Best of Show | American-Style Cream Ale | | Angel City Brewery | L.A. Blonde | Los Angeles |
2022 Brewery of the Year | 3 Gold Medals & 1 Silver Medal | | Dust Bowl Brewing Company | | Turlock |
01A – American Light Lager | Standard American Lager | 1 | Seismic Brewing Co. | Tremor California Light Lager | Santa Rosa |
01A – American Light Lager | Standard American Lager | 3 | Kern River Brewing Company | Kern Lite | Kernville |
01B – Northern American-Style Lager | Standard American Lager | 2 | Sudwerk Brewing Co. | Backyard Hero | Davis |
02A – International Pale Lager | International Lager | 1 | Dust Bowl Brewing Co | Taco Truck | Turlock |
02A – International Pale Lager | International Lager | 3 | Gamecraft Brewing Company | Los Santos | Laguna Hills |
02C – International Dark Lager | International Lager | 2 | Sonoma Springs Brewing Company | La Morena | Sonoma |
03B – European-Style Pilsner | American or International Style Pilsner | 1 | Dust Bowl Brewing Co | Hobo | Turlock |
03B – European-Style Pilsner | American or International Style Pilsner | 2 | Chapman Crafted Beer, Llc | Chapman Crafted Pils | Orange |
03C – German-Style Pilsner | American or International Style Pilsner | 3 | East Brother Beer Company | Bo Pils | Richmond |
04A – Czech Pale Lager | Bohemian-Style Pilsner (Czech Lager) | 2 | Sudwerk Brewing Co. | The People’s Pilsner | Davis |
04A – Czech Pale Lager | Bohemian-Style Pilsner (Czech Lager) | 3 | 14 Cannons Brewing Company, Inc. | Patient Pilsner | Westlake Village |
04B – Czech Dark Lager | Bohemian-Style Pilsner (Czech Lager) | 1 | Lawless Brewing Co. | Blacklight | North Hollywood |
05C – European-Style Export/Dortmunder | Pale European Beer | 2 | Boomtown Brewery | Mic Czech | Los Angeles |
06A – Munich-Style Helles | Pale European Beer | 1 | Device Brewing Company | In the Afterglow | Sacramento |
06A – Munich-Style Helles | Pale European Beer | 3 | Hop Secret Brewing Company | Close Talker Lager | Monrovia |
07B Märzen/Oktoberfestbier | European Amber/Dark Lager | 3 | 14 Cannons Brewing Company, Inc. | Marooner Märzen | Westlake Village |
08B – Schwarzbier | European Amber/Dark Lager | 1 | Chapman Crafted Beer, Llc | Blogger | Orange |
09B – Traditional German-Style Bock | Bock | 3 | Morgan Territory Brewing | Big Bock Energy | Tracy |
10A – Doppelbock | Bock | 1 | Black Hammer Brewing | Bock Party | San Francisco |
10A – Doppelbock | Bock | 2 | Clandestine Brewing | Agent Provocator | San Jose |
11A – American-Style Cream Ale | American-Style Cream Ale | 1 | Angel City Brewery | L.A. Blonde | Los Angeles |
11A – American-Style Cream Ale | American-Style Cream Ale | 2 | Knee Deep Brewing | Hola Senor | Auburn |
11A – American-Style Cream Ale | American-Style Cream Ale | 3 | Lincoln Beer Company | Cream Ale | Burbank |
12A Kolsch | Kolsch | 1 | Surfridge Brewing Company | Gimme One Kolsch | El Segundo |
12A Kolsch | Kolsch | 2 | Artifex Brewing Company | Positive Vibe Warriors | San Clemente |
13A – German-Style Altbier | Amber Mixed | 2 | Amador Brewing Company | Altbier | Plymouth |
14A – California Common | Amber Mixed | 1 | Brewyard Beer Company | Jewel City | Glendale |
14A – California Common | Amber Mixed | 3 | Bullmastiff Brewery | Ultimutt Amber | Penn Valley |
16A – American-Style Wheat Beer | American Light Ales | 2 | Federation Brewing | Hop Springs | Oakland |
17B – Hefeweizen | German-Style Wheat Ale | 1 | Absolution Brewing Company | Purgatory | Torrance |
17B – Hefeweizen | German-Style Wheat Ale | 2 | Frogtown Brewery | Split Decision | Los Angeles |
17C – Dunkelweizen | German-Style Wheat Ale | 3 | Darkheart Brewing | First of the Treasure | Sacramento |
18A – Berliner-Style Weisse | Berliner-Style Weisse | 1 | Second Chance Beer Company | Velvet Boots | San Diego |
