🍺 Tucson’s Barrio Brewing was named brewery of the year and Pedal Pounder session IPA from Prescott’s LazyG Brewhouse won best in show at the third annual Arizona Craft Beer Awards.
Barrio, Arizona’s oldest brewery, earned a gold medal for its Mexican Lager (pictured), a silver for its Ruby Red Grapefruit IPA, and bronzes for its Rojo and Barrio Blonde.
LazyG finished second overall, and Saddle Mountain Brewing in Goodyear and Catalyst Crafted Ales in Tempe tied for third.
The Arizona Craft Brewer’s Guild, which sponsored the awards with Phoenix Magazine, enlisted 35 judges to sample 225 entries from 53 breweries.
The third annual ACBA Festival will be held Saturday, Oct. 19, at Centerpoint Plaza in downtown Tempe.
This year’s categories and medalists:
German Pilsner/Lager
🏅 Wilderpils, Arizona Wilderness Brewing
🥈 Devil’s Trill, Phantom Fox Beer Co.
🥉 German-style Pilsner, Pedal Haus Brewery
American Pilsner/Lager
🏅 Mexican Lager, Barrio Brewing
🥈 Cicada Season, LazyG Brewhouse
🥉 Sky Harbor Lager, SanTan Brewing
Blonde/Golden Ale
🏅 What Now?, Saddle Mountain Brewing
🥈 Sunshine Blonde, LazyG Brewhouse
🥉 Barrio Blonde, Barrio Brewing
German Oktoberfest
🏅 Oktoberfest, Roses by the Stairs Brewing
🥈 Oktoberfest, PHX Beer Co.
🥉 Oktoberfest, Pedal Haus Brewery
American Fruit/Fruited Wheat
🏅 Belle Blueberry, Greenwood Brewing
🥈 Prickly Pear Wheat, Grand Canyon Brewing
🥉 Papago Blueberry Wheat, Huss Brewing
American Pale/Amber/Session IPA
🏅 Knit Ninja, 12 West Brewing
🥈 Don’t Call Me Bobby, Catalyst Crafted Ales
🥉 Dragoon Amber, Dragoon Brewing
German Vienna/Marzen/Dark Lager
🏅 Cerveza Cobre, The Brewery at Tirrito Farm
🥈 Dark Lager, Verde Brewing
🥉 Toasty Amber Lager, AZ LOC ALE Beer Co.
U.K. Styles
🏅 Kremlin Calling, O.H.S.O. Brewery (Arcadia)
🥈 Clandestine, Saddle Mountain Brewing
🥉 Rojo, Barrio Brewing
Experimental IPA
🏅 Grapefruit Dreams, Helluva Brewing
🥈 Ruby Red Grapefruit, Barrio Brewing
🥉 Beach Bum, Uncle Bear’s Brewery
Specialty
🏅 Uno Mas, O.H.S.O. Brewery (Paradise Valley)
🥈 Hefeweizen, The Brewery at Tirrito Farm
🥉 Vesuvio, Catalyst Crafted Ales
French/Belgian
🏅 Trappist, Catalyst Crafted Ales
🥈 4-Year Anniversary, Simple Machine Brewing
🥉 Regenerative Desert Wheat, Arizona Wilderness Brewing
Herb/Spice/Field
🏅 Sudoku, O.H.S.O. Brewery (Gilbert)
🥈 Alewife’s Pumpkin Pie Marzen, Desert Monks Brewing Co.
🥉 Harvest Diem Spiced Ale, Greenwood Brewing
Hazy IPA
🏅 Nelsonnnn!, Front Pourch Brewing
🥈 Spellbinder, Wren House Brewing (Prescott)
🥉 Warrior IPA, Greenwood Brewing
American IPA
🏅 Pedal Pounder, LazyG Brewhouse
🥈 Victory or Death, MotoSonora Brewing
🥉 Blue & Gold, Historic Brewing
Imperial IPA/Hazy/Juicy
🏅 King Gus, Oro Brewing Company
🥈 Hop Canyon IPA, Grand Canyon Brewing
🥉 Blue Quad Roller Skates, Wren House Brewing (Phoenix)
West Coast IPA
🏅 Frontside, 12 West Brewing
🥈 Wrenovation, Wren House Brewing (Prescott)
🥉 Hop Snob, Saddle Mountain Brewing
Stout Porter
🏅 Druid, Where’s My Car?, Pinnacle Brewing Co.
🥈 Lost Viking, O.H.S.O. Brewery (Paradise Valley)
🥉 Oats M’gotes, Goldwater Brewing
Wood Aged
🏅 FDU Black Lager, Historic Brewing
🥈 Mexican Black King Snake, Wren House Brewing (Phoenix)
🥉 Super Monk, Helluva Brewing
Sours
🏅 Öhaygrrl, Dragoon Brewing
🥈 Debo’s Kettle Sour DIPA, Uncle Bear’s Brewery
🥉 Peachalicious, Helluva Brewing
