NC Brewers Cup Competition Results!
North Carolina’s largest beer competition releases results!
2024 marked the 13th anniversary of the NC Brewers Cup competition, administered by the North Carolina Craft Brewers Guild and sponsored by Pro Refrigeration, Inc., Morton Motor Express, and Lowe’s Foods. This year, 934 entries were submitted by 126 independent North Carolina craft breweries, making this the largest commercial competition in the Southeast. Check out your winners below!
See the winners in spreadsheet form!
Gold Medalists:
Hoptown Brewing Company's "Town Ale" (British Pale & Bitter Ale)
Buck Bald Brewing's "Shesquatch Scottish Ale" (Scottish & Irish Beer)
Sidetracked Brewery's "Crosstie Brown" (British Porter & Brown Ales)
Lost Province Brewing Co's "Kingslayer" (American Porter, Amber, & Brown Ales)
Primal Brewery's "Corruption by Proxy Imperial Stout" (Stouts)
Sneaky Penguin Brewing Company's "Toasted Penguin" (Strong Ale)
Seven Sounds Brewing Company's "Electric Feels" (Session IPA)
Pilot Brewing's "Beekeeper's Ale" (American Pale Ale)
Swells'a Brewing's "All Rights, All Rights, All Rights" (American-Style IPA)
Blackbird Brewery's "El Rey Dorado" (Juicy or Hazy IPA)
Pig Pounder Brewery's "The Bulgarian Sour" (American-Style Sour Ale)
Sweeten Creek Brewing's "Love in Bloom Kolsch" (European Hybrid Styles)
Divine Barrel Brewing's "Largesse" (European Sour Ale)
Clouds Brewing's "El Hefe" (European Wheat (and Related) Beer)
Lenny Boy Brewing Co.'s "Tropicalus" (Belgian Ales)
Americana Beer Company's "New Slang" (Saison)
Fishtowne Brew House's "Feats of Strength, Belgian Strong Ale" (Belgian Strong Ale / Monastic Ale)
Hi-Wire Brewing Company's "Czech Premium Pale Lager" (Pale European & International Lager)
Resident Culture's "Festbier" (Amber European Lager)
Southern Peak Brewery's "Midnight Conductor" (Dark European Lager)
Seaboard Brewing's "Zuganator" (German-Style Bock)
Cellarest Beer Project's "Cinder" (Smoke Beers)
1718 Brewing-Ocracoke's "1718 - XPA" (International Style Pale Ale & IPA)
Birdsong Brewing Company's "Rewind" (American-Style Lager)
Salt Face Mule Brewing Company's "Mosey On Over" (Pilsner-Style Lager)
Brunswick Beer and Cider's "She Sells Seashells by the Sea Schwarz" (American Amber Lager)
Divine Barrel Brewing's "Beer Flavored Beer" (American Hybrid Styles)
Goose and the Monkey Brewhouse's "Cosmic Orchard Blueberry Ale" (Fruit Beers)
The Glass Jug Beer Lab's "Gamma Function" (Sour Fruit or Field Beers)
NoDa Brewing Co.'s "Gordgeous" (Field & Spiced Beers)
Lenny Boy Brewing Co.'s "Raspberry Kaleidoscope" (Brett, Mixed Culture, & Wild Ales)
Pitt Street Brewing Co.'s "Crocodile Tearz" (Wood and Barrel-Aged Beers)
Bull City Burger and Brewery's "Solera Ale" (Specialty Beer)
bmc brewing's "Mendel's Dominate Recessive Kolsch Style Ale" (Historic Beer)
Cabarrus Brewing Company's "Sew Juicy" (Juicy/Hazy Pale Ale)
Sidetracked Brewery's "Florere" (NC Home-Grown)
Silver Medalists
Tarboro Brewing Company's "Town Common" (British Pale & Bitter Ale)
Ghostface Brewing's "Skull Cutter" (Scottish & Irish Beer)
Diatribe Brewing Company's "English Dark Mild" (British Porter & Brown Ales)
Lower Left Brewing Company's "Tech Noir" (American Porter, Amber, & Brown Ales)
Hi-Wire Brewing Company's "10W-40 Pumpkin Spicewalla Latte" (Stouts)
Olde Hickory Brewery's "Hillcrest" (Strong Ale)
Hi-Wire Brewing Company's "Lo-Pitch Hazy IPA" (Session IPA)
Dingo Dog Brewing Company's "Lucky Dog IPA" (American Pale Ale)
Wilmington Brewing Company's "Sneaky Goose" (American-Style IPA)
NoDa Brewing Co.'s "Radio Haze" (Juicy/Hazy Pale Ale)
Swells'a Brewing's "Jimmy Buffett Ruined My Life" (Juicy or Hazy IPA)
Hatchet Brewing Company's "Merican ale" (American-Style Sour Ale)
Southern Peak Brewery's "Boxcar Belle" (European Hybrid Styles)
Ponysaurus Brewing Co.'s "Gose" (European Sour Ale)
Gilde 1546 (BCA Brewing Corp of Amer)'s "Dark Hen" (European Wheat (and Related) Beer)
Brewery Bhavana's "Sow" (Belgian Ales)
Cavendish Brewing Company's "Elder Thing" (Saison)
