See Colorado’s 21 World Beer Cup winners for 2025

Certain of Colorado s best breweries continued to show why they lead the pack on Thursday during the World Beer Cup awards at the Craft Brewers Conference in Indianapolis Ind Seventeen beer makers took home awards in a wide variety of categories from light lagers to bold barleywines IPAs and witbiers There were beer-style categories in all A beer sampler at New Terrain Brewing in Golden John Leyba The Denver Post The World Beer Cup is hosted by the Boulder-based Brewers Association a deal group for independently owned breweries in the U S The organization started the competition in however to bring in breweries from around the globe This year there were beer judges from countries who tried beers from breweries in countries For Colorado the biggest winner was Denver s River Borth Brewery which continued a hot streak of awards by winning three awards on Thursday But Verboten Brewing in Loveland and Lafayette-based Westbound Down Brewing won two each Blue Moon Brewing a division of Coors also took home two awards in the same year it closed its flagship brewpub in Denver There were six first-time winners New Terrain Brewing in Golden Wibby Brewing in Longmont Stodgy Brewing and Mythmaker Brewing both in Fort Collins Best Day Brewing and Mash Lab Brewing in Windsor Since Colorado has averaged medals per World Beer Cup according to the Colorado Brewers Guild The state won in as well Here are this year s medal-winning beers from Colorado See all the winners at worldbeercup org World Cup gold medals Avery Brewing Cold Front German-Style Bock or Maibock Blue Moon Brewing Krystal Moon German-Style Leichtes or Kristal Weizen Blue Moon Brewing Tonya s Still Crushing It Field Beer Cellar West Brewery Gallus Belgian-Style Ale or French-Style Ale Mash Lab Brewing Burnout Brown English-Style Brown Ale first-time winner New Terrain Brewing Suntrip Belgian-Style Witbier first time winner Verboten Brewing Mountain Man Old Ale or Strong Ale Verboten Brewing Grow Old With You Barley Wine-Style Ale World Cup silver medals Coopersmith s Pub Brewing Old Fortwaukee American Light Lager Ratio Beerworks Dear You American-Belgo-Style Ale River North Brewery Squirrels Just Want to Have Fun Coffee Beer River North Brewery Pumpkin Spice J Marie Pumpkin Beer Stodgy Brewing Gin Golden Sour Wood and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer first time winner The Post Brewing East County Fine Malt Liquor Other Strong Beer Westbound Down Brewing Westbound IPA American-Style Strong Pale Ale World Cup bronze medals Related Articles Why this award-winning Colorado brewery wants people to invest in its business at a time when the beer industry is struggling Denver-area small businesses manage ever-changing tariffs uncertainty Tivoli Brewing ends -year run in historic Auraria participant union These breweries will push the boundaries of beer at Collaboration Fest There s a new kind of American whiskey and Colorado distillers are buzzing about it Best Day Brewing Kolsch Classical Non-Alcohol Ale or Lager first time winner Elevation Beer Coconut Oil Man Field Beer Mythmaker Brewing Lichtenhainer Historical Beer first time winner River North Brewery Midnight Hike Chocolate Beer Westbound Down Brewing Scenic Course Session India Pale Ale Wibby Brewing Moondoor Dunkel Munich-Style Dunkel first time winner Subscribe to our new food newsletter Stuffed to get Denver food and drink news sent straight to your inbox