Ready for an award-winning brew? Four New Jersey breweries recently brought home top honors from the prestigious 2023 World Beer Cup:
- GOLD: High Point Brewing in Butler. Ramstein Northern Hills Amber Lager. Category: Vienna-style lager
- SILVER: Mudhen Brewing Co. in Wildwood. Wee Heavy Wilson. Category: Scotch ale
- BRONZE: Brix City Brewing in Little Ferry. Gloria. Category: Belgian-Style Ale or French-Style Ale
- BRONZE: Czig Meister Brewing Co. in Hackettstown. Miner. Category: German-Style Schwarzbier
The annual competition, held this year in Nashville, had over 10,000 entries from more than 2,300 breweries based in 51 countries. Medals for excellence were presented in 111 categories. Organized by the Brewers Association, a trade group that promotes and advocates on behalf of small and independent American brewers, the World Beer Cup is considered “the Olympics of beer.”
New Jersey is home to more than 140 craft breweries. As of press time, the industry continues to lobby for legislative permission to serve food on premises, an issue at loggerheads with the restaurant industry which has long been required to own expensive liquor licenses.