18A – Berliner-Style Weisse | Berliner-Style Weisse | 2 | Cerveceria Del Pueblo | Feijoa Berliner-Style Weisse | Pasadena |
18A – Berliner-Style Weisse | Berliner-Style Weisse | 3 | Border X Brewing | La Popis | Bell |
19B – Contemporary Gose | Gose | 1 | Sudwerk Brewing Co. | Funhouse | Davis |
19B – Contemporary Gose | Gose | 2 | Porchlight Brewing Company | Selleck Smooches | Sacramento |
19B – Contemporary Gose | Gose | 3 | Seismic Brewing Co. | Danger Zone Gose | Santa Rosa |
20A – Rye beer | Alternative Fermentable Beer | 2 | Federation Brewing | Utopia Planitia | Oakland |
21A – Fruit beer | American-Style Fruit Beer | 2 | Fort Rock Brewing | Copacoblama | Rancho Cordova |
21A – Fruit beer | American-Style Fruit Beer | 3 | Out of Bounds Brewing Company | Peaches and Cream Sour | Rocklin |
21B – Fruit & Spice beer | American-Style Fruit Beer | 1 | Flatland Brewing Company | Year 6 | Elk Grove |
23A – Herb & Spice Beer | Herb & Spice Beer | 1 | Far Field Beer Company | Two Wheeler | Lawndale |
23A – Herb & Spice Beer | Herb & Spice Beer | 2 | Fort Point Beer Company | Loose Leaf | San Francisco |
23A – Herb & Spice Beer | Herb & Spice Beer | 3 | Alosta Brewing Co. | Dig Tussy | Covina |
24A – Coffee Beer | Coffee Beer | 1 | Hop Dogma Brewing Company | Venti Is Large | Half Moon Bay |
24A – Coffee Beer | Coffee Beer | 2 | Fort Rock Brewing | Whitney Brewston | Rancho Cordova |
24A – Coffee Beer | Coffee Beer | 3 | Bird Street Brewing | Mocha Stout 1066 | Lemoore |
25A – Chocolate Beer | Chocolate Beer | 1 | San Francisco Brewing Company | Ghirardelli Chocolate Imperial Stout | San Francisco |
25A – Chocolate Beer | Chocolate Beer | 2 | Pond Farm Brewing Co. | Gran Cacao | San Rafael |
25A – Chocolate Beer | Chocolate Beer | 3 | Danville Brewing Company | Chocolate Raspberry Royale | Danville |
26A – Bamberg-Style Rauchbier | European Amber/Dark Lager | 2 | Crooked Lane Brewing Co | Bamberg Calling | Auburn |
27D – Kentucky Common | Alternative Fermentable Beer | 3 | Ten Mile Brewing` | Hidden Hollow | Signal Hill |
28A – Blonde or Golden Ale | American Light Ales | 1 | Dust Bowl Brewing Co | California Golden Ale | Turlock |
28A – Blonde or Golden Ale | American Light Ales | 3 | Tioga-Sequoia Brewing Company | 99 Golden Ale | Fresno |
29C – Special Bitter | British Mild & Bitters | 2 | Faultline Brewing Company | Faultline Special Bitter | Sunnyvale |
29D – Extra Special Bitter | British Mild & Bitters | 1 | 1886 Brewing Company | Elleigh’s Esb | Orange |
29D – Extra Special Bitter | British Mild & Bitters | 3 | Hwy 50 Brewery | Left Lane Esb | Camino |
30A – English-Style Pale Ale | Standard British Ales | 1 | Flatland Brewing Company | Tunnel Vision | Elk Grove |
30B – English-Style Brown Ale | Standard British Ales | 3 | Temblor Brewing Company | Almond Brown Ale | Bakersfield |
30C – English-Style Porter/Brown Porter | Standard British Ales | 2 | Lodi Beer Company | Plowshear Porter | Lodi |
31C – English Barleywine | Strong Ales | 1 | Danville Brewing Company | Granny’s Tipple | Danville |
33A – Irish Red Ale | Irish Red Ale | 1 | San Fernando Brewing Company | O’Melveny Red Ale | San Fernando |
33A – Irish Red Ale | Irish Red Ale | 2 | Karl Strauss Brewing Company | Red Trolley Ale | San Diego |
33A – Irish Red Ale | Irish Red Ale | 3 | Waterman Brewing Company | Bald Ron’s Irish Red Ale | Elk Grove |
35B – Oatmeal Stout | UK Stouts | 1 | Bullmastiff Brewery | Dog House Stout | Penn Valley |
36A – Milk Stout/Cream Stout | UK Stouts | 2 | Hop Secret Brewing Company | What We Drink In the Shadows – Chocolate Hazelnut Stout | Monrovia |
36A – Milk Stout/Cream Stout | UK Stouts | 3 | Hop Secret Brewing Company | Tongue Butter – Peanut Butter Stout | Monrovia |
