Brookston Beer Bulletin

Jay R. Brooks on Beer

  • Home
  • About
  • Editorial
  • Birthdays
  • Art & Beer

Socialize

  • Dribbble
  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Flickr
  • GitHub
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Pinterest
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
Powered by Head Quarters Built on WordPress
You are here: Home / Breweries / World Beer Cup Statistics 2010

World Beer Cup Statistics 2010

April 12, 2010 By Jay Brooks

world-beer-cup
Here’s some preliminary breakdowns of how the awards went down, who won the most by country and state. Of the 268 awards (2 medals were not awarded) from 3,351 beers by 642 breweries in 44 countries, here’s the results.

Awards by Country

  1. United States 204
  2. Germany 16
  3. TIE: 7
    • Belgium 7
    • Canada 7
  4. TIE: 5
    • Japan 5
    • UK 5
  5. TIE: 3
    • Australia 3
    • Czech Republic 3
    • Denmark 3
    • Singapore 3
  6. TIE: 2
    • Sweden 2
    • Lithuania 2
    • Italy 2

Two years ago, the U.S. was again in first with 158, followed by Germany and Belgium. This year, Canada shares third with Belgium. 19 countries won at least one medal, down from 21 two years ago.

Awards by State

  1. California 45
  2. Oregon 13
  3. TIE: 12
    • Illinois 12
    • Washington 12
  4. TIE: 11
    • Colorado 11
    • Michigan 11
  5. Virginia 8
  6. TIE: 7
    • Indiana 7
    • Missouri 7
    • Wisconsin 7
  7. TIE: 6
    • Delaware 6
    • Maryland 6
  8. Nevada 5
  9. TIE: 4
    • Arizona 4
    • Massachusetts 4
    • New Mexico 4
    • New York 4
    • North Carolina 4
    • Pennsylvania 4
  10. TIE: 3
    • Alaska 3
    • Tennessee 3
    • Utah 3
    • Wyoming 3

Last time California won 35, so we picked up 10 more awards this year. Oregon was in third place in 2008, but this time around moved into second. This year, third place was a tie between Illinois and Washington. Second in 2008 was Colorado, who dropped to a tie for fourth with Michigan.

Full winner’s list.

Filed Under: Breweries, Editorial, News Tagged With: Awards, Statistics, World Beer Cup



Comments

  1. JW says

    April 12, 2010 at 10:26 am

    Yeah Virginia!!!

    -JW

  2. BB says

    April 12, 2010 at 11:00 am

    I count 20 for San Diego County
    +1 Ballast point wins Small brewery of the year!

  3. Daron says

    April 12, 2010 at 1:16 pm

    Why weren’t 2 awarded? Specifically how come there was no gold in Category 15: American-Belgo-Style Ale. What was the other one?
    Love your site!

    • J says

      April 12, 2010 at 5:23 pm

      Category 78: Foreign-Style Stout was the other one.

      The reason that some medals are not awarded has to do with the way the judging is conducted. It’s not simply the top three beers entered in a particular category, but each gold, silver and bronze medal has to fit an over-arching definition for each medal. A gold medal, for example, must be “a world-class beer that accurately exemplifies the style, displaying the proper balance of taste, aroma and appearance.” So in some categories, the best beer on the table may have an off-flavor and therefore not fit the gold standard. It happens more often with categories with fewer entries, but could happen for any. It’s usually a painful decision to make for all the judges. I’ve been on a medal round panel at GABF that came to such a conclusion and I can assure it wasn’t done lightly. We hated it, but had to do it. In a way, it reminds of being on a jury. You have to apply the facts presented in evidence and then apply them to the law. Same deal, you apply the style parameters and the medal standards to each of the beers and reach a conclusion based on what you’re tasting. And like a jury, it has to be a unanimous decision, though usually there’s only six angry men.

  4. Dandelian says

    April 12, 2010 at 1:57 pm

    Hi there! I love your breakdown of the awards. Curious to see how GABF & WBC awards (for American breweries of course) compare. Have you ever done this kind of analysis? Thank you!

  5. Will says

    April 12, 2010 at 3:46 pm

    Yea VA is finally getting beer cred outside the state and really outside the region too…
    looking for big gains this fall at the GABF

  6. Brian says

    April 13, 2010 at 8:33 am

    Here’s the medal count for the top breweries:

    6 – Firestone Walker Brewing Co.
    5 – Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant
    5 – Pabst Brewing Co.
    4 – Devils Backbone Brewing Co.
    4 – Distelhäuser Brauerei
    4 – Founders Brewing Co.
    4 – Goose Island Beer Co.
    4 – Pizza Port Carlsbad

Trackbacks

  1. World Beer Cup 2010 says:
    April 12, 2010 at 11:53 am

    […] For a great statistical (yes, numbers and math) round-up, check out the great Brookston Beer Bulletin HERE. […]

Find Something

Northern California Breweries

Please consider purchasing my latest book, California Breweries North, available from Amazon, or ask for it at your local bookstore.

Beer Bulletin Email

Enter your email address to receive daily digests:

Recent Comments

  • Martyn Cornell on Historic Beer Birthday: Anton Dreher Jr.
  • Martyn Cornell on Historic Beer Birthday: Anton Dreher Jr.
  • Martyn Cornell on Historic Beer Birthday: Anton Dreher Jr.
  • Lucy Corne on Beer Birthday: Lucy Corne-Duthie
  • Kendall Staggs on Beer In Ads #4341: Miss Rheingold 1955 Filling Yuletide Requests

Recent Posts

  • Historic Beer Birthday: Carl W. Conrad April 1, 2023
  • Historic Beer Birthday: Thomas Fowell Buxton April 1, 2023
  • Beer In Ads #4397: Miss Rheingold 1957 Rides The Denver & Rio Grande March 31, 2023
  • Beer Birthday: Dave Buhler March 31, 2023
  • Historic Beer Birthday: Frank Hahne March 31, 2023

Tag Cloud

Advertising Anheuser-Busch Announcements Bay Area Belgium Brewers Association Brewing Equipment Budweiser Business California Christmas Europe France Germany Guinness Health & Beer History Holidays Hops Humor Infographics Kegs Law Mainstream Coverage Miller Brewing Northern California Pabst Packaging Patent Pennsylvania Press Release Prohibitionists Rheingold San Francisco Schlitz Science Science of Brewing Sports Statistics The Netherlands UK Uncategorized United States Video Washington

The Sessions

session_logo_all_text_1500

Next Session: Dec. 7, 2018
#142: One More for the Road
Previous Sessions
  • #141: Future of Beer Blogging
  • #140: Pivo
  • #139: Beer & the Good Life
  • #138: The Good in Wood
  • #137: German Wheat
Archive, History & Hosting

Typology Tuesday

Typology-png
Next Typology:
On or Before March 29, 2016
#3: Irish-Style Dry Stout
Previous Typologies
  • #2: Bock Feb. 2016
  • #1: Barley Wine Jan. 2016
Archive & History

This month’s posts

April 2023
S M T W T F S
 1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
30  
« Mar    

BBB Archives

Go to mobile version