemist Breakfast.
  • 🥉 LazyG Brewhouse in Prescott picked up the bronze in English Ale for its Sunshine Blonde.

The competition: This year’s World Beer Cup drew 10,213 entries in 103 style categories from 2,376 breweries in 51 countries.

  • Previously an every-other-year event, the World Beer Cup was annualized last year.