37A – American Style Imperial Stout | Imperial Stouts | 1 | Henhouse Brewing | The Beer 2000 | Santa Rosa |
37A – American Style Imperial Stout | Imperial Stouts | 2 | Surfridge Brewing Company | Tenebris | El Segundo |
37B – British Style Imperial Stout | Imperial Stouts | 3 | Super Owl Brewing | Attitude For Darkness | Davis |
38A – American Amber Ale | American Amber & Brown Ales | 2 | Buzzrock Brewing Co. / George Lopez’s Ta Loco Brewery | Rock and Brews Red R Love | Torrance |
38A – American Amber Ale | American Amber & Brown Ales | 3 | Smog City Brewing Co. | Sabre-Toothed Squirrel | Torrance |
38B – American Brown Ale | American Amber & Brown Ales | 1 | Calicraft Brewing Co. | Oaktown Brown Ale | Walnut Creek |
39B – Robust Porter | American Porter & Stout | 1 | Antigua Brewing Company Llc | Pandemic | San Luis Obispo |
39B – Robust Porter | American Porter & Stout | 2 | South Gate Brewing Co. | Deadwood Porter | Oakhurst |
39B – Robust Porter | American Porter & Stout | 3 | Waterman Brewing Company | Old Towne Porter | Elk Grove |
40A – American Pale Ale | American Pale Ale | 1 | 1886 Brewing Company | Oneders Vol: 3 | Orange |
40A – American Pale Ale | American Pale Ale | 2 | Pond Farm Brewing Co. | Adrift | San Rafael |
40A – American Pale Ale | American Pale Ale | 3 | New Helvetia Brewing Co. | (916) Pale Ale | Sacramento |
41A – English-Style India Pale Ale | English-Style India Pale Ale | 2 | Antigua Brewing Company Llc | Grand Hoppening | San Luis Obispo |
41A – English-Style India Pale Ale | English-Style India Pale Ale | 3 | Bear Republic Brewing | Racer 5 IPA | Cloverdale |
42A – American-Style India Pale Ale | American-Style India Pale Ale | 1 | Black Plague Brewing | Hell In the Cellar | Oceanside |
42A – American-Style India Pale Ale | American-Style India Pale Ale | 2 | Docent Brewing | Gimme | San Juan Capistrano |
42A – American-Style India Pale Ale | American-Style India Pale Ale | 3 | Tower Brewing | Famous Friends | Sacramento |
43A – New England-Style IPA (Hazy IPA) | New England-Style IPA (Hazy) | 1 | Old Stump Brewing Co | Pineapple Coast Hazy | Pomona |
43A – New England-Style IPA (Hazy IPA) | New England-Style IPA (Hazy) | 2 | Blue Note Brewing | King Neptune | Woodland |
43A – New England-Style IPA (Hazy IPA) | New England-Style IPA (Hazy) | 3 | Tilted Mash Brewing | Tour de Malt | Elk Grove |
44A – Double IPA | American Imperial IPA | 1 | Waterman Brewing Company | Thirsty Elk DIPA | Elk Grove |
44A – Double IPA | American Imperial IPA | 3 | Smog City Brewing Co. | Bizarre Evolution #2 | Torrance |
44B – Triple IPA | American Imperial IPA | 2 | Dust Bowl Brewing Co | Therapist | Turlock |
45D – Red IPA | Specialty IPA | 1 | Paperback Brewing Company | Satan Wears Pajamas | Glendale |
45D – Red IPA | Specialty IPA | 3 | Black Hammer Brewing | Perseverance | San Francisco |
45E – Rye IPA | Specialty IPA | 2 | Old Caz Beer | Catastrophe | Rohnert Park |
46A – American Barleywine | Strong Ales | 3 | Project Barley Brewery | Good Boy | Lomita |
46D – Other American Strong Ales | Strong Ales | 2 | 1886 Brewing Company | Rare Conundrum | Orange |
47A – Belgian-Style Witbier | Belgian-Style Witbier | 1 | Hop Secret Brewing Company | 8381 Wit | Monrovia |
47A – Belgian-Style Witbier | Belgian-Style Witbier | 2 | Super Owl Brewing | Full of Wit | Davis |
47A – Belgian-Style Witbier | Belgian-Style Witbier | 3 | The Monk’s Cellar | Biere Blanche | Roseville |
48A – Classic Saison | Classic Saison | 1 | Gilman Brewing Company | Maison de Campagne | Pleasant Hill |
48A – Classic Saison | Classic Saison | 2 | Pond Farm Brewing Co. | Saison de Beauvoir | San Rafael |
48A – Classic Saison | Classic Saison | 3 | 14 Cannons Brewing Company, Inc. | White Caps | Westlake Village |
