Congratulations to all of the winners of this year's AK Beer Awards competition! Full results are listed below, and prior years' results are at the bottom of this page. Please stay tuned for details about the 2026 competition, including style guidelines, category sponsorship opportunities and entry details!
Results are listed in the order in which they were announced, approximately from least competitive category (fewest entries) to most competitive category (most entries).
Barrel-Aged Beer 1st Place: Girdwood Reserve, Girdwood Brewing Company 2nd Place: Reginald Van Horn Barleywine, Black Spruce Brewing Company 3rd Place: 30, Midnight Sun Brewing Company
Spiced, Herbed or Flavored Beer 1st Place: Devil’s Club Brewing Company, Cocoroon 2nd Place: Girdwood Brewing Company, Basic Birkensocks 3rd Place: Growler Bay Brewing Company, Terminus Tip Ale
Pilsner Category Sponsored by Country Malt Group 1st Place: Valdez Brewing Company, Pilski 2nd Place: Devil’s Club Brewing Company, Disc Dog 3rd Place: Turnagain Brewing, Paddleboard Pils
Imperial Ale or Lager 1st Place: 49th State Brewing Company, Seward’s Folly 2nd Place: Turnagain Brewing, Imperial Stout 3rd Place: Naptowne Brewing Company, “Ye, Tarnished!”
Hard Seltzer 1st Place: Forbidden Peak Brewery, Berry Mojito Hard Seltzer 2nd Place: Forbidden Peak Brewery, Tropical Citrus Hard Seltzer 3rd Place: Cherry Grapefruit Hard Seltzer, Alaskan Brewing Company
Flavored Cider 1st Place: Black Spruce Fruit Project, Pinnell Pineapple Semi-Sweet Cider 2nd Place: Lat 65 Brewing Company, Apples to Oranges Mimosa Cider 3rd Place: Black Spruce Fruit Project, Porcupine POG Semi-Sweet Cider
Imperial IPA Category Sponsored by Yakima Valley Hops 1st Place: Devil’s Club Brewing Company, Water World 2nd Place: Harbor Mountain Brewing Company, Imperial IPA 3rd Place: Black Spruce Brewing Company, Solaar Comedown
Golden, Blonde & Other Light Ale 1st Place: 49th State Brewing Company, Blonde Eagle Ale 2nd Place: Stoney Creek Brewhouse, Baitwater 3rd Place: Lat 65 Brewing Company, Up North
Hoppy Session Beer 1st Place: Cooper Landing Brewing Company, Kiwiraptor 2nd Place: 49th State Brewing Company, 907 Pale Ale 3rd Place: Black Spruce Brewing Company, Sandhill Sippa
Coffee or Smoked Beer 1st Place: Cooper Landing Brewing Company, Cafe Kahlua 2nd Place: Alaskan Brewing Company, Smoked Porter 3rd Place: 49th State Brewing Company, Smōk
Saison, Belgian, German or Brettanomyces Beer 1st Place: Turnagain Brewing, Homesteader 2nd Place: Devil’s Club Brewing Company, Life on Marsanne 3rd Place: Devil’s Club Brewing Company, Bruxo
Pale Lager Category Sponsored by AEB Brewing 1st Place: Black Spruce Brewing Company, Alasktober Festbier 2nd Place: 49th State Brewing Company, 8 Star Lager 3rd Place: Harbor Mountain Brewing Company, Parallels
Red, Amber or Brown Beer Category Sponsored by Fermentis by Lesaffre 1st Place: Turnagain Brewing, Marzen 2nd Place: Naptowne Brewing Company, Oktoberfest 3rd Place: Turnagain Brewing, Scottish Ale
American IPA Category Sponsored by Malteurop Malting Company 1st Place: Forbidden Peak Brewery, Auke Bay IPA 2nd Place: Devil’s Club Brewing Company, Signature IPA 3rd Place: 49th State Brewing Company, Solstice IPA
Sour Beer Category Sponsored by AEB Brewing 1st Place: Devil’s Club Brewing Company, Apapa 2nd Place: Devil’s Club Brewing Company, Pie Face 5.0 3rd Place: Turnagain Brewing, Rhu-Fram
Hazy or Juicy IPA Category Sponsored by Hollingbery & Son Hops 1st Place: Tube Creek, Devil’s Club Brewing Company 2nd Place: Naptowne Brewing Company, Sasquatch Apocalypse 3rd Place: Girdwood Brewing Company, Space Tornado
Thank you to our friends at Hopsteiner for supporting the 2025 awards ceremony and industry reception!
Thank you to our 2025 AK Beer Awards category sponsors!
Past Winners Click HERE to view the list of 2024 competition winners. Click HERE to view the list of 2023 competition winners. 2022 & 2021 winners lists will be added soon.