Southern Pines Brewing Company's "Delighted Devil" (Belgian Strong Ale / Monastic Ale)
Divine Barrel Brewing's "Czech Pils" (Pale European & International Lager)
Balsam Falls Brewing Company's "Weiner Party Vienna Lager" (Amber European Lager)
Mannkind Brewing Group Inc.'s "Dark Ages" (Dark European Lager)
Pilot Brewing's "Dunkles Bock" (German-Style Bock)
760 Craft Works' "Here for the Sizzle" (Smoke Beers)
Leland Brewing Company's "Yonder" (International Style Pale Ale & IPA)
Little Brother Brewing's "Small Fires" (American-Style Lager)
Buck Bald Brewing NC's "Buck's Frosty Balls" (Pilsner-Style Lager)
Local Time Brewing's "Munich Bocktoberfest" (American Amber Lager)
Little Brother Brewing's "Heavy Hands" (American Hybrid Styles)
Bronze Medalists
Pilot Brewing's "Pub Ale" (British Pale & Bitter Ale)
The Bier Garden's "Haste Ye Back" (Scottish & Irish Beer)
Havoc Brewing Company's "Hey Bonnie! English Brown Ale" (British Porter & Brown Ales)
Sweeten Creek Brewing's "Burn Dawger Brown Ale" (American Porter, Amber, & Brown Ales)
Whalehead Brewery's "Dark and Stormy" (Stouts)
Olde Hickory Brewery's "Irish Walker" (Strong Ale)
Lake Norman Brewery's "Alex on Vacay" (Session IPA)
Carolina Brewery & Grill's "Fin Chaser Pale Ale" (American Pale Ale)
Wilmington Brewing Company's "Midtown Swank" (American-Style IPA)
Wye Hill Kitchen & Brewing's "Luminous Beings" (Juicy/Hazy Pale Ale)
Incendiary Brewing Company's "SHIfT Gold" (Juicy or Hazy IPA)
Lost Province Brewing Co.'s "Rainbow Surge" (American-Style Sour Ale)
Edit Beer Co.'s "Reflected From Afar" (European Hybrid Styles)
Front Street Brewery's "Roots, Rock, Wheat" (European Wheat (and Related) Beer)
Fishtowne Brew House's "Flukes of Hazzard, Belgian IPA" (Belgian Ales)
Bragging Rooster Beer and Mead's "Homestead" (Saison)
Altered State Brewing Company's "Mystical Aspirations" (Belgian Strong Ale / Monastic Ale)
Southern Pines Brewing Company's "Carolina Clara" (Pale European & International Lager)
Raleigh Brewing Company's "Oktoberfest" (Amber European Lager)
Brunswick Beer and Cider's "She Sells Seashells by the Sea Schwarz" (Dark European Lager)
760 Craft Works' "Birds on the Pond" (German-Style Bock)
Gaston Brewing Company's "Nordic Sommer" (Smoke Beers)
Sweeten Creek Brewing's "Bro, Chill Session Hazy IPA" (International Style Pale Ale & IPA)
Gaston Brewing Company's "Liberty Lager" (American-Style Lager)
Fullsteam Brewery's "Paycheck" (Pilsner-Style Lager)
Atomic Clock Brewing Company's "Červánky 12°" (American Amber Lager)
Oaklyn Springs Brewery's "Radiant Wheat" (American Hybrid Styles)
NoDa Brewing Co.'s "Carolina Quencher" (Fruit Beers)
Cellarest Beer Project's "Paramon" (Sour Fruit or Field Beers)
Cabarrus Brewing Company's "Vanilla Coffee Blonde" (Field & Spiced Beers)
Happy Valley Filling Station's "Everything Delightful #2" (Brett, Mixed Culture, & Wild Ales)
Bright Penny Brewing Company's "On Wednesday's We Wheatwine" (Wood and Barrel-Aged Beers)
Resident Culture's "NARC with Salt & Lime" (Specialty Beer)
Divine Barrel Brewing's "THe Big Lubelski" (Historic Beer)
Pig Pounder Brewery's "Golden Gilt" (NC Home-Grown)
Honorable Mentions
Hoptown Brewing Company's "I'll Have N'Udder" (Stouts)
Hatchet Brewing Company's "Tribute" (American Pale Ale)
Incendiary Brewing Company's "Blood, Shred, and Tears Hazy Pale Ale" (Juicy/Hazy Pale Ale)
Tobacco Road Sports Cafe & Brewery's "Popfly Pils" (Pale European & International Lager)
Lost Province Brewing Co.'s "Boonetoberfest" (Amber European Lager)
Divine Barrel Brewing's "When Will Then Be Now?" (Dark European Lager)
Innovation Brewing's "Afternoon Delight" (American Hybrid Styles)
Fishtowne Brew House's "Ship Faced, Belgian Golden Ale" (Belgian Ales)
Oaklyn Springs Brewery's "Robusta Resolve" (Field & Spiced Beers)
Divine Barrel Brewing's "Warm My Bones" (Wood and Barrel-Aged Beers)
Booneshine Brewing Company's "I Drink Therefore I Yam" (Historic Beer)
Cellarest Beer Project's "Haywood Haylife" (American-Style Lager)
