Home » First-Ever CLT Brewed Awards Winners Announced

The first-ever CLT Brewed Awards launch the start of CLT Brewed Week, presented and organized by the Charlotte Independent Brewers Alliance (CIBA). Certified judges from the Carolina BrewMasters homebrew club carefully analyzed and scored over 120 entries across 10 beer categories submitted by CIBA members. The judging competition also named its Crown Jewel winner (Best of Show), runner up and honorable mention.

“To have the support, expertise and sheer volume of beer knowledge from the Carolina BrewMasters behind this new judging competition really gives it instant credibility,” said Adam Glover, CIBA events committee co-chair.

Modal A head brewer, Jerod Jones, adds the Crown Jewel award to his trophy collection. His Prohibition ESB in the PALE/BLONDE category took best of show. In 2021, Model A Brewing was called out in U.S. Open’s top 10 favorite beer names for Magic Carpet Rye’d, which also won bronze at the Great American Beer Festival competition in the rye beer category.

CLT Brewed Awards

HIGHLIGHTS

The Lager, IPA and New England IPA were the most entered beer categories, accounting for nearly 65% of the overall submissions. Heist Brewery’s Czech dark lager, finished runner-up in the overall competition and Lenny Boy Brewing’s Plumonary Groove was an honorable mention in the Sour beer category.

2022 CLT Brewed Awards

IPA

  1. Lost Worlds Brewing – Vista IPA
  2. Middle James Brewing Company – Hoppy Mama
  3. Devils Logic Brewing – Space Rodeo

NEIPA:

  1. Southern Range Brewing Co. – Tiny Ass Umbrella
  2. Cabarrus Brewing Company – Sew Juicy
  3. Sugar Creek Brewing Company – Unlimited Juice

LAGER:

  1. Southern Range Brewing Co. – Carolina Pilsner
  2. Legal Remedy Brewing – Schwarz Beer
  3. Lenny Boy Brewing Co. – Uno Mas Mexican Lager

WHEAT:

  1. Middle James Brewing Company– Great Musa Hefeweizen
  2. Cavendish Brewing Company – Generous Heart Hefeweizen
  3. Seaboard Brewing – Orange Honey Wheat

MALT/DARK:

  1. Heist Brewery – Dark Czech Lager
  2. Model A Brewing Co. – Magic Carpet Rye’d Roggenbier
  3. Lost Worlds Brewing – Vasa Baltic Porter

PALE/BLONDE:

  1. Model A Brewing Co. – Prohibition ESB
  2. Heist Brewery – Because Stone Kolsch Said So
  3. Devils Logic Brewing – Kommunity Kolsch

SOUR:

  1. Lenny Boy Brewing Co. – Plumonary Groove
  2. Town Brewing – Outside the Lines
  3. Lenny Boy Brewing Co. – Reduction Series 3

FRUIT:

  1. Triple C Brewing Company – Rainbow Sherbert
  2. Middle James Brewing Company – Blueberry Wheat
  3. King Canary Brewing Co. – Orange Hawkscicle

BARREL AGE/IMPERIAL:

  1. Amor Artis Brewing – Rye Whiskey Barrel Aged Barleywine
  2. Petty Thieves Brewing Co. – Persephone
  3. Protagonist Beer – Barrel Aged Galileo

EXPERIMENTAL:

  1. Petty Thieves Brewing Co. – All Is Not Lost
  2. Lore Brewing Company – Rips Wake Up Call
  3. Seaboard Brewing – Court Shoes Only Night Sessions

CROWN JEWEL

  1. Model A Brewing Co. – PALE/BLONDE – Prohibition ESB
  2. Heist Brewery – DARK/MALTY – Czech Dark Lager
  3. Lenny Boy Brewing Co. – SOUR – Plumonary Groove