49A – Specialty Saison | Specialty Saison | 1 | Last Name Brewing | Amelia Beerhart | Upland |
49A – Specialty Saison | Specialty Saison | 2 | Cerveceria Del Pueblo | Primavera Saison | Pasadena |
49A – Specialty Saison | Specialty Saison | 3 | Standard Deviant Brewing | Rose Saison | San Francisco |
50B – Belgian Blond Ale | Belgian & French-Style Ale | 1 | Black Hammer Brewing | Sparkle Pony | San Francisco |
50B – Belgian Blond Ale | Belgian & French-Style Ale | 2 | 1886 Brewing Company | Pastime Paradise | Orange |
50C – Belgian Pale Ale | Belgian & French-Style Ale | 3 | Federation Brewing | Canticle | Oakland |
51A – Belgian Pale Strong Ale | Belgian Strong Ale | 3 | Broken Timbers Brewing Company | Argonaut’s Gold | Anaheim |
51B – Belgian Dark Strong Ale | Belgian Strong Ale | 1 | Super Owl Brewing | Don’t Call Me Francis | Davis |
51B – Belgian Dark Strong Ale | Belgian Strong Ale | 2 | Laughing Monk Brewing | 6th Gospel | San Francisco |
52C – Trappist Tripel | Trappist Style Ale | 2 | Project Barley Brewery | Tripel | Lomita |
52C – Trappist Tripel | Trappist Style Ale | 3 | Duck Foot Brewing Co. | Sasquack | San Diego |
52D – Trappist Quadrupel | Trappist Style Ale | 1 | The Monk’s Cellar | St. Arnold | Roseville |
53B – Flanders Red Ale | Belgian Sour Ale | 2 | Smog City Brewing Co. | Friendly Conversation | Torrance |
53C – Other Belgian-Style Sour Ale | Belgian Sour Ale | 3 | Calicraft Brewing Co. | Red Wine Sour Cuvee | Walnut Creek |
54C – Fruit Lambic | Belgian Sour Ale | 1 | The Monk’s Cellar | Fleur de Abricot | Roseville |
55B – Mixed Culture Beer | American Wild Ale | 1 | Sidellis Lake Tahoe Inc | Slo-Wly Going Wild | South Lake Tahoe |
55C – Wild Specialty Beer | American Wild Ale | 2 | Hop Dogma Brewing Company | Dogma Invictus | Half Moon Bay |
55C – Wild Specialty Beer | American Wild Ale | 3 | Sonoma Springs Brewing Company | Key Lime Divine | Sonoma |
57A – Wood- and Barrel-Aged (stored in barrels previously containing distilled spirits i.e. brandy, bourbon, etc) | Wood and Barrel Aged | 1 | Island Brewing Company | Bba Risistance | Carpinteria |
57A – Wood- and Barrel-Aged (stored in barrels previously containing distilled spirits i.e. brandy, bourbon, etc) | Wood and Barrel Aged | 2 | The Monk’s Cellar | Four Grain | Roseville |
57A – Wood- and Barrel-Aged (stored in barrels previously containing distilled spirits i.e. brandy, bourbon, etc) | Wood and Barrel Aged | 3 | El Segundo Brewing Co | Old Jetty | El Segundo |
58C – Honey Beer | Alternative Fermentable Beer | 1 | Old Stump Brewing Co | Honey Blonde | Pomona |
59A – Experimental Beer | Experimental Beer | 1 | Absolution Brewing Company | Rector 2021 | Torrance |
59A – Experimental Beer | Experimental Beer | 2 | Jackrabbit Brewing Company | Golden Hare | West Sacramento |
59A – Experimental Beer | Experimental Beer | 3 | Calicraft Brewing Co. | Buzzerkeley Sour: Lacto-Bottle Conditioned | Walnut Creek |
59A – Experimental Beer | Experimental Beer | 5 | Bullmastiff Brewery | Sour Barrel Aged Porter | Penn Valley |
61A – Session Beer (beer less than or equal to 5% abv.) | Session Beer | 1 | Karl Strauss Brewing Company | Mosaic IPA | San Diego |
61A – Session Beer (beer less than or equal to 5% abv.) | Session Beer | 2 | Docent Brewing | Hefty Fee | San Juan Capistrano |
61A – Session Beer (beer less than or equal to 5% abv.) | Session Beer | 3 | Burgeon Beer Company | Clever Kiwi | Carlsbad |
62A – Chili Beer | Chili Beer | 1 | Four Sons Brewing | Pineapples On Fire | Huntington Beach |
62A – Chili Beer | Chili Beer | 2 | Angel City Brewery | Srirachelada | Los Angeles |
62A – Chili Beer | Chili Beer | 3 | Hidef Brewing Co. | Ostralada | Los Angeles |