{"id":12591,"date":"2022-08-22T16:51:49","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T20:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beerwerkstrail.com\/?p=12591"},"modified":"2022-08-23T09:03:37","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T13:03:37","slug":"virginia-craft-brewers-guild-cup-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beerwerkstrail.com\/virginia-craft-brewers-guild-cup-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Craft Brewers Guild Cup Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Virginia Craft Brewers Guild is \u201cdedicated to the growth of independent craft breweries in the Commonwealth.\u201d The annual <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.virginiacraftbrewers.org\/vcbg-cup-awards-press-release\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Virginia Craft Brewers Guild Cup<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> lets brewers face off for awards and recognition in 33 different categories. This year, 106 breweries sent a record 396 beers to the competition. According to Head Judge, Charlie Harr, \u201cThis year\u2019s competition proves Virginia has some of the best craft brewers in the nation.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beerwerks Trail breweries won seven medals, including two first-place awards. Taste the victory by sampling some of our decorated beers in the brewery taprooms or through retail partners, when applicable.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"color: black;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palefirebrewing.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Pale Fire Brewing Company<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> won a first-place award in the creams and blondes category for Taking Water.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color: black;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/threenotchdbrewing.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Three Notch\u2019d Brewing Company<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> won a first-place award in the hazy IPA category for King of Clouds Juicy IPA, which is hopped with Idaho 7 and Citra. King of Clouds has \u201cnotes of mango, orange, and tangerine for a true tropical IPA.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" id=\"cr-embed-6b1dd34bcae172ac297b5731\" src=\"https:\/\/post.crowdriff.com\/js\/crowdriff.js\" async><\/script><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"color: black;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stablecraftbrewing.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stable Craft Brewing<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> won a second-place award in the hazy IPA category for Robot Cowboy, \u201ca New England-style IPA copiously hopped with Amarillo, Citra, and Mosaic creating a fruity tropical burst of pineapple and guava.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color: black;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stable Craft also won second place in the European sour category for Porch Sipping, a wheat-based German-style gose that\u2019s citrus forward with \u201ca crisp tart finish reminiscent of an ice cold glass of old fashion lemonade.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/skippingrockbeer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Skipping Rock Beer Company<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> won a second-place award in the brown ale category for Roasted Pecan Brown Ale. Skipping Rock describes the English-style brown ale as having \u201cmild caramel and toffee malt flavors pair well with nutty pecan notes, and there are very light chocolate notes on the back end.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" id=\"cr-embed-c6b68e5ec1d8f239609267a1\" src=\"https:\/\/post.crowdriff.com\/js\/crowdriff.js\" async><\/script><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"color: black;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/greatvalleyfarmbrewery.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Great Valley Farm Brewery &amp; Winery<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> won a second-place award in the monastic ale category for Belgian Blonde, which it describes as \u201cA light bodied, refreshing beer with floral\/herbal aromas, backed up by smooth, bready Pilsner malt flavors. This beer features low hop bitterness with a hint of light red fruit in the finish.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"color: black;\" aria-level=\"1\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/heliotropebrewery.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heliotrope Brewery<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> won second place in the porter category for Charm Offensive, a chocolate porter brewed with organic cocoa nibs.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/previews.dropbox.com\/p\/thumb\/ABpWsJJjR7B2swbTgcMmGsL3vEfm_9VdLDdDl_zf78m_Vi34c_ZJpIFEQuc8_4TtDSImKkx79E1ckxFNCSK63L7jc2s1r-XSMK3WOLWznlxXNWJTYh48XAR9bm2YyjCyuvx7ZXbkzb0UCCwdR0SnV4TJZUyupbI224vtmAZlAgk4tyeDjxHAwI965hOYLhWhBvJBiRpDjihP98mrZvIz10TL6bXiCBxwJEXtL3l_PIffB39dbdZoVTC3N-Ec1vpH_l0HFw4OexFIkSfPT9nDNCsLeFCvB7ZvW1569TUTBB93qT8YQd3Gmf3Q6KWlA76SSTmSYFvP5ajZn_w_dxcwRfglqDxn8Td3mosc-7_yvJ0ymth6GfUGFaEVE-iQtj_hcfTh-y-U8shZvzmoQRKv0gdXD_yAesiq3Rj0qxvyCvgbka2fGF4nlaLsasPBXbQMqA0\/p.jpeg\" width=\"577\" height=\"374\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Virginia Craft Brewers Guild is \u201cdedicated to the growth of independent craft breweries in the Commonwealth.\u201d The annual Virginia Craft Brewers Guild Cup lets brewers face off for awards [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.1 - 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