World Expo of Beer competition

2019 RESULTS.

Meet the beers that earned recognition that year. Browse the original awards below or choose another competition year.

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The Official World Expo of Beer Competition

was held April 20th, 2019 at the

Frankenmuth Farmer's Market.

We had 803 entries this year!

1842 Pilsner by Lumber Baron's Brewery

out of Bay City, Michigan won Best of Show!

2019: Category 1-Standard American Beer
Medal	Beer	Producer	Location
Category 1-Standard American Beer		37 Entries
Gold	Archangel	North Peak	Traverse City, MI
Silver	Beechtree	Grand Armory	Grand Haven, MI
Bronze	Euchre	Arbor	Ypsilanti, MI

2019: Category 2-International Lager
Medal	Beer	Producer	Location
Category 2-International Lager		21 Entries
Gold	Oxford	Homegrown	Oxford, MI
Silver	Beer Me	Odd Side	Grand Haven, MI
Bronze	Original	HofBrau	Germany

2019: Category 3-Czech Lager
Medal	Beer	Producer	Location
Category 3-Czech Lager		18 Entries
Gold	1842	Lumber Baron’s	Bay City, MI
Silver	Professional Pils	Drafting Table	Wixom, MI
Bronze	Forever Young	Rockford	Rockford, MI

2019: Category 4-Pale Malty European
Medal	Beer	Producer	Location
Category 4-Pale Malty European		114 Entries
Gold	Original	Paulaner	Germany
Silver	Black Forest	Furstenburg	Germany
Bronze	Original	HofBrau	Germany

2019: Category 5-Pale Bitter European
Medal	Beer	Producer	Location
Category 5-Pale Bitter European		12 Entries
Gold	Professionl Pils	Drafting Table	Wixom, MI
Silver	Busch League	Thornapple	Grand Rapids, MI
Bronze	Euchre	Arbor	Ypsilanti, MI

2019: Category 6-Amber Malty European
Medal	Beer	Producer	Location
Category 6-Amber Malty European		7 Entries
Gold	El Rojo	Griffin Claw	Birmingham, MI
Silver	District 16	Wolverine State	Ann Arbor, MI
Bronze	Vienna	Atwater in the Park	Grosse Pointe Park, MI

2019: Category 7-Amber Bitter European
Medal	Beer	Producer	Location
Category 7-Amber Bitter European		13 Entries
Gold	District 16	Wolverine State	Ann Arbor, MI
Silver	Old Town Alt	Fillmore 13	Pontiac, MI
Bronze	Vienna	Atwater in the Park	Grosse Pointe Park, MI

2019: Category 8-Dark European
Medal	Beer	Producer	Location
Category 8-Dark European		7 Entries
Gold	Escanaba Black Beer	Upper Hand	Escanaba, MI
Silver	Munich Dunkel	Brew Detroit	Detroit, MI
Bronze	Brown Hound	Frankenmuth	Frankenmuth, MI

2019: Category 9-Strong European
Medal	Beer	Producer	Location
Category 9-Strong European		9 Entries
Gold	Javine	Ypsi Alehouse	Ypsilanti, MI
Silver	Stiggland	Midland	Midland, MI
Bronze	Ruckinator	Tri-City	Bay City, MI

2019: Category 10-German Wheat
Medal	Beer	Producer	Location
Category 10-German Wheat		8 Entries
Gold	Hefe Weizen	HofBrau	Germany
Silver	Weisse	Hacker Pschorr	Germany
Bronze	Three Mile Marker	Midland	Midland, MI

2019: Category 11-British Bitter
Medal	Beer	Producer	Location
Category 11-British Bitter		16 Entries
Gold	Pottawatomie	Ypsi Ale house	Ypsilanti, MI
Silver	British Raj	Atwater in the Park	Grosse Pointe Park, MI
Bronze	Amber	Perrin	Comstock Park, MI

2019: Category 12-Pale Commonwealth
Medal	Beer	Producer	Location
Category 12-Pale Commonwealth		19 Entries
Gold	Diabolical	North Peak	Traverse City, MI
Silver	Oval Beach	Saugatuck	Douglas, MI
Bronze	Pacific Sessions	Thornapple	Grand Rapids, MI

