2021 Honey Beer Competition
2021 Winners
Over 240 beers were entered, and Fifth Hammer Brewing’s ‘Break of Jawn’ took home the Gold at the National Honey Board’s seventh annual Honey Beer Competition.
The Honey Beer Competition was judged by BJCP-certified judges and featured 13 beer style categories, and a cider, hard seltzer and design category. The submitted beers were judged on their aroma, appearance, flavor, mouthfeel and the role honey played in the beer.
2021 Honey Beer Competition Winners
Best of Show
Gold
Break Of Jawn
Fifth Hammer Brewing Company
Long Island City, New York
Best of Show
Silver
Spicer St Christmas Ale
Akronym Brewing
Akron, Ohio
Best of Show
Bronze
It’s Always Honey In Lithuania
Sahale Ale Works
Grafton, Wisconsin
General Lager
GOLD
Honey Sucker Pils
Roy-Pitz Brewing Company
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
SILVER
Klosterman Honey Wheat Lager
Fretboard Brewing Co.
Blue Ash, Ohio
BRONZE
Honey Punch In the Nose
Shoe Tree Brewing
Carson City, Nevada
General Ale
GOLD
Honey Kölsch
Bent Barley Brewing Company
Aurora, Colorado
SILVER
Golden Lasso
Twisted Hippo Brewing
Chicago, Illinois
BRONZE
Local Honey Ale
Dunedin Brewery
Dunedin, Florida
Amber / Brown
GOLD
Honey Brown Ale
Aeronaut Brewing Co
Somerville, Massachusetts
SILVER
Stardog
Mathews Brewing Company
Lake Worth Beach, Florida
BRONZE
Dudash Honey Brown
Six Ten Brewing
Tampa, Florida
Best Belgian-Style
GOLD
Break Of Jawn
Fifth Hammer Brewing Company
Long Island City, New York
SILVER
Aldrin
Launch Pad Brewery
Aurora, Colorado
BRONZE
No Sparge Imperial Golden
Taxman Brewing Company
Bargersville, Indiana
Fruit / Veg / Spice
GOLD
Spicer St Christmas Ale
Akronym Brewing
Akron, Ohio
SILVER
Fiesty Redhead
Hopfusion Ale Works
Fort Worth, Texas
BRONZE
Honey Wheat Wine
Oscars Brewing Company
Temecula, California
IPA
GOLD
Honeymaker
Widowmaker Brewing
Braintree, Massachusetts
SILVER
White Reaper
Evil Czech Brewery
Mishawaka, Indiana
BRONZE
Buzz’n Hops
Streetcar 82 Brewing Co.
Hyattsville, Maryland
Braggot
GOLD
Braggot
Carolina Bauernhaus Brewery & WInery
Anderson, South Carolina
SILVER
Benjamin Road Braggot
Six Ten Brewing
Tampa, Florida
BRONZE
Good Kiss
Obscurity Brewing Co
Elburn, Illinois
Stout / Porter
GOLD
Buckwheat Honey Porter
Screech Owl Brewing
Bruceton Mills, West Virginia
SILVER
Abe’s Honey Porter
Johnnie Byrd Brewing Company
Wayne, Nebraska
BRONZE
Covered Pecan Porter
Georgia Beer Co.
Valdosta, Georgia
Wheat
GOLD
Honeycomb Hideout
Low Road Brewing
Hammond, Louisiana
SILVER
Psychedelic Nightmare
North Country Brewing Company
Slippery Rock, Pennslyvania
BRONZE
Buzzin’ Bee Honey Rye Wheat
Veterans United Craft Brewery
Jacksonville, Florida
Historical Beer
GOLD
Arlington Grodziskie Beer
East End Brewing Company
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
SILVER
Got Beer
BJ’s Restaurants & Brewhouse
Huntington Beach, California
BRONZE
Robotic Bees
Launch Pad Brewery
Aurora, Colorado
Sour
GOLD
The Laurentian Series: Lake Michigan Honey Cuvée
Speciation Artisan Ales
Grand Rapids, Michigan
SILVER
Wilde Moon
Oxbow Brewing Company
Newcastle, Maine
BRONZE
Many Hands
Wise Man Brewing
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Barrel-Aged
GOLD
Cellar Cuvée 1
Jackie O’s Brewery
Athens, Ohio
SILVER
Bourbon-aged Honey Meade Lager
St. George Brewing Co
Hampton, Virginia
BRONZE
Queens Farmhouse
Big aLICe Brewing Company
Long Island City, New York
Cider
GOLD
Honey Baby
Shoal Hope Ciderworks
Provincetown, Masssachusetts
SILVER
Idunn’s Cyser
Williamson Mead and Brewing
Bakersfield, California
Other
GOLD
It’s Always Honey In Lithuania
Sahale Ale Works
Grafton, Wisconsin
SILVER
Effloresce
Oxbow Brewing Company
Newcastle, Maine
BRONZE
Winter Warmer
Intermission Beer Company
Glen Allen, Virginia
Hard Seltzer
GOLD
Viva Peach
Grind City Brewing Company
Memphis, Tennessee
SILVER
Viva Hard Seltzer
Grind City Brewing Company
Memphis, Tennessee
BRONZE
Strawberry Surprise
Williamson Mead and Brewing
Bakersfield, California
Design
GOLD
The Bees Made Honey
Widowmaker Brewing
Braintree, Massachusetts
SILVER
Bee Cave
Vista Brewing
Driftwood, Texas
BRONZE
Honey Ale
Kraemer & Kin
Grand Isle, Vermont