2019 Mead Competition
2018 Awards
More than 160 entered, but only one came out on top. Biloba Frambois from Biloba Brewing in Brookfield, Wisconsin, took home Best of Show honors at the 2018 Honey Beer Competition, hosted by the National Honey Board. This year’s competition had 167 made with honey beer entries, which were submitted from craft breweries throughout North America.
The Honey Beer Competition was judged by 20 certified judges from the Beer Judge Certification Program and featured eleven beer style categories and one cider category. The submitted beers were judged on their aroma, appearance, flavor, mouthfeel and the role honey played in the beer. New to this year’s competition was a design category, which recognized the best honey or honey bee-related packaging graphics.
2018 Honey Beer Competition Winners
Best of Show: Gold
Biloba Frambois (Raspberry)
Biloba Brewing LLC
Brookfield, Wisconsin
Best of Show: Silver
Michigan Honey
Virtue Cider
Fennville, Michigan
Best of Show: Bronze
Double Barrel Honey Dip Stout
Able Baker Brewing Company
Las Vegas, Nevada
Best General Lager
Bit O’ Honey Brown Lager
Denver Beer Co. – Olde Town
Arvada, Colorado
Silver
Karl
Strap Tank Brewing Co.
Springville, Utah
Bronze
Mexican Honey Imperial Lager
Indeed Brewing Company
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Best Fruit/Vegetable Beer
LSD Honey Ale
Indeed Brewing Company
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Silver
Amy
Big Beach Brewing Company
Gulf Shores, Alabama
Bronze
Ginger Bloom
Owl Farm Unique Fermentations
Vista, California
Best General Ale
Bee Enlightened Honey Kolsch
Half Full Brewery
Stamford, Connecticut
Silver
Scarlet Honey Hoppy Red Ale
Lickinghole Creek Craft Brewery
Goochland, Virginia
Bronze
Mountain Man
Jeremiah Johnson Brewing Co.
Great Falls, Montana
Best IPA
Honey Double IPA
Tumbleroot Brewery and Distillery
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Silver
SBC 4 Anniversary Milkshake IPA
Service Brewing Company
Savannah, Georgia
Bronze
Hipster Dance Party
East Nashville Beer Works
Nashville, Tennessee
Best Belgian-Style Ale
Apis IV
Elevation Beer Co.
Poncha Springs, Colorado
Silver
Belgian Honey Blonde
No Clue Craft Brewery
Rancho Cucamonga, California
Bronze
Macho Abeja
FiftyFifty Brewing Company
Truckee, California
Best Braggot
Heaven and Heathen
Guadalupe Brewery & Mjodhall Meadery Collaboration
Carlsbad, California
Silver
Brother’s Keeper Imperial Braggot
Booze Brothers Brewing Co.
Vista, California
Bronze
All in the Family
Fleur De Lis Brew Works
Seneca Falls, New York
Best Stout/Porter
Honey Dip Stout
Able Baker Brewing Company
Las Vegas, Nevada
Silver
Abe’s Honey Porter
Johnnie Byrd Brewing Company
Wayne, Nebraska
Best Wheat Beer
Orange Ave. Wit
Coronado Brewing Company
San Diego, California
Silver
Orange Blossom Honey Wheat
North Country Brewing Company
Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
Bronze
Shenanigans Summer Ale
Indeed Brewing Company
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Best Sour
Biloba Frambois (Raspberry)
Biloba Brewing LLC
Brookfield, Wisconsin
Silver
Dutch Door
Sante Adairius Rustic Ales
Capitola, California
Bronze
Trio
Upland Brewing Co
Bloomington, Indiana
Best Barrel-Aged Beer
Double Barrel Honey Dip Stout
Able Baker Brewing Company
Las Vegas, Nevada
Silver
In Medias Res (Chardonnay)
Kent Falls Brewing Company
Kent, Connecticut
Bronze
Antik
Jackie O’s Brewery
Athens, Ohio
Best Cider
Michigan Honey
Virtue Cider
Fennville, Michigan
Silver
Honey Pear
Locust Cider
Woodinville, Washington
Bronze
Texas Honey Cider
Austin Eastciders
Austin, Texas
OTHER
Plum Surprise
Migration Brewing Company
Portland, Oregon
Silver
Fleurs du Soleil
Twin Leaf Brewery
Asheville, North Carolina
Bronze
Chomolungma Honey Nut Brown Ale
Jackie O’s Brewery
Athens, Ohio
Best Design/Packaging
L’Apiculteur
Central State Brewing
Indianapolis, Indiana
Silver
Fleurs du Soleil
Twin Leaf Brewery
Asheville, North Carolina
Bronze
Pollen Nation Honey Blonde
Evans Brewing Company
Irvine, California