2019: Category 13-Brown British
Medal	Beer	Producer	Location
Category 13-Brown British		24 Entries
Gold	Rogue River	Rockford	Rockford, MI
Silver	Edmund Fitzgerald	Great Lakes	Cleveland, OH
Bronze	Brownhoist	Tri City	Bay City, MI

2019: Category 14-Scottish
Medal	Beer	Producer	Location
Category 14-Scottish		9 Entries
Gold	Cernunnos	Rockford	Rockford, MI
Silver	Water Street	Tri City	Bay City, MI
Bronze	MacKnauf’s	Ypsi Alehouse	Ypsilanti, MI

2019: Category 15-Irish
Medal	Beer	Producer	Location
Category 15-Irish		18 Entries
Gold	Not Awarded
Silver	Not Awarded
Bronze	Faricy’s	Arbor	Ypsilanti, MI

2019: Category 16-Dark British
Medal	Beer	Producer	Location
Category 16-Dark British		27 Entries
Gold	Kalamazoo Stout	Bell’s	Comstock, MI
Silver	We Creamed Our Peanuts	Logger’s	Saginaw, MI
Bronze	It Wasn’t Me	Witch’s Hat	S. Lyon, MI

2019: Category 17-Strong British
Medal	Beer	Producer	Location
Category 17-Strong British		12 Entries
Gold	Third Coast Old Ale	Bell’s	Comstock, MI
Silver	1936	Atwater in the Park	Grosse Pointe Park, MI
Bronze	Wee Heavy	Tri City	Bay City, MI

2019: Category 18-American Pale
Medal	Beer	Producer	Location
Category 18-American Pale		39 Entries
Gold	Carriage House	Rockford	Rockford, MI
Silver	Causal Loop	Oracle	Saginaw, MI
Bronze	Tilted Earth Spring IPA	Arbor	Ypsilanti, MI

2019: Category 19-American Amber/Brown
Medal	Beer	Producer	Location
Category 19-American Amber/Brown		37 Entries
Gold	Revillo	Wolverine State	Ann Arbor, MI
Silver	Broken Bridges	Tri City	Bay City, MI
Bronze	Edward’s Portly Brown	Witch’s Hat	South Lyon, MI

2019: Category 20-American Porter and Stout
Medal	Beer	Producer	Location
Category 20-American Porter and Stout		48 Entries
Gold	Expedition Stout	Bell’s	Kalamazoo, MI
Silver	Porter	Bell’s	Kalamazoo, MI
Bronze	Fare Thee Well	Wolverine State	Ann Arbor, MI

2019: Category 21-IPA
Medal	Beer	Producer	Location
Category 21-IPA		57 Entries
Gold	UP-HI	Terrapin	Athens, GA
Silver	Rezolute	Drafting Table	Wixom, MI
Bronze	Smash Bomb	Flying Monkeys	Canada

2019: Category 21-Specialty IPA
Medal	Beer	Producer	Location
Category 21-Specialty IPA		34 Entries
Gold	Anger	Greenbush	Sawyer, MI
Silver	Electro Brut	Brew Detroit	Detroit, MI
Bronze	Blackfin	Rockford	Rockford, MI

2019: Category 22-Strong American
Medal	Beer	Producer	Location
Category 22-Strong American		26 Entries
Gold	Third Coast Old Ale	Bell’s	Comstock, MI
Silver	Thunder Cloud Ride	Thornapple	Grand Rapids, MI
Bronze	Old Fighter	Upper Hand	Escanaba, MI

2019: Category 23-European Sour
Medal	Beer	Producer	Location
Category 23-European Sour		13 Entries
Gold	Maja	Ellison	E. Lansing, MI
Silver	Roeselare	Perrin	Comstock Park, MI
Bronze	Raspberry Tarty Slip	Drafting Table	Wixom, MI

2019: Category 24-Belgian
Medal	Beer	Producer	Location
Category 24-Belgian		12 Entries
Gold	Torchon	Tri City	Bay City, MI
Silver	The Bubble	Atwater in the Park	Grosse Pointe Park, MI
Bronze	Holy Moses	Great Lakes	Cleveland, OH

2019: Category 25-Strong Belgian
Medal	Beer	Producer	Location
Category 25-Strong Belgian		14 Entries
Gold	1825	Greenbush	Sawyer, MI
Silver	Demon Cleaner	Witch’s Hat	S. Lyon, MI
Bronze	Centerfield Sebsation	Ypsi Alehouse	Ypsilanti, MI

