Winners’ circle east

Five Inland Northwest brewers took home medals this morning in the third annual Washington Beer Awards at the Washington Brewers Festival in Redmond.

Gold went to No-Li for its Spin Cycle Red in the bitter category, Twelve String for its Crescendo Series Valley Red (American amber) and Pullman’s Paradise Creek for its Scottish Stovepipe.

Paradise Creek also took silver for its Invective Stout (Irish stout), as did English Setter for its Field Point Brown and River City for its Congratulator Doppelbock (strong lager).

There were 716 entries in the competition by 107 breweries from across the state. They were evaluated in a blind format by trained judges using the Brewers Association Style Guidelines.

Among the other Eastern Washington breweries winning awards:

– Icicle (Leavenworth), gold, Bootjack IPA and The Decline barleywine; silver, Crosscut Pilsner; bronze, Dark Persuasion German chocolate ale.

– Old Schoolhouse (Winthrop), gold, Imperial Stout; bronze, Hooligan Stout, Epiphany Pale.

– Bale Breaker (Yakima), gold, Bottomcutter imperial IPA.

– Ice Harbor (Kennewick), gold, Imperial Red.