Winners of the 2008 Beer Cup

Five ORA members received various awards at the 2008 World Beer Cup held on April 19 in San Diego, CA. Held every two years, brewers from all over the world compete for coveted champion brewery and style awards. This year, more than 600 breweries from 58 countries participated. Below is a list of the awards won by ORA member breweries.

World Beer Cup Champion Brewery and Brewmaster: Large Brewpub Category
Darron R.S. Welch
Pelican Pub & Brewery
Pacific City, OR

Category 4: American-Style Hefeweizen
Gold: Widmer Hefeweizen
Widmer Brothers Brewing Co.
Portland, OR

Category 9: Specialty Beer
Gold: Morimoto Soba Ale
Bronze: Morimota Black Obi Soba Ale
Rogue Ales
Newport, OR

Category 14: Gluten Free Beer
Gold: Deschutes Brewery Sorghum Beer
Deschutes Brewery
Bend, OR

Category 77: Foreign (Export)-Style Stout
Bronze: Tsunami Stout
Pelican Pub & Brewery
Pacific City, OR

Category 79: American-Style Pale Ale
Gold: Widmer Pale Ale
Widmer Brothers Brewing Co.
Portland, OR

Category 81: American-Style India Pale Ale
Bronze: India Pelican Ale
Pelican Pub & Brewery
Pacific City, OR

Category 84: Imperial or Double Red Ale
Silver: Organic Deranger
Laurelwood Brewing Co.
Portland, OR

Category 85: American-Style Brown Ale
Gold: Doryman’s Dark Ale
Pelican Pub & Brewery
Pacific City, OR

Congratulations to the winners of the 2008 Beer Cup! Visit http://www.beertown.org/events/wbc/winners_list/winners_2008.html to view the full list of awards.