Firestone Walker Named Champion Mid Sized Brewery At World Beer Cup

For an unprecedented 3rd time, Firestone Walker was named Champion mid-sized Brewery at the 2010 World Beer Cup. We are humbled to have also won in 2004/2006. Cheers to our amazing team of brewers and to all of our fans!

Brewers from six continents earned awards from an elite international panel of judges this week in the 2010 Brewers Association World Beer Cup – the world’s largest-ever commercial beer competition. The eighth bi-annual competition announced awards to brewers from 19 countries ranging from Australia and Italy to Iceland and Japan.

This year, 642 breweries from 44 countries and 47 U.S. states vied for awards with 3,330 beers entered in 90 beer style categories.

The 2010 World Beer Cup eclipsed the record of the Brewers Association’s own Great American Beer Festival (GABF) to become the largest commercial competition ever. There were 3,308 entries judged in the 2009 GABF, compared to the 2010 World Beer Cup’s 3,330 entries judged.

A detailed analysis of the entries and awards can be found in the 2010 World Beer Cup Fact Sheet. Click Here for 2010 World Beer Cup FACT Sheet (PDF)