By Zita Lam
你自問是一個啤酒愛好者嗎？你對本地啤酒的種類及質素又認識幾多？由華盛頓啤酒委員會聯同專業比賽有限責任公司 (Specialty Competitions LLC) 舉辦，第五屆華盛頓啤酒大獎(Washington Beer Award) 得獎者終在本月正式出爐。165間啤酒釀造廠，1207種啤酒，經訓練有素的啤酒評委使用釀酒者協會風格指南，每個類別以金、銀和銅牌分出勝負，以下為部份得獎名單：
年度啤酒廠
小型：5 Rights Brewing Company
中型：E9 Brewery LLC
大型：Chuckanut Brewery
最佳華盛頓麥芽啤酒
Hellbent Brewing Company – Homegrown Pale Ale
最佳華盛頓農產品啟發啤酒：E9 Brewery LLC – Wild Cherry
歐洲淡啤酒
金：Barrel Mountain Brewing – Luv Ya Lager
銀：Lucky Envelope Brewing – Helles Lager
銅：DRU BRU – Serious Bru
德式比爾森啤酒
金：Icicle Brewing Company – Crosscut Pilsner
銀：Black Raven Brewing – Hochzeit Pilsner
銅：Optimism – Check
波西米亞風比爾森啤酒
金：Chuckanut Brewery – Chuckanut Pilsner
銀：Sound Brewery – Premium Pilsner
銅：Chainline Brewing Co. – Polaris Pilsner
德式黑淡啤酒
金：Chainline Brewing Co. – Brake Czech
銀：DRU BRU – Black
銅：Chuckanut Brewery – Chuckanut Dunkel
美式淡啤酒
金：Kulshan Brewing Co. – Premium Lager
銀：Stones Throw Brewery – Raincountry Liquid Sunshine Lager
銅：Top Rung Brewing Company – Lacey Lager
德式Kölsch啤酒
金：54-40 Brewing Company – Cascadia
銀：Chuckanut Brewery – Chuckanut Kolsch Style
銅：20 Corners Brewing Co. – Vagablonde
德國小麥和黑麥啤酒
金：5 Rights Brewing Company – Nellie’s Nectar
銀：Anacortes Brewery – Whistle Lake Wizen
銅：Sound Brewery – Sommerweizen
美國小麥啤酒
金：Chuckanut Brewery – Chuckanut American Wheat
銀：Elysian Brewing Company – Wil Wheatwine
銅：Mac and Jacks Brewery – Serengeti Wheat
黑麥啤酒
金：Lowercase Brewing – IPA
銀：Loowit Brewing Company – Grimlock Rye Porter
銅：Haywire Brewing Co. – Red Rye IPA
水果小麥啤酒
金：North Jetty Brewing – Another F**king Raspberry Hef
銀：Ten Pin Brewing Co. – Groove Pineapple Wheat
銅：Big Block Brewing – Berry Cuda
比利時水果啤酒
金：E9 Brewery – Wild Cherry
銀：Silver City Brewery – Charming Disarmer
銅：Black Raven Brewing – Corvus Kriekus
巧克力或可可啤酒
金：Whitewall Brewing Company – Outlaw Heat 2
銀：Matchless Brewing – Matchless Bar
銅：Puyallup River Brewing Co. – Mud Mountain Milk Stout
咖啡啤酒
金：Ram Restaurant & Brewery – Udder Chaos
銀：Georgetown Brewing Company – Gusto Crema
銅：North 47 Brewing Co. – Bavarian Breakfast
完整得獎名單到：http://wabeerawards.com/?q=node/19