Illinois Craft Brewers Guild

Congratulations to the Illinois Craft Brewers Guild World Beer Cup 2008 Winners

Brewers from five continents earned awards from an international panel of judges at the 2008 Brewers Association World Beer Cup in San Diego, CA. Held every other year at the Craft Brewers Conference, the seventh bi-annual competition announced awards for brewers from 21 countries ranging from Australia and Italy to Bolivia and Japan and, of course, the state of Illinois in the good old USA.

"Brewers all over the world participate in order to win recognition for their creativity and brewing ability," said Charlie Papazian, President of the Brewers Association, the U.S.-based trade association that has organized the competition, often called the "Olympics of Beer," held every two years since 1996. In 2010, the World Beer Cup comes to Chicago and Illinois brewers will be ready once again!

Here are the four winning breweries and their awards:

Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery -Chicago
American Style Stout
Gold: Terminal Stout

Three Floyds Brewing Company
Imperial or Double Red Ale
Gold: Behemoth
Imperial or Double Inida Pale Ale
Bronze: Dreadnaught IPA

Goose Island Beer Company
English-style Summer Ale
Silver: 312 Urban Wheat Ale
Belgian and French-style Ale
Silver: Matilda

Emmett's Ale House/Emmett's Tavern & Brewing Co.
Belgian-style Dubbel
Silver: Emmett's Belgian-style Dubbel

The Festival of Wood and Barrel-aged Beer^SM VI
Coming in 2008. Check back here for the date and other details as they are announced. Click here (PDF) to view the results of the 5th (2007) Annual Festival of Wood and Barrel-aged Beer^SM.