NC Brewers Cup Competition Results!
North Carolina’s largest beer competition releases results!
2025 marked the 14th anniversary of the NC Brewers Cup competition, administered by the North Carolina Craft Brewers Guild and sponsored by Pro Refrigeration, Inc., Tryon Distributing, G&A Partners, and Lowe’s Foods. This year, 935 entries were submitted by 123 independent North Carolina craft breweries, making this the largest commercial competition in the Southeast. Check out your winners below!
Gold Medalists:
"Cricket Hill" — Fullsteam Brewery (British Pale & Bitter Ale)
"Scott's View" — Compass Rose Brewery (Scottish & Irish Beer)
"Black Cat Porter" — Lost Province Brewing Co (British Porter & Brown Ales)
"Green Man Porter" — Green Man Brewery (American Porter, Amber, & Brown Ales)
"The Throne" — Cabarrus Brewing Company (Stouts)
"Forest Hills" — Olde Hickory Brewery (Strong Ale)
"Beach Beer" — HopFly Brewing Company (Session IPA)
"Dead West" — Oklawaha Brewing Company (American Pale Ale)
"Tidal Break" — Compass Rose Brewery (American-Style IPA)
"Illusion Of Truth" — Edit Beer Co. (Juicy/Hazy Pale Ale)
"73&Hazy" — Royal Bliss Brewing Co (Juicy or Hazy IPA)
"Merican" — Hatchet Brewing Company (American-Style Sour Ale)
"Guidon Kölsch" — Guidon Brewing Co. (European Hybrid Styles)
"Gose" — Ponysaurus Brewing Co. (European Sour Ale)
"Broyhans Bock" — Gilde Brewery (European Wheat (and Related) Beer)
"Cosmic Bloom" — Eno River Brewing (Belgian Ales)
"Saison" — Flytrap Brewing (Saison)
"Hell Yes Ma'am" — Raleigh Brewing Company (Belgian Strong Ale / Monastic Ale)
"Phuket Sunset Thai Lager" — Local Time Brewing (Pale European & International Lager)
"Festbier" — Resident Culture Brewing (Amber & Other Pale European Lager)
"Schwarzbier" — Triple C Brewing Company (Dark European Lager)
"Zuganator" — Seaboard Brewing (German-Style Bock)
"Rauchbier" — Diatribe Brewing Company (Smoke Beer)
"Yonder" — Leland Brewing Co (International Style Pale Ale & IPA)
"Uno Mas" — Lenny Boy Brewing Co. (North American-Style Lager)
"Heavy Hands" — Little Brother Brewing (Pilsner-Style & Hoppy Lager)
"Seaboard Oktoberfest" — Seaboard Brewing (North American-Style Amber & Dark Lager)
"Cotton Blonde" — Cabarrus Brewing Company (Other American Pale Lagers & Ales)
"Limelight" — Ghost Harbor Brewing Company (Fruit Beer)
"Second Pick" — Eno River Brewing (Sour Fruit or Field Beer)
"Heat Seeking Pickle" — Lower Left Brewing Company (Field & Spiced Beers)
"Raspberry Kaleidoscope" — Lenny Boy Brewing Co. (Brett, Mixed Culture, & Wild Ales)
"Time Is Only Part Of The Equation" — Divine Barrel Brewing (Wood & Barrel-Aged Beer)
"Baklava Blond" — Clouds Brewing (Specialty Beer)
"Smoke Over Lublin" — Mountain Layers Brewing Company (Historic Beer)
"Sakura" — Black Mountain Brewing (NC Home-Grown)
Silver Medalists
• "Iron Horse" — Trolley Barn Fermentory (British Pale & Bitter Ale)
• "Scott's View" — Compass Rose Brewery (Scottish & Irish Beer)
• "Grizzly Brown Ale" — Cavendish Brewing Company (British Porter & Brown Ales)