2019: Category 26-Trappist-
Medal	Beer	Producer	Location
Category 26-Trappist-		7 Entries
Gold	Tripel	Tri City	Bay City, MI
Silver	Demon Cleaner	Witch’s Hat	S. Lyon, MI
Bronze	Mr. Sinister	Tri City	Bay City, MI

2019: Category 27-Historical
Medal	Beer	Producer	Location
Category 27-Historical		9 Entries
Gold	Freedom of Speech	Revolution	Chicago, IL
Silver	Peach Gruit	Mountain Town	Mt. Pleasant, MI
Bronze	Spruce IPA	Alaskan	Juneau, AK

2019: Category 28-American Wild
Medal	Beer	Producer	Location
Category 28-American Wild		11 Entries
Gold	Of Ginger Lime & Oak	Oracle	Saginaw, MI
Silver	Touch of Red	Odd Side	Grand Haven, MI
Bronze	Peches in Rgalia	Arbor	Ypsilanti, MI

2019: Category 29-Fruit Beer
Medal	Beer	Producer	Location
Category 29-Fruit Beer		45 Entries
Gold	Berliner Mit Schuss-Blackberry	Oracle	Saginaw, MI
Silver	Your Life is Boring	Oracle	Saginaw, MI
Bronze	Archangel	North Peak	Traverse City, MI

2019: Category 30-Spiced
Medal	Beer	Producer	Location
Category 30-Spiced		43 Entries
Gold	Nutter Your Business	Grand Armory	Grand Haven, MI
Silver	Pumpkin Chucker	Frankenmuth	Frankenmuth, MI
Bronze	Cinna Mom	Pigeon Hill	Muskegon, MI

2019: Category 31-Alternative Fermentables
Medal	Beer	Producer	Location
Category 31-Alternative Fermentables		6 Entries
Gold	Oatmeal Crème Pie	Pigeon Hill	Muskegon, MI
Silver	Blueberry Maple Stout	Saugatuck	Douglas, MI
Bronze	Cinna Mom	Pigeon Hill	Muskegon, MI

2019: Category 32-Smoked Beer
Medal	Beer	Producer	Location
Category 32-Smoked Beer		2 Entries
Gold	Raucher	Wolverine State	Ann Arbor, MI
Silver	Michigan Imperial Stout	Mountain Town	Mt. Pleasant, MI
Bronze	Poor Boy	Atwater in the Park	Grosse Pointe Park, MI

2019: Category 33-Wood
Medal	Beer	Producer	Location
Category 33-Wood		50 Entries
Gold	Delusion	Greenbush	Sawyer, MI
Silver	Bam Noire	Jolly Pumpkin	Dexter, MI
Bronze	Old Fighter	Upper Hand	Escanaba, MI

2019: Category 34-Specialty
Medal	Beer	Producer	Location
Category 34-Specialty		22 Entries
Gold	Manifesto	Flying Monkeys	Canada
Silver	Peanuts & Crackerjack	Mitten	Grand Rapids, MI
Bronze	Whitsun	Arcadia	Kalamazoo, MI

2019: Category 35/36-Cider
Medal	Beer	Producer	Location
Category 35/36-Cider		16 Entries
Gold	Zombie Killer	B Nektar	Ferndale, MI
Silver	Mad Bark	Cider Boys	Stevens Point, WI
Bronze	Punk Lemonade	B Nektar	Ferndale, MI

2019: Category 37-40-Mead
Medal	Beer	Producer	Location
Category 37-40-Mead		12 Entries
Gold	Tuco Style Freakout	B Nektar	Ferndale, MI
Silver	Barrel Aged	Superior Lakes	Harrison Twp, MI
Bronze	SIN	Superior Lakes	Harrison Twp, MI

2019: Category 41-Malternative
Medal	Beer	Producer	Location
Category 41-Malternative		14 Entries
Gold	Blueberry Lemonade	Witch’s Hat	S. Lyon, MI
Silver	Strawberry KIWI	Smirnoff	Norwalk, CT
Bronze	Ice Smash	Smirnoff	Norwalk, CT

From the competition.

2019 World Expo of Beer competition archive photograph 1

Archived from the festival website on October 7, 2026. Award names and spellings follow the original results. For festival participation details, visit the producer directory.