2025 Medal Winners
Our panel of judges consists of professional brewers from Ohio. No brewer is permitted to judge a category they have also entered. The best THREE beers in each category will be awarded medals by our panel of judges. Best of Class Awards and Regional Awards will be determined by most medal points earned. Any Best of Class of Regional Award Tie-Breakers will be determined by most Golds awarded.
AMBER/RED ALE
Gold
Three Tigers - Firehouse Amber
Silver
Hofbrauhaus Cleveland - CLE Red
Bronze
Inside the Five - Megaphone
american ipa
Gold
Immigrant Son - IPA
Silver
Three Tigers - Danko
Bronze
Ghost Tree - Cash After Ten
AMERICAN
LIGHT ALE
Gold
Ghost Tree - Canoe Brew
Silver
Sonder - Eagle Light
Bronze
Oncore - Swantucky Slammer
AMERICAN LAGER
Gold
Pilot Brewhouse - Mt Crushmore
Silver
Combustion - Sir Veza
Bronze
Municipal - Pre-Pro Lager
AMERICAN
PALE ALE
Gold
Three Tigers - Small Axe
Silver
Medina Brewing - Sunset Pale Ale
Bronze
Southern Ohio - Range Ball
BELGIAN/
FRENCH ALE
Gold
Aeonian Brewing - OPA!
Silver
Broadview Brewing - Quadrophenia
Bronze
Narrow Path - Tri-Kettle Trippel
BELGIAN/
FRENCH SAISON
Gold
Blue Heron - Abbey Normal
Silver
Edison Brewing - Winnow
Bronze
Narrow Path - Saison Du Grail
BROWN/DARK ALE
Gold
Hofbrauhaus Cleveland - Dunkel
Silver
Sonder - Brobie Porter
Bronze
Third Eye - Inner Sight
COFFEE BEER
Gold
Brink - Lil Zoomie
Silver
Third Eye - Unleashed Potential
Bronze
Broadview - Covered in Chrome
EUROPEAN LAGER
Gold
Forbidden Root - Festhalle
Silver
Sonder - Nocturnal
Bronze
Combustion - Pelotonia Pils
OKTOBERFEST
Gold
Twin Oast - Proast
Silver
Counterbalance - Beneath the Leaves
Bronze
Hofbrauhaus Cleveland - Festbier
FRUIT BEER
Gold
Double Edge - Bright Side
Silver
Ghost Tree - Ghostberry
Bronze
Aenonian Brewing - Around the Sun
GERMAN
STYLE ALE
Gold
Brink Brewing - Lucid Visions
Silver
Forbidden Root - Note to Self
Bronze
Immigrant Son - Hungarian Pearl Kolsch
HERB/SPICE/
PEPPER
Gold
Ghost Tree - Yukon Cornelius
Silver
Municipal - Route 4 Revive Ale
Bronze
Inside the Five - The Mashing Pumpkins
IMPERIAL Beer
Gold
Market Garden - Olde Groudhog Barleywine
Silver
Dayton Beer Co - Oregon Alley Imperial IPA
Bronze
Medina Brewing - Citra Supernova
NEIPA/HAZY IPA
Gold
Yellow Spring Brewing - Creative Space
Silver
Three Tigers - Juicy Bazooka
Bronze
Counterbalance - Rip, Tear, Destroy
NEPA/HAZY PALE
Gold
Forbidden Root - Mostly Idaho
Silver
Forbidden Root - Good on Ya
Bronze
Third Eye - Prismatic Muse
SCOTCH/SMOKED
BEER
Gold
Edison - Zigarre
Silver
Combustion Brewing - Brasky
Bronze
Third Eye - High Consciousness
SOUR/WILD
WITH FRUIT
Gold
Forbidden Root - Up for Discussion
Silver
Sonder - Bella
Bronze
Counterbalance - Neon Tides
SOUR/WILD BEER
Gold
NA
Silver
NA
Bronze
NA
SPECIALTY/
HYBRID BEER
Gold
Market Garden - Yuzu
Silver
Third Eye - Getting Twisted
Bronze
Inside the Five - Squares or Triangles Strawberry
SPECIALTY/
ADJUNCT STOUT
Gold
Third Eye - Double Astral
Silver
Roundhouse - Mexican Hot Chocolate
Bronze
Missing Falls - Brutus
STOUT
Gold
Brink - Moozie
Silver
Olentangy River - I Cant Feel My Pants
Bronze
Lockport - Big Debbie
WHEAT BEER
Gold
Market Garden - Prosperity Wheat
Silver
Twin Oast - Oastweizen
Bronze
Blue Heron - Yes Hefe
WOOD BARREL
UNDER 8% ABV
Gold
Hofbrauhaus Cleveland - Bourbon barrel aged Doppelbock
Silver
Forbidden Root - All the Positions
Bronze
Forbidden Root - Heaviest Snuggz
WOOD BARREL
OVER 8% ABV
Gold
HofbrauHaus Cleveland - BBA Kaiser
Silver
Twin Oast - Meet your maker
Bronze
Combustion - Inch of Dust
BEST OF SHOW
BRINK - LIL ZOOMIE
(Finalist For Best of Show - Brink Lil Zoomie, Forbidden Root - Festhaus, Brink - Moozie)
Regional Awards
Central
Forbidden Root
Northwest
Twin Oast
Northeast
Ghost Tree Brewing
Greater Cleveland
Hofbrauhaus Cleveland
West Central
Yellow Springs Brewery
Southeast
Double Edge
Southwest
Third Eye
bREWERY SIZE Awards
Best Large Brewery (Greater than 15,000 bbls)
NA
Best Medium Brewery (Less than 15,000 but greater than 5,000 bbls)
Market Garden
Best Small Brewery (Less than 5,000 but greater than 1,000 bbls)
Third Eye Brewing
Best Nano Brewery (Less than 1,000 bbls)
Forbidden Root Brewing