• "Unibrown" — Happy Valley Filling Station (American Porter, Amber, & Brown Ales)
• "Blue Tape Special 2024: Point of Origin" — Eno River Brewing (Stouts)
• "Warrior Knight" — Toasty Kettlyst Beer Company (Strong Ale)
• "Gentle Giant Session IPA" — Primal Brewery (Session IPA)
• "Turtle Speed" — Wilmington Brewing Company (American Pale Ale)
• "Lil' Fish" — Outer Dunes Brewing Company (American-Style IPA)
• "Juice Whirled" — Gypsy Road Brewing Company (Juicy/Hazy Pale Ale)
• "Foggy Nights VII" — Leland Brewing Co (Juicy or Hazy IPA)
• "Vera Sour" — Diatribe Brewing Company (American-Style Sour Ale)
• "Daycation Gold" — Highland Brewing Company (European Hybrid Styles)
• "Largesse" — Divine Barrel Brewing (European Sour Ale)
• "Banana Breeze" — Pig Pounder Brewery (European Wheat (and Related) Beer)
• "Blonded by the Light" — Fishtowne Brew House (Belgian Ales)
• "All is not lost" — Petty Thieves Brewing Co. (Saison)
• "Luminosity" — Twin Leaf Brewery (Belgian Strong Ale / Monastic Ale)
• "Pactolus Light Lager" — Pitt Street Brewing Co. (Pale European & International Lager)
• "Fontana Export" — Mountain Layers Brewing Company (Amber & Other Pale European Lager)
• "Midnight Waddle" — Sneaky Penguin Brewing Company (Dark European Lager)
• "Doppel Trouble" — Ghostface Brewing (German-Style Bock)
• "Embers and Periscopes" — 760 Craft Works (Smoke Beer)
• "New Zealand Pils" — Diatribe Brewing Company (International Style Pale Ale & IPA)
• "Small Fires" — Little Brother Brewing (North American-Style Lager)
• "Foam Party" — Trophy Brewing Company - Maywood (Pilsner-Style & Hoppy Lager)
• "She Sells Seashells by the Sea Schwarz" — Brunswick Beer and Cider (North American-Style Amber & Dark Lager)
• "User Friendly" — Little Brother Brewing (Other American Pale Lagers & Ales)
• "Orange Hefe-Wit" — Cavendish Brewing Company (Fruit Beer)
• "Manguava" — Hatchet Brewing Company (Sour Fruit or Field Beer)
• "Southern Basil" — Fullsteam Brewery (Field & Spiced Beers)
• "Sisu 2025" — Cellarest Beer Project (Brett, Mixed Culture, & Wild Ales)
• "BBA Twice as Lonely with Macadamia & Vanilla" — Resident Culture Brewing (Wood & Barrel-Aged Beer)
• "Belgian Moonlight" — North South Brewing (Specialty Beer)
• "You make me wanna Schopes" — Gaston Brewing Company (Historic Beer)
• "Time's Arrow" — Atomic Clock Brewing Company (NC Home-Grown)
Bronze Medalists
• "Made For Walkin’" — Salt Face Mule Brewing Company (British Pale & Bitter Ale)
• "Dawn of the Red" — Neoteric Brewing Company (Scottish & Irish Beer)
• "Boar Brown" — Pig Pounder Brewery (British Porter & Brown Ales)
• "Trains of Fayetteville" — North South Brewing (American Porter, Amber, & Brown Ales)
• "Imperial Stout" — Town Brewing Company (Stouts)
• "King in the Castle" — Little Brother Brewing (Strong Ale)
• "Season 34" — Edit Beer Co. (Session IPA)
• "Beach Time" — Wilmington Brewing Company (American Pale Ale)
• "Mindweaver" — Petty Thieves Brewing Co. (American-Style IPA)
• "Juice Train" — Seaboard Brewing (Juicy/Hazy Pale Ale)
