By Zita Lam
你自问是一个啤酒爱好者吗？你对本地啤酒的种类及质素又认识几多？由华盛顿啤酒委员会联同专业比赛有限责任公司 (Specialty Competitions LLC) 举办，第五届华盛顿啤酒大奖(Washington Beer Award) 得奖者终在本月正式出炉。165间啤酒酿造厂，1207种啤酒，经训练有素的啤酒评委使用酿酒者协会风格指南，每个类别以金、银和铜牌分出胜负，以下为部份得奖名单：
年度啤酒厂
小型：5 Rights Brewing Company
中型：E9 Brewery LLC
大型：Chuckanut Brewery
最佳华盛顿麦芽啤酒
Hellbent Brewing Company – Homegrown Pale Ale
最佳华盛顿农产品启发啤酒：E9 Brewery LLC – Wild Cherry
欧洲淡啤酒
金：Barrel Mountain Brewing – Luv Ya Lager
银：Lucky Envelope Brewing – Helles Lager
铜：DRU BRU – Serious Bru
德式比尔森啤酒
金：Icicle Brewing Company – Crosscut Pilsner
银：Black Raven Brewing – Hochzeit Pilsner
铜：Optimism – Check
波西米亚风比尔森啤酒
金：Chuckanut Brewery – Chuckanut Pilsner
银：Sound Brewery – Premium Pilsner
铜：Chainline Brewing Co. – Polaris Pilsner
德式黑淡啤酒
金：Chainline Brewing Co. – Brake Czech
银：DRU BRU – Black
铜：Chuckanut Brewery – Chuckanut Dunkel
美式淡啤酒
金：Kulshan Brewing Co. – Premium Lager
银：Stones Throw Brewery – Raincountry Liquid Sunshine Lager
铜：Top Rung Brewing Company – Lacey Lager
德式Kölsch啤酒
金：54-40 Brewing Company – Cascadia
银：Chuckanut Brewery – Chuckanut Kolsch Style
铜：20 Corners Brewing Co. – Vagablonde
德国小麦和黑麦啤酒
金：5 Rights Brewing Company – Nellie’s Nectar
银：Anacortes Brewery – Whistle Lake Wizen
铜：Sound Brewery – Sommerweizen
美国小麦啤酒
金：Chuckanut Brewery – Chuckanut American Wheat
银：Elysian Brewing Company – Wil Wheatwine
铜：Mac and Jacks Brewery – Serengeti Wheat
黑麦啤酒
金：Lowercase Brewing – IPA
银：Loowit Brewing Company – Grimlock Rye Porter
铜：Haywire Brewing Co. – Red Rye IPA
水果小麦啤酒
金：North Jetty Brewing – Another F**king Raspberry Hef
银：Ten Pin Brewing Co. – Groove Pineapple Wheat
铜：Big Block Brewing – Berry Cuda
比利时水果啤酒
金：E9 Brewery – Wild Cherry
银：Silver City Brewery – Charming Disarmer
铜：Black Raven Brewing – Corvus Kriekus
巧克力或可可啤酒
金：Whitewall Brewing Company – Outlaw Heat 2
银：Matchless Brewing – Matchless Bar
铜：Puyallup River Brewing Co. – Mud Mountain Milk Stout
咖啡啤酒
金：Ram Restaurant & Brewery – Udder Chaos
银：Georgetown Brewing Company – Gusto Crema
铜：North 47 Brewing Co. – Bavarian Breakfast
完整得奖名单到：http://wabeerawards.com/?q=node/19