The World Beer Cup (WBC) 2025 awards ceremony took place at the Indiana Convention Center last evening, May 1st, in Indianapolis.
The competition included 8,375 entries in 112 beer style categories, resulting in 334 awards. (One gold and one bronze medal were not awarded.) 1,761 breweries and cideries competed for medals, representing 49 countries. More information can be found here.
Nine Indiana breweries won eleven medals at the competition. Their five gold medals were the most of any state in the Midwest. Indiana’s eleven total medals tied Ohio for tops in the Midwest.
Sun King Brewery, Indianapolis
Brett Beer – Gold – Free Range Farmhouse Ale
Experimental Beer – Bronze – Amalfi
Belgian-Style Flanders Oud Bruin or Oud Red Ale – Bronze – Stupid Sexy Flanders
Grand Junction Brewing, Westfield
Pumpkin Beer – Gold – Not Your Grandma’s Pumpkin Ale
Shoreline Brewery, Michigan City
German-Style Doppelbock or Eisbock – Gold – Curse the Goat
Moontown Brewing, Whitestown
German-Style Maerzen or Franconian-Style Rotbier – Gold – Follow the Lederhosen
ZwanzigZ Brewing, Columbus
American-Style Imperial Stout – Gold- Fulcrum Imperial Stout
Primeval Brewing, Noblesville
Belgian-Style Ale or French-Style Ale – Silver – French Kiss
Bier Brewery, Indianapolis
Pumpkin Beer – Bronze – Pumpkin Ale
Wooden Bear Brewing, Greenfield
Wood and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer – Bronze – Broliner Weisse
Guggman Haus Brewing, Indianapolis
Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ale – Bronze – Riverside NEIPA (This category had 290 entries, the most in the competition)
Congratulations to all nine Indiana breweries. You make your fellow Hoosiers proud!
The list of all award winners can be found here.
Hoppy was privileged to have served as a steward during the WBC competition.