• "Trail Hazer" — Trailside Brewing Co. (Juicy or Hazy IPA)
• "Rules of Acquisition" — Vaulted Oak Brewing (American-Style Sour Ale)
• "Car Show Cosmo's Kolsch" — Lake Norman Brewery (European Hybrid Styles)
• "Beauty in the Cracks" — Twin Leaf Brewery (European Sour Ale)
• "Hazy Skies Hefeweizen" — Pilot Brewing Company (European Wheat (and Related) Beer)
• "Brushy Mountain Blonde Ale" — TwoBoros Brewery (Belgian Ales)
• "New Slang Raspberry Saison" — Americana Beer Company (Saison)
• "Reserve Ale" — Ponysaurus Brewing Co. (Belgian Strong Ale / Monastic Ale)
• "Sexy Canoe" — Tarboro Brewing Company (Pale European & International Lager)
• "Tower Buzz" — Gaston Brewing Company (Amber & Other Pale European Lager)
• "Rain Czech" — Clouds Brewing (Dark European Lager)
• "Bock Bock Goose" — Surf City Brewing Company (German-Style Bock)
• "East Meets West Rice Lager" — bmc brewing (Smoke Beer)
• "Drum>Space Galaxy" — Riverside Rhapsody Beer Company (International Style Pale Ale & IPA)
• "Carolina Heritage" — Brunswick Beer and Cider (North American-Style Lager)
• "Wandering Waves" — Oaklyn Springs Brewery (Pilsner-Style & Hoppy Lager)
• "Last Day at the Office" — Neoteric Brewing Company (North American-Style Amber & Dark Lager)
• "Little Wing" — King Canary Brewing Company (Other American Pale Lagers & Ales)
• "Big SLURP" — NoDa Brewing Co. (Fruit Beer)
• "Subject to Change (Blueberry Cheesecake Sour)" — Tobacco Wood Brewing Company (Sour Fruit or Field Beer)
• "Vanilla Cream Java Dream" — Hoptown Brewing Company (Field & Spiced Beers)
• "Henotic 2025" — Cellarest Beer Project (Brett, Mixed Culture, & Wild Ales)
• "Society #8" — DSSOLVR (Wood & Barrel-Aged Beer)
• "Hops Mirage NA IPA" — Primal Brewery (Specialty Beer)
• "Pleasing Gene" — Little Brother Brewing (Historic Beer)
• "Grandfather Paradox" — Atomic Clock Brewing Company (NC Home-Grown)
Honorable Mentions
• "Gems & Rhinestones" — Edit Beer Co. (British Porter & Brown Ales)
• "Might Be Better" — Eno River Brewing (American Porter, Amber, & Brown Ales)
• "Trail Candy Tropical IPA" — Lazy Hiker Brewing Co. (Session IPA)
• "Born for Dying" — Incendiary Brewing Company (American Pale Ale)
• "Astrotrain v.6" — Seaboard Brewing (Juicy or Hazy IPA)
• "The Way Life Gose" — Pitt Street Brewing Co. (American-Style Sour Ale)
• "40 East" — The Glass Jug Beer Lab (European Wheat (and Related) Beer)
• "Cast Net" — Fishtowne Brew House (Belgian Ales)
• "Songs To Fill The Air" — Divine Barrel Brewing (Saison)
• "Death Machine" — Hatchet Brewing Company (Belgian Strong Ale / Monastic Ale)
• "Fire in the Mole" — Mad Mole Brewing (Pale European & International Lager)
• "Yodeling Down Lake Starnberg" — 760 Craft Works (Amber & Other Pale European Lager)
• "Duckin' Funkel" — Ghostface Brewing (Dark European Lager)
• "Pyrle IPA" — Little Brother Brewing (International Style Pale Ale & IPA)
• "Ultimo Hombre" — Lower Left Brewing Company (Fruit Beer)
• "Spratt's Lager" — Town Brewing Company (NC Home-Grown)
• "Flashbacks" — Trolley Barn Fermentory (Specialty Beer)
