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Brussels Beer Challenge Winners 2020

Yesterday, the winners of the 9th annual Brussels Beer Challenge were announced. Exactly 1,546 beers from 36 countries were judged in 8 broad styles (Pale Ale, Dark Ale, Red Ale, Pils, Stout/Porter, White, Flavoured Beers, and Specialty Beers) and then further subdivided into 80 smaller categories (lambic, abbey, chocolate beers, etc.). In a normal year, I would have been there for the judging, but with Covid restrictions, the EU was not permitting Americans to fly to Europe. I had hoped to post this yesterday, but it took me this long to go through and reformat the winners into a list. Congratulations to all the winners!

Belgium won the most medals, with the United States coming in second. Here are the top medal winners, by country.

Medals Won by Country:

  1. Belgium = 79
  2. United States = 31
  3. Italy = 30
  4. Netherlands = 23
  5. Brazil = 16
  6. France = 13
  7. Canada = 10
  8. TIE: China = 9 / Germany = 9
  9. Ireland = 6
  10. TIE: South Korea = 3 / Taiwan = 3

The 2020 Brussels Beer Challenge Winners

Category 1 — Dark Ale: Abbey / Trappist Style Dubbel

Category 2 — Dark Ale: Brown Ale

Category 3 — Dark Ale: Dark/Black IPA

Category 4 — Dark Ale: Oud Bruin (Flanders Brown Ale)

Category 5 — Dark Ale: Strong Dark Ale

Category 6 — Flavoured Beer: Chocolate

Category 7 — Flavoured Beer: Coffee

Category 8 — Flavoured Beer: Field Beer

Category 9 — Flavoured Beer: Fruit Beer

Category 10 — Flavoured Beer: Herb & Spice

Category 11 — Flavoured Beer: Honey Beer

Category 12 — Flavoured Beer: Old Style Fruit-Lambic

Category 13 — Flavoured Beer: Russian Imperial Stout Barrel Or Oaked Aged

Category 14 — Flavoured Beer: Smoked Beer

Category 15 — Flavoured Beer: Sweet/Milk Stout

Category 16 — Flavoured Beer: Wood/Barrel Aged (Less Than 10% ABV)

Category 17 — Flavoured Beer: Wood/Barrel Aged Higher Than 10% ABV)

Category 18 — Lager: American-Style Pilsner

Category 19 — Lager: Bohemian-Style Pilsner

Gold: Pils (Italy) Brewed by Qubeer
Silver: Mama’s Little Yella Pils (United States) Brewed by Oskar Blues Brewery
Bronze: Kingpin Pils (Poland) Owned by Browar Kingpin Sp. z.o.o.

Category 20 — Lager: Dark/Dunkel (Including Schwarzbier)

Category 21 — Lager: German-Style Dunkel Bock/Doppelbock

Category 22 — Lager: German-Style Helles- / MaiBock / Doppelbock

Category 23 — Lager: German-Style Märzen

Category 24 — Lager: German-Style Pilsner

Category 25 — Lager: Helles

Category 26 — Lager: Hoppy Lager

Category 27 — Lager: International Style Pilsner

Category 28 — Lager: Light Lager

Category 29 — Lager: Vienna Lager

Category 30 — Pale&Amber Ale: (Belgian Style) Tripel

Category 31 — Pale&Amber Ale: Abbey / Trappist Style Blond

Category 32 — Pale&Amber Ale: Amber

Category 33 — Pale&Amber Ale: American IPA (Higher Than 6.5 ABV)

Category 34 — Pale&Amber Ale: American IPA (Less Than 6.5 ABV)

Category 35 — Pale&Amber Ale: American Pale Ale

Category 36 — Pale&Amber Ale: Belgian Style IPA

Category 37 — Pale&Amber Ale: Best Bitter

Category 38 — Pale&Amber Ale: Bières De Garde Ambrée

Category 39 — Pale&Amber Ale: Bitter

Category 40 — Pale&Amber Ale: Double Saison

(Photo by Bart Van der Perre)

Category 41 — Pale&Amber Ale: English IPA

Category 42 — Pale&Amber Ale: Golden Ale

Category 43 — Pale&Amber Ale: Imperial IPA

Category 44 — Pale&Amber Ale: Kölsch

Category 45 — Pale&Amber Ale: Light Bitter Blond/Golden Ale

Category 46 — Pale&Amber Ale: Modern Saison

Category 47 — Pale&Amber Ale: New England IPA

Category 48 — Pale&Amber Ale: Pacific IPA

Category 49 — Pale&Amber Ale: Session IPA

Category 50 — Pale&Amber Ale: Strong Amber

Category 51 — Pale&Amber Ale: Strong Blonde

Category 52 — Pale&Amber Ale: Strong/Extra Special Bitter

Category 53 — Pale&Amber Ale: Traditional Saison

Category 54 — Red Ale: American Red Ale

Category 55 — Red Ale: Irish Red Ale

Category 56 — Red Ale: Oud Rood (Flanders Red Ale)

Category 57 — Speciality Beer: Alcohol-Free

Category 58 — Speciality Beer: Barley Wine

Category 59 — Speciality Beer: Brut Beer

Category 60 — Speciality Beer: Gluten Free

Category 61 — Speciality Beer: Low-Alcohol

Category 62 — Speciality Beer: Old Style Gueuze-Lambic

Category 63 — Speciality Beer: Other Sour Ale

Category 64 — Speciality Beer: Speciality Beer (Higher Than 7 ABV)

Category 65 — Speciality Beer: Speciality Beer (Less Than 7 ABV)

Category 66 — Speciality Beer: Speciality Beer: Italian Style Grape Ale

Category 67 — Speciality Beer: Winter Ales

Category 68 — Stout/ Porter: American Stout

Category 69 — Stout/ Porter: Baltic Porter

Category 70 — Stout/ Porter: Dry Stout

Category 71 — Stout/ Porter: Oatmeal Stout

Category 72 — Stout/ Porter: Porter

Category 73 — Stout/ Porter: Russian Imperial Stout

Category 74 — Stout/ Porter: Stout Export

Category 75 — Wheat: Dubbel Wit/Imperial White

Category 76 — Wheat: Dunkel Weizen(Doppel)Bock

Category 77 — Wheat: Gose

Category 78 — Wheat: Weizen

Category 79 — Wheat: White IPA/Hoppy Weizen

Category 80 — Wheat: Witbier

Tasting Director Luc De Raedemaeker (photo by Bart Van der Perre)
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