2020 U.S. Open Beer Championship
Leon Farmer & Company is pleased to announce that several of our distribution partners were awarded medals for their beer submissions in the 2020 U.S. Open Beer Championship! In addition, one was named a Top 10 Brewery! Congratulations and cheers.
From the U.S. Open Beer Championship website, December 6, 2020 – Breweries from Luxembourg to Louisiana sent in more than 6,000 beers representing over 140 different styles for the 2020 U.S. Open Beer Championship. This competition is the only one to include beers from professional breweries and beers from gold medal winners from the National AHA Homebrew Competition.
For the 2020 competition, a special Black is Beautiful Imperial Stout category was added earlier this year after U.S. Open board of directors sampled several outstanding imperial stouts. The U.S. Open Beer Championships will donate 100 percent of the entry fees in this category to a foundation or organization that supports equity, inclusion, and justice, which will be determined by the gold medal winner. Pontoon Brewing in Atlanta, GA earned the inaugural Black is Beautiful gold.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, judging was held in both the U.S. and Canada, at locations including Atlanta, GA; Oxford, Ohio; and Welland, Ontario. Judging in the U.S. Open Beer Championships is blind; judges know only the categories, not the names or locations of beers being judged.
- Gold – Damebier, barrel-aged Scotch ale
- Gold – 12.12.12 – barrel-aged barley wine
- Silver – Trippin’ Around the Sun, barrel-aged fruit beer
- #2 in Top 10 Breweries, placing in the Top 3 for the second year in a row!
- Gold – Tears of My Enemies Bourbon Barrel-Aged, barrel-aged dark beer
- Gold – 7 Deadly Stouts, barrel-aged strong stout or porter specialty
- Gold – Tie 9 On, blended barrel-aged beer
- Silver – Tears of My Enemies Rum Barrel-Aged, rum barrel-aged beer
- Gold – Long Day Lager, American premium lager
- Gold – German Chocolate Cake, chocolate or cocoa beer
- Gold – Chance, juicy or hazy pale ale
- Silver – Alpha Abstraction Volume 14, juicy or hazy strong pale ale
- Bronze – Local Gold, golden or blonde ale
- Silver – Hershey Chocolate Porter, chocolate or cocoa beer
The complete winner’s list can be found at U.S. Open Beer List. Congratulations and cheers to each of our brewing partners! We’re proud to offer beers from these award-winning breweries to our customers in Athens and Northeast Georgia.
Photo provided by Wild Leap Brew Co. Congratulations, guys!